109 HR 6101 IH: To amend the Legal Services Corporation Act to provide U.S. House of Representatives 2006-09-19 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.

I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6101 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 19, 2006 Mr. Cannon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Legal Services Corporation Act to provide appropriate removal procedures for the Inspector General, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Legal Services Corporation Improvement Act.

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Appointment and removal of the Inspector General

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. .