Pandemic Response Accountability Committee

The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) is an independent oversight committee within the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, created by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020 to ensure that the $2.2 trillion of the CARES act, plus 5 other pandemic-related pieces of legislation totaling over $5 trillion in government funds,[1] were not misspent.

[3] President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law on March 27, 2020, but objected to stipulations that involved congressional oversight citing constitutional concerns regarding separation of powers.

"[5] On March 30, 2020, Michael E. Horowitz, chair of the CIGIE and Inspector General of the United States Department of Justice, as authorized by the CARE Act, appointed Glenn A.

This includes CIGIE’s Pandemic Response Accountability Committee and its efforts on behalf of American taxpayers, families, businesses, patients, and health care providers to ensure that over $2 trillion in emergency federal spending is being used consistently with the law’s mandate.

[14] On April 27, 2020, CIGIE Chair Horowitz named Bob Westbrooks, who had been Inspector General of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation from May 2015, to be the executive director responsible for day-to-day functions.

Williams expressed doubt that "the career investigators on the committee will feel comfortable discussing sensitive matters with political appointees still working in other roles within the administration" and that the PRAC may thus be of limited value.

[17] On June 11, Horowitz and Westbrook revealed that attorneys in the Treasury Department had concluded that the Trump administration is not required to provide information about who is receiving funds under the CARES Act's Division A.