113 S6 IS: Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013
U.S. Senate
2013-01-22
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1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Putting Our Veterans Back to
Work Act of 2013
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—Renewing our vow to hire heroes
Sec. 101. Reauthorization of veterans retraining assistance
program.
Sec. 102. Extension of authority of Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to provide rehabilitation and vocational benefits to members of Armed
Forces with severe injuries or illnesses.
Sec. 103. Extension of additional rehabilitation programs for
persons who have exhausted rights to unemployment benefits under State
law.
Sec. 104. Reauthorization of collaborative veterans' training,
mentoring, and placement program.
TITLE II—Building on our vow to hire heroes
Sec. 201. Unified employment portal for veterans.
Sec. 202. Grants to hire veterans as first
responders.
Sec. 203. Employment of veterans as evaluation factor in the
awarding of Federal contracts.
TITLE III—Improving employment and reemployment rights of members
of the uniformed services
Sec. 301. Enforcement of rights of members of uniformed
services with respect to States and private employers.
Sec. 302. Suspension, termination, or debarment of contractors
for repeated violations of employment or reemployment rights of members of
uniformed services.
Sec. 303. Subpoena power for Special Counsel in enforcement of
employment and reemployment rights of members of uniformed services with
respect to Federal executive agencies.
Sec. 304. Issuance and service of civil investigative demands
by Attorney General.
<enum>I</enum><header>Renewing our vow
to hire heroes</header>
<section id="id472DDF11A9054582836BC13716995B75"><enum>101.</enum><header>Reauthorization
of veterans retraining assistance program</header>
<subsection id="id6F48B551E77F42D89F88C79567250001"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (k) of section 211 of the VOW to
Hire Heroes Act of 2011 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/56">Public Law 112–56</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/4100">38 U.S.C. 4100</external-xref> note) is amended by
striking <quote>March 31, 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>March 31,
2016</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idF522E24132764544B318F3CDA71544CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Number of
eligible veterans</header><text>Subsection (a)(2) of such section is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9E4A2E07AFF04E62A2DDCA0AD04F8C54"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD5517B933BC54A63B7F0EC479F152D60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id43481DF641C8471E825FDBDFAF0B191F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5A3CAF364624727B058406BFBE6FAAA" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idCEBC98BA741940038A53527992C59AF7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>50,000 during the
period beginning April 1, 2014, and ending March 31, 2015; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEEFB1E2A4B744AFA97F7FC4146A42155"><enum>(D)</enum><text>50,000 during the
period beginning April 1, 2015, and ending March 31,
2016.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFF89021E537641C4892C731F227361FC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarification
of limitation on aggregate amount of assistance</header><text>Subsection (b) of
such section is amended by striking <quote>up to 12 months of retraining
assistance provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs</quote> and inserting
<quote>an aggregate of not more than 12 months of retraining assistance
provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under this
section</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id18F1D0F69C2E46189FF711D0CB2E6C73"><enum>102.</enum><header>Extension of
authority of Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide rehabilitation and
vocational benefits to members of Armed Forces with severe injuries or
illnesses</header>
<subsection id="idF322F04005CB4C2ABAEB332A5EAF516F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 1631(b)(2) of the Wounded Warrior Act (title XVI
of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/181">Public Law 110–181</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1071">10 U.S.C. 1071</external-xref> note) is amended by striking
<quote>December 31, 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31,
2016</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id60E3249DCAE446DA83C2C1712FC88F42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header>
<paragraph id="id25E5ABC1B3194E7D8A1E9048036C9389"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report on the benefits provided by the Secretary under
section 1631(b) of such Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id29e57f54b4cc492fafbd39a1b2b4e858"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appropriate
committees of congress</header><text>In this subsection, the term
<term>appropriate committees of Congress</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id869bf69435b041479711d278535508c5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on
Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id151ac1c2dc024458845558ed8487b98f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on
Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idE4B5007803AE46429E820F91EB633394"><enum>103.</enum><header>Extension of
additional rehabilitation programs for persons who have exhausted rights to
unemployment benefits under State law</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/3102">Section 3102(b)(4)</external-xref> of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by striking <quote>March 31, 2014</quote> and inserting
<quote>March 31, 2016</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id38E421EECF844D55B136C2AE2C06B834"><enum>104.</enum><header>Reauthorization
of collaborative veterans' training, mentoring, and placement
program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (e) of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/4104A">section 4104A</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47E640B075BF499E9853D3005F8AA372" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id73A16A8023C94BB7A301D992AE993CB4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section amounts as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="idF5B8EF47FC3D4E798423FB739C65A5F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$4,500,000 for
the period consisting of fiscal years 2012 and 2013.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id415FC0453B12467BBD4B5FFFBB5CE2EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$4,500,000 for
the period consisting of fiscal years 2014 and
2015.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Building on our
vow to hire heroes</header>
<section id="id8208F29DA46E468F87313223D5882B90"><enum>201.</enum><header>Unified
employment portal for veterans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/4105">Section 4105</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code
is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D833C95EADC4429A48983737ACFB619" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id896F087191844F68ABC275FA05EA864C"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id3E41B4E1DABE46E59E66FE4AF3E9BD83"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall
develop a single, unified Federal web-based employment portal, for use by
veterans, containing information regarding all Federal programs and activities
concerning employment, unemployment, and training to the extent the programs
and activities affect veterans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAA9F836EA20C4E1680A505F13A530B5E" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary shall work with
representatives from the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans
Affairs, the Small Business Administration, and other Federal agencies and
organizations concerned with veterans' issues, to determine an appropriate
platform and implementing agency for the portal. The Secretary shall enter into
an agreement with the other Federal agencies for the implementation of the
portal.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id24CA161FB37B4638895B661EC26A668B"><enum>202.</enum><header>Grants to hire
veterans as first responders</header>
<subsection id="idC40F6E1330224083BD4D22933FCB4FB9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grants for
firefighters</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall award
grants under section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/2229a">15 U.S.C. 2229a</external-xref>) to hire veterans as firefighters.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id322405287BE140788E5B15143B5DC937"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants for law
enforcement officers</header><text>The Attorney General shall award grants
under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and SAfe Streets Act of
1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3796dd">42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.</external-xref>) to hire veterans as law enforcement
officers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id38AD95942CB54D4CA438170C51B02B9F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In
awarding grants under this section to hire veterans, the Secretary of Homeland
Security and the Attorney General shall give priority to the hiring of veterans
who served on active duty in the Armed Forces on or after September 11,
2011.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4F1235C19C454227AA636706712B98F4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this section $250,000,000.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id286AC5B25D2644268E83FC5D48A0A2D9"><enum>203.</enum><header>Employment of
veterans as evaluation factor in the awarding of Federal contracts</header>
<subsection id="id0E01C2C967384800848E094EC43A7F07"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civilian
contracts</header>
<paragraph id="idAB3AE7EF550B49759978EC5F13657F0B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/41/33">Chapter 33</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="id3315C2604ED54164A0D651AEF20D8990" style="USC">
<section id="id1225849E1AC74DB390F371A549A383A9"><enum>3312.</enum><header>Employment of
veterans as evaluation factor</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The head of each executive agency shall
consider favorably as an evaluation factor in solicitations for contracts and
task or delivery order valued at or above $25,000,000 the employment by a
prospective contractor of veterans constituting at least 5 percent of the
contractor's
workforce.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2320AAAFEC6D41738CA4D99674E2016E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by adding after the item relating to section 3311 the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8105B65E6E654815A9E76B8025184B01" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry level="section">3312. Employment of veterans as evaluation
factor.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idDF58444896D24AD298F417A1F8C6A3BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Defense
contracts</header>
<paragraph id="idB16DF24A75424B87A37DBF1DB1CBA731"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/10/137">Chapter 137</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="" id="id7F880478F8F9436886DA7F1621F03480" style="USC">
<section id="idCAA8CC4D65294E6498EBFC38268B93BE"><enum>2336.</enum><header>Employment of
veterans as evaluation factor</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The head of each agency shall consider
favorably as an evaluation factor in solicitations for contracts and task or
delivery order valued at or above $25,000,000 the employment by a prospective
contractor of veterans constituting at least 5 percent of the contractor's
workforce.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCD7EDCB6BA824CD9BE0B027316B67FB3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter
is amended by adding after the item relating to section 2335 the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59ACB5CEDCC44EBD9FE601F7A7BBA9DC" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry level="section">2336. Employment of veterans as evaluation
factor.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id313E73F1710343BB9330E68220D9EBDF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal
Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation
to carry out the provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/3313">section 3313</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code,
and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2336">section 2336</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsections (a)
and (b), respectively.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Improving
employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed
services</header>
<section id="id940c1754-d2f0-4f9a-ae52-44f7dc2dccc2"><enum>301.</enum><header>Enforcement
of rights of members of uniformed services with respect to States and private
employers</header>
<subsection id="idc1bfc2fd-186f-4dea-a460-758143a91873"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Action for
relief</header><text>Subsection (a) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/4323">section 4323</external-xref> of title 38, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id8fb185e7-7132-4bb4-bd84-d8ac8b43401e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idd1ce9481-b968-4e19-ab24-78f0e7c079ab"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>appear on behalf of, and act as attorney for, the person on whose behalf
the complaint is submitted and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf65b4fbf-bc08-4eae-8a0e-3312d9f6dc54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for such person</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idab7fc5d4-40f7-43aa-bed1-b392b1a94f19"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
the fourth sentence; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcabbcf43-b48c-42ee-b233-9a4dffd5cb58"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at
the end the following: <quote>The person on whose behalf the complaint is
referred may, upon timely application, intervene in such action, and may obtain
such appropriate relief as is provided in subsections (d) and
(e).</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id94109f42-174c-4411-bd5e-7cd09230ad8b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph (2):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f4e8dcc-ec78-4645-9377-5161449b8593" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id64b75088-24e1-41b5-ab6a-0b79f20dc2dc" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idb37b5d60-44de-4164-86ae-61c98caf643a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not later than 60
days after the date the Attorney General receives a referral under paragraph
(1), the Attorney General shall transmit, in writing, to the person on whose
behalf the complaint is submitted—</text>
<clause id="id341b39de-7dcf-42c6-be68-b2c83b52a1d5" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if the Attorney General has made a
decision to commence an action for relief under paragraph (1) relating to the
complaint of the person, notice of the decision; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idb6a642ef-54d2-436c-a0b7-61f562b73e74" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the Attorney General has not made
such a decision, notice of when the Attorney General expects to make such a
decision.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id450299a7-c320-4ea8-88ca-c6da9890a032" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>If the Attorney General notifies a
person that the Attorney General expects to make a decision under subparagraph
(A)(ii), the Attorney General shall, not later than 30 days after the date on
which the Attorney General makes such decision, notify, in writing, the person
of such
decision.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idea4e097a-f9b5-4c4f-aa05-8b9470d5d80e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id9a1f91cf-2252-4e34-b582-ceb16cae5295"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph (3):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9197882c-03ee-444e-b7f3-d3f1b228d30f" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="id5bf6e4df-273f-43b9-8ca1-669b75fd8543" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Whenever the Attorney General has
reasonable cause to believe that a State (as an employer) or a private employer
is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any
of the rights and benefits provided for under this chapter, and that the
pattern or practice is of such a nature and is intended to deny the full
exercise of such rights and benefits, the Attorney General may commence an
action for relief under this chapter.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idba83d798-500c-4b48-acb4-1b955f78de94"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4), as redesignated by paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (C) and
inserting the following new subparagraph (C):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4fa1f97d-2da8-462f-9acc-d8f10e5581a0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id12cfb022-3fb7-4677-a2a0-ae1d7dff1c3f" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has been notified by the Attorney
General that the Attorney General does not intend to commence an action for
relief under paragraph (1) with respect to the complaint under such
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id575d4433-5cbc-468c-a97a-6b8763fc2547"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standing</header><text>Subsection
(f) of such section is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6fe8898-34b4-4962-87aa-ec860ce453eb" style="OLC">
<subsection id="idae67eef8-97d2-404a-9254-b03a6f853629"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Standing</header><text>An
action under this chapter may be initiated only by the Attorney General or by a
person claiming rights or benefits under this chapter under subsection
(a).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida86253b6-12ca-4519-b572-05ac62d7a3de"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Subsection (h)(2) of such section is amended by
striking <quote>under subsection (a)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>under
paragraph (1) or (4) of subsection (a)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="idCF221CD0B46942288F838E121F1864E4"><enum>302.</enum><header>Suspension,
termination, or debarment of contractors for repeated violations of employment
or reemployment rights of members of uniformed services</header>
<subsection id="id446F910D727B43C98C15677377B1F68E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter III of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/38/43">chapter 43</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id361A45B665E14851AE30E686BF20765C" style="USC">
<section id="id422831d1a360408e85b3a24e27bbca30"><enum>4328.</enum><header>Suspension,
termination, or debarment of contractors</header>
<subsection id="idd5073096ac9f4aabbd8d161ef36b0a9d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grounds for
suspension, termination, or debarment</header><text>Payment under a contract
awarded by a Federal executive agency may be suspended and the contract may be
terminated, and the contractor who made the contract with the agency may be
suspended or debarred in accordance with the requirements of this section, if
the head of the agency determines that the contractor as an employer has
repeatedly been convicted of failing or refusing to comply with one or more
provisions of this chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id0fbd3252817b40d1950fe6a7247868fc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect of
debarment</header><text>A contractor debarred by a final decision under this
section is ineligible for award of a contract by a Federal executive agency,
and for participation in a future procurement by a Federal executive agency,
for a period specified in the decision, not to exceed 5
years.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="idA9ADDFBD43D74BF0AFDAAD87D5523121"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 43 of
such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4327 the
following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDDA28D9E612B430781EE6CE936544FE8" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">4328. Suspension, termination,
or debarment of
contractor.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id113DACD3E3E44103A9CFAA1696301019"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal
Acquisition Regulatory Council shall amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation
to carry out <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/4328">section 4328</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id900D85264196415BA5722285C8EA0EF2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/4328">Section 4328</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a), shall apply with respect to failures and refusals to comply
with provisions of chapter 43 of such title occurring on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id999308A2494D483EBCA2E6497C353B8C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Section 4332(a) of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAAB56BAF7E4D458D8F2CC5B64B15D081"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2F4B8B1D8424467B86DD5B5390C3B78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (9) the following new paragraph (10):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA903B22D69BC4DED822D7068CCBB975A" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id111D975B2609459B8FFF100AECE2A91A"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The number of
suspensions, terminations, and debarments under section 4328 of this title,
disaggregated by the agency or department imposing the suspension or
debarment.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idF400145B39CC41E0BF53C91B1C90CE04"><enum>303.</enum><header>Subpoena power
for Special Counsel in enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of
members of uniformed services with respect to Federal executive
agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4324 of title
38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2FD05454AB3441C387715EDD8512A353" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id2f53d89b3aec43f389214dce4e3a20fc"><enum>(e)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id090E9BF319244F2E96B84EA5D9B59624"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In order to carry out
the Special Counsel’s responsibilities under this section, the Special Counsel
may require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of Federal employees and
the production of documents from Federal employees and Federal executive
agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC9EE6767EEB5462799775831464066A4" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In the case of contumacy or failure
to obey a subpoena issued under paragraph (1), upon application by the Special
Counsel, the Merit Systems Protection Board may issue an order requiring a
Federal employee or Federal executive agency to comply with a subpoena of the
Special Counsel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67514598CB23441F9D206638EC6C2E99" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An order issued under paragraph (2)
may be enforced by the Merit Systems Protection Board in the same manner as any
order issued under section 1204 of title
5.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="id777851DC4C6F4D7D8580DD93C36C006A"><enum>304.</enum><header>Issuance and
service of civil investigative demands by Attorney General</header>
<subsection id="id174D79360B5C4CA68D0C05F9E16B675A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4323 of title
38, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id38168a4c-7b60-4988-aecf-c14c3375d36f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (i) as
subsection (j); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id5a617835-a0b9-4ab0-81e8-e276615816ab"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (h) the
following new subsection (i):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida92c545f-1e08-4ac6-9137-98a6e43324c5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="id409c5454-24d8-4499-8656-ce1f562ac8d6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Issuance
and service of civil investigative demands</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id62aae5f3-5fa4-460d-85b6-7a93084d7ea6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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 subchapter, the Attorney General may, before commencing a civil
action under subsection (a), issue in writing and serve upon such person, a
civil investigative demand requiring—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4fc0796f-e311-48f9-8243-1b36ed9749ac" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the production of such documentary
material for inspection and copying;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id933bbeb7-b7da-48c9-a97f-a8ae6c051ef1" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the custodian of such documentary
material answer in writing written questions with respect to such documentary
material; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd3a71cae-698a-4a28-9db5-7ec09f0fde22" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the production of any combination of
such documentary material or answers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f5ad7ef-c9a5-4a47-b504-ddfd93c01d66" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The provisions of section 3733 of
title 31 governing the authority to issue, use, and enforce civil investigative
demands shall apply with respect to the authority to issue, use, and enforce
civil investigative demands under this section, except that, for purposes of
applying such section 3733—</text>
<subparagraph id="id744183ce-0992-48ad-823b-1bb4c857ebbc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>references to false claims law
investigators or investigations shall be considered references to investigators
or investigations under this subchapter;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfdb0db48-4bf3-43dd-ae73-e2f70b6aae96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>references to interrogatories shall be
considered references to written questions, and answers to such need not be
under oath;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58f57fc7-421c-49c7-9286-20ec79f34de0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the definitions relating to
<quote>false claims law</quote> shall not apply; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda4c6e3e-20b4-413d-9681-dc4dce8a8c42"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provisions relating to qui tam
relators shall not
apply.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFB4D4DB7E64A4FA384B8D058A3BD4509"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Subsection (i) of such section, as added by subsection
(a)(2), shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall
apply with respect to violations of chapter 43 of such title alleged to have
occurred on or after such date.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id008DD02AA4C4428A98F0606C67D7280B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual
reports</header><text>Section 4332(b)(2) of such title is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id56DE451DA35C43F7AF2208B3C9DAE6A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Not later than</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1012794AEB0C4A2591F28FE8B6326066" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id2691DF63554642A2A7119B1ACCEED8B2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4E5E0B449DD44C9B8EDF3704FB002099"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5181A3BE31F646F4BE8319FDBC04285E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id789915A6E92D47D39B336B6B0D68F14B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual
supplement on civil investigative demands</header>
<clause id="id947C79D1545F4F8D81B750C396C56ADD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Attorney General shall include with each report
submitted under subparagraph (A) for the last quarter of each fiscal year a
report on the issuance of civil investigative demands under section 4323(i) of
this title during the most recently completed fiscal year.</text>
</clause><clause id="idB8A8D581044D491096DABCFF20864277"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each
report submitted under clause (i) shall include the following for the fiscal
year covered by the report:</text>
<subclause id="id7F0F82F591CA4D0EA6647C6F7A59A7B6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The number of
times that a civil investigative demand was issued under section 4323(i) of
this title.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FC371DB2ADA485D94B3752F4264148C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>For each civil
investigative demand issued under such section with respect to an
investigation, whether such investigation resulted in a settlement, order, or
judgment.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section>