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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6052 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 19 (legislative day, MAY 17), 2022 

Received 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the 

employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive training developed by the Inspector General of the 

Department on reporting wrongdoing to, responding to 

requests from, and cooperating with the Office of Inspector General, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Vet5 erans Affairs Office of Inspector General Training Act of 

6 2021’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EMPLOYEE 

8 TRAINING REGARDING OFFICE OF INSPEC9 TOR GENERAL. 

10 (a) TRAINING.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

11 shall require each employee of the Department of Veterans 

12 Affairs to receive training that the Inspector General of 

13 the Department shall develop on the reporting of wrong14 doing to, responding to requests from, and cooperating 

15 with the Office of Inspector General. 

16 (b) EMPLOYEES.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 

17 Secretary shall require— 

18 (1) each employee of the Department who was 

19 employed by the Department on the day before the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act undergo the train21 ing required by subsection (a) not later than one 

22 year after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

23 (2) each employee of the Department who be24 gins employment with the Department on or after 

25 the date of the enactment of this Act undergo the 


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1 training required by subsection (a) not later than 

2 one year after the date on which the employment be3 gins. 

4 (c) ELEMENTS.—Training developed and required 

5 under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

6 (1) Definition of the role, responsibilities, and 

7 legal authority of the Inspector General of the De8 partment and the duties of employees of the Depart9 ment for engaging with the Office of the Inspector 

10 General. 

11 (2) Identification of the circumstances and 

12 mechanisms for reporting fraud, waste, abuse, and 

13 other wrongdoing to the Inspector General, including 

14 making confidential complaints to the Inspector 

15 General. 

16 (3) Identification of the prohibitions and rem17 edies that help to protect Department employees 

18 from retaliation when reporting wrongdoing to the 

19 Inspector General. 

20 (4) Recognition of opportunities to engage with 

21 staff of the Office of the Inspector General to im22 prove Department programs, operations, and serv23 ices. 

24 (d) DESIGN AND UPDATE.—The Inspector General of 

25 the Department shall design, and update as the Inspector 


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1 General considers appropriate, the training developed and 

2 required by subsection (a). 

3 (e) SYSTEM.—The Secretary shall provide, via the 

4 talent management system of the Department, or suc5 cessor system, the training developed and required under 

6 subsection (a). 

7 (f) RELATION TO CERTAIN TRAINING.—The Sec8 retary shall ensure that training developed and required 

9 under subsection (a) is separate and distinct from training 

10 provided under section 733 of title 38, United States 

11 Code. 

12 (g) NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES.—The Secretary shall 

13 ensure that the Inspector General is afforded the oppor14 tunity, not less frequently than twice each year and as 

15 frequently as the Inspector General considers appropriate 

16 under extraordinary circumstances, to use the electronic 

17 mail system of the Department to notify all authorized 

18 users of such system of the following: 

19 (1) The roles and responsibilities of the employ20 ees of the Department when engaging with the Of21 fice of the Inspector General. 

22 (2) The availability of training provided under 

23 subsection (a). 

24 (3) How to access training provided under sub25 section (a). 


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1 (4) Information about how to contact the Office 

2 of the Inspector General, including a link to any 

3 website-based reporting form of the Office. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 18, 2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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