Title: Inspector General Independence Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Inspector General Independence Act
This bill enumerates the grounds for removal of an inpector general by the President, including documented neglect of duty or malfeasance. The President must include the documentation of any grounds for removal in a communication to Congress.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6984 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6984

To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require removal for cause 
             of Inspectors General, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2020

   Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. 
   Connolly, and Mr. Lynch) 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 require removal for cause 
             of Inspectors General, and for other purposes.

    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 Independence 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
            (1) in section 3(b)--
                    (A) by striking ``An Inspector General'' and 
                inserting ``(1) An Inspector General'';
                    (B) by inserting after ``by the President'' the 
                following: ``in accordance with paragraph (2)''; and
                    (C) by inserting at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(2) The President may remove an Inspector General only for any of 
the following grounds (and the documentation of any such ground shall 
be included in the communication required pursuant to paragraph (1)):
            ``(A) Documented permanent incapacity.
            ``(B) Documented neglect of duty.
            ``(C) Documented malfeasance.
            ``(D) Documented conviction of a felony or conduct 
        involving moral turpitude.
            ``(E) Documented knowing violation of a law or regulation.
            ``(F) Documented gross mismanagement.
            ``(G) Documented gross waste of funds.
            ``(H) Documented abuse of authority.
            ``(I) Documented inefficiency.''; and
            (2) in section 8G(e)(2), by adding at the end the following 
        new sentence: ``An Inspector General may be removed only for 
        any of the following grounds (and the documentation of any such 
        ground shall be included in the communication required pursuant 
        to this paragraph):
            ``(A) Documented permanent incapacity.
            ``(B) Documented neglect of duty.
            ``(C) Documented malfeasance.
            ``(D) Documented conviction of a felony or conduct 
        involving moral turpitude.
            ``(E) Documented knowing violation of a law or regulation.
            ``(F) Documented gross mismanagement.
            ``(G) Documented gross waste of funds.
            ``(H) Documented abuse of authority.
            ``(I) Documented inefficiency.''.
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