Inspector General Act Amendments of 1980
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Inspector General Act Amendments of 1980 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish an Office of Inspector General pursuant to such Act in each of the Departments of Defense, Energy, Health and Human Resources, Justice, State, and Treasury and in the International Development Cooperation Agency. Transfers to such Offices the functions of specified existing audit and investigation offices of such Departments and Agency. Authorizes the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to use part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus to conduct an audit or investigation. Directs the Inspector General to: (1) conduct a study of the operation of the audit, investigative, and inspection components of the Defense Department which engage in the prevention and detection of fraud, waste, and abuse, including a review of the findings of the task force established to evaluate such components; and (2) report to the Secretary of Defense and Congress by September 30, 1983, concerning such study and any recommendations for changes in the organization and operations of such components. Declares that all of the auditors engaged in internal and contract auditing for the Department of Energy will be a part of the Department's Office of Inspector General. Transfers to the Office certain auditor and auditing support positions of specified Department Offices. Repeals certain provisions of Federal law concerning the existing Offices of Inspector General of the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on August 6, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on August 6, 1980: Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
THOMAS EAGLETON (D-MO) introduced it on August 6, 1980, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Democrat.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on August 6, 1980, 16836 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16836 days ago, on August 6, 1980.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers