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SIGHT Act

USA116th CongressS-3766| Senate 
| Updated: 5/19/2020
Jon Tester

Jon Tester

Democratic Senator

Montana

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Seeking Inspector General's Honest Testimony Act or the SIGHT Act This bill prohibits the President from blocking inspectors general from reporting to Congress regarding the implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and requires a report to Congress under specified circumstances involving denial of access to records under such act. Specifically, if the Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General, the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, or the Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery determines that Treasury or the White House has not provided timely access or has impeded access to records regarding implementation of the CARES Act, then the office or committee shall report to Congress on the lack of access. If Treasury is responsible for the lack of access, then funding for the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury shall be rescinded until Treasury provides access to the records.
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Timeline
May 19, 2020
Introduced in Senate
May 19, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • May 19, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 19, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Government Operations and Politics

AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional-executive branch relationsCongressional oversightDepartment of the TreasuryEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureExecutive Office of the PresidentGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth programs administration and fundingInfectious and parasitic diseasesPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

SIGHT Act

USA116th CongressS-3766| Senate 
| Updated: 5/19/2020
Seeking Inspector General's Honest Testimony Act or the SIGHT Act This bill prohibits the President from blocking inspectors general from reporting to Congress regarding the implementation of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and requires a report to Congress under specified circumstances involving denial of access to records under such act. Specifically, if the Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General, the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, or the Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery determines that Treasury or the White House has not provided timely access or has impeded access to records regarding implementation of the CARES Act, then the office or committee shall report to Congress on the lack of access. If Treasury is responsible for the lack of access, then funding for the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury shall be rescinded until Treasury provides access to the records.
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Timeline
May 19, 2020
Introduced in Senate
May 19, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • May 19, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 19, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jon Tester

Jon Tester

Democratic Senator

Montana

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Government Operations and Politics

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional-executive branch relationsCongressional oversightDepartment of the TreasuryEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureExecutive Office of the PresidentGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth programs administration and fundingInfectious and parasitic diseasesPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents