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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2733 
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 of the Department, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 20, 2023 
Ms. UNDERWOOD (for herself, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. PAPPAS, and Mr. JOYCE of 
Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to require the 
employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs to re-
ceive training developed by the Inspector General of the 
Department on reporting wrongdoing to, responding to 
requests from, and cooperating with the Office of Inspec-
tor General of the Department, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Office of Inspector General Training Act of 
2023’’. 
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EMPLOYEE 
TRAINING REGARDING OFFICE OF INSPEC-
TOR GENERAL. 
(a) TRAINING.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall require each employee of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs who begins employment with the Department on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act to receive 
training that the Inspector General of the Department 
shall develop on the reporting of wrongdoing to, respond-
ing to requests from, and cooperating with the Office of 
Inspector General of the Department. 
(b) TIMING
OF TRAINING.—In carrying out sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall require each employee of 
the Department covered under such subsection to undergo 
the training required by such subsection not later than 
one year after the date on which the employee begins em-
ployment with the Department. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—Training developed and required 
under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Definition of the role, responsibilities, and 
legal authority of the Inspector General of the De-
partment and the duties of employees of the Depart-
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ment for engaging with the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral. 
(2) Identification of the circumstances and 
mechanisms for reporting fraud, waste, abuse, and 
other wrongdoing to the Inspector General, including 
making confidential complaints to the Inspector 
General. 
(3) Identification of the prohibitions and rem-
edies that help to protect employees of the Depart-
ment from retaliation when reporting wrongdoing to 
the Inspector General. 
(4) Recognition of opportunities to engage with 
staff of the Office of Inspector General to improve 
programs, operations, and services of the Depart-
ment. 
(d) DESIGN AND UPDATE.—The Inspector General of 
the Department shall design, and update as the Inspector 
General considers appropriate, the training developed and 
required by subsection (a). 
(e) SYSTEM.—The Secretary shall provide, via the 
talent management system of the Department, or suc-
cessor system, the training developed and required under 
subsection (a). 
(f) RELATION
TO CERTAIN TRAINING.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that training developed and required 
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under subsection (a) is separate and distinct from training 
provided under section 733 of title 38, United States 
Code. 
(g) NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that the Inspector General is afforded the oppor-
tunity, not less frequently than twice each year and more 
frequently if the Inspector General considers appropriate 
under extraordinary circumstances, to use the electronic 
mail system of the Department to notify all authorized 
users of such system of the following: 
(1) The roles and responsibilities of the employ-
ees of the Department when engaging with the Of-
fice of Inspector General. 
(2) The availability of training provided under 
subsection (a). 
(3) How to access training provided under sub-
section (a). 
(4) Information about how to contact the Office 
of Inspector General, including a link to any 
website-based reporting form of the Office. 
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