S. 2178: Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act of 2018
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S. 2178: Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act of 2018
115th Congress · introduced 2017-11-30 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-11-30 · 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?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act of 2018
Plain summary
Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act of 2017 This bill amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to establish and operate a public database of open Inspector General recommendations on which corrective action has not been completed within one year of issuance.
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Official text
Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act of 2018
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] · 2 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2178, Inspector General Recommendation Transparency Act of 2018 (2018-03-29)
Cosponsors on this site
Joni Ernst (R-IA), James Lankford (R-OK)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s2178.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>
Record fed-us-cong115-s2178 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115