# Plain Language Summary of the SIGAR Act

The U.S. government is shutting down the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), an agency that has been watching over how American money and resources were used in Afghanistan. This office will officially close on January 31, 2026. SIGAR was created back in 2008 to investigate waste, fraud, and mismanagement of U.S. funds during America's involvement in Afghanistan, and it's been doing that job for the past 16 years. Now that the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan is complete, Congress has decided this office is no longer needed.

When SIGAR closes, its employees will need new jobs. The bill makes sure these workers get help finding positions elsewhere in the federal government through a program called the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). This program gives priority to displaced federal employees when other government agencies have job openings. The bill treats SIGAR employees as officially "displaced," which means they'll get preference and support in finding new federal positions before other job applicants are considered. This is important because it protects these workers from simply being laid off without assistance.

The bill also addresses the money. Any funds that SIGAR hasn't spent by February 1, 2026, will be transferred to the State Department to use for foreign operations and related programs. Before moving this money around, the Secretary of State has to talk with the relevant committees in Congress to make sure everyone agrees on how it should be used. Essentially, this bill is an orderly shutdown of an agency that completed its mission, with protections built in for the employees who worked there.