3.0.0 2240 2023-01-11T13:27:15Z 2023-01-11T13:27:15Z House HR 2015-05-05 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 5, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RICHMOND:H.R. 2240.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted toCongress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl.1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and theNecessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18).Further, this statement of constitutional authority is madefor the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XIIof the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall haveno bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.[Page H2799]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2015-05-05T15:30:05Z Inspector General Access Act of 2015 114 618 S 2015-03-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2015-05-05 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2015-05-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-05-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000588 Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] Cedric Richmond D LA L. 2 N H001071 Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10] Jody Hice R GA B. 10 2015-05-05 True L000573 Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1] Raul Labrador R ID R. 1 2015-05-05 True C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] JOHN CONYERS D MI 13 2015-05-14 False Government Operations and Politics Department of Justice Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-05-05 Introduced in House 2015-06-04T20:54:30Z Inspector General Access Act of 2015

Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to eliminate a provision of such Act that requires referral of allegations of misconduct involving Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys, investigators, or law enforcement personnel to the DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility (thus allowing the DOJ Inspector General to investigate such allegations).

]]> Inspector General Access Act of 2015 Display Title Inspector General Access Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 relative to the powers of the Department of Justice Inspector General. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Inspector General Access Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr2240ih/xml/BILLS-114hr2240ih.xml 2015-05-05 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.