[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8047 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8047

   To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to prohibit an acting 
Inspector General from serving in more than one position in the Federal 
                              Government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 14, 2020

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to prohibit an acting 
Inspector General from serving in more than one position in the Federal 
                              Government.

    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 ``Demanding Unconditional 
Accountability under the Law for Inspectors General Act'' or the ``DUAL 
IG Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DUAL ROLE FOR ACTING INSPECTORS GENERAL.

    The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended in 
section 3 by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) In the event of a vacancy in the position of any Inspector 
General appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, an acting Inspector General performing the functions and 
duties of such vacant position may not perform the functions and duties 
of any other position within the Government.''.
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