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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 22 — John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development

§ 1106. Expenditures and audit of trust fund

Statutory text

(a)

In general

The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay to the Center from the interest and earnings of the fund, and moneys credited to the fund pursuant to section 1108(a) of this title, such sums as the Board determines are necessary and appropriate to enable the Center to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(b)

Audit by GAO

The activities of the Center under this chapter may be audited by the Government Accountability Office under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States. Representatives of the Government Accountability Office shall have access to all books, accounts, records, reports, and files and all other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by the Center, pertaining to such activities and necessary to facilitate the audit.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development Act

    Pub. L. 100–458 title I § 117 · 102 Stat. 2158

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 1106

    Pub. L. 100–458, title I, § 117, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2175

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 100–458, title I, § 117, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2175

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC 117. EXPENDITURES AND AUDIT OF TRUST FUND (a) In General.— The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay to the Center from the interest and earnings of the fund such sums as the Board determines are necessary and appropriate to enable the Center to carry out the provisions of this subtitle. (b) Audit by GAO.— The activities of the Center under this subtitle may be audited by the General Accounting Office under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States. Representatives of the General Accounting Office shall have access to all books, accounts, records, reports, and files and all other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by the Center, pertaining to such activities and necessary to facilitate the audit.

  2. Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991

    Pub. L. 101–520 title III § 313(b) · 104 Stat. 2254

    Amended · 2 U.S.C. § 1106(a)

    Pub. L. 101–520 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay to the Center from the interest and earnings of the fund such sums as the Board determines are necessary and appropriate to enable the Center to carry out the provisions of this chapter.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–520 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay to the Center from the interest and earnings of the fund such sums as the Board determines are necessary and appropriate to enable the Center to carry out the provisions of this chapter.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Section 117(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1106(a)) is amended to read as follows: “(a) In General.— The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay to the Center from the interest and earnings of the fund, and moneys credited to the fund pursuant to section 119(a), such sums as the Board determines are necessary and appropriate to enable the Center to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.”.

  3. GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004

    Pub. L. 108–271 § 8(b) · 118 Stat. 811

    Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 1106(b)

    Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in two places

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in two places.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) References.— Any reference to the General Accounting Office in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to refer and apply to the Government Accountability Office.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1990–2004 · 2 rounds

2004

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in two places.

1990

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–520 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay to the Center from the interest and earnings of the fund such sums as the Board determines are necessary and appropriate to enable the Center to carry out the provisions of this chapter.”

Credits

1988–2004 · 3 acts
  1. 1988Pub. L. 100–458, title I, § 117, , 102 Stat. 2175
  2. 1990Pub. L. 101–520, title III, § 313(b), , 104 Stat. 2282
  3. 2004Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), , 118 Stat. 814.
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(Pub. L. 100–458, title I, § 117, , 102 Stat. 2175; Pub. L. 101–520, title III, § 313(b), , 104 Stat. 2282; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), , 118 Stat. 814.)

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