Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2127
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2014-03-13
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Department of Justice

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government studies and investigations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-03-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-03-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2014 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to eliminate a provision of such Act that requires referral of allegations of misconduct involving Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys, investigators, or law enforcement personnel to the DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility (thus allowing the DOJ Inspector General to investigate such allegations). </p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2127 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 13, 2014 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Tester , Mr. Grassley , and Ms. Murkowski ) 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 relative to the powers of the Department of Justice Inspector General.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2014 . 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), .