Inspector General Vacancy Act of 2014

Inspector General Vacancy Act of 2014 - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to provide that if the President does not nominate an Inspector General within 180 days after a vacancy occurs in that position, the individual serving as interim Inspector General shall be deemed to be appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5630 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5630

 To amend the Inspector General Act of 1976 to fill Inspector General 
                   vacancies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2014

  Mr. Murphy of Florida (for himself, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Ms. 
   Kuster, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Mulvaney, Ms. 
 Sinema, and Mr. Peters of California) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Inspector General Act of 1976 to fill Inspector General 
                   vacancies, 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 Vacancy Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 3 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Nomination of Inspector General To Fill a Vacancy.--If the 
President does not nominate an Inspector General pursuant to subsection 
(a) within 180 days after a vacancy for the Inspector General, the 
individual serving as interim Inspector General shall be deemed to be 
appointed under such subsection, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate.''.
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