---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 2286k"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "2286k"
heading: "Inspector General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/2286k"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — Development and Control of Atomic Energy"
  - "Division A — Atomic Energy"
  - "Subchapter XVII–A — Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board"
---

# §2286k. Inspector General

- (a) **In general—** The Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory [Commission](/usc/42/2014.md?p=f) shall serve as the Inspector General of the Board, in accordance with chapter 4 of title 5.
- (b) **Budget—** In the budget materials submitted to the President by the Board in connection with the submission to Congress, pursuant to [section 1105 of title 31](/usc/31/1105.md), of the budget for each fiscal year, the Board shall ensure that a separate, dedicated procurement line item is designated for the services of an Inspector General under [subsection (a)](#a).

## Source credit

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 322, as added Pub. L. 112–239, div. C, title XXXII, § 3202(f)(1), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2220; amended Pub. L. 113–291, div. C, title XXXII, § 3202, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3902; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(80), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4351.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).”

2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–291 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “Not later than October 1, 2013, the Board shall enter into an agreement with an agency of the Federal Government to procure the services of the Inspector General of such agency for the Board, in accordance with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). Such Inspector General shall have expertise relating to the mission of the Board.”