H.R. 5799

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5799 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5799

To amend chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, to require 
cooperation with Inspector General requests, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

October 21, 2025

Mr. Garcia of California (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch, Ms. 
DeLauro, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Brown, Ms. Stansbury, 
Ms. Simon, Mr. Frost, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Casar, Ms. Crockett, 
Mr. Min, Mr. Subramanyam, and Ms. Ansari) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform

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A BILL

To amend chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, to require 
cooperation with Inspector General requests, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Fast Action for Lawful Compliance 
with Oversight Needs Act of 2025'' or the ``FALCON Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. COOPERATION WITH INSPECTOR GENERAL REQUESTS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 425. Cooperation with Inspector General requests.
``(a) Requirement To Comply With IG Requests.--Any officer or 
employee of a covered agency (including the head of such agency and any 
political appointee of such agency), grant recipient of a covered 
agency (or any subgrantee thereof at any tier), or contractor of a 
covered agency (or any subcontractor thereof at any tier) that receives 
a covered request from an Inspector General shall comply with such 
request not later than 60 days after receiving such request.
``(b) Appropriate Administrative Discipline.--
``(1) In general.--Any individual or entity described under 
subsection (a) that receives a covered request from an 
Inspector General, and fails to comply with such request in 
accordance with such subsection, may be subject to appropriate 
administrative discipline, including as applicable and when 
circumstances so warrant--
``(A) removal or suspension without pay when the 
circumstance warrants such discipline; or
``(B) an adverse contract action.
``(2) Limitation.--Any discipline under this subsection--
``(A) with respect to an officer, employee, grant 
recipient, subgrantee, contractor, or subcontractor 
shall be at the sole discretion of the head of the 
covered agency concerned; and
``(B) with respect to the head of a covered agency, 
shall be at the sole discretion of the President.
``(c) Notification.--
``(1) With respect to failure to comply.--If an individual 
or entity described under subsection (a) receives a covered 
request from an Inspector General, and the Inspector General 
determines that the individual or entity failed to comply with 
such request in accordance with such subsection, such Inspector 
General shall, not later than 30 days after making such 
determination, submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees and the head of such agency a notification regarding 
such noncompliance.
``(2) Contents.--Each notification required by paragraph 
(1) shall include the following:
``(A) With respect to the individual or entity that 
failed to comply with the request--
``(i) the job title of such individual (in 
the case that the individual is an officer or 
employee of a covered agency), or the name of 
the individual or entity (in the case that the 
individual or entity is a contractor, 
subcontractor, grantee, or subgrantee); and
``(ii) the organizational unit of the 
agency within which the individual or entity 
works.
``(B) The date on which the request was initially 
made.
``(C) The general subject matter of the information 
of requested.
``(3) Form.--The notification required by paragraph (1) 
shall be in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex containing additional information relating to the general 
subject matter of any information requested.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered agency.--The term `covered agency' means the 
following:
``(A) An establishment.
``(B) A designated Federal entity.
``(2) Covered request.--The term `covered request'--
``(A) means a request for information, access, or 
assistance under section 406, including an interview or 
access for documents; and
``(B) does not include a request for--
``(i) access to any information with 
respect to which Congress has, in accordance 
with section 406(a)(1)(B), limited the right of 
access of the Inspector General;
``(ii) information or assistance under 
subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3) of section 406 that 
is, in the judgment of an Inspector General, 
reasonably refused or not provided;
``(iii) access to any information or 
assistance prohibited by--
``(I) the Secretary of Defense 
pursuant to section 408(b)(2);
``(II) the Secretary of Treasury 
pursuant to section 412;
``(III) the Attorney General 
pursuant to section 413;
``(IV) the Secretary of Homeland 
Security pursuant to section 417; or
``(V) the Secretary of Energy 
pursuant to section 421; or
``(iv) grand jury materials--
``(I) that are protected from 
disclosure pursuant to rule 6(e) of the 
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; 
and
``(II) with respect to which the 
Attorney General has not granted the 
Inspector General access.
``(3) Inspector general.--The term `Inspector General' 
means an Inspector General of a covered agency.''.
(b) Directives.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the head of each covered agency (as such term is 
defined in section 425 of title 5, United States Code (as added by 
subsection (a))) shall make explicit in writing to all personnel of the 
agency (and shall consider updating any agency personnel directives or 
policies) to specify, that if any of such personnel does not comply 
within 60 days with a request for an interview or access to documents 
from the Inspector General of the covered agency in accordance with 
section 425 of title 5, United Sates Code, such personnel may be 
subject to appropriate administrative discipline (including, as 
applicable and when circumstances so warrant, suspension without pay or 
removal or an adverse contract action) under such section.
(c) Technical Amendments.--
(1) Table of contents.--The table of sections for chapter 4 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``425. Cooperation with Inspector General requests.''.
(2) Definition of appropriate congressional committees.--
Section 401 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), 
and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6), 
respectively; and
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
redesignated, the following new paragraph (1):
``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
`appropriate congressional committees' means--
``(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
``(B) the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives; and
``(C) any other relevant congressional committee or 
subcommittee of jurisdiction.''.
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