,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ah1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,connolly 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,norton1  
,mr4 ,lynch1 ,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 
,khanna1 ,mr4 ,mfume1 ,ms4 ,brown1 ,ms4 
,stansbury1 ,mr4 ,garcia of ,california1
 ,mr4 ,frost1 ,ms4 ,lee of              
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,casar1 ,ms4        
,crockett1 ,ms4 ,randall1 ,mr4          
,subramanyam1 ,ms4 ,ansari1 ,mr4 ,bell1 
,ms4 ,simon1 ,mr4 ,min1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 
and ,ms4 ,tlaib7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend chapter #d of title #e1 ,united   
,states ,code1 to establish a for-cause 
removal standard for ,inspectors        
,general1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protect ,our ,watchdogs ,act of    
#bjbe4  #b4 ,for cause removal standard 
for ,inspectors ,general ,chapter #d of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is     

amended--  7#a7 in section #djc7;b7--   
7,a7 by striking 7b7 ,removal or        
transfer4-- and inserting3  7b7 ,removal
 or transfer  7#a7  7,a7 ,an  2  7,b7 in
 subparagraph 7,a71 as so designated1 by
 inserting after by the ,president the  
following3 in accordance with paragraph 
7#c72 and  7,c7 by inserting at the end 
the following3  7#c7 ,the ,president may
 remove an ,inspector ,general only for 
any of the following grounds 7and the   
documentation of any such ground shall  
be included in the communication        
required pursuant to paragraph 7#a773   
7,a7 ,documented permanent incapacity4  
7,b7 ,documented neglect of duty4  7,c7 
,documented malfeasance4  7,d7          
,documented conviction of a felony or   
conduct involving moral turpitude4  7,e7
 ,documented knowing violation of a law 
or regulation4  7,f7 ,documented gross  
mismanagement4  7,g7 ,documented gross  
waste of funds4  7,h7 ,documented abuse 
of authority4  7,i7 ,documented         
inefficiency4  2 and  7#b7 in section   

#dae7;e77#b7--  7,a7 by striking        
,transferred4--,if and inserting the    
following3 ,transferred4--  7,a7 ,if  2 
and  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,a71 as so   
designated1 by adding at the end the    
following3  ,an ,inspector ,general may 
be removed only for any of the following
 grounds 7and the documentation of any  
such ground shall be included in the    
communication required pursuant to this 
paragraph73 7i7 ,documented permanent   
incapacity4  7ii7 ,documented neglect of
 duty4  7iii7 ,documented malfeasance4  
7iv7 ,documented conviction of a felony 
or conduct involving moral turpitude4   
7v7 ,documented knowing violation of a  
law or regulation4  7vi7 ,documented    
gross mismanagement4  7vii7 ,documented 
gross waste of funds4  7viii7           
,documented abuse of authority4  7ix7   
,documented inefficiency4  4