Sec. 5. Reforms to Office of Inspector General

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The Secretary may not provide any amounts to the Transit Authority under section 602(c) of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–432 ; 122 Stat. 4968), as added by section 4, until the Secretary certifies that the Board has passed a resolution that— reaffirms the status of the Office of Inspector General as an independent and objective unit of the Transit Authority, as established under Section 9 of Article III of the Compact; provides that, for each fiscal year, the Office of Inspector General— shall transmit a budget estimate and request to the Board specifying the aggregate amount of funds requested for the fiscal year for the operations of the Office; and may include a request under subparagraph

(A)for a program or project that is anticipated to generate obligations or liabilities beyond that fiscal year; delegates to the Inspector General, to the extent possible under the Compact and in accordance with each applicable Federal law or regulation, contracting officer authority, subject to the requirement that the Inspector General exercise that authority— in accordance with Section 73 of Article XVI of the Compact, after working with the Transit Authority to develop procurement procedures to facilitate compliance with that section; and only as is necessary to carry out the duties of the Office of Inspector General; delegates to the Inspector General, to the extent possible under the Compact— the authority to select, appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary for carrying out the duties of the Office of Inspector General; approving authority for policies that impact the independence of the Office of Inspector General; and the authority to adopt recruiting, hiring, and personnel management policies for the Office of Inspector General as appropriate in exercising the authority delegated under subparagraph (A); ensures the Inspector General shall obtain legal advice from a counsel reporting directly to the Inspector General; and requires the Inspector General to— post any report containing a recommendation for corrective action to the website of the Office of Inspector General not later than 3 days after the recommendation is submitted in final form to the General Manager of the Transit Authority, except that— the Inspector General shall, if required by law or otherwise appropriate, redact personally identifiable information and information that, in the determination of the Inspector General, would pose a security risk to the systems of the Transit Authority; and with respect to any investigative findings in a case involving administrative misconduct, whether included in a recommendation or otherwise, the Inspector General shall publish only a summary of the findings, which summary shall be redacted in accordance with the procedures set forth in clause (i); submit a semiannual report containing recommendations of corrective action to the Board, which the Board shall transmit not later than 30 days after receipt of the report, together with any comments the Board determines appropriate, to— each covered recipient described in section 2(3)(A); the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and any other recipients that the Board determines appropriate; and not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act and 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to each covered recipient a report that— describes the implementation by the Transit Authority of the reforms required under, and the use by the Transit Authority of the funding authorized under— chapter 34 of title 33.2 of the Code of Virginia; section 10–205 of the Transportation Article of the Code of Maryland; and section 6002 of the Dedicated WMATA Funding and Tax Changes Affecting Real Property and Sales Amendment Act of 2018 (1–325.401, D.C. Official Code); and contains— an assessment of the effective use of the funding described in clause

(i)to address major capital improvement projects; a discussion of compliance with strategic plan deadlines; an examination of compliance with the reform requirements under the laws described in clause (i), including identifying any challenges to compliance or implementation; and recommendations to the Transit Authority to improve implementation.

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Pub. L. 110-432
122 Stat. 4968

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Sec. 5

Reforms to Office of Inspector General

Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-432

Stat.122 Stat. 4968

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