GAO-IG Act
Latest action · Jul 17, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 26, 2018
- Passed HouseJul 16, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act or the GAO-IG Act
This bill requires each federal agency, in its annual budget justification, to include a report on: (1) each public recommendation of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that is classified as "open" or "closed, unimplemented"; (2) each public recommendation for corrective action from the agency's office of the inspector general (OIG) for which no final action has been taken; and (3) the implementation status of each such recommendation.
Each agency shall also provide a copy of this information to its OIG and to the GAO.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 13, 2018 to May 16, 2018.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Gary J. Palmer | Apr 13, 2018 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Apr 16, 2018 | |
| R-MI | Mike Bishop | Apr 23, 2018 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | May 16, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 26, 2018Markup May 23, 2018Reported Jul 16, 2018 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jul 17, 2018 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jul 16, 2018Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-823.
- Jul 16, 2018Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 637.
- Jul 16, 2018Mr. Walker moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 16, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6200-6201)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H6200, H6201Text printed H6200 | Elijah E. Cummings D-MD, Mark Walker R-NC | Jul 16, 2018 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 15, 2018H.R. 5415, GAO-IG ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on May 23, 2018
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 52, March 26, 2018, page H3049.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2276 | GAO-IG Act | Identical bill | Jan 3, 2019 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require agencies to submit reports on outstanding recommendations in the annual budget justification submitted to Congress.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- GAO-IG Act
- Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act
- GAO-IG Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- GAO-IG Act
- Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 17, 2018Referred in Senate
- Jul 16, 2018Reported in House
- Jul 16, 2018Engrossed in House
- Mar 26, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
