Inspector General Amendments of 1981

Summary

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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Timeline

1. 4 June 1981

   Introduced

   Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 4 June 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 24 June 1981

   Committee

   Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from GAO; OMB; Agriculture Department; Commerce Department; Education Department; Energy Department; HUD; Interior Department.

   Source: Committee

4. 2 October 1981

   Committee

   Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from Justice Department.

   Source: Committee

5. 6 October 1981

   Committee

   Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from GAO.

   Source: Committee

6. 14 April 1982

   Committee

   Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from State Department.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 4 June 1981

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL] · D · Sponsor
• · ssga00 · Standing

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