(A) AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 
may receive and investigate complaints or infor-
mation from an employee or member of the 
Capitol Police concerning the possible existence 
of an activity constituting a violation of law, 
rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross 
waste of funds, abuse of authority, or a sub-
stantial and specific danger to the public health 
and safety, including complaints or information 
the investigation of which is under the jurisdic-
tion of the Internal Affairs Division of the Cap-
itol Police as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(B) 
NONDISCLOSURE.—The 
Inspector 
General shall not, after receipt of a complaint 
or information from an employee or member, 
disclose the identity of the employee or member 
without the consent of the employee or member, 
unless the Inspector General determines such 
disclosure is unavoidable during the course of 
the investigation. 
(C) PROHIBITING RETALIATION.—An em-
ployee or member of the Capitol Police who has 
authority to take, direct others to take, rec-
ommend, or approve any personnel action, shall
not, with respect to such authority, take or 
threaten to take any action against any em-
ployee or member as a reprisal for making a 
complaint or disclosing information to the In-
spector General, unless the complaint was made 
or the information disclosed with the knowledge 
that it was false or with willful disregard for its 
truth or falsity. 
(4) INDEPENDENCE
IN
CARRYING
OUT
DU-
TIES.—Neither the Capitol Police Board, the Chief 
of the Capitol Police, nor any other member or em-
ployee of the Capitol Police may prevent or prohibit 
the Inspector General from carrying out any of the 
duties or responsibilities assigned to the Inspector 
General under this section. 
(d) POWERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General may 
exercise the same authorities with respect to the 
United States Capitol Police as an Inspector General 
of an establishment may exercise with respect to an 
establishment under section 6(a) of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 6(a)), other 
than paragraphs (7) and (8) of such section. 
(2) STAFF.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General 
may appoint and fix the pay of such personnel 
as the Inspector General considers appropriate. 
Such personnel may be appointed without re-
gard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, regarding appointments in the competi-
tive service, and may be paid without regard to 
the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 
of chapter 53 of such title relating to classifica-
tion and General Schedule pay rates, except 
that no personnel of the Office (other than the 
Inspector General) may be paid at an annual 
rate greater than $500 less than the annual 
rate of pay of the Inspector General under sub-
section (b)(4). 
(B) EXPERTS
AND
CONSULTANTS.—The 
Inspector General may procure temporary and 
intermittent services under section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed 
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of such title. 
(C) 
INDEPENDENCE
IN
APPOINTING 
STAFF.—No individual may carry out any of 
the duties or responsibilities of the Office unless