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Inspectors General Independence Act
Sponsored By: Senator Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced
Summary
Strengthening Inspector General independence. This bill would bar the President from nominating anyone who is serving as a political appointee, or who previously served as a political appointee under that same President, to be an Inspector General and clarifies that the IG position is not itself treated as a political appointment for this rule.
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- Inspectors General and watchdog offices: Would make it harder for an appointing President to place their own political appointees into IG roles. That aims to protect the impartiality of federal oversight.
- Presidents and administrations: Limits who the President may nominate to IG posts by excluding current political appointees and appointees who served under the same President.
- Agencies and hiring practices: Agencies will need to identify nominees who are not political appointees under the appointing President when filling IG vacancies.
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Block political appointees from Inspector General
If enacted, the bill would bar the President from nominating someone to be an Inspector General if that person is serving as a political appointee on the nomination date. It would also bar nomination of anyone who previously served as a political appointee under the same President. The bill would say the Inspector General job itself is not a political appointment for this rule. The change would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
IL • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
IL • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
CT • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
VT • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/29/2026
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
OR • D
Sponsored 8/4/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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