S 1327 · 97th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Inspector General Amendments of 1981

Introduced 1981-06-04· Sponsored by Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from State Department.(1982-04-14)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Inspector General Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to: (1) make it the duty of each Inspector General to establish schedules for the disposition of all audits conducted by his or her agency; (2) authorize each Inspector General to commence a civil action to recover Federal funds with respect to a violation of law which has been reported to the Attorney General and upon which the Attorney General has declined to act; and (3) require the semiannual reports prepared by each Inspector General to include an explanation of why any audit was not completed according to schedule, an identification of any agency savings attributable to activities of the Inspector General, and an estimate of projected savings.…

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