Public Law 114–317: To amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to strengthen the independence of the Inspectors General, and for other purposes.

The Integrity Committee shall elect one of the Inspectors General referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) to act as Chairperson of the Integrity Committee.

The term of office of the Chairperson of the Integrity Committee shall be 2 years.”

a representative of the Department of Justice, as designated by the Attorney General;

a representative of the Office of Special Counsel, as designated by the Special Counsel; and

a representative of the Integrity Committee, as designated by the Chairperson of the Integrity Committee.

Except as provided in clause (ii), not

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later than 30 days after the date on which an allegation of wrongdoing is referred to the Integrity Committee under subparagraph (A), the Integrity Committee shall determine whether to refer the allegation of wrongdoing to the Chairperson of the Integrity Committee to initiate an investigation.

The 30-day period described in clause (i) may be extended for an additional period of 30 days if the Integrity Committee provides written notice to the congressional committees described in paragraph (8)(A)(iii) that includes a detailed, case-specific description of why the additional time is needed to evaluate the allegation of wrongdoing.”

The requirement under clause (i)(V) shall not apply to any Office of Inspector General with less than 50 employees who are authorized to conduct audits or investigations.”

shall complete the investigation not later than 150 days after the date on which the Integrity Committee made the referral; and

if the investigation cannot be completed within the 150-day period described in clause (i), shall—

For each investigation of an allegation of wrongdoing referred to the Chairperson of the Integrity Committee under paragraph (5)(B), the Chairperson of the Integrity Committee shall submit to members of the Integrity Committee and to the Chairperson of the Council a report containing the results of the investigation.

For each allegation of wrongdoing referred to the Department of Justice or the Office of Special Counsel under paragraph (5)(A), the Attorney General or the Special Counsel, as applicable, shall submit to the Integrity Committee a report containing the results of the investigation.

Special Counsel

An allegation of wrongdoing against the Special Counsel or the Deputy Special Counsel may be received, reviewed, and referred for investigation to the same extent and in the same manner as in the case of an allegation against an Inspector General or against a staff member of an Office of Inspector General described under paragraph (4)(C), subject to the requirement that the representative designated by the Special Counsel under paragraph (5)(A)(ii) shall recuse himself or herself from the consideration of any allegation brought under this paragraph.

This paragraph shall not eliminate access to the Merit Systems Protection Board for review under section 7701 of title 5, United States Code. To the extent that an allegation brought under this paragraph involves section 2302(b)(8) of such title, a failure to obtain corrective action within 120 days after the date on which the allegation is received by the Integrity Committee shall, for purposes of section 1221 of such title, be considered to satisfy section 1214(a)(3)(B) of such title.

for which”

for which no establishment comment was returned within 60 days of providing the report to the establishment; and130 STAT. 1601

for which there are any outstanding unimplemented recommendations, including the aggregate potential cost savings of those recommendations.”

the total number of investigative reports issued during the reporting period;

the total number of persons referred to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution during the reporting period;

the total number of persons referred to State and local prosecuting authorities for criminal prosecution during the reporting period; and

the total number of indictments and criminal informations during the reporting period that resulted from any prior referral to prosecuting authorities;

the facts and circumstances of the investigation; and

the status and disposition of the matter, including—

with budget constraints designed to limit the capabilities of the Office; and

incidents where the establishment has resisted or objected to oversight activities of the Office or restricted or significantly delayed access to information, including the justification of the establishment for such action; and

inspection, evaluation, and audit conducted by the Office that is closed and was not disclosed to the public; and

investigation conducted by the Office involving a senior Government employee that is closed and was not disclosed to the public.”

senior Government employee

an officer or employee in the executive branch (including a special Government employee as defined in section 202 of title 18, United States Code) who occupies a position classified at or above GS–15 of the General Schedule or, in the case of positions not under the General Schedule, for which the rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS–15 of the General Schedule; and

any commissioned officer in the Armed Forces in pay grades O–6 and above.”

the head of the establishment;

the congressional committees of jurisdiction; and

if the recommendation for corrective action was initiated upon request by an individual or entity other than the Inspector General, that individual or entity;

In this section, the terms ‘designated Federal entity’ and ‘head of the designated Federal entity’ have the meanings given those terms in section 8G(a).”