,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhge  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ah1
 #bjad ,mr4 ,begich introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to codify in law 
the establishment and duties of the     
,office of ,complex ,administrative     
,investigations in the ,national ,guard 
,bureau1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,national ,guard ,investigations    
,transparency and ,improvement ,act of  
#bjad4  #b4 ,codification in law of     
establishment and duties of the ,office 
of ,complex ,administrative             
,investigations in the ,national ,guard 
,bureau  7a7 ,in general ,there is in   
the ,office of the ,chief of the        
,national ,guard ,bureau the ,office of 
,complex ,administrative ,investigations
 7in this section referred to as the    
,office74  7b7 ,direction and           
supervision ,the ,office shall be under 

the direction and supervision of the    
,chief of the ,national ,guard ,bureau4 
7c7 ,duties  7#a7 ,in general ,the      
duties of the ,office shall be to       
undertake complex administrative        
investigations of matters relating to   
members of the ,national ,guard when in 
,state status1 including investigations 
of sexual assault involving a member of 
the ,national ,guard in such status1    
upon the request of any of the          
following3 7,a7 ,the ,chief of the      
,national ,guard ,bureau4  7,b7 ,an     
adjutant general of a ,state or         
territory or the ,district of ,columbia4
  7,c7 ,the governor of a ,state or     
territory1 or the ,commanding ,general  
of the ,national ,guard of the ,district
 of ,columbia4  7#b7 ,complex           
administrative investigations ,for      
purposes of this subsection1 a complex  
administrative investigation is any     
investigation 7as specified by the      
,chief of the ,national ,guard ,bureau  
for purposes of this section7 involving 

factors giving rise to unusual          
complexity in investigation1 including  
the following3 7,a7 ,questions of       
jurisdiction between the ,united ,states
 and a ,state or territory4  7,b7       
,matters requiring specialized training 
among investigating officers4  7,c7     
,matters raising the need for an        
independent investigation in order to   
ensure fairness and impartiality in     
investigation4  7#c7 ,matters relating  
to members of the ,national ,guard in   
,state status ,the determination whether
 or not a matter relates to a member of 
the ,national ,guard when in ,state     
status for purposes of this section     
shall be made by the ,chief of the      
,national ,guard ,bureau in accordance  
with criteria specified by the ,chief of
 the ,national ,guard ,bureau for       
purposes of this section4  7d7 ,chief of
 ,national ,guard ,bureau treatment of  
final reports ,the ,chief of the        
,national ,guard ,bureau shall treat any
 final report of the ,office on a matter

 under this section as if such report   
were the report of an ,inspector        
,general of the ,department of ,defense 
or a military department on such matter4
  7e7 ,reports to ,congress  7#a7       
,submittal of final reports to          
congressional delegations ,upon the     
adoption by the ,office of a final      
report on an investigation undertaken by
 the ,office pursuant to this section1  
the ,chief of the ,national ,guard      
,bureau shall submit such report 7with  
any personally identifying information  
appropriately redacted7 to the members  
of ,congress from the ,state or         
territory concerned4  7#b7 ,annual      
reports ,the ,chief of the ,national    
,guard ,bureau shall submit to ,congress
 each year a report on the              
investigations undertaken by the ,office
 pursuant to this section during the    
preceding year4 ,each report shall      
include1 for the year covered by such   
report1 the following3 7,a7 ,a summary  
description of the investigations       

undertaken during such year1 including  
any trends in matters subject to        
investigation and in findings as a      
result of investigations4  7,b7         
,information1 set forth by ,state and   
territory1 on the investigations        
undertaken during such year involving   
allegations of sexual assault involving 
a member of the ,national ,guard4  7,c7 
,such other information and matters on  
the investigations undertaken during    
such year as the ,chief of the ,national
 ,guard ,bureau considers appropriate4  
7f7 ,personnel and other capabilities   
,the ,chief of the ,national ,guard     
,bureau shall ensure that the ,office   
maintains the personnel and other       
capabilities necessary for the discharge
 of the duties of the ,office under this
 section4  7g7 ,procedures and          
instructions ,the ,chief of the         
,national ,guard ,bureau shall issue1   
and may from time to time update1       
procedures and instructions necessary   
for the discharge of the duties of the  

,office under this section4  7h7 ,repeal
 of superseded instruction ,chief of the
 ,national ,guard ,bureau ,instruction  
,,cngbi #jdjj4ja1 dated ,july #cj1      
#bjab1 shall have no further force or   
effect4