PUBLIC LAW 100-504—OCT. 18, 1988
102 STAT. 2523
United States Courts and the Architect of the Capitol and any activities under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol; "(2) the term 'designated Federal entity' means ACTION, Amtrak, the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Board for International Broadcasting, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Farm Credit Administration, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Election Commission, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the Federal Maritime Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the National Archives and Records Administration, the National Credit Union Administration, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Labor Relations Board, the National Science Foundation, the Panama Canal Commission, the Peace Corps, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Smithsonian Institution, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the United States International Trade Commission, and the United States Postal Service; "(3) the term 'head of the Federal entity' means any person or persons designated by statute as the head of a Federal entity, and if no such designation exists, the chief policjnnaking officer or board of a Federal entity as identified in the list published pursuant to subsection (h)(1) of this section; "(4) the term 'head of the designated Federal entity' means any person or persons designated by statute as the head of a designated Federal entity and if no such designation exists, the chief policymaking officer or board of a designated Federal entity as identified in the list published pursuant to subsection (h)(1) of this section, except that with respect to the National Science Foundation, such term means the National Science Board; "(5) the term 'Office of Inspector General' means an Office of Inspector General of a designated Federal entity; and "(6) the term 'Inspector General' means an Inspector General of a designated Federal entity. "(b) No later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Establishment. section, there shall be established and maintained in each designated Federal entity an Office of Inspector General. The head of the designated Federal entity shall transfer to such office the offices, units, or other components, and the functions, powers, or duties thereof, that such head determines are properly related to the functions of the Office of Inspector General and would, if so transferred, further the purposes of this section. There shall not be transferred to such office any program operating responsibilities. "(c) Except as provided under subsection (f) of this section, the Inspector General shall be appointed by the head of the designated Federal entity in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations governing appointments within the designated Federal entity. "(d) Each Inspector GenersQ shall report to and be under the general supervision of the head of the designated Federal entity, but
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