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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 671 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish the Office of the Inspector General for Ukraine, and for other |
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| 6 | 6 | | purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY20, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. H |
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| 10 | 10 | | AWLEYintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 11 | 11 | | to the Committee on Foreign Relations |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To establish the Office of the Inspector General for Ukraine, |
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| 14 | 14 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Inspector General for 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Ukraine Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR UKRAINE. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (a) O |
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| 22 | 22 | | FFICE OFINSPECTORGENERAL.—There is 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | hereby established the Office of the Inspector General for 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Ukraine. 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTORGENERAL; RE-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | MOVAL.— 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) A |
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| 31 | 31 | | PPOINTMENT.—The head of the Office of 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | the Inspector General for Ukraine is the Inspector 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | General for Ukraine (in this section referred to as 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the ‘‘Inspector General’’), who shall be appointed by 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the President with the advice and consent of the 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Senate. 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) Q |
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| 38 | 38 | | UALIFICATIONS.—The appointment of the 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Inspector General shall be made solely on the basis 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting, 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | auditing, financial analysis, law, management anal-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ysis, public administration, or investigations. 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (3) D |
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| 44 | 44 | | EADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT .—The ap-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | pointment of an individual as Inspector General 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | shall be made not later than 30 days after the date 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | of the enactment of this Act. 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (4) C |
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| 49 | 49 | | OMPENSATION.—The annual rate of basic 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | pay of the Inspector General shall be the annual rate 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | of basic pay provided for positions at level IV of the 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | United States Code. 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (5) P |
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| 55 | 55 | | ROHIBITION ON POLITICAL ACTIVITIES .— 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | For purposes of section 7324 of title 5, United 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | States Code, the Inspector General shall not be con-25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | sidered an employee who determines policies to be 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | pursued by the United States in the nationwide ad-2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ministration of Federal law. 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (c) A |
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| 65 | 65 | | SSISTANTINSPECTORSGENERAL.—The Inspec-4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | tor General shall, in accordance with applicable laws and 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | regulations governing the civil service— 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (1) appoint an Assistant Inspector General for 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Auditing who shall have the responsibility for super-8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | vising the performance of auditing activities relating 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | to programs and operations supported by amounts 10 |
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| 72 | 72 | | appropriated or otherwise made available for the 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine; and 12 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (2) appoint an Assistant Inspector General for 13 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Investigations who shall have the responsibility for 14 |
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| 76 | 76 | | supervising the performance of investigative activi-15 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ties relating to such programs and operations. 16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (d) S |
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| 79 | 79 | | UPERVISION.— 17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (1) I |
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| 81 | 81 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | graph (2), the Inspector General shall report directly 19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | to, and be under the general supervision of, the Sec-20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | retary of State and the Secretary of Defense. 21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (2) I |
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| 86 | 86 | | NDEPENDENCE TO CONDUCT INVESTIGA -22 |
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| 87 | 87 | | TIONS AND AUDITS.—No officer of the Department 23 |
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| 88 | 88 | | of Defense, the Department of State, or the United 24 |
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| 89 | 89 | | States Agency for International Development shall 25 |
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| 93 | 93 | | prevent or prohibit the Inspector General from initi-1 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ating, carrying out, or completing any audit or in-2 |
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| 95 | 95 | | vestigation related to amounts appropriated or oth-3 |
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| 96 | 96 | | erwise made available for the military and non-4 |
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| 97 | 97 | | military support of Ukraine or from issuing any sub-5 |
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| 98 | 98 | | poena during the course of any such audit or inves-6 |
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| 99 | 99 | | tigation. 7 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (e) D |
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| 101 | 101 | | UTIES.— 8 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (1) O |
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| 103 | 103 | | VERSIGHT OF MILITARY AND NON -9 |
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| 104 | 104 | | MILITARY SUPPORT OF UKRAINE .—It shall be the 10 |
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| 105 | 105 | | duty of the Inspector General to conduct, supervise, 11 |
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| 106 | 106 | | and coordinate audits and investigations of the 12 |
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| 107 | 107 | | treatment, handling, and expenditure of amounts ap-13 |
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| 108 | 108 | | propriated or otherwise made available for the mili-14 |
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| 109 | 109 | | tary and nonmilitary support of Ukraine, and of the 15 |
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| 110 | 110 | | programs, operations, and contracts carried out uti-16 |
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| 111 | 111 | | lizing such funds, including— 17 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (A) the oversight and accounting of the ob-18 |
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| 113 | 113 | | ligation and expenditure of such funds; 19 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (B) the monitoring and review of contracts 20 |
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| 115 | 115 | | funded by such funds; 21 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (C) the monitoring and review of the 22 |
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| 117 | 117 | | transfer of such funds and associated informa-23 |
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| 118 | 118 | | tion between and among departments, agencies, 24 |
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| 122 | 122 | | and entities of the United States and private 1 |
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| 123 | 123 | | and nongovernmental entities; 2 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (D) the maintenance of records on the use 3 |
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| 125 | 125 | | of such funds to facilitate future audits and in-4 |
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| 126 | 126 | | vestigations of the use of such funds; 5 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (E) the investigation of overpayments such 6 |
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| 128 | 128 | | as duplicate payments or duplicate billing and 7 |
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| 129 | 129 | | any potential unethical or illegal actions of Fed-8 |
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| 130 | 130 | | eral employees, contractors, or affiliated entities 9 |
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| 131 | 131 | | and the referral of such reports, as necessary, 10 |
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| 132 | 132 | | to the Department of Justice to ensure further 11 |
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| 133 | 133 | | investigations, prosecutions, recovery of further 12 |
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| 134 | 134 | | funds, or other remedies; 13 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (F) the monitoring and review of all mili-14 |
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| 136 | 136 | | tary and nonmilitary activities funded by such 15 |
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| 137 | 137 | | funds; and 16 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (G) the tracking and monitoring of all le-17 |
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| 139 | 139 | | thal and nonlethal security assistance provided 18 |
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| 140 | 140 | | by the United States, including a review of 19 |
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| 141 | 141 | | compliance with all applicable end-use certifi-20 |
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| 142 | 142 | | cation requirements. 21 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (2) O |
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| 144 | 144 | | THER DUTIES RELATED TO OVERSIGHT .— 22 |
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| 145 | 145 | | The Inspector General shall establish, maintain, and 23 |
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| 146 | 146 | | oversee such systems, procedures, and controls as 24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | the Inspector General considers appropriate to dis-1 |
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| 151 | 151 | | charge the duties under paragraph (1). 2 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (3) D |
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| 153 | 153 | | UTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER 3 |
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| 154 | 154 | | CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE .—In 4 |
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| 155 | 155 | | addition to the duties specified in paragraphs (1) 5 |
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| 156 | 156 | | and (2), the Inspector General shall also have the 6 |
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| 157 | 157 | | duties and responsibilities of inspectors general 7 |
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| 158 | 158 | | under chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code. 8 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (4) C |
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| 160 | 160 | | OORDINATION OF EFFORTS .—In carrying 9 |
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| 161 | 161 | | out the duties, responsibilities, and authorities of the 10 |
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| 162 | 162 | | Inspector General under this section, the Inspector 11 |
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| 163 | 163 | | General shall coordinate with, and receive the co-12 |
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| 164 | 164 | | operation of each of the following: 13 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (A) The Inspector General of the Depart-14 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ment of Defense. 15 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (B) The Inspector General of the Depart-16 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ment of State. 17 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (C) The Inspector General of the United 18 |
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| 170 | 170 | | States Agency for International Development. 19 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (f) P |
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| 172 | 172 | | OWERS ANDAUTHORITIES.— 20 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (1) A |
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| 174 | 174 | | UTHORITIES UNDER CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE 21 |
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| 175 | 175 | | 5, UNITED STATES CODE .—In carrying out the du-22 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ties specified in subsection (e), the Inspector General 23 |
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| 177 | 177 | | shall have the authorities provided in section 406 of 24 |
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| 181 | 181 | | title 5, United States Code, including the authorities 1 |
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| 182 | 182 | | under subsection (e) of such section. 2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (2) A |
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| 184 | 184 | | UDIT STANDARDS.—The Inspector General 3 |
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| 185 | 185 | | shall carry out the duties specified in subsection 4 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (d)(1) in accordance with section 404(b)(1) of title 5 |
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| 187 | 187 | | 5, United States Code. 6 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (g) P |
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| 189 | 189 | | ERSONNEL, FACILITIES, ANDOTHERRE-7 |
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| 190 | 190 | | SOURCES.— 8 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (1) P |
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| 192 | 192 | | ERSONNEL.— 9 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (A) I |
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| 194 | 194 | | N GENERAL.—The Inspector General 10 |
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| 195 | 195 | | may select, appoint, and employ such officers 11 |
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| 196 | 196 | | and employees as may be necessary for carrying 12 |
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| 197 | 197 | | out the duties of the Inspector General, subject 13 |
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| 198 | 198 | | to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 14 |
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| 199 | 199 | | governing appointments in the competitive serv-15 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ice, and the provisions of chapter 51 and sub-16 |
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| 201 | 201 | | chapter III of chapter 53 of such title, relating 17 |
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| 202 | 202 | | to classification and General Schedule pay 18 |
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| 203 | 203 | | rates. 19 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (B) A |
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| 205 | 205 | | DDITIONAL AUTHORITIES .— 20 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (i) I |
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| 207 | 207 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to clause 21 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (ii), the Inspector General may exercise the 22 |
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| 209 | 209 | | authorities of subsections (b) through (i) of 23 |
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| 210 | 210 | | section 3161 of title 5, United States Code 24 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (without regard to subsection (a) of that 1 |
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| 215 | 215 | | section). 2 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (ii) P |
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| 217 | 217 | | ERIODS OF APPOINTMENTS .—In 3 |
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| 218 | 218 | | exercising the employment authorities 4 |
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| 219 | 219 | | under subsection (b) of section 3161 of 5 |
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| 220 | 220 | | title 5, United States Code, as provided 6 |
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| 221 | 221 | | under clause (i) of this subparagraph— 7 |
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| 222 | 222 | | (I) paragraph (2) of that sub-8 |
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| 223 | 223 | | section (relating to periods of appoint-9 |
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| 224 | 224 | | ments) shall not apply; and 10 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (II) no period of appointment 11 |
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| 226 | 226 | | may exceed the date on which the Of-12 |
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| 227 | 227 | | fice of the Inspector General for 13 |
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| 228 | 228 | | Ukraine terminates under subsection 14 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (n). 15 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (2) E |
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| 231 | 231 | | MPLOYMENT OF EXPERTS AND CONSULT -16 |
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| 232 | 232 | | ANTS.—The Inspector General may obtain services 17 |
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| 233 | 233 | | as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 18 |
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| 234 | 234 | | States Code, at daily rates not to exceed the equiva-19 |
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| 235 | 235 | | lent rate prescribed for grade GS–15 of the General 20 |
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| 236 | 236 | | Schedule by section 5332 of such title. 21 |
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| 237 | 237 | | (3) C |
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| 238 | 238 | | ONTRACTING AUTHORITY .—To the extent 22 |
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| 239 | 239 | | and in such amounts as may be provided in advance 23 |
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| 240 | 240 | | by appropriations Acts, the Inspector General may 24 |
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| 241 | 241 | | enter into contracts and other arrangements for au-25 |
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| 245 | 245 | | dits, studies, analyses, and other services with public 1 |
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| 246 | 246 | | agencies and with private persons, and make such 2 |
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| 247 | 247 | | payments as may be necessary to carry out the du-3 |
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| 248 | 248 | | ties of the Inspector General. 4 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (4) R |
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| 250 | 250 | | ESOURCES.—The Secretary of State or the 5 |
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| 251 | 251 | | Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, shall provide 6 |
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| 252 | 252 | | the Inspector General with— 7 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (A) appropriate and adequate office space 8 |
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| 254 | 254 | | at appropriate locations of the Department of 9 |
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| 255 | 255 | | State or the Department of Defense, as the 10 |
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| 256 | 256 | | case may be, in Ukraine or at an appropriate 11 |
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| 257 | 257 | | United States military installation in the Euro-12 |
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| 258 | 258 | | pean theater, together with such equipment, of-13 |
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| 259 | 259 | | fice supplies, and communications facilities and 14 |
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| 260 | 260 | | services as may be necessary for the operation 15 |
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| 261 | 261 | | of such offices, and shall provide necessary 16 |
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| 262 | 262 | | maintenance services for such offices and the 17 |
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| 263 | 263 | | equipment and facilities located therein; and 18 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (B) appropriate and adequate support for 19 |
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| 265 | 265 | | audits, investigations, and related activities by 20 |
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| 266 | 266 | | the Inspector General or assigned personnel 21 |
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| 267 | 267 | | within the territory of Ukraine. 22 |
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| 268 | 268 | | (5) A |
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| 269 | 269 | | SSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES .— 23 |
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| 270 | 270 | | (A) I |
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| 271 | 271 | | N GENERAL.—Upon request of the In-24 |
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| 272 | 272 | | spector General for information or assistance 25 |
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| 276 | 276 | | from any department, agency, or other entity of 1 |
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| 277 | 277 | | the Federal Government, the head of such enti-2 |
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| 278 | 278 | | ty shall, insofar as is practicable and not in 3 |
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| 279 | 279 | | contravention of any existing law, furnish such 4 |
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| 280 | 280 | | information or assistance to the Inspector Gen-5 |
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| 281 | 281 | | eral, or an authorized designee. 6 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (B) R |
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| 283 | 283 | | EPORTING OF REFUSED ASSIST -7 |
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| 284 | 284 | | ANCE.—Whenever information or assistance re-8 |
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| 285 | 285 | | quested by the Inspector General is, in the 9 |
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| 286 | 286 | | judgment of the Inspector General, unreason-10 |
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| 287 | 287 | | ably refused or not provided, the Inspector Gen-11 |
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| 288 | 288 | | eral shall report the circumstances to the Sec-12 |
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| 289 | 289 | | retary of State or the Secretary of Defense, as 13 |
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| 290 | 290 | | appropriate, and to the appropriate congres-14 |
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| 291 | 291 | | sional committees without delay. 15 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (h) R |
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| 293 | 293 | | EPORTS.— 16 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (1) Q |
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| 295 | 295 | | UARTERLY REPORTS .—Not later than 30 17 |
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| 296 | 296 | | days after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, the 18 |
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| 297 | 297 | | Inspector General shall submit to the appropriate 19 |
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| 298 | 298 | | congressional committees a report summarizing, for 20 |
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| 299 | 299 | | the period of that quarter and, to the extent pos-21 |
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| 300 | 300 | | sible, the period from the end of such quarter to the 22 |
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| 301 | 301 | | time of the submission of the report, the activities 23 |
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| 302 | 302 | | during such period of the Inspector General and the 24 |
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| 303 | 303 | | activities under programs and operations funded 25 |
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| 307 | 307 | | with amounts appropriated or otherwise made avail-1 |
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| 308 | 308 | | able for the military and nonmilitary support of 2 |
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| 309 | 309 | | Ukraine. Each report shall include, for the period 3 |
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| 310 | 310 | | covered by such report, a detailed statement of all 4 |
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| 311 | 311 | | obligations, expenditures, and revenues associated 5 |
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| 312 | 312 | | with military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine, 6 |
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| 313 | 313 | | including the following: 7 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (A) Obligations and expenditures of appro-8 |
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| 315 | 315 | | priated funds. 9 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (B) Operating expenses of agencies or enti-10 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ties receiving amounts appropriated or other-11 |
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| 318 | 318 | | wise made available for the military and non-12 |
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| 319 | 319 | | military support of Ukraine. 13 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (C) In the case of any contract, grant, 14 |
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| 321 | 321 | | agreement, or other funding mechanism de-15 |
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| 322 | 322 | | scribed in paragraph (2)— 16 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (i) the amount of the contract, grant, 17 |
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| 324 | 324 | | agreement, or other funding mechanism; 18 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (ii) a brief discussion of the scope of 19 |
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| 326 | 326 | | the contract, grant, agreement, or other 20 |
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| 327 | 327 | | funding mechanism; 21 |
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| 328 | 328 | | (iii) a discussion of how the depart-22 |
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| 329 | 329 | | ment or agency of the United States Gov-23 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ernment involved in the contract, grant, 24 |
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| 331 | 331 | | agreement, or other funding mechanism 25 |
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| 335 | 335 | | identified, and solicited offers from, poten-1 |
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| 336 | 336 | | tial individuals or entities to perform the 2 |
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| 337 | 337 | | contract, grant, agreement, or other fund-3 |
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| 338 | 338 | | ing mechanism, together with a list of the 4 |
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| 339 | 339 | | potential individuals or entities that were 5 |
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| 340 | 340 | | issued solicitations for the offers; and 6 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (iv) the justification and approval doc-7 |
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| 342 | 342 | | uments on which was based the determina-8 |
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| 343 | 343 | | tion to use procedures other than proce-9 |
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| 344 | 344 | | dures that provide for full and open com-10 |
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| 345 | 345 | | petition. 11 |
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| 346 | 346 | | (D) An accounting comparison of— 12 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (i) the military and nonmilitary sup-13 |
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| 348 | 348 | | port provided to Ukraine by the United 14 |
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| 349 | 349 | | States; and 15 |
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| 350 | 350 | | (ii) the military and nonmilitary sup-16 |
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| 351 | 351 | | port provided to Ukraine by other North 17 |
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| 352 | 352 | | Atlantic Treaty Organization member 18 |
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| 353 | 353 | | countries, including allied contributions to 19 |
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| 354 | 354 | | Ukraine that are subsequently backfilled or 20 |
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| 355 | 355 | | subsidized using United States funds. 21 |
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| 356 | 356 | | (E) An evaluation of the compliance of the 22 |
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| 357 | 357 | | Government of Ukraine with all requirements 23 |
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| 358 | 358 | | for receiving United States funds, including a 24 |
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| 359 | 359 | | description of any area of concern with respect 25 |
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| 364 | 364 | | achieve such compliance. 2 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (2) C |
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| 366 | 366 | | OVERED CONTRACTS , GRANTS, AGREE-3 |
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| 367 | 367 | | MENTS, AND FUNDING MECHANISMS .—A contract, 4 |
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| 368 | 368 | | grant, agreement, or other funding mechanism de-5 |
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| 369 | 369 | | scribed in this paragraph is any major contract, 6 |
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| 370 | 370 | | grant, agreement, or other funding mechanism that 7 |
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| 371 | 371 | | is entered into by any department or agency of the 8 |
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| 372 | 372 | | United States Government that involves the use of 9 |
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| 373 | 373 | | amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 10 |
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| 374 | 374 | | for the military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine 11 |
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| 375 | 375 | | with any public or private sector entity for any of 12 |
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| 376 | 376 | | the following purposes: 13 |
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| 377 | 377 | | (A) To build or rebuild physical infrastruc-14 |
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| 378 | 378 | | ture of Ukraine. 15 |
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| 379 | 379 | | (B) To establish or reestablish a political 16 |
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| 380 | 380 | | or societal institution of Ukraine. 17 |
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| 381 | 381 | | (C) To provide products or services to the 18 |
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| 382 | 382 | | people of Ukraine. 19 |
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| 383 | 383 | | (D) To provide lethal or nonlethal weap-20 |
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| 384 | 384 | | onry to Ukraine. 21 |
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| 385 | 385 | | (E) To otherwise provide military or non-22 |
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| 386 | 386 | | military support to Ukraine. 23 |
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| 387 | 387 | | (3) P |
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| 388 | 388 | | UBLIC AVAILABILITY .—The Inspector 24 |
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| 389 | 389 | | General shall publish on a publicly available internet 25 |
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| 394 | 394 | | section in English and other languages that the In-2 |
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| 395 | 395 | | spector General determines are widely used and un-3 |
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| 396 | 396 | | derstood in Ukraine. 4 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (4) F |
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| 398 | 398 | | ORM.—Each report required under this 5 |
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| 399 | 399 | | subsection shall be submitted in unclassified form, 6 |
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| 400 | 400 | | but may include a classified annex if the Inspector 7 |
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| 401 | 401 | | General considers it necessary. 8 |
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| 402 | 402 | | (5) R |
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| 403 | 403 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in this 9 |
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| 404 | 404 | | subsection shall be construed to authorize the public 10 |
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| 405 | 405 | | disclosure of information that is— 11 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (A) specifically prohibited from disclosure 12 |
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| 407 | 407 | | by any other provision of law; 13 |
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| 408 | 408 | | (B) specifically required by Executive order 14 |
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| 409 | 409 | | to be protected from disclosure in the interest 15 |
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| 410 | 410 | | of national defense or national security or in 16 |
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| 411 | 411 | | the conduct of foreign affairs; or 17 |
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| 412 | 412 | | (C) a part of an ongoing criminal inves-18 |
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| 413 | 413 | | tigation. 19 |
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| 414 | 414 | | (i) R |
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| 415 | 415 | | EPORTCOORDINATION.— 20 |
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| 416 | 416 | | (1) S |
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| 417 | 417 | | UBMISSION TO SECRETARIES OF STATE 21 |
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| 418 | 418 | | AND DEFENSE.—The Inspector General shall also 22 |
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| 419 | 419 | | submit each report required under subsection (h) to 23 |
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| 420 | 420 | | the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense. 24 |
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| 421 | 421 | | (2) S |
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| 422 | 422 | | UBMISSION TO CONGRESS .— 25 |
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| 426 | 426 | | (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 1 |
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| 427 | 427 | | after receipt of a report under paragraph (1), 2 |
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| 428 | 428 | | the Secretary of State and the Secretary of De-3 |
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| 429 | 429 | | fense shall submit to the appropriate congres-4 |
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| 430 | 430 | | sional committees any comments on the matters 5 |
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| 431 | 431 | | covered by the report. Such comments shall be 6 |
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| 432 | 432 | | submitted in unclassified form, but may include 7 |
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| 433 | 433 | | a classified annex if the Secretary of State or 8 |
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| 434 | 434 | | the Secretary of Defense, as the case may be, 9 |
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| 435 | 435 | | considers it necessary. 10 |
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| 436 | 436 | | (B) A |
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| 437 | 437 | | CCESS.—On request, any Member of 11 |
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| 438 | 438 | | Congress may view comments submitted under 12 |
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| 439 | 439 | | subparagraph (A), including the classified 13 |
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| 440 | 440 | | annex. 14 |
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| 441 | 441 | | (j) T |
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| 442 | 442 | | RANSPARENCY.— 15 |
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| 443 | 443 | | (1) R |
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| 444 | 444 | | EPORT.—Not later than 60 days after 16 |
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| 445 | 445 | | submission to the appropriate congressional commit-17 |
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| 446 | 446 | | tees of a report under subsection (h), the Secretary 18 |
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| 447 | 447 | | of State and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly 19 |
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| 448 | 448 | | make copies of the report available to the public 20 |
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| 449 | 449 | | upon request, and at a reasonable cost. 21 |
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| 450 | 450 | | (2) C |
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| 451 | 451 | | OMMENTS ON MATTERS COVERED BY RE -22 |
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| 452 | 452 | | PORT.—Not later than 60 days after submission to 23 |
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| 453 | 453 | | the appropriate congressional committees under sub-24 |
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| 454 | 454 | | section (i)(2)(A) of comments on a report under sub-25 |
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| 459 | 459 | | of Defense shall jointly make copies of the comments 2 |
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| 460 | 460 | | available to the public upon request, and at a rea-3 |
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| 461 | 461 | | sonable cost. 4 |
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| 462 | 462 | | (k) W |
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| 463 | 463 | | AIVER.— 5 |
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| 464 | 464 | | (1) A |
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| 465 | 465 | | UTHORITY.—The President may waive the 6 |
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| 466 | 466 | | requirement under paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-7 |
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| 467 | 467 | | section (j) with respect to availability to the public 8 |
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| 468 | 468 | | of any element in a report under subsection (h), or 9 |
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| 469 | 469 | | any comment under subsection (i)(2)(A), if the 10 |
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| 470 | 470 | | President determines that the waiver is justified for 11 |
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| 471 | 471 | | national security reasons. 12 |
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| 472 | 472 | | (2) N |
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| 473 | 473 | | OTICE OF WAIVER.—The President shall 13 |
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| 474 | 474 | | publish a notice of each waiver made under this sub-14 |
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| 475 | 475 | | section in the Federal Register no later than the 15 |
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| 476 | 476 | | date on which a report required under subsection 16 |
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| 477 | 477 | | (h), or any comment under subsection (i)(2)(A), is 17 |
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| 478 | 478 | | submitted to the appropriate congressional commit-18 |
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| 479 | 479 | | tees. The report and comments shall specify whether 19 |
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| 480 | 480 | | waivers under this subsection were made and with 20 |
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| 481 | 481 | | respect to which elements in the report or which 21 |
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| 482 | 482 | | comments, as appropriate. 22 |
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| 483 | 483 | | (3) S |
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| 484 | 484 | | UBMISSION OF COMMENTS .—The Presi-23 |
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| 485 | 485 | | dent may not waive under this subsection subpara-24 |
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| 486 | 486 | | graph (A) or (B) of subsection (i)(2). 25 |
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| 491 | 491 | | (1) A |
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| 492 | 492 | | MOUNTS APPROPRIATED OR OTHERWISE 2 |
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| 493 | 493 | | MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE MILITARY AND NON -3 |
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| 494 | 494 | | MILITARY SUPPORT OF UKRAINE .—The term 4 |
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| 495 | 495 | | ‘‘amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 5 |
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| 496 | 496 | | for the military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine’’ 6 |
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| 497 | 497 | | means— 7 |
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| 498 | 498 | | (A) amounts appropriated or otherwise 8 |
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| 499 | 499 | | made available on or after January 1, 2022, 9 |
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| 500 | 500 | | for— 10 |
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| 501 | 501 | | (i) the Ukraine Security Assistance 11 |
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| 502 | 502 | | Initiative under section 1250 of the Na-12 |
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| 503 | 503 | | tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 13 |
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| 504 | 504 | | Year 2016 (Public Law 11492; 129 Stat. 14 |
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| 505 | 505 | | 1608); 15 |
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| 506 | 506 | | (ii) any foreign military financing 16 |
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| 507 | 507 | | accessed by the Government of Ukraine; 17 |
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| 508 | 508 | | (iii) the Presidential drawdown au-18 |
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| 509 | 509 | | thority under section 506(a) of the Foreign 19 |
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| 510 | 510 | | Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 20 |
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| 511 | 511 | | 2318(a)); 21 |
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| 512 | 512 | | (iv) the defense institution building 22 |
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| 513 | 513 | | program under section 332 of title 10, 23 |
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| 514 | 514 | | United States Code; 24 |
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| 520 | 520 | | States Code; 3 |
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| 521 | 521 | | (vi) the International Military Edu-4 |
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| 522 | 522 | | cation and Training program of the De-5 |
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| 523 | 523 | | partment of State; and 6 |
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| 524 | 524 | | (vii) the United States European 7 |
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| 525 | 525 | | Command; and 8 |
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| 526 | 526 | | (B) amounts appropriated or otherwise 9 |
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| 527 | 527 | | made available on or after January 1, 2022, for 10 |
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| 528 | 528 | | the military, economic, reconstruction, or hu-11 |
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| 529 | 529 | | manitarian support of Ukraine under any ac-12 |
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| 530 | 530 | | count or for any purpose not described in sub-13 |
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| 531 | 531 | | paragraph (A). 14 |
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| 532 | 532 | | (2) A |
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| 533 | 533 | | PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -15 |
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| 534 | 534 | | TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-16 |
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| 535 | 535 | | mittees’’ means— 17 |
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| 536 | 536 | | (A) the Committees on Appropriations, the 18 |
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| 537 | 537 | | Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 19 |
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| 538 | 538 | | on Foreign Relations, and Committee on Home-20 |
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| 539 | 539 | | land Security and Governmental Affairs of the 21 |
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| 540 | 540 | | Senate; and 22 |
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| 541 | 541 | | (B) the Committees on Appropriations, the 23 |
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| 542 | 542 | | Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 24 |
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| 543 | 543 | | on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on 25 |
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| 549 | 549 | | (m) A |
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| 550 | 550 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 3 |
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| 551 | 551 | | (1) I |
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| 552 | 552 | | N GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 4 |
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| 553 | 553 | | appropriated $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 to 5 |
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| 554 | 554 | | carry out this section. 6 |
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| 555 | 555 | | (2) O |
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| 556 | 556 | | FFSET.—The amount authorized to be ap-7 |
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| 557 | 557 | | propriated for fiscal year 2025 for the Economic 8 |
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| 558 | 558 | | Support Fund for Ukraine under title IV of the 9 |
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| 559 | 559 | | Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 10 |
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| 560 | 560 | | 2024 (Public Law 118–50; 138 Stat. 913) is hereby 11 |
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| 561 | 561 | | reduced by $70,000,000. 12 |
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| 562 | 562 | | (n) T |
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| 563 | 563 | | ERMINATION.— 13 |
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| 564 | 564 | | (1) I |
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| 565 | 565 | | N GENERAL.—The Office of the Inspector 14 |
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| 566 | 566 | | General for Ukraine shall terminate on the date that 15 |
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| 567 | 567 | | is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this 16 |
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| 568 | 568 | | Act. 17 |
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| 569 | 569 | | (2) F |
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| 570 | 570 | | INAL REPORT.—The Inspector General 18 |
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| 571 | 571 | | shall, prior to the termination of the Office of the 19 |
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| 572 | 572 | | Inspector General for Ukraine under paragraph (1), 20 |
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| 573 | 573 | | prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional 21 |
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| 574 | 574 | | committees a final forensic audit report on programs 22 |
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| 575 | 575 | | and operations funded with amounts appropriated or 23 |
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