PUBLIC LAW 104-316—OCT. 19, 1996 110 STAT. 3839 (w) REPORT ON GEOGRAPHIC COST ADJUSTMENT FOR DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.— Section 135(c)(2) of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1994 (Public Law 103-432) is amended— (1) by striking the dash and "(A)" and inserting a comma, and (2) by striking "; and" and all that follows and inserting a period. SEC. 123. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE (PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS). (a) AUDIT OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.— Section 309 of title 44, United States Code, is amended— (1) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows: "(d) The Inspector General of the Government Printing Office shall audit the financial and operational activities of the Government Printing Office each year. The audits shall be conducted under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing. For purposes of the audits, the Inspector General shall have such access to the records, files, personnel, and facilities of the Government Printing Office as the Inspector General considers appropriate. The Inspector General shall fiimish reports of the audits to the Congress and the Public Printer."; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(e) The Public Printer shall prepare an annual financial statement meeting the requirements of section 3515(b) of title 31, United States Code. Each financial statement shall be audited in accordance with applicable generally accepted Government auditing standards— "(1) by an independent external auditor selected by the Public Printer, or "(2) at the request of the Joint Committee on Printing, by the Inspector General of the Government Printing Office. "(f) The Comptroller General of the United States may audit the financial statement prepared under subsection (e) at his or her discretion or at the request of the Joint Committee on Printing. An audit by the Comptroller General shall be in lieu of the audit otherwise required by that subsection.". (b) PUBLICATION OF DECISIONS OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL. — (1) Section 1311 of title 44, United States Code, is repealed. (2) The table of sections for chapter 13 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to section 1311. SEC. 124. AMENDMENT RELATING TO TITLE 45, UNITED STATES CODE (RAILROADS). Section 1036(f) of the IntermodaQ Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (45 U.S.C. 831 note) is amended by striking "and annually thereafter,". SEC. 125. AMENDMENT RELATING TO TITLE 46, UNITED STATES CODE (SHIPPING). Section 901(a) of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1241(a)) is amended— (1) by striking ": Provided, That the Comptroller General of the United States" and inserting ". The Administrator of General Services shall prescribe regulations under which agencies"; and
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