116 STAT. 1608 PUBLIC LAW 107-250—OCT. 26, 2002 to in this subparagraph as the 'compliance budget'), and of such amount, the amount that was obhgated for inspections by the Secretary of device establishments (referred to in this subparagraph as the 'inspection budget'). "(ii) For purposes of determinations under clause (i), the Comptroller General shall not include in the compliance budget or the inspection budget any amounts obligated for inspections of device establishments conducted as part of the process of reviewing applications under section 515. "(iii) Not later than March 31, 2003, the Comptroller General shall complete the determinations required in this subparagraph and submit to the Secretary and the Congress a reporting describing the findings made through such determinations. "(C) For purposes of this paragraph: "(i) The term 'base amount' means the inspection budget determined under subparagraph (B) for fiscal year 2002. "(ii) The term 'adjusted base amount', in the case of applicability to fiscal year 2003, means an amount equal to the base amount increased by 5 percent. "(iii) The term 'adjusted base amount', with respect to applicability to fiscal year 2004 or any subsequent fiscal year, means the adjusted based amount applicable to the preceding year increased by 5 percent. "(11) The authority provided by this subsection terminates on October 1, 2012. Deadline. "(12) No later than four years after the enactment of this Reports. subsection the Comptroller General shall report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate— "(A) the number of inspections pursuant to subsections (h) and (i) of section 510 conducted by accredited persons and the number of inspections pursuant to such subsections conducted by Federal employees; "(B) the number of persons who sought accreditation under this subsection, as well as the number of persons who were accredited under this subsection; "(C) the reasons why persons who sought accreditation, but were denied accreditation, were denied; "(D) the number of audits conducted by the Secretary of accredited persons, the quality of inspections conducted by accredited persons, whether accredited persons are meeting their obligations under this Act, and whether the number of audits conducted is sufficient to permit these assessments; "(E) whether this subsection is achieving the goal of ensuring more information about device establishment compliance is being presented to the Secretary, and whether that information is of a quality consistent with information obtained by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (h) or (i) of section 510; "(F) whether this subsection is advancing efforts to allow device establishments to rely upon third-party inspections for purposes of compliance with the laws of foreign governments; and "(G) whether the Congress should continue, modify, or terminate the program under this subsection.
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