HR 2221119th CongressIn Committee

Office of Management and Budget Inspector General Act

Introduced: Mar 18, 2025

Standard Summary

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H.R. 2221 would create an Office of Inspector General (IG) specifically for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). It amends Chapter 4 of Title 5, United States Code, to include OMB in the definitions used for IGs and to establish a new, limited-scope IG office for OMB. A key feature is the establishment of a special provision (Sec. 421A) that states the OMB IG “shall only have jurisdiction over those matters that have been specifically assigned to the Office under law.” The bill also requires the President to appoint an OMB IG within 120 days of enactment following the standard appointment process set out in Section 403(a) of Title 5. The overall effect is to create an IG for OMB, but with a jurisdictional constraint that limits investigations and audits to matters expressly mandated by law.

Key Points

1Establishes the Office of Inspector General for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) by amending Title 5, United States Code.
2Adds a new Sec. 421A (Special Provisions Concerning the Inspector General of the Office of Management and Budget) limiting the IG’s jurisdiction to matters specifically assigned to the Office under law.
3Requires the President to appoint the OMB Inspector General within 120 days after enactment, in accordance with the existing appointment process for IGs under 5 U.S.C. §403(a).
4Makes conforming definitional updates to Title 5 to include “the Office of Management and Budget” and “the Director of the Office of Management and Budget” in relevant definitions.
5The bill was introduced in the House and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Impact Areas

Primary group/area affected: Office of Management and Budget employees and operations, which would come under a statutory Inspector General with a constrained investigative jurisdiction.Secondary group/area affected: Oversight and accountability processes within the executive branch and Congress, which would interact with the new IG but face a more limited scope of oversight due to the law-based jurisdiction restriction.Additional impacts:- Administrative and budgetary implications for establishing and staffing an OMB IG office.- Potential changes in how audits or investigations involving OMB are pursued, since the IG could only address matters mandated by statute.- Interaction with the broader Inspector General framework in the federal government and with other oversight bodies (e.g., GAO) in coordinating oversight activities.

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