91 STAT. 576 



PUBLIC LAW 95-91— AUG. 4, 1977 



Report to 

 Secretary of 

 Energy, Federal 

 Energy 

 Regulatory 

 Commission, and 

 Congress. 



Additional 

 investigations 

 and reports. 



Additional 

 authority. 



(5) to seek to coordinate his actions with the actions of the 

 (\)in|)troller (Jpnoral of the United States with a view to avoiding 

 duplication. 



(c) The Inspector General shall, not later than March .31 of each 

 year, submit a report to the Secretary, to the Federal Energy Regula- 

 tory Commission, and to the Congress summarizing the activities of 

 the Office during the preceding calendar year. Such report shall 

 include, but need not be limited to — 



(1) an identification and description of significant problems, 

 abuses, and deficiencies relating to the administration of pro- 

 grams and operations of the Department disclosed by such 

 activities; 



(2) a description of recommendations for corrective action 

 made By the Office with respei?t to significant problems, abuses, or 

 deficiencies identified and described under paragraph (1) ; 



(3) an evaluation of progress made in implementing recom- 

 mendations described in the report or, where appropriate, in 

 previous reports; and 



(4) a summary'of matters referred to prosecutive authorities 

 and the extent to which prosecutions and convictions have 

 resulted. 



(d) The Inspector Ceneral shall report immediately to the Secre- 

 tary, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Conmiission as appropriate, 

 and, within thirty days thereafter, to the api)ro|)riate committees or 

 subcommittees of the Congress whenever the Office becomes aware of 

 |>articularly serious or flagrant problems, abuses, or deficiencies relat- 

 ing to the administration of programs and operations of the Depart- 

 ment. The Deputy and Assistant Inspectors General shall have 

 particular res[)onsibility for informing the Inspector General of such 

 |)roblems, abuses, or deficiencies. 



(e) The Inspector General (1) may make such additional investi- 

 gations and reports relating to the administration of the programs 

 and operations of the Department as are, in the judgment of the 

 Inspector General, necessary or desirable, and (2) shall provide such 

 additional information or documents as may be requested by either 

 House of Congress or, with respect to matters within their jurisdic- 

 tion, by any committee or subcommittee thereof. 



(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the reports, 

 information, or documents required l\y or under this section shall be 

 transmitted to the Secretary, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Com- 

 mission, if applicable, and to the Congress, or committees or subcom- 

 mittees thereof, by the Inspector General without further clearance or 

 approval. The Inspector General sliall, insofar as feasible, provide 

 copies of the reports required under subsection (c) to the Secretary 

 and the Commission, if applicable, sufficiently in advance of the due 

 date for the submi.ssion to Congress to provide a reasonable opportu- 

 nity for comments of the Secretary and the Commission to be 

 appended to the reports when suViinitted to Congress. 



(g) In addition to the authority otherwise provided by this section, 

 the Inspector General, in cariying out the provisions of this section, 

 is authorized — 



(1) to have access to all records, lepoits, audits, rp\ie\vs, docu- 

 ments, papers, recommendations, and other material available to 

 the Department which relate to programs and operations with 

 respect to which the Inspector General has responsibilities under 

 this section ; 



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