FIRED Act

Bill: 116-hr-531
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-14
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Federal officials

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fighting for Intelligent, Rational, and Ethical Dismissal Act or the FIRED Act</b></p> <p>This bill limits the circumstances under which the President may remove the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation&mdash;specifically, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 531 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 14, 2019 Mr. Brown of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may only be removed for cause, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fighting for Intelligent, Rational, and Ethical Dismissal Act or the FIRED Act . 2. Removal of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (a) Removal for cause Section 1101(b) of title VI of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( Public Law 90–351 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: The President may remove the Director for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. . (b) Application The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation appointed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.