38 U.S. Code § 312 - Inspector General
That Act and the Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (d)(1)(A), (6)(A), is Pub. L. 95–452, Oct. 12, 1978, 92 Stat. 1101, which was formerly set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and was repealed and restated as chapter 4 (§ 401 et seq.) of Title 5 by Pub. L. 117–286, §§ 3(b), 7, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4206, 4361. Section 5(b) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 was repealed and restated as section 405(b) of Title 5.
Prior section 312 was renumbered section 1112 of this title.
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 9(b) of Pub. L. 100–527, known as the Department of Veterans Affairs Act, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102–83, § 3(3).
2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(60)(A), substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).”
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(60)(B), substituted “chapter 4 of title 5,” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.),”.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–136 added subsec. (d).
2016—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 114–223, in introductory provisions, struck out “that makes a recommendation or otherwise suggests corrective action,” after “work product”.
2015—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–113 added subsec. (c).
1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–446, § 1201(e)(3), substituted “(5 U.S.C. App.)” for “(5 U.S.C. App. 3)”.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 103–446, § 1201(g)(1), struck out par. (3) which read as follows: “The Secretary shall provide the number of additional full-time positions in the Office of Inspector General required by paragraph (1) not later than September 30, 1991.”
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2019.
Pub. L. 117–136, § 2(b), June 7, 2022, 136 Stat. 1252, provided that: