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# 20 U.S.C. § 3422 - Office of Inspector General

## Text

There shall be in the Department an Office of Inspector General, established in accordance with chapter 4 of title 5.

(Pub. L. 96–88, title II, § 211, formerly § 212, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 675; renumbered § 211, Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 271(a)(2), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3929; amended Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(41), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4348.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Prior ProvisionsA prior section 211 of Pub. L. 96–88 was renumbered section 210 and is classified to section 3421 of this title.

Amendments2022—Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978.”