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 PUBLIC LAW 108–106—NOV. 6, 2003

117 STAT. 1235

(3) The nomination of an individual as Inspector General shall be made not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (4) The Inspector General shall be removable from office in accordance with the provisions of section 3(b) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). (5) For purposes of section 7324 of title 5, United States Code, the Inspector General shall not be considered an employee who determines policies to be pursued by the United States in the nationwide administration of Federal law. (6) The annual rate of basic pay of the Inspector General shall be the annual rate of basic pay provided for positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. (d) ASSISTANT INSPECTORS GENERAL.—The Inspector General shall, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations governing the civil service— (1) appoint an Assistant Inspector General for Auditing who shall have the responsibility for supervising the performance of auditing activities relating to programs and operations of the Coalition Provisional Authority; and (2) appoint an Assistant Inspector General for Investigations who shall have the responsibility for supervising the performance of investigative activities relating to such programs and operations. (e) SUPERVISION.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Inspector General shall report directly to, and be under the general supervision of, the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority. (2) Neither the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, any other officer of the Coalition Provisional Authority, nor any other officer of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, or the United States Agency for International Development shall prevent or prohibit the Inspector General from initiating, carrying out, or completing any audit or investigation, or from issuing any subpoena during the course of any audit or investigation. (f) DUTIES.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Inspector General to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the treatment, handling, and expenditure of appropriated funds by the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, and of the programs, operations, and contracts carried out utilizing such funds, including— (A) the oversight and accounting of the obligation and expenditure of such funds; (B) the monitoring and review of reconstruction activities funded by such funds; (C) the monitoring and review of contracts funded by such funds; (D) the monitoring and review of the transfer of such funds and associated information between and among the Coalition Provisional Authority, other departments, agencies, and entities of the Federal Government, and private and nongovernmental entities; and (E) the maintenance of records on the use of such funds to facilitate future audits and investigations of the use of such funds.

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