[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 1446 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1446

To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to establish 
an Inspector General of the Administrative Office of the United States 
                    Courts, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 5, 1995

  Mr. McCain introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to establish 
an Inspector General of the Administrative Office of the United States 
                    Courts, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Inspector General of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED 
              STATES COURTS.

    (a) Special Provision Relating to Appointment.--The Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 8G (relating to requirements 
        for Federal entities and designated Federal entities) and 
        section 8G (relating to rule of construction of special 
        provisions) as sections 8H and 8I, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after section 8F the following new 
        section:

``special provisions concerning the administrative office of the united 
                             states courts

    ``Sec. 8G. The Judicial Conference of the United States shall 
submit a list of individuals for nomination as Inspector General of the 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts to the President. The 
President shall appoint an individual, in accordance with section 3(a), 
from such list to serve as the Inspector General of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts.''.
    (b) Transfer of Functions.--Section 9(a)(1) of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 is amended by inserting after subparagraph (W) the 
following new subparagraph:
                    ``(X) of the Administrative Office of the United 
                States Courts, the office of the Administrative Office 
                of the United States Courts referred to as the `Office 
                of Audit'; and''.
    (c) Establishment.--Section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``the Director of the 
        Administrative Office of the United States Courts;'' before 
        ``or the Commissioner of Social Security, Social Security 
        Administration''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2) by striking out ``, or the Veterans' 
        Administration,'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``, the 
        Veterans' Administration, the Administrative Office of the 
        United States Courts,''.
    (d) Executive Schedule Position.--Section 5316 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
            ``Inspector General, Administrative Office of the United 
        States Courts.''.
    (e) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The Inspector General Act 
of 1978 is amended--
            (1) in section 4(b)(2)--
                    (A) by striking out ``section 8F(a)(2), and any 
                audit office established within a Federal entity 
                defined under section 8F(a)(1)'' and inserting in lieu 
                thereof ``section 8H(a)(2) and any audit office 
                established within a Federal entity defined under 
                section 8H(a)(1)''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``section 8F(a)(2).'' and 
                inserting in lieu thereof ``section 8H(a)(2).'';
            (2) in section 6(a)(8) by striking out ``the equivalent 
        rate prescribed for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule by 
        section 5332'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``the maximum rate 
        payable for a position above GS-15 of the General Schedule 
        under section 5108''; and
            (3) in section 8I (as redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of 
        this section and relating to rule of construction of special 
        provisions)--
                    (A) by striking out ``section 8, 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D or 
                8E of this Act'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
                ``section 8, 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E, 8F, or 8G of this 
                Act''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``section 8F(a)'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``section 8H(a)''.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF FOIA AND PRIVACY PROVISIONS TO THE 
              ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS.

    For purposes of sections 552, 552a, and 552b of title 5, United 
States Code, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts is 
an agency.
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