A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to provide that certain designated Federal entities shall be establishments under such Act, and for other purposes.

Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 (the Act) to remove from inclusion as a "designated Federal entity" and add as an "establishment" the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

Amends Federal employee provisions to include the Inspector General of the TVA within the Executive Schedule pay series. Outlines transition provisions for such Inspector General.

Establishes within the Treasury the: (1) Criminal Investigator Academy to perform investigator training services for offices of inspectors general created under the Act; and (2) Inspectors General Forensic Laboratory for performing forensic services for such offices. Requires each entity to be administered by an executive director who reports to the inspector general for an establishment designated by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency or, if the Council is eliminated, by a majority vote of the inspectors general.

Requires a separate appropriations account for appropriations to such entities.

Authorizes appropriations.

[106th Congress Public Law 422]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


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         DESIGNATING CERTAIN FEDERAL ENTITIES AS ESTABLISHMENTS

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Public Law 106-422
106th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To amend the Inspector General <<NOTE: Nov. 1, 2000 -  [S. 1707]>> Act 
   of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to provide that certain designated Federal 
entities shall be establishments under such Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY AS AN ESTABLISHMENT 
                            UNDER THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 
                            1978.

    (a) <<NOTE: 5 USC app. 8G note.>>  Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) Inspectors General serve an important function in 
        preventing and eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse in the 
        Federal Government; and
            (2) independence is vital for an Inspector General to 
        function effectively.

    (b) Establishment of Inspector General.--The Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
            (1) in section 8G(a)(2) by striking ``the Tennessee Valley 
        Authority,''; and
            (2) in section 11--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``or the 
                Commissioner of Social Security, Social Security 
                Administration;'' and inserting ``the Commissioner of 
                Social Security, Social Security Administration; or the 
                Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority;''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ``or the Social 
                Security Administration;'' and inserting ``the Social 
                Security Administration, or the Tennessee Valley 
                Authority;''.

    (c) Executive Schedule Position.--Section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to the 
Inspector General of the Small Business Administration the following:
            ``Inspector General, Tennessee Valley Authority.''.

    (d) <<NOTE: 5 USC app. 8G note.>>  Effective Date and Application.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        take effect 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Inspector general.--The person serving as Inspector 
        General of the Tennessee Valley Authority on the effective date 
        of this section--
                    (A) may continue such service until the President 
                makes an appointment under section 3(a) of the Inspector 
                General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) consistent with the 
                amendments made by this section; and

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                    (B) shall be subject to section 8G (c) and (d) of 
                the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) as 
                applicable to the Board of Directors of the Tennessee 
                Valley Authority, unless that person is appointed by the 
                President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
                Senate, to be Inspector General of the Tennessee Valley 
                Authority.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF <<NOTE: 5 USC app. 6 note.>> INSPECTORS 
                    GENERAL CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR ACADEMY AND 
                    INSPECTORS GENERAL FORENSIC LABORATORY.

    (a) Inspectors General Criminal Investigator Academy.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established the Criminal 
        Investigator Academy within the Department of the Treasury. The 
        Criminal Investigator Academy is established for the purpose of 
        performing investigator training services for offices of 
        inspectors general created under the Inspector General Act of 
        1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
            (2) Executive director.--The Criminal Investigator Academy 
        shall be administered by an Executive Director who shall report 
        to an inspector general for an establishment as defined in 
        section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
        App.)--
                    (A) designated by the President's Council on 
                Integrity and Efficiency; or
                    (B) if that council is eliminated, by a majority 
                vote of the inspectors general created under the 
                Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).

    (b) Inspectors General Forensic Laboratory.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established the Inspectors 
        General Forensic Laboratory within the Department of the 
        Treasury. The Inspectors General Forensic Laboratory is 
        established for the purpose of performing forensic services for 
        offices of inspectors general created under the Inspector 
        General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
            (2) Executive director.--The Inspectors General Forensic 
        Laboratory shall be administered by an Executive Director who 
        shall report to an inspector general for an establishment as 
        defined in section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
        U.S.C. App.)--
                    (A) designated by the President's Council on 
                Integrity and Efficiency; or
                    (B) if that council is eliminated, by a majority 
                vote of the inspectors general created under the 
                Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).

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    (c) Separate Appropriations Account.--Section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(33) a separate appropriation account for appropriations 
        for the Inspectors General Criminal Investigator Academy and the 
        Inspectors General Forensic Laboratory of the Department of the 
        Treasury.''.

    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to carry 
out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001 and 
each fiscal year thereafter.

    Approved November 1, 2000.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1707:
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SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-218 (Comm. on Governmental Affairs).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 145 (1999):
                                    Nov. 19, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.
                                                        Vol. 146 (2000):
                                    Oct. 17, considered and passed 
                                        House.
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 36 (2000):
            Nov. 1, Presidential statement.

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