Establishment of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency

The mission of the Council shall be to— The Council shall consist of the following members: All Inspectors General whose offices are established under— The Executive Chairperson shall— The Chairperson shall— convene meetings of the Council— prepare and transmit an annual report on behalf of the Council on the activities of the Council to— The Council shall— To the extent permitted under law, and to the extent not inconsistent with standards established by the Comptroller General of the United States for audits of Federal establishments, organizations, programs, activities, and functions, each member of the Council, as appropriate, shall— Notwithstanding section 1532 of title 31, or any other provision of law prohibiting the interagency funding of activities described under subclause (I), (II), or (III) of clause (i), in the performance of the responsibilities, authorities, and duties of the Council— the Executive Chairperson may authorize the use of interagency funding for— The Council may— The establishment and operation of the Council shall not affect— The Council shall— The Integrity Committee shall consist of the following members: In this paragraph, the term “staff member” means any employee of an Office of Inspector General who— An Inspector General shall refer to the Integrity Committee any allegation of wrongdoing against a staff member of the office of that Inspector General, if— the Inspector General determines that— Not later than 7 days after the date on which the Integrity Committee receives an allegation of wrongdoing against an Inspector General or against a staff member of an Office of Inspector General described under paragraph (4)(C), the allegation of wrongdoing shall be reviewed and referred to the Department of Justice or the Office of Special Counsel for investigation, or to the Integrity Committee for review, as appropriate, by— At the request of the Chairperson of the Integrity Committee, the head of each agency or entity represented on the Council— The Integrity Committee, in conjunction with the Chairperson of the Council, shall establish additional policies and procedures necessary to ensure fairness and consistency in— If an allegation of wrongdoing is referred to the Chairperson of the Integrity Committee under paragraph (5)(B), the Chairperson of the Integrity Committee— if the investigation cannot be completed within the 150-day period described in clause (i), shall— With respect to any report received under paragraph (7)(E), the Integrity Committee shall— The Council shall submit to Congress and the President by December 31 of each year a report on the activities of the Integrity Committee during the preceding fiscal year, which shall include the following: In this subsection, the term “Office of Inspector General” means the Office of— The Council shall establish and maintain a website entitled “oversight.gov”—