S. 3109: Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-06-29 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-06-29 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act of 2016

Plain summary

Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act of 2016 This bill amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require each Inspector General, within one year after the first deadline for the semiannual report on its activities after enactment of this bill, to make available on its website a list of any recommendations by such Inspector General that have been open for more than one year. An "open" recommendation is one that has been made publicly available on such website but has not been adopted or implemented by such Inspector General's establishment. The list shall include: the number of recommendations issued by the Inspector General for the fiscal year and the number that are open, each report in which an open recommendation was issued, the assigned number and a short description of each open recommendation, the date the open recommendation was first issued and its current status, and any comments of the Inspector General relating to why the recommendation remains open and any response from the establishment. The list shall be updated by the Inspector General at least every six months.

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Official text

Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] · 1 cosponsors

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James Lankford (R-OK)

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Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s3109.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>

Record fed-us-cong114-s3109 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114