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tional codes maintained by the Commissioner of the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
(4) SHARING OF INFORMATION.—For purposes of 
facilitating civilian medical credentialing and hiring 
opportunities for veterans seeking to respond to a na-
tional emergency, including a public health emer-
gency declared by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under section 319 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall establish 
a program to share the information described in 
paragraph (2) with the following: 
(A) State departments of veterans affairs. 
(B) Veterans service organizations. 
(C) State credentialing bodies. 
(D) State homes. 
(E) Other stakeholders involved in State- 
level credentialing, as determined appropriate by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
(b) PROGRAM ON TRAINING OF INTERMEDIATE CARE 
TECHNICIANS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall establish a program to train, certify, and 
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employ covered veterans as intermediate care techni-
cians of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(2) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs may assign an intermediate care technician of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs trained under the 
program under paragraph (1) to any medical center 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs, giving priority 
to locations with a significant staffing shortage. 
(3) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION IN TRANSITION 
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.—As part of the Transition 
Assistance Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of 
title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall conduct a communications campaign to 
convey to appropriate members of the Armed Forces 
separating from active duty opportunities for train-
ing, certification, and employment under the program 
under paragraph (1). 
(4) REPORT ON EXPANSION OF PROGRAM.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report on 
whether the program under paragraph (1) may be 
replicated for other medical positions within the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs. 
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(c) NOTIFICATION
OF
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR
VET-
ERANS.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify vet-
erans service organizations and, in coordination with the 
Secretary of Defense, members of the reserve components of 
the Armed Forces of opportunities for veterans under this 
section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered veteran’’ means a veteran 
whom the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines 
served as a basic health care technician while serving 
in the Armed Forces. 
(2) The terms ‘‘State home’’ and ‘‘veteran’’ have 
the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title 
38, United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘veterans service organization’’ 
means an organization that provides services to vet-
erans, including organizations recognized by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs under section 5902 of title 
38, United States Code. 
TITLE LII—INSPECTOR GENERAL 
INDEPENDENCE 
AND 
EM-
POWERMENT MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Inspector General Independence 
Sec. 5201. Short title. 
Sec. 5202. Removal or transfer of Inspectors General; placement on non-duty sta-
tus. 
Sec. 5203. Vacancy in position of Inspector General. 
Sec. 5204. Office of Inspector General whistleblower complaints. 
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Subtitle B—Presidential Explanation of Failure to Nominate an Inspector 
General 
Sec. 5221. Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an Inspector General. 
Subtitle C—Integrity Committee of the Council of Inspectors General on 
Integrity and Efficiency Transparency 
Sec. 5231. Short title. 
Sec. 5232. Additional information to be included in requests and reports to Con-
gress. 
Sec. 5233. Availability of information to Congress on certain allegations of 
wrongdoing closed without referral. 
Sec. 5234. Semiannual report. 
Sec. 5235. Additional reports. 
Sec. 5236. Requirement to report final disposition to Congress. 
Sec. 5237. Investigations of Offices of Inspector General of establishments by the 
Integrity Committee. 
Subtitle D—Notice of Ongoing Investigations When There Is a Change in 
Status of Inspector General 
Sec. 5241. Notice of ongoing investigations when there is a change in status of 
Inspector General. 
Subtitle E—Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency 
Report on Expenditures 
Sec. 5251. CIGIE report on expenditures. 
Subtitle F—Notice of Refusal to Provide Inspectors General Access 
Sec. 5261. Notice of refusal to provide information or assistance to Inspectors 
General. 
Subtitle G—Training Resources for Inspectors General and Other Matters 
Sec. 5271. Training resources for Inspectors General. 
Sec. 5272. Definition of appropriate congressional committees. 
Sec. 5273. Semiannual reports. 
Sec. 5274. Submission of reports that specifically identify non-governmental orga-
nizations or business entities. 
Sec. 5275. Review relating to vetting, processing, and resettlement of evacuees 
from Afghanistan and the Afghanistan special immigrant visa 
program. 
Subtitle A—Inspector General 
Independence 
SEC. 5201. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Inspector 
General Independence Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 5202. REMOVAL OR TRANSFER OF INSPECTORS GEN-
ERAL; PLACEMENT ON NON-DUTY STATUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3(b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)(A)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), as so designated— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), as so des-
ignated, in the second sentence— 
(I) by striking ‘‘reasons’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘substantive ra-
tionale, including detailed and case- 
specific reasons,’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘(including to 
the appropriate congressional commit-
tees)’’ after ‘‘Houses of Congress’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) If there is an open or completed in-
quiry into an Inspector General that relates to 
the removal or transfer of the Inspector General 
under subparagraph (A), the written commu-
nication required under that subparagraph 
shall— 
‘‘(i) identify each entity that is con-
ducting, or that conducted, the inquiry; and 
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‘‘(ii) in the case of a completed in-
quiry, contain the findings made during the 
inquiry.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) Subject to the other provisions of this 
paragraph, only the President may place an Inspec-
tor General on non-duty status. 
‘‘(B) If the President places an Inspector General 
on non-duty status, the President shall communicate 
in writing the substantive rationale, including de-
tailed and case-specific reasons, for the change in sta-
tus to both Houses of Congress (including to the ap-
propriate congressional committees) not later than 15 
days before the date on which the change in status 
takes effect, except that the President may submit that 
communication not later than the date on which the 
change in status takes effect if— 
‘‘(i) the President has made a determina-
tion that the continued presence of the Inspector 
General in the workplace poses a threat described 
in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of section 
6329b(b)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code; 
and 
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‘‘(ii) in the communication, the President 
includes a report on the determination described 
in clause (i), which shall include— 
‘‘(I) a specification of which clause of 
section 6329b(b)(2)(A) of title 5, United 
States Code, the President has determined 
applies under clause (i) of this subpara-
graph; 
‘‘(II) the substantive rationale, includ-
ing detailed and case-specific reasons, for 
the determination made under clause (i); 
‘‘(III) an identification of each entity 
that is conducting, or that conducted, any 
inquiry upon which the determination 
under clause (i) was made; and 
‘‘(IV) in the case of an inquiry de-
scribed in subclause (III) that is completed, 
the findings made during that inquiry. 
‘‘(C) The President may not place an Inspector 
General on non-duty status during the 30-day period 
preceding the date on which the Inspector General is 
removed or transferred under paragraph (1)(A) unless 
the President— 
‘‘(i) has made a determination that the con-
tinued presence of the Inspector General in the 
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workplace poses a threat described in any of 
clauses (i) through (iv) of section 6329b(b)(2)(A) 
of title 5, United States Code; and 
‘‘(ii) not later than the date on which the 
change in status takes effect, submits to both 
Houses of Congress (including to the appropriate 
congressional committees) a written communica-
tion that contains the information required 
under subparagraph (B), including the report re-
quired under clause (ii) of that subparagraph. 
‘‘(D) For the purposes of this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘Inspector General’— 
‘‘(I) means an Inspector General who 
was appointed by the President, without re-
gard to whether the Senate provided advice 
and consent with respect to that appoint-
ment; and 
‘‘(II) includes the Inspector General of 
an establishment, the Special Inspector 
General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the 
Special Inspector General for the Troubled 
Asset Relief Program, and the Special In-
spector General for Pandemic Recovery; and 
‘‘(ii) a reference to the removal or transfer 
of an Inspector General under paragraph (1), or 
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to the written communication described in that 
paragraph, shall be considered to be— 
‘‘(I) in the case of the Special Inspec-
tor General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, 
a reference to section 1229(c)(6) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 
378); 
‘‘(II) in the case of the Special Inspec-
tor General for the Troubled Asset Relief 
Program, a reference to section 121(b)(4) of 
the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 
of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5231(b)(4)); and 
‘‘(III) in the case of the Special Inspec-
tor General for Pandemic Recovery, a ref-
erence to section 4018(b)(3) of the CARES 
Act (15 U.S.C. 9053(b)(3)).’’; 
(2) in section 8G(e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 
placement on non-duty status’’ after ‘‘a re-
moval’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), as so des-
ignated, in the first sentence— 
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(I) by striking ‘‘reasons’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘substantive ra-
tionale, including detailed and case- 
specific reasons,’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘(including to 
the appropriate congressional commit-
tees)’’ after ‘‘Houses of Congress’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) If there is an open or completed in-
quiry into an Inspector General that relates to 
the removal or transfer of the Inspector General 
under subparagraph (A), the written commu-
nication required under that subparagraph 
shall— 
‘‘(i) identify each entity that is con-
ducting, or that conducted, the inquiry; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a completed in-
quiry, contain the findings made during the 
inquiry.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to the other provisions of this 
paragraph, only the head of the applicable designated 
Federal entity (referred to in this paragraph as the 
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‘covered official’) may place an Inspector General on 
non-duty status. 
‘‘(B) If a covered official places an Inspector 
General on non-duty status, the covered official shall 
communicate in writing the substantive rationale, in-
cluding detailed and case-specific reasons, for the 
change in status to both Houses of Congress (includ-
ing to the appropriate congressional committees) not 
later than 15 days before the date on which the 
change in status takes effect, except that the covered 
official may submit that communication not later 
than the date on which the change in status takes ef-
fect if— 
‘‘(i) the covered official has made a deter-
mination that the continued presence of the In-
spector General in the workplace poses a threat 
described in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of 
section 6329b(b)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
‘‘(ii) in the communication, the covered offi-
cial includes a report on the determination de-
scribed in clause (i), which shall include— 
‘‘(I) a specification of which clause of 
section 6329b(b)(2)(A) of title 5, United 
States Code, the covered official has deter-
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mined applies under clause (i) of this sub-
paragraph; 
‘‘(II) the substantive rationale, includ-
ing detailed and case-specific reasons, for 
the determination made under clause (i); 
‘‘(III) an identification of each entity 
that is conducting, or that conducted, any 
inquiry upon which the determination 
under clause (i) was made; and 
‘‘(IV) in the case of an inquiry de-
scribed in subclause (III) that is completed, 
the findings made during that inquiry. 
‘‘(C) A covered official may not place an Inspec-
tor General on non-duty status during the 30-day pe-
riod preceding the date on which the Inspector Gen-
eral is removed or transferred under paragraph 
(2)(A) unless the covered official— 
‘‘(i) has made a determination that the con-
tinued presence of the Inspector General in the 
workplace poses a threat described in any of 
clauses (i) through (iv) of section 6329b(b)(2)(A) 
of title 5, United States Code; and 
‘‘(ii) not later than the date on which the 
change in status takes effect, submits to both 
Houses of Congress (including to the appropriate 
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congressional committees) a written communica-
tion that contains the information required 
under subparagraph (B), including the report re-
quired under clause (ii) of that subparagraph. 
‘‘(D) Nothing in this paragraph may be con-
strued to limit or otherwise modify— 
‘‘(i) any statutory protection that is af-
forded to an Inspector General; or 
‘‘(ii) any other action that a covered official 
may take under law with respect to an Inspector 
General.’’; 
(3) in section 103H(c) of the National Security 
Act (50 U.S.C. 3033(c))— 
(A) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(4)’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), as so des-
ignated, in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘reasons’’ and inserting ‘‘substantive ra-
tionale, including detailed and case-specific 
reasons,’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) If there is an open or completed inquiry 
into the Inspector General that relates to the removal 
or transfer of the Inspector General under subpara-
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graph (A), the written communication required under 
that subparagraph shall— 
‘‘(i) identify each entity that is conducting, 
or that conducted, the inquiry; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a completed inquiry, 
contain the findings made during the inquiry.’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5)(A) Subject to the other provisions of this 
paragraph, only the President may place the Inspec-
tor General on nonduty status. 
‘‘(B) If the President places the Inspector Gen-
eral on nonduty status, the President shall commu-
nicate in writing the substantive rationale, including 
detailed and case-specific reasons, for the change in 
status to the congressional intelligence committees not 
later than 15 days before the date on which the 
change in status takes effect, except that the President 
may submit that communication not later than the 
date on which the change in status takes effect if— 
‘‘(i) the President has made a determina-
tion that the continued presence of the Inspector 
General in the workplace poses a threat described 
in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of section 
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6329b(b)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code; 
and 
‘‘(ii) in the communication, the President 
includes a report on the determination described 
in clause (i), which shall include— 
‘‘(I) a specification of which clause of 
section 6329b(b)(2)(A) of title 5, United 
States Code, the President has determined 
applies under clause (i); 
‘‘(II) the substantive rationale, includ-
ing detailed and case-specific reasons, for 
the determination made under clause (i); 
‘‘(III) an identification of each entity 
that is conducting, or that conducted, any 
inquiry upon which the determination 
under clause (i) was made; and 
‘‘(IV) in the case of an inquiry de-
scribed in subclause (III) that is completed, 
the findings made during that inquiry. 
‘‘(C) The President may not place the Inspector 
General on nonduty status during the 30-day period 
preceding the date on which the Inspector General is 
removed or transferred under paragraph (4)(A) unless 
the President— 
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‘‘(i) has made a determination that the con-
tinued presence of the Inspector General in the 
workplace poses a threat described in any of 
clauses (i) through (iv) of section 6329b(b)(2)(A) 
of title 5, United States Code; and 
‘‘(ii) not later than the date on which the 
change in status takes effect, submits to the con-
gressional intelligence committees a written com-
munication that contains the information re-
quired under subparagraph (B), including the 
report required under clause (ii) of that subpara-
graph.’’; and 
(4) in section 17(b) of the Central Intelligence 
Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C. 3517(b))— 
(A) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(6)’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), as so des-
ignated, in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘reasons’’ and inserting ‘‘substantive ra-
tionale, including detailed and case-specific 
reasons,’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) If there is an open or completed inquiry 
into the Inspector General that relates to the removal 
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or transfer of the Inspector General under subpara-
graph (A), the written communication required under 
that subparagraph shall— 
‘‘(i) identify each entity that is conducting, 
or that conducted, the inquiry; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a completed inquiry, 
contain the findings made during the inquiry.’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7)(A) Subject to the other provisions of this 
paragraph, only the President may place the Inspec-
tor General on nonduty status. 
‘‘(B) If the President places the Inspector Gen-
eral on nonduty status, the President shall commu-
nicate in writing the substantive rationale, including 
detailed and case-specific reasons, for the change in 
status to the congressional intelligence committees not 
later than 15 days before the date on which the 
change in status takes effect, except that the President 
may submit that communication not later than the 
date on which the change in status takes effect if— 
‘‘(i) the President has made a determina-
tion that the continued presence of the Inspector 
General in the workplace poses a threat described 
in any of clauses (i) through (iv) of section 
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6329b(b)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code; 
and 
‘‘(ii) in the communication, the President 
includes a report on the determination described 
in clause (i), which shall include— 
‘‘(I) a specification of which clause of 
section 6329b(b)(2)(A) of title 5, United 
States Code, the President has determined 
applies under clause (i); 
‘‘(II) the substantive rationale, includ-
ing detailed and case-specific reasons, for 
the determination made under clause (i); 
‘‘(III) an identification of each entity 
that is conducting, or that conducted, any 
inquiry upon which the determination 
under clause (i) was made; and 
‘‘(IV) in the case of an inquiry de-
scribed in subclause (III) that is completed, 
the findings made during that inquiry. 
‘‘(C) The President may not place the Inspector 
General on non-duty status during the 30-day period 
preceding the date on which the Inspector General is 
removed or transferred under paragraph (6)(A) unless 
the President— 
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