U.S. Code
- Title 1 General Provisions
- Title 2 The Congress
- Title 3 The President
- Title 4 Flag and Seal, Seat Of Government,and the States
- Title 5 Government Organization and Employees
- Appendix to Title 5
- Title 6 Domestic Security
- Title 7 Agriculture
- Title 8 Aliens and Nationality
- Title 9 Arbitration
- Title 10 Armed Forces
- Appendix to Title 10 (Rules of Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces)
- Title 11 Bankruptcy
- Appendix to Title 11
- Title 12 Banks and Banking
- Title 13 Census
- Title 14 Coast Guard
- Title 15 Commerce and Trade
- Title 16 Conservation
- Title 17 Copyrights
- Title 18 Crimes and Criminal Procedure
- Appendix to Title 18
- Title 19 Customs Duties
- Title 20 Education
- Title 21 Food and Drugs
- Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse
- Title 23 Highways
- Title 24 Hospitals and Asylums
- Title 25 Indians
- Title 26 Internal Revenue Code
- Appendix to Title 26
- Title 27 Intoxicating Liquors
- Title 28 Judiciary and Judicial Procedure
- Appendix to Title 28
- Title 29 Labor
- Title 30 Mineral Lands and Mining
- Title 31 Money and Finance
- Title 32 National Guard
- Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters
- Title 34 Navy (repealed)
- Title 35 Patents
- Title 36 Patriotic Societies and Observances
- Title 37 Pay and Allowances Of the Uniformed Services
- Title 38 Veterans' Benefits
- Appendix to Title 38 (Rules of Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims()
- Title 39 Postal Service
- Title 40 Public Buildings, Property, and Works
- Title 41 Public Contracts
- Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare
- Title 43 Public Lands
- Title 44 Public Printing and Documents
- Title 45 Railroads
- Title 46 Shipping
- Appendix to Title 46
- Title 47 Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs
- Title 48 Territories and Insular Possessions
- Title 49 Transportation
- Title 50 War and National Defense
- Appendix to Title 50
§ 9. Transfer of functions
(a)
There shall be transferred—
(1)
to the Office of Inspector General—
(A)
of the Department of Agriculture, the offices of that department referred to as the “Office of Investigation” and the “Office of Audit”;
(B)
of the Department of Commerce, the offices of that department referred to as the “Office of Audits” and the “Investigations and Inspections Staff” and that portion of the office referred to as the “Office of Investigations and Security” which has responsibility for investigation of alleged criminal violations and program abuse;
(C)
of the Department of Defense, the offices of that department referred to as the “Defense Audit Service” and the “Office of Inspector General, Defense Logistics Agency”, and that portion of the office of that department referred to as the “Defense Investigative Service” which has responsibility for the investigation of alleged criminal violations;
(D)
of the Department of Education, all functions of the Inspector General of Health, Education, and Welfare or of the Office of Inspector General of Health, Education, and Welfare relating to functions transferred by section 301 of the Department of Education Organization Act [20 U.S.C. 3441];
(E)
of the Department of Energy, the Office of Inspector General (as established by section 208 of the Department of Energy Organization Act);
(F)
of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Inspector General (as established by title II of Public Law 94–505);
(G)
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the office of that department referred to as the “Office of Inspector General”;
(H)
of the Department of the Interior, the office of that department referred to as the “Office of Audit and Investigation”;
(I)
of the Department of Justice, the offices of that Department referred to as (i) the “Audit Staff, Justice Management Division”, (ii) the “Policy and Procedures Branch, Office of the Comptroller, Immigration and Naturalization Service”, the “Office of Professional Responsibility, Immigration and Naturalization Service”, and the “Office of Program Inspections, Immigration and Naturalization Service”, (iii) the “Office of Internal Inspection, United States Marshals Service”, (iv) the “Financial Audit Section, Office of Financial Management, Bureau of Prisons” and the “Office of Inspections, Bureau of Prisons”, and (v) from the Drug Enforcement Administration, that portion of the “Office of Inspections” which is engaged in internal audit activities, and that portion of the “Office of Planning and Evaluation” which is engaged in program review activities;
(J)
of the Department of Labor, the office of that department referred to as the “Office of Special Investigations”;
(K)
of the Department of Transportation, the offices of that department referred to as the “Office of Investigations and Security” and the “Office of Audit” of the Department, the “Offices of Investigations and Security, Federal Aviation Administration”, and “External Audit Divisions, Federal Aviation Administration”, the “Investigations Division and the External Audit Division of the Office of Program Review and Investigation, Federal Highway Administration”, and the “Office of Program Audits, Urban Mass Transportation Administration”;
(L)
(i)
of the Department of the Treasury, the office of that department referred to as the “Office of Inspector General”, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, that portion of each of the offices of that department referred to as the “Office of Internal Affairs, Tax and Trade Bureau”, the “Office of Internal Affairs, United States Customs Service”, and the “Office of Inspections, United States Secret Service” which is engaged in internal audit activities; and
(M)
of the Environmental Protection Agency, the offices of that agency referred to as the “Office of Audit” and the “Security and Inspection Division”;
(N)
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the office of that agency referred to as the “Office of Inspector General”;
(O)
of the General Services Administration, the offices of that agency referred to as the “Office of Audits” and the “Office of Investigations”;
(P)
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the offices of that agency referred to as the “Management Audit Office” and the “Office of Inspections and Security”;
(Q)
of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the office of that commission referred to as the “Office of Inspector and Auditor”;
(R)
of the Office of Personnel Management, the offices of that agency referred to as the “Office of Inspector General”, the “Insurance Audits Division, Retirement and Insurance Group”, and the “Analysis and Evaluation Division, Administration Group”;
(S)
of the Railroad Retirement Board, the Office of Inspector General (as established by section 23 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974);
(T)
of the Small Business Administration, the office of that agency referred to as the “Office of Audits and Investigations”;
(U)
of the Veterans’ Administration, the offices of that agency referred to as the “Office of Audits” and the “Office of Investigations”; and [1]
(V)
of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Office of Inspector General of ACTION; [1]
(W)
of the Social Security Administration, the functions of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services which are transferred to the Social Security Administration by the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994 (other than functions performed pursuant to section 105(a)(2) of such Act), except that such transfers shall be made in accordance with the provisions of such Act and shall not be subject to subsections (b) through (d) of this section; and
(2)
to the Office of the Inspector General, such other offices or agencies, or functions, powers, or duties thereof, as the head of the establishment involved may determine are properly related to the functions of the Office and would, if so transferred, further the purposes of this Act,
except that there shall not be transferred to an Inspector General under paragraph (2) program operating responsibilities.
(b)
The personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available or to be made available, of any office or agency the functions, powers, and duties of which are transferred under subsection (a) are hereby transferred to the applicable Office of Inspector General.
(c)
Personnel transferred pursuant to subsection (b) shall be transferred in accordance with applicable laws and regulations relating to the transfer of functions except that the classification and compensation of such personnel shall not be reduced for one year after such transfer.
(d)
In any case where all the functions, powers, and duties of any office or agency are transferred pursuant to this subsection, such office or agency shall lapse. Any person who, on the effective date of this Act [Oct. 1, 1978], held a position compensated in accordance with the General Schedule, and who, without a break in service, is appointed in an Office of Inspector General to a position having duties comparable to those performed immediately preceding such appointment shall continue to be compensated in the new position at not less than the rate provided for the previous position, for the duration of service in the new position.
[1] So in original. The word “and” at end of subpar. (U) probably should appear at end of subpar. (V).
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