20 USC § 3422 - Office of Inspector General

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s3422"
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title: "20 USC § 3422 - Office of Inspector General"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "3422"
section_name: "Office of Inspector General"
chapter_number: 48
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(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.)"
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# § 3422. Office of Inspector General

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

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**Source Credit**: (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.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 210 and is classified to .

### Amendments

2022— substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978.”