Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

§
Marginalia
Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 7671 (Introduced in House) — To provide for the establishment of a COVID–19 Small Business Recovery Fund, and for other purposes. · Sec. 9

Sec. 9. Special Inspector General for COVID–19 recovery funds

1,164 words·~5 min read·/bill/116/hr/7671/ih/section-9·

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

There is hereby established within the Department of the Treasury the Office of the Special Inspector General for COVID–19 Recovery Funds. The head of the Office of the Special Inspector General for COVID–19 Recovery Funds shall be the Special Inspector General for COVID–19 Recovery Funds (referred to in this section as the Special Inspector General ), who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The nomination of the Special Inspector General shall be made on the basis of integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public administration, or investigations.
The nomination of an individual as Special Inspector General shall be made within 30 calendar days of enactment of this Act. The Special Inspector General shall be removable from office in accordance with the provisions of section 3(b) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), provided that such removal is made in concurrence with the Congressional Oversight Board established under this Act. For purposes of section 7324 of Act 5, United States Code, the Special Inspector General shall not be considered an employee who determines policies to be pursued by the United States in the nationwide administration of Federal law.
The annual rate of basic pay of the Special Inspector General shall be the annual rate of basic pay for an Inspector General under section 3(e) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). It shall be the duty of the Special Inspector General to, in accordance with section 4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the payment of recovery compensation by the Special Administrator under this Act, and the administration of the provisions of this Act by the Special Administrator, including by collecting and summarizing the following information:
A listing of the eligible businesses receiving recovery compensation under this Act. An explanation of the reasons the Special Administrator determined it to be appropriate to make each recovery compensation determination. A listing of each contract the Special Administrator made with third-party service providers under this Act, including information with respect to the fees and the services being provided under such contracts. A current, as of the date on which the information is collected, estimate of the total amount of recovery compensation payments made under this Act.
The Special Inspector General shall establish, maintain, and oversee such systems, procedures, and controls as the Special Inspector General considers appropriate to discharge the duties of the Special Inspector General under paragraph (1). The Special Inspector General shall make reasonable efforts to comply with any request to appear before a Committee of Congress for purposes of providing testimony relating to the compensation program established under this Act. In addition to the duties described, the Special Inspector General shall also have the duties and responsibilities of inspectors general under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.). In carrying out the duties of the Special Inspector General under subsection (c), the Special Inspector General shall have the authorities provided in section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). The Office of the Special Inspector General for COVID Recovery Funds shall be considered to be an office described in section 6(f)(3) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) and shall be exempt from an initial determination by the Attorney General under section 6(f)(2) of that Act.
The Special Inspector General may select, appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out the duties of the Special Inspector General, subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title, relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. The Special Inspector General may obtain services as authorized under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at daily rates not to exceed the equivalent rate prescribed for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule by section 5332 of that title.
The Special Inspector General may enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies and with private persons and make such payments as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the Inspector General. Upon request of the Special Inspector General for information or assistance from any department, agency, or other entity of the Federal Government, the head of that department, agency, or entity shall, to the extent practicable and not in contravention of any existing law, furnish that information or assistance to the Special Inspector General, or an authorized designee.
Whenever information or assistance requested by the Special Inspector General is, in the judgment of the Special Inspector General, unreasonably refused or not provided, the Special Inspector General shall report the circumstances to the appropriate committees of Congress without delay. Not later than 60 calendar days after the date on which the Special Inspector General is confirmed, and once every calendar quarter thereafter, the Special Inspector General shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report summarizing the activities of the Special Inspector General during the 3-month period ending on the date on which the Special Inspector General submits the report.
Each report submitted under subparagraph
(A)shall include, for the period covered by the report, a detailed statement of all recovery compensation payments made under this Act, as well as the information collected under subsection (c)(1). Nothing in this subsection may be construed to authorize the public disclosure of information that is— specifically prohibited from disclosure by any other provision of law; specifically required by Executive order to be protected from disclosure in the interest of national defense or national security or in the conduct of foreign affairs; or a part of an ongoing criminal investigation. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to pay the administrative and support costs for the Special Inspector General to carry out this section. The Office of the Special Inspector General shall terminate on the date that is 1 year after the closure of the Fund by the Special Administrator under this Act. The Special Inspector General shall be a member of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency established under section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) until the date of termination of the Office of the Special Inspector General. The Secretary shall— take action to address deficiencies identified by a report or investigation of the Special Inspector General; or with respect to a deficiency identified under paragraph (1), certify to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives that no action is necessary or appropriate.
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.