[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3154 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3154

 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2017

    Mr. Richmond (for himself, Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, and Mr. 
   Conyers) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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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 Access Act of 
2017''.

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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