Us Code § 11298 - Authority of Inspectors General
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§ 11298. Authority of Inspectors General
(a) In general
An Inspector General appointed under section 403 or 415 of title 5 may authorize staff to assist the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children—
(1) by conducting reviews of inactive case files to develop recommendations for further investigations; and
(2) by engaging in similar activities.
(b) Limitations
(1) Priority
An Inspector General may not permit staff to engage in activities described in subsection (a) if such activities will interfere with the duties of the Inspector General under chapter 4 of title 5.
(2) Funding
No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXVII, §3703, as added Pub. L. 110–344, §9, Oct. 7, 2008, 122 Stat. 3936; amended Pub. L. 117–286, §4(b)(59), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4349.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 5780a of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section was enacted as part of the Crime Control Act of 1990, and not as part of the Missing Children's Assistance Act which comprises this subchapter, nor as part of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
Amendments
2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–286, §4(b)(59)(A), substituted "section 403 or 415 of title 5" for "section 3 or 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 117–286, §4(b)(59)(B), substituted "chapter 4 of title 5." for "the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)."
SUBCHAPTER V—INCENTIVE GRANTS FOR LOCAL DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PROGRAMS
Editorial Notes
Codification
Title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, comprising this subchapter, was originally added to Pub. L. 93–415 by Pub. L. 102–586, §5(a), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5027, and amended by Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681. Title V is shown herein, however, as having been added by Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title II, §12222(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1894, without reference to the intervening amendments because of the extensive revision of the title's provisions by Pub. L. 107–273.
Another title V of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93–415, title V, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1133, enacted chapter 319 and sections 5038 to 5042 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and former sections 3772 to 3774 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and amended sections 5031 to 5038 of Title 18, former sections 3701 and 3768 of Title 42, and sections 10123 and 10133 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 115–385, title III, §307, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5152. For complete classification of that title V to the Code, see Tables.
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