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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 4639 (Introduced in House) — To reauthorize the Office of Special Counsel, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide modifications to autho... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Access to agency information

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Section 1212(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: In carrying out this subchapter, the Special Counsel is authorized to— have access to any record or other information (including a report, audit, review, document, recommendation, or other material) of any agency under the jurisdiction of the Office of Special Counsel; and require any employee of such an agency to provide to the Office any record or other information during an investigation, review, or inquiry of any agency under the jurisdiction of the Office.
With respect to any record or other information made available by an agency under this subchapter, the Office shall apply a level of confidentiality to such record or information at the level of confidentiality applied to the record by the agency. .
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