---
kind: "unit"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Government Organization and Employees"
key: "ptI/ch4"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 4"
heading: "Inspectors General"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/5/ptI-ch4"
sections_count: 24
---

# Chapter 4 — Inspectors General

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees › Part I — The Agencies Generally

## Sections

- [§401. Definitions](/usc/5/401.md)
- [§402. Establishment and purpose of Offices of Inspector General](/usc/5/402.md)
- [§403. Appointments](/usc/5/403.md)
- [§404. Duties and responsibilities](/usc/5/404.md)
- [§405. Reports](/usc/5/405.md)
- [§406. Authority of Inspector General](/usc/5/406.md)
- [§407. Complaints by employees](/usc/5/407.md)
- [§408. Additional provisions with respect to the Inspector General of the Department of Defense](/usc/5/408.md)
- [§409. Special provisions concerning the Agency for International Development](/usc/5/409.md)
- [§410. Special provisions concerning the Nuclear Regulatory Commission](/usc/5/410.md)
- [§411. Special provisions concerning the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation](/usc/5/411.md)
- [§412. Special provisions concerning the Department of the Treasury](/usc/5/412.md)
- [§413. Special provisions concerning the Department of Justice](/usc/5/413.md)
- [§414. Special provisions concerning the Corporation for National and Community Service](/usc/5/414.md)
- [§415. Requirements for Federal entities and designated Federal entities](/usc/5/415.md)
- [§416. Additional provisions with respect to Inspectors General of the intelligence community](/usc/5/416.md)
- [§417. Special provisions concerning the Department of Homeland Security](/usc/5/417.md)
- [§418. Rule of construction of special provisions](/usc/5/418.md)
- [§419. Special provisions concerning overseas contingency operations](/usc/5/419.md)
- [§420. Information on websites of Offices of Inspectors General](/usc/5/420.md)
- [§421. Additional provisions with respect to the Department of Energy](/usc/5/421.md)
- [§422. Transfer of functions](/usc/5/422.md)
- [§423. Pay of Inspectors General](/usc/5/423.md)
- [§424. Establishment of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency](/usc/5/424.md)