3.0.0 3994 2023-07-06T19:48:57Z 2023-07-06T19:48:57Z Senate S 2020-06-18 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-18T18:40:08Z 2020-06-18 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2020-06-18 True P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2020-06-18 True C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2020-06-18 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2020-06-18 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2020-06-18 True R000615 Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT] Mitt Romney R UT 2020-06-18 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2020-06-18 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2020-06-18 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2020-06-18 True Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Employment discrimination and employee rights Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-15T14:25:13Z Securing Inspector General Independence Act of 2020

This bill limits the circumstances under which the President or certain agency heads may remove an Inspector General or place an Inspector General on non-duty status.

Before an Inspector General may be removed, Congress must be given a detailed account of the reasons for the removal and the Inspector General shall remain on the job for 30 days while Congress considers those reasons.

]]> Securing Inspector General Independence Act of 2020 Display Title Securing Inspector General Independence Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Securing Inspector General Independence Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to provide that the President or certain agency heads may remove an Inspector General, or place an Inspector General on non-duty status, only if certain conditions are satisfied, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3994is/xml/BILLS-116s3994is.xml 2020-06-18 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.