H.R. 4465 — To amend chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep those chapters current and to correct related technical errors.

This section states the purpose of the Act, which is to amend chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code—pertaining to inspectors general—to incorporate laws enacted after October 19, 2021, that amend or repeal provisions of those chapters pursuant to section 5 of Public Law 117-286 (136 Stat. 4360) and to correct related technical errors. The section clarifies that the amendments do not change the meaning or effect of existing law.

This section revises Inspector General definitions and removal procedures in 5 U.S.C. §§401 and 403. Specifically, it (1) amends §401 to define "appropriate congressional committees" (i.e., Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and other relevant committees or subcommittees) as new paragraph (1) and to redefine "Inspector General" in redesignated paragraph (5) as the Inspector General of an establishment unless otherwise provided; and (2) rewrites §403(b) to require the President to provide both Houses of Congress (including appropriate congressional committees) a written communication with detailed reasons for any Inspector General removal or transfer at least 30 days prior (and to identify inquiring entities and findings if an inquiry relates to the action), while establishing procedures for presidential placement of an Inspector General—including the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), who audits and investigates Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) activities—on non-duty status that require a written rationale at least 15 days prior (or upon a workplace threat determination under 5 U.S.C. §6329b(b)(2)(A)) and prohibit such placement during the 30 days preceding removal or transfer absent a threat determination.

This section further amends reporting requirements in semiannual Inspector General reports under 5 U.S.C. §405(c), as amended by the Law Enforcement and Victim Support Act of 2024, by adding a new paragraph (4) that requires information on cases under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (31 U.S.C. ch. 38), including (A) the number of reports submitted by investigating officials; (B) actions taken, with statistics on pending and resolved cases, average resolution time, appeals to federal courts, and—for reports with more than two cases—the number settled and total penalties or assessments recovered; and (C) instances where reviewing officials declined to proceed. It repeals a prior similar amendment enacted December 23, 2024, with the new requirements effective as if enacted on that date. This section also amends 5 U.S.C. §413 by adding subsection (e), which establishes a periodic inspections regime for the Department of Justice Inspector General at Bureau of Prisons covered facilities (i.e., BOP-operated correctional facilities, excluding residential reentry centers). (As background, these inspections assess facility policies and practices, including conditions of confinement, staff working conditions, recidivism reduction programs and earned time credits under 18 U.S.C. §§3632 and 3635, visitation, housing and classification, restrictive housing, medical and mental health care, lockdowns, and allegations of excessive force, violence, sexual abuse, or staff misconduct.) The Attorney General must provide the Inspector General full access; inspections may be announced or unannounced; and the Inspector General is encouraged to consult formerly incarcerated individuals, family advocates, representatives, and community stakeholders.

This section revises statutory references to the Inspector General Act of 1978—recently recodified from 5 U.S.C. App. to chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code—to reflect the new section numbers (e.g., former section 3 becomes section 403; former section 4 becomes section 404; former section 5 becomes section 405; former section 6 becomes section 406; former section 9 becomes section 422; former section 11 becomes section 424). (As background, the Inspector General Act of 1978 establishes independent inspectors general across federal agencies to conduct and supervise audits and investigations into waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement.) The section makes these conforming amendments in the following laws: (1) Title 2, including the Library of Congress Inspector General Act of 2005 (2 U.S.C. 185) and the Architect of the Capitol Inspector General Act of 2007 (2 U.S.C. 1808); (2) Title 5, specifically section 15010 of the Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations (Public Law 116-136, div. B, 5 U.S.C. 424 note); (3) Title 7, specifically post-paragraph (3) of section 1337 of the Food Stamp and Commodity Distribution Amendments of 1981 (7 U.S.C. 2270); (4) Title 10, including section 113(o), section 1034(f)(2)(B), and section 554(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283, 10 U.S.C. 141 note); and (5) Title 15, including sections 1107(a)(3), 2115, 4018, and 501 of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and related laws (15 U.S.C. 9006, 9031, 9053, 9058a).

This section establishes transitional and savings provisions for amendments made by section 3 of the Act, limiting their scope to incorporating amendments enacted after October 19, 2021 (termed "original amendments"), into chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, U.S. Code, to maintain currency through March 15, 2025, and correcting related technical errors. It deems such incorporated amendments to have the original enactment date and clarifies that they do not change original amendments or affect any other laws.