[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2127 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2127

 To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 relative to the powers of 
              the Department of Justice Inspector General.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 13, 2014

  Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Tester, Mr. Grassley, and Ms. Murkowski) 
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 relative to the powers of 
              the Department of Justice Inspector General.

    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 Empowerment Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. INVESTIGATIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PERSONNEL.

    Section 8E of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and paragraph 
                (3)'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (3);
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
                paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and
                    (D) in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking 
                ``paragraph (4)'' and inserting ``paragraph (3)''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``, except with respect 
        to allegations described in subsection (b)(3),''.
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