HR10445Referred to Committee

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.

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2026-09-16

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Glenn Ivey

Democrat · MD · Representative

Votes with party: 98.6% (662 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

2026-09-16

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House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformReferred To · 2026-09-16

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

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