FALCON Act of 2025

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