Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73
§555 Continuity of Inspector General oversight
Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XII— - TRANSITION › Part Part B— - Transitional Provisions › § 555
Summary
The Inspector General who watched an agency before it moved into the Department must keep watching that agency until the Department of Homeland Security appoints its Inspector General.
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Title 6, §555
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Notwithstanding the transfer of an agency to the Department pursuant to this chapter, the Inspector General that exercised oversight of such agency prior to such transfer shall continue to exercise oversight of such agency during the period of time, if any, between the transfer of such agency to the Department pursuant to this chapter and the appointment of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security in accordance with section 113(b) of this title.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 107–296, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2135, known as the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables.
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6 U.S.C. § 555
Title 6 — Domestic Security
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73