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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1446

To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to establish

an Inspector General of the Administrative Office of the United States

Courts, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

DECEMBER 5, 1995

Mr. MCCAIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.

App.) to establish an Inspector General of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Inspector General of

5 the Administrative Office of the United States Courts Act

6 of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OF2 FICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS.

3 (a) SPECIAL PROVISION RELATING TO APPOINT4 MENT.—The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.

5 App.) is amended—

6 (1) by redesignating section 8G (relating to re7 quirements for Federal entities and designated Fed8 eral entities) and section 8G (relating to rule of con9 struction of special provisions) as sections 8H and

10 8I, respectively; and

11 (2) by inserting after section 8F the following

12 new section:

13 ‘‘SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRA14 TIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS

15 ‘‘SEC. 8G. The Judicial Conference of the United

16 States shall submit a list of individuals for nomination as

17 Inspector General of the Administrative Office of the

18 United States Courts to the President. The President shall

19 appoint an individual, in accordance with section 3(a),

20 from such list to serve as the Inspector General of the

21 Administrative Office of the United States Courts.’’.

22 (b) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—Section 9(a)(1) of

23 the Inspector General Act of 1978 is amended by inserting

24 after subparagraph (W) the following new subparagraph:

25 ‘‘(X) of the Administrative Office of the

26 United States Courts, the office of the Adminis-
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1 trative Office of the United States Courts re2 ferred to as the ‘Office of Audit’; and’’.

3 (c) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 11 of the Inspector

4 General Act of 1978 is amended—

5 (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘the Director

6 of the Administrative Office of the United States

7 Courts;’’ before ‘‘or the Commissioner of Social Se8 curity, Social Security Administration’’; and

9 (2) in paragraph (2) by striking out ‘‘, or the

10 Veterans’ Administration,’’ and inserting in lieu

11 thereof ‘‘, the Veterans’ Administration, the Admin12 istrative Office of the United States Courts,’’.

13 (d) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE POSITION.—Section

14 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding

15 at the end thereof the following:

16 ‘‘Inspector General, Administrative Office of the

17 United States Courts.’’.

18 (e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

19 The Inspector General Act of 1978 is amended—

20 (1) in section 4(b)(2)—

21 (A) by striking out ‘‘section 8F(a)(2), and

22 any audit office established within a Federal

23 entity defined under section 8F(a)(1)’’ and in24 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 8H(a)(2) and
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1 any audit office established within a Federal

2 entity defined under section 8H(a)(1)’’; and

3 (B) by striking out ‘‘section 8F(a)(2).’’

4 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section

5 8H(a)(2).’’;

6 (2) in section 6(a)(8) by striking out ‘‘the

7 equivalent rate prescribed for grade GS–18 of the

8 General Schedule by section 5332’’ and inserting in

9 lieu thereof ‘‘the maximum rate payable for a posi10 tion above GS–15 of the General Schedule under

11 section 5108’’; and

12 (3) in section 8I (as redesignated by subsection

13 (a)(1) of this section and relating to rule of con14 struction of special provisions)—

15 (A) by striking out ‘‘section 8, 8A, 8B, 8C,

16 8D or 8E of this Act’’ and inserting in lieu

17 thereof ‘‘section 8, 8A, 8B, 8C, 8D, 8E, 8F, or

18 8G of this Act’’; and

19 (B) by striking out ‘‘section 8F(a)’’ and

20 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 8H(a)’’.
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1 SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF FOIA AND PRIVACY PROVISIONS

2 TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE

3 UNITED STATES COURTS.

4 For purposes of sections 552, 552a, and 552b of title

5 5, United States Code, the Administrative Office of the

6 United States Courts is an agency.

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