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(1) appoint an Assistant Inspector General for Auditing 
who shall have the responsibility for supervising the perform-
ance of auditing activities relating to programs and operations 
supported by amounts appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able for the reconstruction of Afghanistan; and 
(2) appoint an Assistant Inspector General for Investiga-
tions who shall have the responsibility for supervising the 
performance of investigative activities relating to such pro-
grams and operations. 
(e) SUPERVISION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
Inspector General shall report directly to, and be under the 
general supervision of, the Secretary of State and the Secretary 
of Defense. 
(2) INDEPENDENCE
TO
CONDUCT
INVESTIGATIONS
AND 
AUDITS.—No officer of the Department of Defense, the Depart-
ment of State, or the United States Agency for International 
Development shall prevent or prohibit the Inspector General 
from initiating, carrying out, or completing any audit or inves-
tigation related to amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available for the reconstruction of Afghanistan or from issuing 
any subpoena during the course of any such audit or investiga-
tion. 
(f) DUTIES.— 
(1) OVERSIGHT OF AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION.—It shall 
be the duty of the Inspector General to conduct, supervise, 
and coordinate audits and investigations of the treatment, han-
dling, and expenditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, and of 
the programs, operations, and contracts carried out utilizing 
such funds, including— 
(A) the oversight and accounting of the obligation and 
expenditure of such funds; 
(B) the monitoring and review of reconstruction activi-
ties funded by such funds; 
(C) the monitoring and review of contracts funded by 
such funds; 
(D) the monitoring and review of the transfer of such 
funds and associated information between and among 
departments, agencies, and entities of the United States 
and private and nongovernmental entities; 
(E) the maintenance of records on the use of such 
funds to facilitate future audits and investigations of the 
use of such fund; 
(F) the monitoring and review of the effectiveness of 
United States coordination with the Government of 
Afghanistan and other donor countries in the implementa-
tion of the Afghanistan Compact and the Afghanistan 
National Development Strategy; and 
(G) the investigation of overpayments such as duplicate 
payments or duplicate billing and any potential unethical 
or illegal actions of Federal employees, contractors, or affili-
ated entities and the referral of such reports, as necessary, 
to the Department of Justice to ensure further investiga-
tions, prosecutions, recovery of further funds, or other rem-
edies.
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(2) OTHER DUTIES RELATED TO OVERSIGHT.—The Inspector 
General shall establish, maintain, and oversee such systems, 
procedures, and controls as the Inspector General considers 
appropriate to discharge the duties under paragraph (1). 
(3) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL ACT OF 1978.—In addition to the duties specified in para-
graphs (1) and (2), the Inspector General shall also have the 
duties and responsibilities of inspectors general under the 
Inspector General Act of 1978. 
(4) COORDINATION OF EFFORTS.—In carrying out the duties, 
responsibilities, and authorities of the Inspector General under 
this section, the Inspector General shall coordinate with, and 
receive the cooperation of each of the following: 
(A) The Inspector General of the Department of 
Defense. 
(B) The Inspector General of the Department of State. 
(C) The Inspector General of the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
(g) POWERS AND AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) AUTHORITIES UNDER INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.— 
In carrying out the duties specified in subsection (f), the 
Inspector General shall have the authorities provided in section 
6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978, including the authorities 
under subsection (e) of such section. 
(2) AUDIT STANDARDS.—The Inspector General shall carry 
out the duties specified in subsection (f)(1) in accordance with 
section 4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978. 
(h) PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, AND OTHER RESOURCES.— 
(1) PERSONNEL.—The Inspector General may select, 
appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be 
necessary for carrying out the duties of the Inspector General, 
subject to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov-
erning appointments in the competitive service, and the provi-
sions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such 
title, relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. 
(2) EMPLOYMENT
OF
EXPERTS
AND
CONSULTANTS.—The 
Inspector General may obtain services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, at daily rates not to exceed 
the equivalent rate prescribed for grade GS–15 of the General 
Schedule by section 5332 of such title. 
(3) CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.—To the extent and in such 
amounts as may be provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts, the Inspector General may enter into contracts and other 
arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services 
with public agencies and with private persons, and make such 
payments as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the 
Inspector General. 
(4) RESOURCES.—The Secretary of State or the Secretary 
of Defense, as appropriate, shall provide the Inspector General 
with appropriate and adequate office space at appropriate loca-
tions of the Department of State or the Department of Defense, 
as the case may be, in Afghanistan, together with such equip-
ment, office supplies, 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. 
(5) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Upon request of the Inspector Gen-
eral for information or assistance from any department, 
agency, or other entity of the Federal Government, the 
head of such entity shall, insofar as is practicable and 
not in contravention of any existing law, furnish such 
information or assistance to the Inspector General, or an 
authorized designee. 
(B) REPORTING
OF
REFUSED
ASSISTANCE.—Whenever 
information or assistance requested by the Inspector Gen-
eral is, in the judgment of the Inspector General, unreason-
ably refused or not provided, the Inspector General shall 
report the circumstances to the Secretary of State or the 
Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, and to the appropriate 
congressional committees without delay. 
(6) USE OF PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, AND OTHER RESOURCES 
OF THE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ 
RECONSTRUCTION.—Upon the request of the Inspector General, 
the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction— 
(A) may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the 
personnel of the Office of the Special Inspector General 
for Iraq Reconstruction to the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral for Afghanistan Reconstruction for the purpose of car-
rying out this section; and 
(B) may provide, on a reimbursable basis, any of the 
facilities or other resources of the Office of the Special 
Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction to the Office 
of the Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction 
for the purpose of carrying out this section. 
(i) REPORTS.— 
(1) QUARTERLY
REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days after 
the end of each fiscal-year quarter, the Inspector General shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
summarizing, for the period of that quarter and, to the extent 
possible, the period from the end of such quarter to the time 
of the submission of the report, the activities during such 
period of the Inspector General and the activities under pro-
grams and operations funded with amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. 
Each report shall include, for the period covered by such report, 
a detailed statement of all obligations, expenditures, and reve-
nues associated with reconstruction and rehabilitation activities 
in Afghanistan, including the following: 
(A) Obligations and expenditures of appropriated 
funds. 
(B) A project-by-project and program-by-program 
accounting of the costs incurred to date for the reconstruc-
tion of Afghanistan, together with the estimate of the 
Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the 
United States Agency for International Development, as 
applicable, of the costs to complete each project and each 
program. 
(C) Revenues attributable to or consisting of funds 
provided by foreign nations or international organizations 
to programs and projects funded by any department or 
agency of the United States Government, and any obliga-
tions or expenditures of such revenues.