HR 4465
Passed a chamber
Updates the federal inspector general and ethics provisions in chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, to include later laws and to fix technical errors, without changing what the existing law does.
Official title: 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.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
16-JUL-2025
Referred
16-JUL-2025
Approved by committee
10-SEP-2025
Passed
31-AUG-2026
Senate
Received
14-SEP-2026
- Incorporates into chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5 later amendments enacted after October 19, 2021, through March 15, 2025.
- Replaces outdated references to the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act with citations to title 5 across many other federal laws.
- Adds an inspections regime and an Ombudsman for the Bureau of Prisons, with Inspector General inspections of federal prisons and a complaint process for incarcerated people, families, and staff.
- States that the amendments do not change the meaning or effect of existing law, aside from updating the code and correcting errors.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (16-JUL-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 31-AUG-2026).
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No cosponsors.