22 USC § 3929a - Abolishment of Inspector General of Department of State and Foreign Service

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title: "22 USC § 3929a - Abolishment of Inspector General of Department of State and Foreign Service"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "3929a"
section_name: "Abolishment of Inspector General of Department of State and Foreign Service"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "MANAGEMENT OF SERVICE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 150(b), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 427; Pub. L. 99–399, title IV, § 413(c), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 868.)"
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# § 3929a. Abolishment of Inspector General of Department of State and Foreign Service

section 3929 of this title

Notwithstanding , the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service is hereby abolished.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 150(b), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 427; Pub. L. 99–399, title IV, § 413(c), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 868.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987, and not as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.

Another subsec. (c) of  is classified to .

### Amendments

1986— substituted provision abolishing the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service for provision limiting the authority of the Inspector General to such functions as necessary to carry out .