such operation to facilitate long-term capacity building 
and sustainability of initiatives. 
TITLE III—RESPONSIBILITIES 
OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SEC. 301. INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be within the Office 
an Office of the Inspector General, the head of which shall 
be the Inspector General of the United States Office for 
Contingency Operations (in this Act referred to as the 
‘‘Inspector General’’), who shall be appointed as provided 
in section 3(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.). 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONAL AU-
THORITIES.—The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in section 8J, by striking ‘‘8E or 8F’’ and 
inserting ‘‘8E, 8F, or 8N’’; 
(2) in section 8L(c), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The Inspector General of the United 
States Office for Contingency Operations.’’; 
(3) by inserting after section 8M the following 
new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 8N. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE INSPEC-
TOR GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF-
FICE FOR CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
‘‘(a) SPECIAL AUDIT AND INVESTIGATIVE AUTHOR-
ITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—When directed by the 
President, or otherwise provided by law, and in addi-
tion to the other duties and responsibilities specified 
in this Act, the Inspector General of the United 
States Office for Contingency Operations shall, with 
regard to the reconstruction and stabilization oper-
ations under the supervision of the Director of the 
United States Office for Contingency Operations, 
have audit and investigative authority over all ac-
counts, spending, programs, projects, and activities 
undertaken with respect to such operations by Fed-
eral agencies without regard to the agency carrying 
out such operations. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE
OPERATIONS.—In any 
case in which the Inspector General of the United 
States Office for Contingency Operations is exer-
cising or preparing to exercise special audit and in-
vestigative authority under this subsection, the head 
of any Federal department or agency undertaking or 
preparing to undertake the activities described in 
paragraph (1) shall provide the Inspector General 
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with appropriate and adequate office space within 
the offices of such department or agency or at ap-
propriate locations overseas of such department or 
agency, together with such equipment, office sup-
plies, and communications facilities and services as 
may be necessary for the operation of such offices, 
and shall provide necessary maintenance services for 
such offices and the equipment and facilities located 
therein. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the 
Inspector General of the United States Office for 
Contingency Operations to conduct, supervise, and 
coordinate audits and investigations of the treat-
ment, handling, and expenditure of amounts appro-
priated or otherwise made available for activities to 
be carried out by or under the direction or super-
vision of the Director of the United States Office for 
Contingency Operations, or for activities subject to 
the special audit and investigative authority of such 
Inspector General under subsection (a), and of the 
programs, operations, and contracts carried out uti-
lizing such funds, including— 
‘‘(A) the oversight and accounting of the 
obligation and expenditure of such funds; 
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‘‘(B) the monitoring and review of activi-
ties funded by such funds; 
‘‘(C) the monitoring and review of con-
tracts funded by such funds; 
‘‘(D) the monitoring and review of the 
transfer of such funds and associated informa-
tion between and among Federal departments, 
agencies, and entities, and private and non-
governmental entities; and 
‘‘(E) the maintenance of records on the 
use of such funds to facilitate future audits and 
investigations of the use of such funds. 
‘‘(2) 
SYSTEMS, 
PROCEDURES, 
AND
CON-
TROLS.—The Inspector General of the United States 
Office for Contingency Operations shall establish, 
maintain, and oversee such systems, procedures, and 
controls as such Inspector General considers appro-
priate to discharge the duties described in paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(c) PERSONNEL AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General of 
the United States Office for Contingency Operations 
may select, appoint, and employ such officers and 
employees as may be necessary for carrying out the 
functions, powers, and duties of the Office, subject 
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to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov-
erning appointments in the excepted service, and the 
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap-
ter 53 of such title, relating to classification and 
General Schedule pay rates. 
‘‘(2) EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY.—The Inspec-
tor General of the United States Office for Contin-
gency Operations may exercise the authorities of 
subsections (b) through (i) of section 3161 of title 
5, United States Code (without regard to subsection 
(a) of such section). In exercising the employment 
authorities under subsection (b) of section 3161 of 
title 5, United States Code, paragraph (2) of such 
subsection (b) (relating to periods of appointments) 
shall not apply. 
‘‘(3) EXEMPTION.—Section 6(a)(7) shall not 
apply with respect to the Inspector General of the 
United States Office for Contingency Operations. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS.—In addition to reports other-
wise required to be submitted under section 5 of this 
Act, the Inspector General of the United States Of-
fice for Contingency Operations may issue periodic 
reports of a similar nature with respect to activities 
subject to the special audit and investigative author-
ity of such Inspector General under subsection (a). 
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‘‘(5) FORM
OF
SUBMISSION.—Each report 
under this subsection may include a classified annex 
if the Inspector General of the United States Office 
for Contingency Operations considers such nec-
essary. 
‘‘(6) DISCLOSURE
OF
CERTAIN
INFORMA-
TION.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 
to authorize the public disclosure of information that 
is— 
‘‘(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure 
by any other provision of law; 
‘‘(B) specifically required by Executive 
order to be protected from disclosure in the in-
terest of national defense or national security or 
in the conduct of foreign affairs; or 
‘‘(C) a part of an ongoing criminal inves-
tigation.’’; and 
(4) in section 12— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, or the 
United States Office for Contingency Oper-
ations’’ after ‘‘the Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the 
United States Office for Contingency Oper-
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