House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Independent Acting IGs Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to require a judge on the appropriate court of appeals of the United States to appoint certain acting Inspectors General in the event of a vacancy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Steve Cohen D-TNWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4587.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COHEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 125, July 22, 2025, Page H3553):clauses 1, 14 and 18 of section 8 of Article I.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 47 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4587, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4587
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 17, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of July 17, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen.
- H.R. 144 (119th) Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency Act
- H.R. 1669 (119th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training Program.
- H.R. 9401 (119th) Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2026
- H.R. 5451 (119th) Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2025
- H.R. 5427 (119th) Billionaires Income Tax Act
- H.R. 1056 (119th) To include the Czech Republic in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E1…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.