Sec. 105. Civil investigative demands by Attorney General in enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of uniformed services with respect to States and private employers
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Section 4323 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsection
(i)as subsection (j); and by inserting after subsection
(h)the following new subsection (i): Whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that any person may be in possession, custody, or control of any documentary material relevant to an investigation under this chapter, the Attorney General may, before commencing a civil action under subsection (a), issue in writing and cause to be served upon such person, a civil investigative demand requiring— the production of such documentary material for inspection and copying; that the custodian of such documentary material answer in writing written questions with respect to such documentary material; or the production of any combination of such documentary material or answers. The provisions governing the authority to issue, use, and enforce civil investigative demands under section 3733 of title 31 (known as the False Claims Act ) shall govern the authority to issue, use, and enforce civil investigative demands under paragraph (1), except that for purposes of that paragraph— a reference in that section to false claims law investigators or investigations shall be applied as referring to investigators or investigations under this chapter; a reference to interrogatories shall be applied as referring to written questions, and answers to such need not be under oath; the statutory definitions for purposes of that section relating to false claims law shall not apply; and provisions of that section relating to qui tam relators shall not apply. .