,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ai1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,tester introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,president  
from blocking ,inspectors ,general from 
reporting to ,congress and to require a 
report to ,congress if the ,department  
of the ,treasury or the ,white ,house   
does not provide timely access to       
records1 documents1 and other materials 
relating to the implementation and      
execution of the ,,cares ,act1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,seeking       
,inspector ,general's ,honest ,testimony
 ,act or the ,,sight ,act4  #b4         
,compliance with access to records under
 the ,,cares ,act  7a7 ,definitions ,in 
this section-- 7#a7 the term ,committee 
means the ,pandemic ,response           
,accountability ,committee established  

under section #aejaj of division ,b of  
the ,coronavirus ,aid1 ,relief1 and     
,economic ,security ,act 7,public ,law  
#aaf-acf72  7#b7 the term covered       
records means all records1 documents1   
and other materials in the custody or   
possession of the ,department or the    
,white ,house1 as applicable1 relating  
to the implementation and execution of  
the ,coronavirus ,aid1 ,relief1 and     
,economic ,security ,act 7,public ,law  
#aaf-acf72  7#c7 the term ,department   
means the ,department of the ,treasury2 
and  7#d7 the term ,special ,inspector  
,general means the ,special ,inspector  
,general for ,pandemic ,recovery        
appointed under section #djah of the    
,coronavirus ,aid1 ,relief1 and         
,economic ,security ,act 7,public ,law  
#aaf-acf74  7b7 ,reporting requirement  
,if the ,inspector ,general of the      
,department1 the ,committee1 or the     
,special ,inspector ,general determines 
that the ,department or the ,white      
,house has not complied with the        

requirement to provide timely access to 
covered records or has prevented or     
impeded the access of the ,inspector    
,general of the ,department1 the        
,committee1 or the ,special ,inspector  
,general to those covered records-- 7#a7
 the ,inspector ,general of the         
,department1 the ,committee1 or the     
,special ,inspector ,general1 as        
applicable1 shall submit to ,congress a 
report on the noncompliance or lack of  
access not later than #e days after the 
date on which the ,department or the    
,white ,house1 as applicable1 does not  
comply with the requirement or prevents 
such access2 and  7#b7 if the           
,department has not complied with the   
requirement or has prevented or impeded 
such access1 there shall be rescinded   
from the ,office of the ,secretary of   
the ,department any amounts appropriated
 to that ,office for the fiscal year and
 deposited into the general fund of the 
,treasury until the ,department complies
 with the requirement4  #c4 ,reporting  

on ,,cares ,act  7a7 ,definition of     
,inspector ,general ,in this section1   
the term ,inspector ,general means--    
7#a7 an ,inspector ,general of an       
establishment or a designated ,federal  
entity 7as defined in sections #ab and  
#h;,g of the ,inspector ,general ,act of
 #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app4771           
respectively2 and  7#b7 the ,special    
,inspector ,general for ,pandemic       
,recovery established under section     
#djah of the ,coronavirus ,aid1 ,relief1
 and ,economic ,security ,act 7,public  
,law #aaf-acf74  7b7 ,prohibition ,the  
,president shall not block or otherwise 
prevent an ,inspector ,general from     
reporting to ,congress on issues related
 to the implementation of the ,,cares   
,act 7,public ,law #aaf-acf74