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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Nov 30, 2015
Inspector General Mandates Reporting Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) This bill requires each Office of Inspector General to submit to the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency a report which: (1) shall include a list of each reporting requirement for such Office, and (2) may include a list of reporting requirements that such Office recommends should be modified or repealed.
Within 60 days after receiving such report, the Council shall submit to Congress a report which: (1) shall include a list of reporting requirements that are common to more than one Office of Inspector General and a list of reporting requirements that are unique to each Office, and (2) may include recommendations for reporting requirements that should be modified or repealed.
These reports shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified index.
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Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] · R–NE
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 305.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 114-171.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment. With written report No. 114-171.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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