Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 1.djvu/1160

 92 STAT. 1106

Submittal of proposed ition.

Task force, establishment. Membership.

Comprehensive report.

PUBLIC LAW 95-452—OCT. 12, 1978 national security or disclose an intelligence function or activity, the Secretary may exclude such material from the report. If material is excluded from a report under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide the chairmen and ranking minority members of the appropriate committees or subcommittees with a general description of the nature of the material excluded. (4) The Secretary may delegate his responsibilities under paragraphs (1) through (3): Provided, That the delegation be to an official witliin the Office of the Secretary of Defense who is a Presidential appointee confirmed by the Senate. In preparing the reports, the designee of the Secretary shall have the same access to information held by the audit, investigative or inspection units as the Secretary would. (5) In order to effectuate the purposes of this Act with respect to the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense shall submit, not later than March 31, 1981, proposed legislation to establish appropriate reporting procedures, for the period after October 1, 1982, concerning the audit, investigative and inspection activities of the Department of Defense. (b)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a task force to study the operation of the audit, investigative, and inspection components in the Department of Defense which engage in the prevention and detection of fraud, waste, and abuse. The Secretary shall appoint the Director and other members of the task force: Provided, That the Director shall be a person who is not an employee of the Department of Defense. The Director shall have the authority to hire such additional staff as is necessary to complete the study. (2) The Director and members of the task force and, upon the request of a member or the Director, the staff of the task force shall have access to all information relevant to the study and held by the audit, investigative, and inspection components in the Department of Defense including reports prepared by such components: Provided, That— (A) such information or reports may be withheld if a component head determines that disclosure would compromise an (B) the Inspectors General of the Military Departments may delete the names of individuals in a report prepared by them if the Inspector General determines that the inclusion of the names would affect the ability of the Inspector General to obtain information in future investigations and inspections; and (C) no classified information shall be released to the task force unless the members and staff who will have access to the classified information have the appropriate clearances. Upon the request of the Director, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the Military Departments shall assure that the task force has access to information as provided in this subsection. (3) The task force shall prepare a comprehensive report that shall include, but not be limited to— „ (A) a description of the functions of the audit, investigative and inspection components in the Department of Defense and the extent to which such components cooperate in their efforts to detect and prevent fraud, waste and abuse; (B) an evaluation of whether such components are sufficiently "::. independent to carry out their responsibilities; (C) the relationship between such components and the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice; and
 * active investigation of wrong-doing;

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