Inspector General Access Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3003
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-06-06
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Inspector General Access Act of </strong><b><b>2018</b></b></p> <p>This bill transfers responsibility for investigating certain allegations of misconduct from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Professional Responsibility to the DOJ Office of the Inspector General. Specifically, the bill transfers responsibility for allegations relating to a DOJ attorney's authority to investigate, litigate, or provide legal advice.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3003 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 6, 2018 Mr. Lee (for himself, 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 Access Act of 2018 . 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), .