[Congressional Bills 113th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5630 Introduced in House (IH)] 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5630 To amend the Inspector General Act of 1976 to fill Inspector General vacancies, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2014 Mr. Murphy of Florida (for himself, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Mulvaney, Ms. Sinema, and Mr. Peters of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Inspector General Act of 1976 to fill Inspector General vacancies, 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 ``Inspector General Vacancy Act of 2014''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. Section 3 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(h) Nomination of Inspector General To Fill a Vacancy.--If the President does not nominate an Inspector General pursuant to subsection (a) within 180 days after a vacancy for the Inspector General, the individual serving as interim Inspector General shall be deemed to be appointed under such subsection, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.''. <all>