Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Transparency Act
Latest action · Apr 6, 2022 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.
- IntroducedOct 19, 2021
- Passed HouseApr 5, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Transparency Act
This bill addresses reports conducted by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Specifically, the bill requires the OIG to submit to Congress any report finalized on or after 30 days after the enactment of this bill that substantiates
- a violation of specified provisions regarding prohibited personnel practices, protected communications, or retaliatory personnel actions;
- a violation of Presidential Personnel Directive-19 (protecting whistleblowers with access to classified information); or
- an allegation of misconduct, waste, fraud, abuse, or a violation of policy within DHS involving a member of the Senior Executive Service or politically appointed official of DHS.
The OIG must make each report publicly available on its website, with exceptions.
The bill requires the OIG's semiannual reports to include specified information regarding
- ongoing audits, inspections, and evaluations;
- significant changes to the narrative description of each such audit, inspection, or evaluation;
- certain delays; and
- data with respect to tips and complaints made to the OIG Hotline or otherwise referred to DHS.
The OIG must report within one year on the policies, procedures, and internal controls established that ensure compliance with the Quality Standards for Federal Offices of Inspector General from the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. The Government Accountability Office must evaluate such report within one year after receipt of the report.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 18, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Nov 18, 2021 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Oct 19, 2021Markup Oct 26, 2021Reported Jan 21, 2022 |
| Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee | Referred Oct 20, 2021Discharged Oct 26, 2021 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 6, 2022 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Apr 5, 2022Mr. Payne moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 5, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4162-4164)
- Apr 5, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5633.
- Apr 5, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4162-4163)
- Apr 5, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jan 21, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 117-233.
- Jan 21, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 168.
- Oct 26, 2021Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability Discharged.
- Oct 26, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 26, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Oct 20, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
- Oct 19, 2021Introduced in House
- Oct 19, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E363 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Apr 6, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4162–H4164Text printed H4162 | August Pfluger R-TX, Bennie G. Thompson D-MS, Donald M. Payne, Jr. D-NJ | Apr 5, 2022 |
| Extensions | Cost estimates E145 | Bennie G. Thompson D-MS | Feb 11, 2022 |
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
- Feb 9, 2022H.R. 5633, Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Transparency ActAs reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on January 21, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 183, October 19, 2021, page H5674.
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance transparency regarding reports conducted by the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Transparency Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Transparency Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Transparency Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Transparency Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Accounting and auditing
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Federal officials
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2022Referred in Senate
- Apr 5, 2022Engrossed in House
- Jan 21, 2022Reported in House
- Oct 19, 2021Introduced 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.
