Introduced in House

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10445 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10445

 To amend chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, to provide 10 year 
  terms of service for Inspectors General, to provide that Inspectors 
     General may only be removed for cause, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2026

   Mr. Ivey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, to provide 10 year 
  terms of service for Inspectors General, to provide that Inspectors 
     General may only be removed for cause, 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 ``Inspectors General Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. 10 YEAR TERM OF SERVICE FOR INSPECTORS GENERAL; REMOVAL ONLY 
              FOR CAUSE.

    Title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in section 403--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by inserting after the first 
                sentence the following: ``The term of service of the 
                Inspector General shall be ten years.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``may be removed 
                from office by the President'' and inserting ``may be 
                removed from office by the President only for cause''; 
                and
            (2) in section 415--
                    (A) in subsection (c), by inserting after the 
                second sentence the following: ``The term of service of 
                the Inspector General shall be ten years.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (e), by inserting ``only for 
                cause and'' after ``made''.
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