Office of Management and Budget Inspector General Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2221 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2221

  To amend chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, to establish the 
 Office of Inspector General for the Office of Management and Budget, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2025

  Ms. Randall (for herself, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
Scanlon, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Peters, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Stanton, Ms. 
  Underwood, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, and Ms. Williams of 
   Georgia) 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 establish the 
 Office of Inspector General for the Office of Management and Budget, 
                        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 ``Office of Management and Budget 
Inspector General Act''.

SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

    (a) Establishment of Office.--Section 401 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph, (1) by inserting ``the Office of 
        Management and Budget,'' after ``means''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``the Director of the 
        Office of Management and Budget,'' after ``means''.
    (b) Special Provisions Concerning the Inspector General of the 
Office of Management and Budget.--Chapter 4 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding after section 421 the following new section 
(and by updating the table of contents for such chapter accordingly):

``SEC. 421A. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 
              OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

    ``The Inspector General of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall only have jurisdiction over those matters that have been 
specifically assigned to the Office under law.''.
    (c) Appointment.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall appoint an individual to 
serve as the Inspector General of the Office of Management and Budget 
in accordance with section 403(a) of title 5, United States Code.
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