Inspectors General Independence Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3687 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3687

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit the appointment of 
  political appointees as Inspectors General, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 15, 2026

  Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Schiff, 
 Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Welch) introduced the following bill; which 
 was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit the appointment of 
  political appointees as Inspectors General, 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 Independence 
Act''.

SEC. 2. APPOINTMENTS.

    Section 403(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the first sentence the following: ``The President may 
not nominate an individual to serve as an Inspector General if the 
individual is serving as a political appointee, as defined in section 
9803, as of the date of the nomination or if the individual has 
previously served as a political appointee under such President. The 
position of Inspector General shall not be considered a political 
appointee for purposes of this subsection.''.
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