For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 , as amended, $33,849,000: Provided, That of such amount, necessary sums are available for providing protective services to the Secretary and investigating non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense under section 228 of title 18 , each of which activities is hereby authorized in this and subsequent fiscal years. ( Pub. L. 106–554, § 1(a)(1) [title II] , Dec. 21, 2000 , 114 Stat. 2763 , 2763A–24.) Editorial Notes References in Text The Inspector General Act of 1978 , referred to in text, is Pub. L. 95–452 , Oct. 12, 1978 , 92 Stat. 1101 , which was set out in the Appendix to Title 5 , Government Organization and Employees, and was substantially repealed and restated in chapter 4 (§ 401 et seq.) of Title 5 by Pub. L. 117–286 , §§ 3(b), 7, Dec. 27, 2022 , 136 Stat. 4206 , 4361. For disposition of sections of the Act into chapter 4 of Title 5, see Disposition Table preceding section 101 of Title 5 . Codification Section is from the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2001 .