Inspector General Access Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 29, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Inspector General Access Act of 2019
This bill transfers responsibility for investigating certain allegations of misconduct from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Professional Responsibility to the DOJ Office of the Inspector General. Specifically, the bill transfers responsibility for allegations relating to a DOJ attorney's authority to investigate, litigate, or provide legal advice.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2019 to Jun 29, 2020; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Nov 6, 2019 | |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Dec 12, 2019 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jan 7, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Feb 12, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | May 21, 2020 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jun 2, 2020 | |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Jun 11, 2020 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Jun 29, 2020 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Jun 29, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2019Markup Jun 25, 2020Reported Jun 29, 2020 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2020Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Graham without amendment. Without written report.
- Jun 29, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 487.
- Jun 25, 2020Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 6, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Mar 6, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 1, 2020S. 685, Inspector General Access Act of 2019As reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 29, 2020
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 202 | Inspector General Access Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Jan 16, 2019 |
| S 3003 | Inspector General Access Act of 2018 | Reintroduction of | Jun 6, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 relative to the powers of the Department of Justice Inspector General.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Inspector General Access Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Inspector General Access Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2020Reported to Senate
- Mar 6, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
