[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3847 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3847

To provide appropriate authority to the Department of Justice Inspector 
  General to investigate attorney misconduct, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 20, 2009

 Mr. Conyers introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide appropriate authority to the Department of Justice Inspector 
  General to investigate attorney misconduct, 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 called the ``Department of Justice Inspector 
General Authority Improvement Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              JUSTICE.

    (a) Amendment to Requirement Relating to Certain Referrals.--
Section 8E(b) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended by striking paragraph (3).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 8E of such Act is further 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``and paragraph (3)'' in paragraph 
                (2);
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
                (3); and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4) 
                and in that paragraph by striking ``(4)'' and inserting 
                ``(3)''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``, except with respect 
        to allegations described in subsection (b)(3),''.
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