42 USC § 3515d - Expenses of Office of Inspector General; protective services; investigating non-payment of child support

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title: "42 USC § 3515d - Expenses of Office of Inspector General; protective services; investigating non-payment of child support"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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section_name: "Expenses of Office of Inspector General; protective services; investigating non-payment of child support"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
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# § 3515d. Expenses of Office of Inspector General; protective services; investigating non-payment of child support

*Provided*section 228 of title 18

For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, $33,849,000: , That of such amount, necessary sums are available for providing protective services to the Secretary and investigating non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense under , each of which activities is hereby authorized in this and subsequent fiscal years.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(1) [title II], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–24.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in text, is , , , which was set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and was substantially repealed and restated in chapter 4 (§ 401 et seq.) of Title 5 by , §§ 3(b), 7, , , 4361. For disposition of sections of the Act into chapter 4 of Title 5, see Disposition Table preceding .

### Codification

Section is from the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2001.