H.R. 4612

Summary

H.R. 4612, the Inspector General Access Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jul 22, 2025 by Rep. Deborah Ross (D) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Oversight And Government Reform, and last saw action on Jul 22, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Record

Text

H.R. 4612 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 4612 IH: Inspector General Access Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-07-22
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 4612  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 22, 2025   Ms. Ross  (for herself and  Mr. Garcia of California ) 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, relative to the powers of the Department of Justice Inspector General.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Inspector General Access Act of 2025  .
2.
Investigations of Department of Justice personnel
Section 413 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (b)—
(A)
in paragraph (2), by striking  and paragraph (3) ;
(B)
by striking paragraph (3);
(C)
by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and
(D)
in paragraph (4), as redesignated, by striking  paragraph (4)  and inserting  paragraph (3) ; and
(2)
in subsection (d), by striking  , except with respect to allegations described in subsection (b)(3), .

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To amend chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, relative to the powers of the Department of Justice Inspector General.

Sponsors

Rep. Deborah Ross (D) sponsors H.R. 4612, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Deborah Ross

Rep. · D–NC-2 · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 22, 2025

Robert Garcia

Rep. · D–CA-42 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 22, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 4612 went before 1 committee: Oversight and Government Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform

Oversight and Government Reform

Referred To · Jul 22, 2025 · 696 Bills

Actions

H.R. 4612 has taken 2 actions since Jul 22, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 4612 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 4612, as Identical bill.

S 3307Inspector General Access Act of 2025Dec 2, 2025 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S8451) · Identical bill

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Titles

H.R. 4612 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Inspector General Access Act of 2025 — Display Title
• To amend chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, relative to the powers of the Department of Justice Inspector General. — Official Title as Introduced
• Inspector General Access Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 1 registered lobbyist who named H.R. 4612 in 1 quarterly filing, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice.

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 4612 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 4612’s is Government Operations and Politics.

Constitutional authority

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[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 125 (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. ROSS:H.R. 4612.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted toCongress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl.1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 CL. 3), and theNecessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18). Further,this statement of constitutional authority is made for thesole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of theRules of the House of Representatives and shall have nobearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.[Page H3554]

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