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Secret Service Transparency and Accountability Act

S. 4716 · 117th Congress · Aug 2, 2022 · Lineage

A BILL

To require inspectors general to offer a briefing of the contents of each semiannual report to the appropriate committees or subcommittees of Congress, and for other purposes.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Secret Service Transparency and Accountability Act”.

2. Amendments to the Inspector General Act of 1978

The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—
(1)
in section 5—
(A)
by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(B)
by inserting after subsection (e) the following:

“(f) Each Inspector General shall offer a briefing of the contents of each semiannual report prepared under this section to the appropriate committees or subcommittees of Congress with jurisdiction over the Inspector General, or at the request of any Member, committee, or subcommittee of Congress.”

(2)
in section 6(a)(1)(B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting “including any provision of law that restricts the release of records outside of a Federal agency,” after “other provision of law,”; and
(3)
in section 8I(b), by inserting “may not be delegated and” after “paragraph (2)”.