---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 300112"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "300112"
heading: "Office of the Ombudsman"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/300112"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — Treaty Obligation Organizations"
  - "Chapter 3001 — The American National Red Cross"
---

# §300112. Office of the Ombudsman

- (a) **Establishment.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall establish an Office of the Ombudsman with such duties and responsibilities as may be provided in the bylaws or a resolution of the board of governors.
- (b) **Report.—**
  - (1) **In general.—** The Office of the Ombudsman shall submit annually to the appropriate Congressional committees a report concerning any trends and systemic matters that the Office of the Ombudsman has identified as confronting the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).
  - (2) **Appropriate congressional committees.—** For purposes of [paragraph (1)](#b-1), the appropriate Congressional committees are the following committees of Congress:
    - (A) **Senate committees.—** The appropriate Congressional committees of the Senate are—
      - (i) the Committee on Finance;
      - (ii) the Committee on Foreign Relations;
      - (iii) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions;
      - (iv) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and
      - (v) the Committee on the Judiciary.
    - (B) **House committees.—** The appropriate Congressional committees of the House of Representatives are—
      - (i) the Committee on Energy and Commerce;
      - (ii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs;
      - (iii) the Committee on Homeland Security;
      - (iv) the Committee on the Judiciary; and
      - (v) the Committee on Ways and Means.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 110–26, § 11(a), May 11, 2007, 121 Stat. 110.)