SEC. 2. ACCOUNTABILITY OF SECRETARY OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS TO INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 712. Accountability of Secretary to Inspector Gen-
eral 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.—(1) At the same 
time as the Inspector General of the Department submits 
to the Secretary a report, the Inspector General shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate 
and House of Representatives a copy of such report. 
‘‘(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Inspector 
General shall include— 
‘‘(A) with respect to each report submitted, an 
explanation of any changes to the report rec-
ommended by the Secretary during the period in 
which the Inspector General was preparing the re-
port; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to each covered report, a list 
of the names of each responsible manager. 
‘‘(3) The Inspector General may not make public the 
names of responsible managers submitted under para-
graph (2)(B). 
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‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE OF RESPONSIBLE MANAGERS.— 
(1) The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) promptly notify each responsible manager 
of a covered issue by not later than seven days after 
the date on which the Inspector General submits a 
covered report to the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) direct such manager to resolve such issue; 
and 
‘‘(C) provide such manager with appropriate 
counseling and a mitigation plan with respect to re-
solving such issue. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall ensure that any performance 
review of a responsible manager includes an evaluation of 
whether the manager took appropriate actions during the 
period covered by the review to respond to a covered issue. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary may not pay to a responsible 
manager any bonus or award under chapter 45 or 53 of 
title 5 or any other bonus or award authorized under such 
title or this title if a covered issue is unresolved. 
‘‘(c) ROLE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Any authority 
of the Inspector General provided under this section is in 
addition to any responsibility or authority provided to the 
Inspector General in the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.). 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) The term ‘covered issue’ means, with re-
spect to a responsible manager, an issue described in 
a covered report for which the manager is or was re-
sponsible. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered report’ means a report 
by the Inspector General of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs that recommends actions to the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs (or other official or em-
ployee of the Department) to address an issue in the 
Department with respect to public health or safety. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘responsible manager’ means an 
individual who— 
‘‘(A) is an employee of the Department; 
‘‘(B) is or was responsible for an issue in-
cluded in a covered report; and 
‘‘(C) in being so responsible, is or was em-
ployed in a management position, regardless of 
whether the employee is in the competitive civil 
service, Senior Executive Service, or other type 
of civil service.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 711 the following new 
item: 
‘‘712. Accountability of Secretary to Inspector General.’’. 
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