3.0.0 6668 2023-01-11T13:43:02Z 2023-01-11T13:43:02Z House HR 2020-05-01 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 82 (Friday, May 1, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. COOPER:H.R. 6668.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates.[Page H1973]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-05-01T16:04:40Z Inspectors General Independence Act of 2020 116 3664 S 2020-05-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2020-05-01 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2020-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-05-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000754 Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5] JAMES COOPER D TN H. 5 N C001110 Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] J. Correa D CA Luis 46 2020-05-01 True S001206 Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] Donna Shalala D FL E. 27 2020-05-08 False P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 2020-05-08 False C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] Ed Case D HI 1 2020-06-24 False Government Operations and Politics Federal officials Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-05-01 Introduced in House 2020-05-15T23:01:25Z Inspectors General Independence Act of 2020

This bill permits an inspector general to be removed by the President or by a federal entity before the expiration of his or her term only for permanent incapacity, inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or conviction of a felony or conduct involving moral turpitude.

The bill provides for a seven-year term of office for each inspector general. An individual may serve for more than one term.

Any individual appointed to fill a vacancy in such position, occurring before the expiration of the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed for a full seven-year term.

]]> Inspectors General Independence Act of 2020 Display Title Inspectors General Independence Act of 2020 Official Title as Introduced To enhance the independence of Inspectors General, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Inspectors General Independence Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr6668ih/xml/BILLS-116hr6668ih.xml 2020-05-01 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and 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.