12 2 STA T .43 12 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 40 9—O CT. 14 , 200 8thesubmi ssi on o f su c h r e p ort to the Ex ecuti v e C h a ir - person un d erc l ause ( ii ).‘ ‘( B ) DISPO SI T IO N . —T he Executive Chairperson of the Council shall report to the I nte g rit y Committee the final disposition of the matter , including w hat action was ta k en by the P resident or agency head. ‘‘( 9 ) A NN UALRE PORT.—The Council shall submit to Con- gress and the President by December 31 of each year a report on the activities of the Integrity Committee during the pre- ceding fiscal year, which shall include the following
‘‘(A) The number of allegations received. ‘‘(B) The number of allegations referred to other agen- cies, including the number of allegations referred for criminal investigation. ‘‘(C) The number of allegations referred to the Chair- person of the Integrity Committee for investigation. ‘‘(D) The number of allegations closed without referral. ‘‘(E) The date each allegation was received and the date each allegation was finally disposed of. ‘‘( F ) In the case of allegations referred to the Chair- person of the Integrity Committee, a summary of the status of the investigation of the allegations and, in the case of investigations completed during the preceding fiscal year, a summary of the findings of the investigations. ‘‘( G ) O ther matters that the Council considers appro- priate. ‘‘(1 0 ) R E Q UESTS F OR M ORE INFORMATION.— W ith respect to paragraphs ( 8 ) and (9), the Council shall provide more detailed information about specific allegations upon re q uest from any of the following: ‘‘(A) The chairperson or ranking member of the Com- mittee on H omeland S ecurity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. ‘‘(B) The chairperson or ranking member of the Com- mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives. ‘‘(C) The chairperson or ranking member of the congres- sional committees of j urisdiction. ‘‘(11) N ORI GH TOR B ENEFIT.—This subsection is not intended to create any right or benefit, substantive or proce- dural, enforceable at law by a person against the U nited States, its agencies, its officers, or any person. ’ ’. (b) ALLEGATIONS OF WRONG D OING AGAINST SPE C IAL COUNSEL OR DEPUT Y SPECIAL COUNSEL.— (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— (A) the term ‘‘Integrity Committee’’ means the Integrity Committee established under section 11(d) of the Inspector General Act of 19 7 8( 5 U.S.C. App), as amended by this Act
and (B) the term ‘‘Special Counsel’’ refers to the Special Counsel appointed under section 1 2 11(b) of title 5, United States Code. (2) AUTHORITY OF INTEGRITY COMMITTEE.— (A) IN GENERAL.—An allegation of wrongdoing against the Special Counsel or the Deputy Special Counsel may be received, reviewed, and referred for investigation by the Integrity Committee to the same extent and in the 5USC12 11 note.R e p o r t s .
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