8 U.S.C. § 1551: Immigration and Naturalization Service

There is created and established in the Department of Justice an Immigration and Naturalization Service. to conduct and supervise audits and investigations relating to programs and operations of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, to provide leadership and coordination and recommend policies for activities designed (A) to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration of, and (B) to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in, such programs and operations, and to provide a means for keeping the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Congress fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to the administration of such programs and operations and the necessity for and progress of corrective action, There shall be at the head of the Office a Special Investigator (hereinafter in this section referred to as ‘the Special Investigator’) who shall be appointed by the Attorney General without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public administration, or investigations. The Special Investigator shall report to and be under the general supervision of the Commissioner, who shall not prevent or prohibit the Special Investigator from initiating, carrying out, or completing any audit or investigation, or from issuing any subpena during the course of any audit or investigation. The Special Investigator may be removed from office by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall communicate the reasons for any such removal to both Houses of Congress. For the purposes of section 7324 of title 5 of the United States Code, the Special Investigator shall not be considered to be an employee who determines policies to be pursued by the United States in the nationwide administration of Federal laws. appoint an Assistant Special Investigator for Auditing who shall have the responsibility for supervising the performance of auditing activities relating to programs and operations of the Service, and appoint an Assistant Special Investigator for Investigations who shall have the responsibility for the performance of investigative activities relating to such programs and operations. Section 404 (relating to duties and responsibilities of an Inspector General and the manner in which they are carried out). Section 405 (relating to reports required to be prepared and furnished by or to an Inspector General and their transmittal and availability). Section 406 (relating to the authority of an Inspector General and related administrative provisions). Section 407 (relating to the treatment of employee complaints by an Inspector General). The Attorney General is authorized to appoint such staff as may be necessary to carry out this section. the term ‘Service’ means the Immigration and Naturalization Service; the term ‘Department’ means the Department of Justice; and the term ‘Commissioner’ means the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization. The Special Investigator shall be compensated at the rate then payable under section 5316 of title 5 of the United States Code for level V of the Executive Schedule. 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act; and the establishment of an office of inspector general for the Department of Justice. In addition to any other sums authorized to be appropriated by this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated $376,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980 to carry out this section.”