To establish an independent inspector general for the Federal Communications Commission.

This bill amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint the Inspector General of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). (Currently, the FCC appoints the FCC Inspector General.)

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2636 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2636

     To establish an independent inspector general for the Federal 
                       Communications Commission.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2017

    Mr. Johnson of Ohio (for himself and Mr. Olson) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
     To establish an independent inspector general for the Federal 
                       Communications Commission.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 
              COMMISSION.

    (a) Amendments.--The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
is amended--
            (1) in section 8G(a)(2), by striking ``the Federal 
        Communications Commission,''; and
            (2) in section 12--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, the Federal 
                Communications Commission,'' after ``the Chairman of 
                the Nuclear Regulatory Commission''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``the Federal 
                Communications Commission,'' after ``the Environmental 
                Protection Agency,''.
    (b) Transition Rule.--An individual serving as Inspector General of 
the Federal Communications Commission on the date of the enactment of 
this Act pursuant to an appointment made under section 8G of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)--
            (1) may continue so serving until the President makes an 
        appointment under section 3(a) of such Act with respect to the 
        Federal Communications Commission consistent with the 
        amendments made by subsection (a); and
            (2) shall, while serving under paragraph (1), remain 
        subject to the provisions of section 8G of such Act which, 
        immediately before the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        applied with respect to the Inspector General of the Federal 
        Communications Commission and suffer no reduction in pay.
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