INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978

§ 1. Short title
§ 2. Purpose and establishment of Offices of Inspector General; departments and agencies involved
§ 3. Appointment of Inspector General; supervision; removal; political activities; appointment of Assistant Inspector General for Auditing and Assistant Inspector General for Investigations
§ 4. Duties and responsibilities; report of criminal violations to Attorney General
§ 5. Semiannual reports; transmittal to Congress; availability to public; immediate report on serious or flagrant problems; disclosure of information; definitions
§ 6. Authority of Inspector General; information and assistance from Federal agencies; unreasonable refusal; office space and equipment
§ 7. Complaints by employees; disclosure of identity; reprisals
§ 8. Additional provisions with respect to the Inspector General of the Department of Defense
§ 8A. Special provisions relating to the Agency for International Development
§ 8B. Special provisions concerning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
§ 8C. Special provisions concerning the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
§ 8D. Special provisions concerning the Department of the Treasury
§ 8E. Special provisions concerning the Department of Justice
§ 8F. Special provisions concerning the Corporation for National and Community Service
§ 8G. Requirements for Federal entities and designated Federal entities
§ 8H. Additional provisions with respect to Inspectors General of the Intelligence Community
§ 8I. Special provisions concerning the Department of Homeland Security
§ 8J. Rule of construction of special provisions
[§ 8K. Repealed. Pub. L. 111–259, title IV, § 405(d), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2719]
§ 8L. Special Provisions Concerning Overseas Contingency Operations
§ 8M. Information on websites of Offices of Inspectors General
§ 8N. Additional provisions with respect to the Department of Energy
§ 9. Transfer of functions
§ 10. Omitted
§ 11. Establishment of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency
§ 12. Definitions
§ 13. Effective date
Pub. L. 95–452, Oct. 12, 1978, 92 Stat. 1101, as amended by Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 508(n), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 694; Pub. L. 97–113, title VII, § 705(a)(1)–(3), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1544; Pub. L. 97–252, title XI, § 1117(a)–(c), Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 750–752; Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 150(a), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 427; Pub. L. 99–399, title IV, § 412(a), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 867; Pub. L. 100–504, title I, §§ 102(a)–(d), (f), (g), 104(a), 105–107, 109, 110, Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2515–2529; Pub. L. 100–527, § 13(h), Oct. 25, 1988, 102 Stat. 2643; Pub. L. 101–73, title V, § 501(b)(1), title VII, § 702(c), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 393, 415; Pub. L. 102–233, title III, § 315(a), Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1772; Pub. L. 103–82, title II, § 202(g)(1), (2)(A), (3)(A), (4), (5), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 889, 890; Pub. L. 103–204, § 23(a), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2407; Pub. L. 103–296, title I, § 108(l), Aug. 15, 1994, 108 Stat. 1488; Pub. L. 103–325, title I, § 118(a), Sept. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 2188; Pub. L. 104–88, title III, § 319, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 949; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1502(f)(6), div. D, title XLIII, § 4322(b)(1), (3), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 510, 677; Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(f) [title VI, § 662(b), title VIII, § 805(c)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–314, 3009–379, 3009–393; Pub. L. 105–134, title IV, § 409(a)(1), Dec. 2, 1997, 111 Stat. 2586; Pub. L. 105–206, title I, § 1103(a)–(c)(1), (e)(1)–(3), July 22, 1998, 112 Stat. 705, 708, 709; Pub. L. 105–272, title VII, § 702(b), Oct. 20, 1998, 112 Stat. 2415; Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title III, § 306(h), as added Pub. L. 106–31, title I, § 105(a)(5), May 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 63; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, title XIII, § 1314(b), title XIV, § 1422(b)(2), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–776, 2681–792; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1067(17), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 775; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [title II, § 205], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–422; Pub. L. 106–422, § 1(b), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1872; Pub. L. 107–108, title III, § 309(b), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1400; Pub. L. 107–189, § 22(a), (c), (d), June 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 707, 708; Pub. L. 107–252, title VIII, § 812(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1727; Pub. L. 107–273, div. A, title III, § 308, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1784; Pub. L. 107–296, title VIII, §§ 811(e), 812(a), title XI, § 1112(a), title XVII, § 1701, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2221, 2222, 2275, 2313; Pub. L. 107–306, title VIII, § 825, Nov. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 2429; Pub. L. 108–7, div. L, § 104(b), (c)(2), Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 529, 531; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 108–458, title I, § 1078, title VIII, § 8304, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3695, 3868; Pub. L. 109–177, title VI, § 605(e)(3), (4), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 255; Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 612(c), Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1410; Pub. L. 109–435, title VI, §§ 603(b), 605(a), Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 3240, 3242; Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(c), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1482; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14217(c), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2244; Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1105(c), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2668; Pub. L. 110–409, §§ 2–4(a)(1), 5, 6(a), (b), 7(a), (d)(1), 8, 9, 11–13(a), 14, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4302, 4305, 4313–4316; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title IX, §§ 907, 931(b)(2), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4569, 4575; Pub. L. 111–13, title IV, § 4101, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1597; Pub. L. 111–84, div. A, title X, § 1042, Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2455; Pub. L. 111–203, title IX, §§ 989B–989D, title X, § 1081, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1945, 1946, 2080; Pub. L. 111–259, title IV, §§ 405(d), 431, Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2719, 2731; Pub. L. 112–199, title I, § 117(a), (b), Nov. 27, 2012, 126 Stat. 1474, 1475; Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title VIII, § 848, title XVI, § 1614, Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1851, 2066; Pub. L. 113–126, title III, § 310, title IV, §§ 402, 412, title VI, § 603(a), July 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 1398, 1408, 1409, 1420; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537; Pub. L. 114–113, div. H, title IV, § 401(a), div. M, title III, § 304, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2639, 2913; Pub. L. 114–317, §§ 2, 3, 4(c)–6, 7(b)(1), (c), (d)(2), (3), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1595–1606; Pub. L. 115–141, div. P, title V, § 501(a), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1090; Pub. L. 115–192, § 2(a)–(c), June 25, 2018, 132 Stat. 1502, 1503.