House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Inspector General Access Act of 2025
Official title: To amend chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, relative to the powers of the Department of Justice Inspector General.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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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. 4612.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. ROSS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 125, July 22, 2025, Page H3554):This bill is introduced pursuant to the powers granted to Congress under the General Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 CL. 3), and the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 18). Further, this statement of constitutional authority is made for the sole purpose of compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and shall have no bearing on judicial review of the accompanying bill.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 462 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4612, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4612
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 18, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 4959 (119th) Land of the Free Act of 2025
- H.R. 7375 (119th) End Prison Gerrymandering Act
- H.R. 7711 (119th) No Rewards for January 6 Rioters Act
Related bills
- S. 3307 (119th) Inspector General Access Act of 2025Identical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.