3.0.0 426 2023-01-11T13:46:32Z 2023-01-11T13:46:32Z Senate S 2021-02-24 117 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2021-10-21T14:00:04Z ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-24T22:57:29Z Inspector General Independence and Empowerment Act of 2021 117 2662 HR 2022-12-05 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 585. Related bill CRS Inspector General Access Act of 2021 117 3064 HR 2021-05-07 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Identical bill CRS 2021-10-21 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Committee 2021-02-24 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S864) IntroReferral 2021-02-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2021-02-24 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2021-02-24 True G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. 2021-02-24 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2021-02-24 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2021-02-24 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2021-02-24 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2021-02-24 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2021-02-24 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2021-02-24 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2021-02-24 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2021-02-24 True Government Operations and Politics Department of Justice Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Lawyers and legal services Government Operations and Politics 00 2021-02-24 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-24T16:52:49Z Inspector General Access Act of 2021

This bill transfers responsibility for investigating certain allegations of misconduct from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Professional Responsibility to the DOJ Office of the Inspector General. Specifically, the bill transfers responsibility for allegations relating to a DOJ attorney's authority to investigate, litigate, or provide legal advice.

]]> Inspector General Access Act of 2021 Display Title Inspector General Access Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 relative to the powers of the Department of Justice Inspector General. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Inspector General Access Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s426is/xml/BILLS-117s426is.xml 2021-10-21 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. 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.