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[CITE: 10USC5020]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                          PART I--ORGANIZATION
 
                   CHAPTER 503--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
Sec. 5020. Naval Inspector General: detail; duties

    (a) There is in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy the Office 
of the Naval Inspector General. The Naval Inspector General shall be 
detailed from officers on the active-duty list in the line of the Navy 
serving in grades above captain.
    (b) The Naval Inspector General, when directed, shall inquire into 
and report upon any matter that affects the discipline or military 
efficiency of the Department of the Navy. He shall make such 
inspections, investigations, and reports as the Secretary of the Navy or 
the Chief of Naval Operations directs.
    (c) The Naval Inspector General shall cooperate fully with the 
Inspector General of the Department of Defense in connection with the 
performance of any duty or function by the Inspector General of the 
Department of Defense under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App. 3) regarding the Department of the Navy.
    (d) The Naval Inspector General shall periodically propose programs 
of inspections to the Secretary of the Navy and shall recommend 
additional inspections and investigations as may appear appropriate.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 283, Sec. 5088; Pub. L. 96-513, 
title V, Sec. 503(7), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2911; renumbered Sec. 5020 
and amended Pub. L. 99-433, title V, Sec. 511(c)(5), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 
Stat. 1047.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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5088(a), (b), (c).....................  5 U.S.C. 423f.                       Ma
r. 5, 1948, ch. 98, Sec.  6, 62
                                                                              S
tat. 68.
5088(d)...............................  5 U.S.C. 423k (as applicable to the  Ma
r. 5, 1948, ch. 98, Sec.  11, 62
                                         Naval Inspector General).            S
tat. 69 (as applicable to the
                                                                              N
aval Inspector General).
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    In subsection (a) the words ``In addition to the divisions herein 
created'' are omitted as surplusage. The word ``detailed'' is added in 
order to show that the position of the Inspector General is not an 
appointive office.
    In subsection (c) the words ``from time to time'' are omitted as 
surplusage.
    Subsection (d) is worded to make clear that the Naval Inspector 
General may be designated, under 34 U.S.C. 211d, as an officer who 
performs unusual or special duty, and, if so designated, is entitled to 
the grade, pay, and retirement privilege accompanying the special 
designation. The words ``under section 5231 of this title'' are 
substituted for the words ``grade, rank, pay, and allowances provided 
under any provision of law heretofore or hereafter enacted which 
authorizes such grade, rank, pay, and allowances for officers so 
designated''.

                       References in Text

    The Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (c), is 
Pub. L. 95-452, Oct. 12, 1978, 92 Stat. 1101, as amended, which is set 
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                               Amendments

    1986--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 511(c)(5)(A), substituted 
``Office of the Secretary of Navy'' for ``Office of the Chief of Naval 
Operations''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 511(c)(5)(B), (C), added subsec. 
(c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d).
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99-433, Sec. 511(c)(5)(B), redesignated former 
subsec. (c) as (d) and substituted ``Secretary of the Navy'' for ``Chief 
of Naval Operations''.
    1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-513, Sec. 503(7)(A), substituted 
``active-duty list'' for ``active list''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96-513, Sec. 503(7)(B), struck out subsec. (d) 
which authorized the President to designate the Naval Inspector General 
as an officer who performs special or unusual duty or duty of great 
importance and responsibility under section 5231 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 
701 of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.
