3.0.0 3664 2023-01-11T13:42:43Z 2023-01-11T13:42:43Z Senate S 2020-05-07 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-07T19:35:40Z Inspectors General Independence Act of 2020 116 6668 HR 2020-05-01 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Identical bill CRS 2020-05-07 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-05-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N 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 2020-05-07 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-26T12:39:52Z 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 Short Title(s) as Introduced Inspectors General Independence Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance the independence of Inspectors General, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3664is/xml/BILLS-116s3664is.xml 2020-05-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.