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5 U.S.C. § 413 — Special provisions concerning the Department of Justice
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**(a) In General.—**
(1) **Authority of attorney general over certain audits and investigations.—** — Notwithstanding the 2d sentence and last sentence of [section 403(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section403/a&num=0&edition=prelim), the Inspector General shall be under the authority, direction, and control of the Attorney General with respect to audits or investigations, or the issuance of subpoenas, which require access to sensitive information concerning—
(A) ongoing civil or criminal investigations or proceedings;
(B) undercover operations;
(C) the identity of confidential sources, including protected witnesses;
(D) intelligence or counterintelligence matters; or
(E) other matters the disclosure of which would constitute a serious threat to national security.
(2) **Authority of attorney general to prohibit carrying out or completing certain audits and investigations.—** — With respect to the information described under paragraph (1), the Attorney General may prohibit the Inspector General from carrying out or completing any audit or investigation, from accessing information described in paragraph (1), or from issuing any subpoena, after such Inspector General has decided to initiate, carry out, or complete such audit or investigation, access such information, or to issue such subpoena, if the Attorney General determines that such prohibition is necessary to prevent the disclosure of any information described under paragraph (1) or to prevent significant impairment to the national interests of the United States.
(3) **Notification and statement of reasons for exercise of power.—** — If the Attorney General exercises any power under paragraph (1) or (2), the Attorney General shall notify the Ins
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**(a) In General.—**
(1) **Authority of attorney general over certain audits and investigations.—** — Notwithstanding the 2d sentence and last sentence of [section 403(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section403/a&num=0&edition=prelim), the Inspector General shall be under the authority, direction, and control of the Attorney General with respect to audits or investigations, or the issuance of subpoenas, which require access to sensitive information concerning—
(A) ongoing civil or criminal investigations or proceedings;
(B) undercover operations;
(C) the identity of confidential sources, including protected witnesses;
(D) intelligence or counterintelligence matters; or
(E) other matters the disclosure of which would constitute a serious threat to national security.
(2) **Authority of attorney general to prohibit carrying out or completing certain audits and investigations.—** — With respect to the information described under paragraph (1), the Attorney General may prohibit the Inspector General from carrying out or completing any audit or investigation, from accessing information described in paragraph (1), or from issuing any subpoena, after such Inspector General has decided to initiate, carry out, or complete such audit or investigation, access such information, or to issue such subpoena, if the Attorney General determines that such prohibition is necessary to prevent the disclosure of any information described under paragraph (1) or to prevent significant impairment to the national interests of the United States.
(3) **Notification and statement of reasons for exercise of power.—** — If the Attorney General exercises any power under paragraph (1) or (2), the Attorney General shall notify the Inspector General in writing, stating the reasons for such exercise. Within 30 days after receipt of any such notice, the Inspector General shall transmit a copy of such notice to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Reform and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, and to other appropriate committees or subcommittees of the Congress.
**(b) Carrying Out Duties and Responsibilities.—** In carrying out the duties and responsibilities specified in this chapter, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice—
(1) may initiate, conduct and supervise such audits and investigations in the Department of Justice as the Inspector General considers appropriate;
(2) except as specified in subsection (a) and paragraph (3), may investigate allegations of criminal wrongdoing or administrative misconduct by an employee of the Department of Justice, or may, in the discretion of the Inspector General, refer such allegations to the Office of Professional Responsibility or the internal affairs office of the appropriate component of the Department of Justice;
(3) shall refer to the Counsel, Office of Professional Responsibility of the Department of Justice, allegations of misconduct involving Department attorneys, investigators, or law enforcement personnel, where the allegations relate to the exercise of the authority of an attorney to investigate, litigate, or provide legal advice, except that no such referral shall be made if the attorney is employed in the Office of Professional Responsibility;
(4) may investigate allegations of criminal wrongdoing or administrative misconduct by a person who is the head of any agency or component of the Department of Justice; and
(5) shall forward the results of any investigation conducted under paragraph (4), along with any appropriate recommendation for disciplinary action, to the Attorney General.
**(c) Reports.—** Any report required to be transmitted by the Attorney General to the appropriate committees or subcommittees of the Congress under [section 405(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section405/e&num=0&edition=prelim) shall also be transmitted, within the 7-day period specified under that section, to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives.
**(d) Regulation To Ensure Reporting of Certain Allegations to Inspector General.—** The Attorney General shall ensure by regulation that any component of the Department of Justice receiving a nonfrivolous allegation of criminal wrongdoing or administrative misconduct by an employee of the Department of Justice, except with respect to allegations described in subsection (b)(3), shall report that information to the Inspector General.
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**(a) In General.—** Not later than 210 days after the date of enactment of this subchapter, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Independent Review Committee authorized by the First Step Act of 2018, shall develop and release publicly on the Department of Justice website a risk and needs assessment system (referred to in this subchapter as the “System”), which shall be used to—
(1) determine the recidivism risk of each prisoner as part of the intake process, and classify each prisoner as having minimum, low, medium, or high risk for recidivism;
(2) assess and determine, to the extent practicable, the risk of violent or serious misconduct of each prisoner;
(3) determine the type and amount of evidence-based recidivism reduction programming that is appropriate for each prisoner and assign each prisoner to such programming accordingly, and based on the prisoner’s specific criminogenic needs, and in accordance with subsection (b);
(4) reassess the recidivism risk of each prisoner periodically, based on factors including indicators of progress, and of regression, that are dynamic and that can reasonably be expected to change while in prison;
(5) reassign the prisoner to appropriate evidence-based recidivism reduction programs or productive activities based on the revised determination to ensure that—
(A) all prisoners at each risk level have a meaningful opportunity to reduce their classification during the period of incarceration;
(B) to address 11 So in original. the specific criminogenic needs of the prisoner; and
(C) all prisoners are able to successfully participate in such programs;
(6) determine when to provide incentives and rewards for successful participation in evidence-based recidivism reduction programs or productive activities in accor
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The Executive departments are:
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section—
(1) the term “correctional officer” means a correctional officer of the Bureau of Prisons;
(2) the term “covered institution” means a Federal penal or correctional institution;
(3) the term “Director” means the Director of the Bureau of Prisons;
(4) the term “post-partum recovery” means the first 12-week period of post-partum recovery after giving birth;
(5) the term “primary caretaker parent” has the meaning given the term in section 31903 of the Family Unity Demonstration Project Act ([34 U.S.C. 12242](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title34-section12242&num=0&edition=prelim));
(6) the term “prisoner” means an individual who is incarcerated in a Federal penal or correctional institution, including a vulnerable person; and
(7) the term “vulnerable person” means an individual who—
(A) is under 21 years of age or over 60 years of age;
(B) is pregnant;
(C) is victim or witness of a crime;
(D) has filed a nonfrivolous civil rights claim in Federal or State court; or
(E) during the period of incarceration, has been determined to have experienced or to be experiencing severe trauma or to be the victim of gender-based violence—
(i) by any court or administrative judicial proceeding;
(ii) by any corrections official;
(iii) by the individual’s attorney or legal service provider; or
(iv) by the individual.
**(b) Geographic Placement.—**
(1) **Establishment of office.—** — The Director shall establish within the Bureau of Prisons an office that determines the placement of prisoners.
(2) **Placement of prisoners.—** — In determining the placement of a prisoner, the office established under paragraph (1) shall—
(A) if the prisoner has children, consider placing the pr
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In this chapter:
(1) **Establishment.—** — The term “establishment” means the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Homeland Security, the Treasury, or Veterans Affairs; the Agency for International Development, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the General Services Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Office of Personnel Management, the Railroad Retirement Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Small Business Administration, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Social Security Administration, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Commissions established under [section 15301 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section15301&num=0&edition=prelim), the National Security Agency, or the National Reconnaissance Office, as the case may be.
(2) **Federal agency.—** — The term “Federal agency” means an agency as defined in [section 552(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section552/f&num=0&edition=prelim) (including an establishment as defined in paragraph (1)), but shall not be construed to include the Government Accountability Office.
(3) **Head of the establishment.—** — The term “head of the establishment” means the Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Devel
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In this subchapter the following definitions apply:
(1) **Dyslexia.—** — The term “dyslexia” means an unexpected difficulty in reading for an individual who has the intelligence to be a much better reader, most commonly caused by a difficulty in the phonological processing (the appreciation of the individual sounds of spoken language), which affects the ability of an individual to speak, read, and spell.
(2) **Dyslexia screening program.—** — The term “dyslexia screening program” means a screening program for dyslexia that is—
(A) evidence-based (as defined in section 8101(21) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ([20 U.S.C. 7801(21)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section7801/21&num=0&edition=prelim))) with proven psychometrics for validity;
(B) efficient and low-cost; and
(C) readily available.
(3) **Evidence-based recidivism reduction program.—** — The term “evidence-based recidivism reduction program” means either a group or individual activity that—
(A) has been shown by empirical evidence to reduce recidivism or is based on research indicating that it is likely to be effective in reducing recidivism;
(B) is designed to help prisoners succeed in their communities upon release from prison; and
(C) may include—
(i) social learning and communication, interpersonal, anti-bullying, rejection response, and other life skills;
(ii) family relationship building, structured parent-child interaction, and parenting skills;
(iii) classes on morals or ethics;
(iv) academic classes;
(v) cognitive behavioral treatment;
(vi) mentoring;
(vii) substance abuse treatment;
(viii) vocational training;
(ix) faith-based classes or services;
(x) civic engagement and
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**(a)** Except as otherwise provided by law, the business of the executive part of the Department of the Navy shall be distributed among the bureaus as the Secretary of the Navy considers expedient and proper.
**(b)** Each bureau shall perform its duties under the authority of the Secretary, and its orders are considered as coming from the Secretary.
**(c)** Under the Secretary, each bureau has custody and charge of its records and accounts.
**(d)** Each bureau shall furnish to the Secretary estimates for its specific, general, and contingent expenses.
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The Bureau of Prisons shall be in charge of a director appointed by and serving directly under the Attorney General. The Attorney General may appoint such additional officers and employees as he deems necessary.
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It is the purpose of this subchapter to establish a Senior Executive Service to ensure that the executive management of the Government of the United States is responsive to the needs, policies, and goals of the Nation and otherwise is of the highest quality. The Senior Executive Service shall be administered so as to—
(1) provide for a compensation system, including salaries, benefits, and incentives, and for other conditions of employment, designed to attract and retain highly competent senior executives;
(2) ensure that compensation, retention, and tenure are contingent on executive success which is measured on the basis of individual and organizational performance (including such factors as improvements in efficiency, productivity, quality of work or service, cost efficiency, and timeliness of performance and success in meeting equal employment opportunity goals);
(3) assure that senior executives are accountable and responsible for the effectiveness and productivity of employees under them;
(4) recognize exceptional accomplishment;
(5) enable the head of an agency to reassign senior executives to best accomplish the agency’s mission;
(6) provide for severance pay, early retirement, and placement assistance for senior executives who are removed from the Senior Executive Service for nondisciplinary reasons;
(7) protect senior executives from arbitrary or capricious actions;
(8) provide for program continuity and policy advocacy in the management of public programs;
(9) maintain a merit personnel system free of prohibited personnel practices;
(10) ensure accountability for honest, economical, and efficient Government;
(11) ensure compliance with all applicable civil service laws, rules, and regulations, including those related to equal employment opportunity
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TITLE 5—GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
§ 413
investigation is requested under paragraph
(1).
(Pub. L. 117–286, § 3(b), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat.
4229.)
AMENDMENTS NOT SHOWN IN TEXT
This section was derived from section 8D of
the Inspector General Act of 1978, Pub. L.
95–452, which was set out in the former Appen-
dix to this title, and as it existed as of Oct. 19,
2021. Section 8D of Pub. L. 95–452 was amended
by Pub. L. 117–263, div. E, title LII, § 5272(4),
Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3240, prior to being re-
pealed and reenacted as this section by Pub. L.
117–286, §§ 3(b), 7, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4229,
4361. For applicability of those amendments to
this section, see section 5(b) of Pub. L. 117–286,
set out in a Transitional and Savings Provisions
note preceding section 101 of this title. Section
8D of Pub. L. 95–452 was amended as follows:
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘Commit-
tees on Governmental Affairs and Finance of
the Senate and the Committees on Government
Operations and Ways and Means of the House
of Representatives, and to other appropriate
committees or subcommittees of the Congress’’
and inserting ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees, including the Committee on Finance of
the Senate and the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives’’; and
(2) in subsection (g)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘committees or subcommittees
of the Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘congressional
committees’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘Committees on Governmental
Affairs and Finance of the Senate and the Com-
mittees on Government Reform and Oversight
and Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee on Fi-
nance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House
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