36 USC § 300112 - Office of the Ombudsman

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title: "36 USC § 300112 - Office of the Ombudsman"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "300112"
section_name: "Office of the Ombudsman"
chapter_number: 3001
chapter_name: "THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 110–26, § 11(a), May 11, 2007, 121 Stat. 110.)"
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# § 300112. Office of the Ombudsman

**(a)** **Establishment.—** The corporation shall establish an Office of the Ombudsman with such duties and responsibilities as may be provided in the bylaws or a resolution of the board of governors.

**(b)** **Report.—**

**(1)** **In general.—** The Office of the Ombudsman shall submit annually to the appropriate Congressional committees a report concerning any trends and systemic matters that the Office of the Ombudsman has identified as confronting the corporation.

**(2)** **Appropriate congressional committees.—** For purposes of paragraph (1), the appropriate Congressional committees are the following committees of Congress:

**(A)** **Senate committees.—** The appropriate Congressional committees of the Senate are—

**(i)** the Committee on Finance;

**(ii)** the Committee on Foreign Relations;

**(iii)** the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions;

**(iv)** the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and

**(v)** the Committee on the Judiciary.

**(B)** **House committees.—** The appropriate Congressional committees of the House of Representatives are—

**(i)** the Committee on Energy and Commerce;

**(ii)** the Committee on Foreign Affairs;

**(iii)** the Committee on Homeland Security;

**(iv)** the Committee on the Judiciary; and

**(v)** the Committee on Ways and Means.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 110–26, § 11(a), May 11, 2007, 121 Stat. 110.)