Sponsor
Charles Ernest Grassley
Senator · R-IA
Senator · R-IA
The bill extends Title 5 law‑enforcement authorities to the Intelligence Community OIG to strengthen investigations and oversight, trading off increased investigatory power and accountability against heightened privacy concerns for intelligence personnel and added implementation burdens for agencies.
Intelligence Community OIG investigators and staff gain Title 5 law-enforcement authorities (via extension of 5 U.S.C. § 406(f)), enabling clearer legal authority to use law-enforcement tools when investigating misconduct.
OIG personnel in the intelligence community can more effectively conduct oversight and misconduct investigations because they are authorized to access necessary law‑enforcement tools, which may improve accountability within the intelligence community.
Intelligence-community employees may face expanded intrusive investigative or law-enforcement actions (e.g., searches, surveillance), raising privacy and civil‑liberty concerns for affected staff.
Implementing new Title 5 authorities will impose additional administrative complexity, training requirements, and compliance costs on the ICIG and OPM.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Extends the Title 5 law-enforcement authority rules in 5 U.S.C. § 406(f) to apply to the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community and makes a conforming text insertion.
Official title: Amend the National Security Act of 1947 to provide the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community with law enforcement authority, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 9, 2026 by Charles Ernest Grassley · Last progress June 9, 2026
Extends the Title 5 law-enforcement authority rules to the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (ICIG) by adding a new subsection to the National Security Act provision that governs the ICIG. Also makes a conforming textual insertion into the Title 5 provision that governs law-enforcement authority to reflect that change. The result is parity between the ICIG and other federal inspectors general for the specified law-enforcement authority rules in 5 U.S.C. § 406(f).