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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 2679 (Introduced in Senate) — To strengthen accountability and oversight at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. · Sec. 303

Sec. 303. Peer review of investigations by Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection of Department of Veterans Affairs

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Section 323 of title 38, United States Code, as amended by section 301(d), is further amended— by redesignating subsection
(h)as subsection (i); by inserting after subsection
(g)the following new subsection (h): Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Leadership, Engagement, Accountability, and Development Act of 2023 , the Assistant Secretary shall seek to enter into an arrangement with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (in this subsection the Council ) to provide ongoing peer review in accordance with paragraph (2). Pursuant to an arrangement entered into by the Assistant Secretary and the Council pursuant to paragraph (1), the Council shall arrange for the conduct of ongoing peer reviews by members of the Council at regular intervals, but not less frequently than once each year, of investigations, reports, and related matters of the Office selected by the Council. The arrangement entered into by the Assistant Secretary and the Council pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall ensure that there is a regular rotation of the members of the Council that conducts peer reviews pursuant to paragraph (2). In developing protocols to carry out an arrangement entered into under paragraph (1), the Council shall exclude the Inspector General of the Department from carrying out any peer reviews under the arrangement. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to curtail or limit the authority of the Inspector General of the Department to conduct a review, investigation, or other fact finding with respect to the Office or any other element of the Department. ; and in subsection (f)(1)(B)— by redesignating clause
(v)as clause (vi); and by inserting after clause
(iv)the following new clause (v): The findings of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency with respect to the peer reviews carried out under subsection
(h)and the response of the Assistant Secretary to such findings. .
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