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(3) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—The nomina-
tion of an individual as Inspector General shall be
made not later than 30 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(4) REMOVAL.—The Inspector General shall be
removable from office in accordance with the provi-
sions of section 3(b) of the Inspector General Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
(5) PROHIBITION
ON
POLITICAL
ACTIVITIES.—
For purposes of section 7324 of title 5, United States
Code, the Inspector General shall not be considered an
employee who determines policies to be pursued by the
United States in the nationwide administration of
Federal law.
(6) COMPENSATION.—The annual rate of basic
pay of the Inspector General shall be the annual rate
of basic pay provided for positions at level IV of the
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5,
United States Code.
(d) SUPERVISION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Inspector General shall report directly
to, and be under the general supervision of, the Sec-
retary of State and the Secretary of Defense.
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(2) INDEPENDENCE
TO
CONDUCT
INVESTIGA-
TIONS AND AUDITS.—No officer of the Department of
Defense, the Department of State, or the United
States Agency for International Development shall
prevent or prohibit the Inspector General from initi-
ating, carrying out, or completing any audit or inves-
tigation, or from issuing any subpoena during the
course of any audit or investigation.
(e) DUTIES.—
(1) OVERSIGHT OF AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUC-
TION.—It shall be the duty of the Inspector General
to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and in-
vestigations of the treatment, handling, and expendi-
ture of appropriated funds by the United States Gov-
ernment, and of the programs, operations, and con-
tracts carried out utilizing such funds in Afghanistan
in order to prevent and detect waste, fraud, and
abuse, including—
(A) the oversight and accounting of the obli-
gation and expenditure of such funds;
(B) the monitoring and review of recon-
struction activities funded by such funds;
(C) the monitoring and review of contracts
funded by such funds;
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(D) the monitoring and review of the trans-
fer of such funds and associated information be-
tween and among the departments, agencies, and
entities of the United States Government, and
private and nongovernmental entities;
(E) the maintenance of records on the use
of such funds to facilitate future audits and in-
vestigations of the use of such funds;
(F) the monitoring and review of the effec-
tiveness of United States coordination with the
Government of Afghanistan and other donor
countries in the implementation of the Afghani-
stan Compact and the Afghanistan National De-
velopment Strategy and the efficient utilization
of funds for economic reconstruction, social and
political development, and security assistance;
and
(G) the investigation of overpayments such
as duplicate payments or duplicate billing and
any potential unethical or illegal actions of Fed-
eral employees, contractors, or affiliated entities
and the referral of such reports, as necessary, to
the Department of Justice to ensure further in-
vestigations, prosecutions, recovery of further
funds, or other remedies.