Title 20 — Education
Chapter 48 — Department of Education
§ 3422. Office of Inspector General
Statutory text
There shall be in the Department an Office of Inspector General, established in accordance with chapter 4 of title 5.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Department of Education Organization Act
Pub. L. 96–88 title II § 211 · 93 Stat. 668
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 3422
Pub. L. 96–88, title II, § 211, formerly § 212, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 675
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 96–88, title II, § 211, formerly § 212, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 675Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 211. office of general counsel There shall be in the Department an Office of General 20 USC 3421. Counsel, to be administered by the General Counsel appointed under section 202(b). The General Counsel shall provide legal assistance to the Secretary concerning the programs and policies of the Department.Pub. L. 117–286 § 4(b)(41) · 136 Stat. 4196
Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 3422
Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(41) Section 211 of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3422) is amended by striking “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (as amended by section 508(n) of this Act).” and inserting “chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code.”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 211 of Pub. L. 96–88 was renumbered section 210 and is classified to section 3421 of this title.
Amendments
2022—Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978.”
Credits
1979–2022 · 3 acts
- 1979Pub. L. 96–88, title II, § 211, formerly § 212, , 93 Stat. 675
- 1994renumbered § 211, Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 271(a)(2), , 108 Stat. 3929
- 2022amended Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(41), , 136 Stat. 4348.
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(Pub. L. 96–88, title II, § 211, formerly § 212, , 93 Stat. 675; renumbered § 211, Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 271(a)(2), , 108 Stat. 3929; amended Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(41), , 136 Stat. 4348.)