[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3748 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3748

To amend the removal and transfer procedures for the Inspectors General 
of the Library of Congress, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, 
                 and the Government Publishing Office.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 12, 2018

  Mr. Blunt (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the removal and transfer procedures for the Inspectors General 
of the Library of Congress, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, 
                 and the Government Publishing Office.

    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 ``Improving the Inspector General 
Process for Legislative Branch Instrumentalities Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL AND TRANSFER PROCEDURES FOR THE INSPECTORS GENERAL OF 
              THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE 
              CAPITOL, AND GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE.

    (a) Library of Congress.--Paragraph (2) of section 1307(c) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 (2 U.S.C. 185(c)) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Removal or transfer.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Inspector General may be 
                removed from office, or transferred to another position 
                within, or another location of, the Library of 
                Congress, by the Librarian of Congress.
                    ``(B) Notice.--Not later than 30 days before the 
                Librarian of Congress removes or transfers the 
                Inspector General under subparagraph (A), the Librarian 
                of Congress shall communicate in writing the reason for 
                the removal or transfer to--
                    ``(i) the Committee on House Administration and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    ``(ii) the Committee on Rules and Administration 
                and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
            ``(C) Applicability.--Nothing in this paragraph shall 
        prohibit a personnel action (except for removal or transfer) 
        that is otherwise authorized by law.''.
    (b) Office of the Architect of the Capitol.--Paragraph (2) of 
section 1301(c) of the Architect of the Capitol Inspector General Act 
of 2007 (2 U.S.C. 1808(c)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Removal or transfer.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Inspector General may be 
                removed from office, or transferred to another position 
                within, or another location of, the Office of the 
                Architect of the Capitol, by the Architect of the 
                Capitol.
                    ``(B) Notice.--Not later than 30 days before the 
                Architect of the Capitol removes or transfers the 
                Inspector General under subparagraph (A), the Architect 
                of the Capitol shall communicate in writing the reason 
                for the removal or transfer to--
                    ``(i) the Committee on House Administration and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    ``(ii) the Committee on Rules and Administration 
                and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
            ``(C) Applicability.--Nothing in this paragraph shall 
        prohibit a personnel action (except for removal or transfer) 
        that is otherwise authorized by law.''.
    (c) Government Publishing Office.--Section 3902(b) of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) The Inspector General may be removed from office, or 
transferred to another position within, or another location of, the 
Government Publishing Office, by the Director of the Government 
Publishing Office.
    ``(2) Not later than 30 days before the Director removes or 
transfers the Inspector General under paragraph (1), the Director shall 
communicate in writing the reason for the removal or transfer to--
            ``(A) the Committee on House Administration and the 
        Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; 
        and
            ``(B) the Committee on Rules and Administration and the 
        Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
    ``(3) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a personnel action 
(except for removal or transfer) that is otherwise authorized by 
law.''.
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