<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id6c925a20-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb" identifier="/us/usc/t20/s3422"><num value="3422">§ 3422.</num><heading> Office of Inspector General</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">There shall be in the Department an Office of Inspector General, established in accordance with the Inspector General Act of 1978.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id6c925a21-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb">(<ref href="/us/pl/96/88/tII/s211">Pub. L. 96–88, title II, § 211</ref>, formerly § 212, <date date="1979-10-17">Oct. 17, 1979</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/93/675">93 Stat. 675</ref>; renumbered § 211, <ref href="/us/pl/103/382/tII/s271/a/2">Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 271(a)(2)</ref>, <date date="1994-10-20">Oct. 20, 1994</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/108/3929">108 Stat. 3929</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<heading class="centered smallCaps">References in Text</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">The Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in text, is <ref href="/us/pl/95/452">Pub. L. 95–452</ref>, <date date="1978-10-12">Oct. 12, 1978</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/92/1101">92 Stat. 1101</ref>, as amended, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="priorProvisions" id="id6c925a24-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Prior Provisions</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">A prior <ref href="/us/pl/96/88/s211">section 211 of Pub. L. 96–88</ref> was renumbered section 210 and is classified to <ref href="/us/usc/t20/s3421">section 3421 of this title</ref>.</p>
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