H.R. 4465 — 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.

This section states the purpose of the Act as updating chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, to incorporate laws enacted after October 19, 2021, pursuant to section 5 of Public Law 117–286, and to correct related technical errors. It clarifies that the amendments do not alter the meaning or effect of existing law.

This section defines "appropriate congressional committees" as the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and other relevant committees of jurisdiction. It revises the definition of "Inspector General" to mean the Inspector General of an establishment. It also requires the President to provide written substantive rationale, including detailed and case-specific reasons, to Congress 30 days before removing or transferring an Inspector General and 15 days before placing one on non-duty status, except when a workplace threat determination is made.

This section establishes an inspections regime under which the Department of Justice Inspector General conducts periodic announced or unannounced inspections of Bureau of Prisons correctional facilities. It requires access to facilities, staff, and records; assessments of confinement conditions, medical and mental health care, use of force, restrictive housing, visitation, and recidivism programs; and annual reports to congressional committees on inspection findings, including statistical data on cases under chapter 38 of title 31.

This section updates references to the Inspector General Act of 1978 in multiple statutes to reflect its recodification in title 5, United States Code. It revises citations in the Library of Congress Inspector General Act of 2005 (2 U.S.C. 185), the Architect of the Capitol Inspector General Act of 2007 (2 U.S.C. 1808), and provisions in titles 5, 7, 10, and 15, as well as several coronavirus relief and appropriations acts.

This section limits amendments made by section 3 of this Act to incorporating original amendments into chapters 4, 10, and 131 of title 5, United States Code, through March 15, 2025, and correcting related technical errors. It preserves the original dates of enactment for those amendments and ensures they do not affect any other laws.