Description:
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 4, 2015
S. 579 would amend the Inspector General Act of 1978. Specifically, the legislation would authorize the appropriation of $51 million over the 2016-2021 period for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). In addition, the bill would provide Inspectors General (IGs) with additional investigative authorities and require IGs and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit additional reports to the Congress.
Based on information from selected IGs and assuming appropriation of the authorized and necessary amounts, CBO estimates that implementing S. 579 would cost $45 million over the 2016-2020 period. Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
S. 579 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.
