[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 426 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 426

 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

                           February 24, 2021

    Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. 
    Feinstein, Mr. Rubio, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Coons, Mrs. 
  Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. Hirono) 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 Access Act of 
2021''.

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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