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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 6187 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to submit |
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| 6 | 6 | | an annual report on oversight of fraud, waste, and abuse, and for |
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| 7 | 7 | | other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | NOVEMBER2, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. F |
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| 11 | 11 | | ROST(for himself and Mr. MILLS) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was referred to the Committee on Armed Services |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require the Inspector General of the Department of De- |
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| 15 | 15 | | fense to submit an annual report on oversight of fraud, |
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| 16 | 16 | | waste, and abuse, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defense Spending 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Oversight Act of 2024’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | FENSE ANNUAL REPORT ON OVERSIGHT OF 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) R |
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| 29 | 29 | | EPORTREQUIRED.—The Inspector General of 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the Department of Defense shall submit to Congress and 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the Comptroller General of the United States a detailed 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | annual report containing— 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) a description of the budget of the Depart-8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ment of Defense, the total amount and dollar value 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | of oversight investigations into fraud waste and 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | abuse conducted by the Department of Defense Of-11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | fice of Inspector General, and the total amount and 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | dollar value of oversight investigations into fraud, 13 |
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| 39 | 39 | | waste, and abuse conducted by the Offices of Inspec-14 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tor General of each of the military departments; 15 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) statistical tables showing— 16 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (A) the total number and dollar value of 17 |
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| 43 | 43 | | oversight investigations completed and pending, 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | set forth separately by type of oversight inves-19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | tigation; 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (B) the priority given to each type of over-21 |
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| 47 | 47 | | sight investigation; 22 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (C) the length of time taken for each type 23 |
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| 49 | 49 | | of oversight investigation, both from the date of 24 |
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| 50 | 50 | | receipt of a qualified incurred cost submission 25 |
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| 54 | 54 | | and from the date the oversight investigation 1 |
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| 55 | 55 | | begins; 2 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (D) the aggregate cost of performing over-3 |
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| 57 | 57 | | sight investigations, set forth separately by type 4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | of oversight investigation; and 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (E) the total number and dollar value of 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | oversight investigations that are pending for a 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | period longer than one year as of the end of the 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | fiscal year covered by the report, and the fiscal 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | year in which the qualified submission was re-10 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ceived, set forth separately by type of oversight 11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | investigation; 12 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (3) a summary of any recommendations of ac-13 |
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| 67 | 67 | | tions or resources needed to improve the oversight 14 |
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| 68 | 68 | | investigation process; and 15 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (4) any other matters the Inspector General 16 |
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| 70 | 70 | | considers appropriate. 17 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (b) P |
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| 72 | 72 | | UBLICAVAILABILITY.—Each report submitted 18 |
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| 73 | 73 | | under subsection (a) shall be made publicly available. 19 |
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