---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 3422"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "3422"
heading: "Office of Inspector General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/3422"
units:
  - "Chapter 48 — Department of Education"
  - "Subchapter II — Establishment of the Department"
---

# §3422. Office of Inspector General


There shall be in the [Department](/usc/20/3404.md?p=1) an [Office](/usc/20/3404.md?p=7) of Inspector General, established in accordance with chapter 4 of title 5.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–88, title II, § 211, formerly § 212, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 675; renumbered § 211, Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 271(a)(2), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3929; amended Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(41), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4348.)

## Notes

### 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.”