[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5974 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5974

   To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Legal Services 
   Corporation Act to provide appropriate removal procedures for the 
  Inspector General of the Legal Services Corporation, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2006

  Mr. Cannon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Legal Services 
   Corporation Act to provide appropriate removal procedures for the 
  Inspector General of the Legal Services Corporation, 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. THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION.

    Section 1005 of the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 
2996d) is amended--
            (1) in the heading of the section, by striking ``and 
        employees'' and inserting ``, employees, and the inspector 
        general'';
            (2) at the end of the section, by adding the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(h)(1) The Board shall appoint and shall have the power to remove 
the Inspector General, in accordance with section 8G of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978.
    ``(2) The Inspector General may at any time be removed upon the 
written concurrence of at least 9 members of the Board. Nothing in this 
subsection shall be considered to exempt the Board from the 
requirements of section 8G(e) of the Inspector General Act of 1978.''.

SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE LEGAL 
              SERVICES CORPORATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended by--
            (1) redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections 
        (h) and (i), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(g)(1) For the purposes of carrying out subsection (c) with 
respect to the Legal Services Corporation, the appointment of the 
Inspector General shall be made by the Board of Directors of the Legal 
Services Corporation.
    ``(2) The Inspector General of the Legal Services Corporation may 
at any time be removed upon the written concurrence of at least 9 
members of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of section 8G of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by inserting 
``and subsection (g)'' after ``subsection (f)''.
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