PUBLIC LAW 96-226—APR. 3, 1980
94 STAT. 311
Public Law 96-226 96th Congress An Act To improve budget management and expenditure control by revising certain provisions relating to the Comptroller General and the Inspectors General of the Departments of Energy and Health, Education, and Welfare, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may be cited as the "General Accounting Office Act of 1980". TITLE I—GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PROVISIONS
Apr. 3, 1980 [H.R. 24]
General Accounting Office Act of 1980. 31 USC 1 note.
UNVOUCHERED EXPENDITURES
SEC. 101. Section 117 of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 (31 U.S.C. 67) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law which permits an expenditure to be accounted for solely on the approval, authorization, or certificate of the President of the United States or an official of an executive agency, the Comptroller General shall have access to such books, documents, papers, records, and other information relating to any such expenditure as may be necessary to enable him to determine whether the expenditure was, in fact, actually made and whether such expenditure was authorized by law. The provisions of this paragraph may be superseded only by a provision of law enacted after the date of enactment of this paragraph which specifically repeals or modifies the provisions of this paragraph. In the case of an expenditure under section 102,103,105(d)(1), (3), or (5), or 1060)) (2) or (3), of title 3, United States Code, the provisions of sections 102, 103, 105(d), and 106(b) of such title shall govern the examination of such expenditures by the Comptroller General in lieu of the provisions of this subsection. "(2) With respect to any expenditure accounted for solely on the approval, authorization, or certificate of the President of the United States or an official of an executive agency and notwithstanding any provision of law, no officer or employee of the General Accounting Office may release the findings of its audit of such expenditure or disclose any books, documents, papers, records, or other information concerning such expenditure to anyone not an officer or employee of the General Accounting Office, except to the President or the head of the agency concerned or, in the case of unresolved discrepancies, to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives, and to the Committees of the House and the Senate having legislative or appropriations oversight with respect to the expenditure in question. "(3)(A) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as affecting the authority contained in section 8(b) of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949.
Access to records and information.
Information disclosure, prohibition.
50 USC 403j.
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