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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6052 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2021 
Ms. UNDERWOOD (for herself and Mr. MCKINLEY) 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, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Office of Inspector General Training Act of 
2021’’. 
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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 to receive training that the Inspector General of 
the Department shall develop on the reporting of wrong-
doing to, responding to requests from, and cooperating 
with the Office of Inspector General. 
(b) EMPLOYEES.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall require— 
(1) each employee of the Department who was 
employed by the Department on the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act undergo the train-
ing required by subsection (a) not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) each employee of the Department who be-
gins employment with the Department on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act undergo the 
training required by subsection (a) not later than 
one year after the date on which the employment be-
gins. 
(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-
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partment and the duties of employees of the Depart-
ment for engaging with the Office of the Inspector 
General. 
(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 Department employees 
from retaliation when reporting wrongdoing to the 
Inspector General. 
(4) Recognition of opportunities to engage with 
staff of the Office of the Inspector General to im-
prove Department programs, operations, and serv-
ices. 
(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). 
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