Sec. 5272. DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES
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## SEC. 5272 DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— ####
(1)in section 5— #####
(A)in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “committees or subcommittees of the Congress” and inserting “congressional committees”; and #####
(B)in subsection (d), by striking “committees or subcommittees of Congress” and inserting “congressional committees”; ####
(2)in section 6(h)(4)— #####
(A)in subparagraph (B), by striking “Government”; and #####
(B)by amending subparagraph
(C)to read as follows: > > ##### “(C) > > Any other relevant congressional committee or subcommittee of jurisdiction.” > ; ####
(3)in section 8— #####
(A)in subsection (b)— ######
(i)in paragraph (3), by striking “the Committees on Armed Services and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives and to other appropriate committees or subcommittees of the Congress” and inserting “the appropriate congressional committees, including the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives”; and ######
(ii)in paragraph (4), by striking “and to other appropriate committees or subcommittees”; and #####
(B)in subsection (f)— ######
(i)in paragraph (1), by striking “the Committees on Armed Services and on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committees on Armed Services and on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and to other appropriate committees or subcommittees of Congress” and inserting “the appropriate congressional 136 STAT. 3240 committees, including the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives”; and ######
(ii)in paragraph (2), by striking “committees or subcommittees of the Congress” and inserting “congressional committees”; ####
(4)in section 8D— #####
(A)in subsection (a)(3), by striking “Committees on Governmental Affairs and Finance of the Senate and the Committees on Government Operations and Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, and to other appropriate committees or subcommittees of the Congress” and inserting “appropriate congressional committees, including the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives”; and #####
(B)in subsection (g)— ######
(i)in paragraph (1)— ######
(I)by striking “committees or subcommittees of the Congress” and inserting “congressional committees”; and ######
(II)by striking “Committees on Governmental Affairs and Finance of the Senate and the Committees on Government Reform and Oversight and Ways and Means of the House of Representatives” and inserting “Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives”; and ######
(ii)in paragraph (2), by striking “committees or subcommittees of Congress” and inserting “congressional committees”; ####
(5)in section 8E— #####
(A)in subsection (a)(3), by striking “Committees on Governmental Affairs and Judiciary of the Senate and the Committees on Government Operations and Judiciary of the House of Representatives, and to other appropriate committees or subcommittees of the Congress” and inserting “appropriate congressional committees, including the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives”; and #####
(B)in subsection (c)— ######
(i)by striking “committees or subcommittees of the Congress” and inserting “congressional committees”; and ######
(ii)by striking “Committees on the Judiciary and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Operations of the House of Representatives” and inserting “Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives”; ####
(6)in section 8G(f)(3)— #####
(A)in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking “Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House of Representatives, and to other appropriate committees or 136 STAT. 3241 subcommittees of the Congress” and inserting “the appropriate congressional committees”; and #####
(B)by striking subparagraph (C); ####
(7)in section 8I— #####
(A)in subsection (a)(3), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “committees and subcommittees of Congress” and inserting “congressional committees”; and #####
(B)in subsection (d), by striking “committees and subcommittees of Congress” each place it appears and inserting “congressional committees”; ####
(8)in section 8N(b), by striking “committees of Congress” and inserting “congressional committees”; ####
(9)in section 11— #####
(A)in subsection (b)(3)(B)(viii)— ######
(i)by striking subclauses
(III)and (IV); ######
(ii)in subclause (I), by adding “and” at the end; and ######
(iii)by amending subclause
(II)to read as follows: > > ##### “(II) > > the appropriate congressional committees.” > ; and #####
(B)in subsection (d)(8)(A)(iii), by striking “to the” and all that follows through “jurisdiction” and inserting “to the appropriate congressional committees”; and ####
(10)in section 12— #####
(A)in paragraph (4), by striking “and” at the end; #####
(B)in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and #####
(C)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(6) > > the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means— > > > ##### “(A) > > the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; > > > ##### “(B) > > the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives; and > > > ##### “(C) > > any other relevant congressional committee or subcommittee of jurisdiction.” > .