2025-2026 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
HB2181: Protect Our Watchdogs Act of 2025
Legislative Summary
To amend chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, to establish a for-cause removal standard for Inspectors General, and for other purposes.
Bill History
3/18/2025
Introduced in House
House of Representatives
3/18/2025
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(3/18/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Oversight And Government Reform(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Democrat: 33
Primary Sponsor
Gerald Connolly
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (32)
Eleanor Norton
Democrat
Stephen Lynch
Democrat
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Democrat
Ro Khanna
Democrat
Kweisi Mfume
Democrat
Shontel Brown
Democrat
Melanie Stansbury
Democrat
Robert Garcia
Democrat
Maxwell Frost
Democrat
Summer Lee
Democrat
Greg Casar
Democrat
Jasmine Crockett
Democrat
Emily Randall
Democrat
Suhas Subramanyam
Democrat
Yassamin Ansari
Democrat
Wesley Bell
Democrat
Lateefah Simon
Democrat
Dave Min
Democrat
Ayanna Pressley
Democrat
Rashida Tlaib
Democrat
Joaquin Castro
Democrat
Danny Davis
Democrat
Nikema Williams
Democrat
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democrat
Daniel Goldman
Democrat
Joseph Neguse
Democrat
James McGovern
Democrat
Henry Johnson
Democrat
Jesus Garcia
Democrat
Mike Levin
Democrat
Norma Torres
Democrat
Pramila Jayapal
Democrat