22 U.S.C. § 3929b — Cooperation with Office of the Inspector General

(a) Administrative discipline Not later than 30 days after December 27, 2021 , the Secretary of State must make explicit in writing to all Department of State personnel, including the Secretary of State, Department employees, contractors, and political appointees, and must consider updating the Foreign Affairs Manual and the Foreign Affairs Handbook to explicitly specify, that if any of that personnel does not comply within 60 days with a request for an interview or access to documents from the Office of the Inspector General of the Department, that personnel may be subject to appropriate administrative discipline including, when circumstances warrant, suspension without pay or removal. (b) Report (1) In general Not later than 180 days after December 27, 2021 and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of State and the United States Agency for Global Media must submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Secretary of State a report in unclassified form detailing the following: (A) The number of individuals who have failed to comply within 60 days with a request for an interview or access to documents from the Office of the Inspector General pertaining to a noncriminal matter. (B) The date on which that requests were initially made. (C) Any extension of time that was voluntarily granted to that individual by the Office of the Inspector General. (D) The general subject matters regarding which the Office of the Inspector General has requested of that individuals. (2) Form Additional information pertaining solely to the subject matter of a request described in paragraph (1) may be provided in a supplemental classified annex, if necessary, but all other information required by the reports required under that paragraph must be provided in unclassified form.