Sec. 1532. Transition and enhancement of inspector general authorities for Afghanistan reconstruction
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It is the sense of the Senate to commend the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, and the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, for— dedicated and faithful service to the United States since their establishment in the 2008; and promoting substantial efficiency and effectiveness in the administration of programs and operations funded with amounts for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. Subsection
(a)of section 1229 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (5 U.S.C. app. 8G note) is amended— in paragraph (3), by inserting after To provide for the following: the transition to the lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom's Sentinel designated pursuant to ; and section 8L(d) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. app. 8L(d)) of all duties, responsibilities, and authorities for serving by adding at the end the following new paragraph: To maximize coordination between the Inspector General under this section and the lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom's Sentinel, including through transparency and timely sharing of data and information collected in relation to the exercise of their respective duties, responsibilities, and authorities, with emphasis on matters of significant overlap between the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Department of Defense. . Subsection (d)(1) of such section is amended by striking supported by and inserting funded with . Subsection (e)(2) of such section is amended by inserting authorized by this section after any audit or investigation . Subsection
(f)of such section is amended— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (E), by adding and at the end; by striking subparagraph (F); by redesignating subparagraph
(G)as subparagraph (F); and in subparagraph (F), as redesignated by subparagraph
(C)of this paragraph— by inserting with such funds after overpayments, ; and by inserting regarding such funds, after or affiliated entities ; in paragraph (2)— by striking The Inspector General and inserting As specified in this section, the Inspector General ; and by striking as the Inspector General considers appropriate and inserting as necessary ; and by striking paragraph
(4)and inserting the following new paragraph (4): The duties and responsibilities of the Inspector General under paragraphs
(1)through
(3)shall not extend to the following: Military operations or activities (including security assistance or cooperation), unless such operations or activities are funded using a Fund or account specified in subsection (n)(1). Contracts for personal security. Duties and responsibilities of inspectors general with respect to operations and activities and contracts specified in subparagraph
(A)shall be discharged by the lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom's Sentinel designated pursuant to section 8L(d) of the Inspector General Act of 1978. . Such section is further amended— by redesignating subsections
(g)through
(o)as subsections
(h)through (p), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(f)the following new subsection (g): The lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom's Sentinel designated pursuant to section 8L(d) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 shall exercise all duties, responsibilities, and authorities for the coordination and deconfliction of inspector general activities in or in regard to Afghanistan. In carrying out duties, responsibilities, and authorities under paragraph (1), the lead Inspector General referred to in that paragraph shall coordinate with, receive the cooperation of, and be responsible for deconfliction among, the following: Each Inspector General specified in section 8L(c) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 who is not the lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom's Sentinel. The Inspector General under this section. . Subsection
(i)of such section, as redesignated by subsection (f)(1) of this section, is amended— in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting pertaining to the exercise by the Inspector General of duties, responsibilities, or authorities specified in subsection
(f)after information and assistance ; and by striking paragraph (6). Subsection
(j)of such section, as redesignated by subsection (f)(1) of this section, is amended— in paragraph (1)— by striking the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)and inserting the following new matter: Not later than 30 days after the end of the second quarter of each fiscal year, and not later than 30 days after the end of the fourth quarter of each fiscal year, the Inspector General shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report setting forth a summary, for the two fiscal year quarters ending before the date on which such report is required to be submitted, of the activities of the Inspector General and the activities under programs 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, the following: ; by striking subparagraph
(A)and inserting the following new subparagraph (A): A detailed statement of all obligations and expenditures of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. ; in subparagraph (B), by inserting projects and programs funded by amounts appropriated or otherwise made available after costs incurred to date for ; and in subparagraphs
(C)and (D), by striking funded by any department or agency of the United States Government each place it appears and inserting funded by amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the reconstruction of Afghanistan ; and in paragraph (2), by striking that involves the use and all that follows and inserting that is funded by amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. . Subsection
(k)of such section, as redesignated by subsection (f)(1) of this section, is amended— in the subsection heading, by inserting after by Inspector General for Operation Freedom's Sentinel ; Report coordination in paragraph (1), by striking and the Secretary of Defense and inserting , the Secretary of Defense, and the lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom's Sentinel designated pursuant to section 8L(d) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 ; and in paragraph (2), by striking or the Secretary of Defense each place it appears and inserting , the Secretary of Defense, or the lead Inspector General referred to in paragraph
(1). Paragraph
(1)of subsection
(n)of such section, as redesignated by subsection (f)(1) of this section, is amended to read as follows: The term amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the reconstruction of Afghanistan means amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for any fiscal year for the reconstruction of Afghanistan under either of the following: The Economic Support Fund. The International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement account. The Commanders Emergency Response Program Fund. The NATO Afghanistan National Army Trust Fund. The Drug Interdiction and Counter Drug Activities Fund. The Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. . Subsection
(p)of such section, as redesignated by subsection (f)(1) of this section, is amended— by striking paragraph (2); and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs. Effective as of the date provided for in subparagraph (B), the duties, responsibilities, and authorities of the Inspector General under this section shall be discharged by the lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom's Sentinel designated pursuant to subsection
(d)of section 8L of the Inspector General Act of 1978. The effective date provided for in this subparagraph shall be such date after the date of the termination of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction pursuant to paragraph
(1)as the Chair of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency under subsection
(a)of section 8L of the Inspector General Act of 1978 shall specify, which date may not be more than 180 days after the date of such termination. The final report of the Inspector General under this section shall consist of the semi-annual report required by subsection (j)(1) for the last two fiscal year quarters ending before the date of the termination of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction pursuant to paragraph (1). . Subject to paragraph (2), such section is further amended as follows: In subsection (a)(2)(A), by inserting a comma after economy . Subsection (a)(3) is amended to read as such subsection read as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act. Paragraph
(4)of subsection
(a)is repealed. In subsection (f)(1)(E), by striking fund and inserting funds . In subsections
(l)and (m), as redesignated by subsection (f)(1) of this section— by striking subsection
(i)each place it appears and inserting subsection
(j); and by striking subsection (j)(2) each place it appears and inserting subsection (k)(2) . The amendments made by subparagraphs (A),
(D)and
(E)of paragraph
(1)shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. The amendment made by subparagraphs
(B)and
(C)of that paragraph shall take effect on the effective date provided for in section 1229(p)(2)(B) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as redesignated by subsection (f)(1) and amended by subsection (k). Section 842(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 ( Public Law 110–181 ; 122 Stat. 234; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended— by inserting
(1)before The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Upon the assumption by the lead Inspector General for Operation Freedom's Sentinel designated pursuant to section 8L(d) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. app. 8L(d)) of duties, responsibilities, and authorities under section 1229 of this Act, as provided for in subsection (p)(2) of such section 1229, the requirement in paragraph
(1)to perform audits as required by subsection
(a)with respect to Afghanistan shall be discharged by such lead Inspector General. .
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Sec. 1532
Transition and enhancement of inspector general authorities for Afghanistan reconstruction
Pub. L.Pub. L. 110-181
Stat.122 Stat. 234
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