Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 15 — Office of Technology Assessment
§ 478. Utilization of the Government Accountability Office
Statutory text
Authority of Government Accountability Office to furnish financial and administrative services
Financial and administrative services (including those related to budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, personnel, and procurement) and such other services as may be appropriate shall be provided the Office by the Government Accountability Office.
Scope of services and assistance
Such services and assistance to the Office shall include, but not be limited to, all of the services and assistance which the Government Accountability Office is otherwise authorized to provide to the Congress.
Services or responsibilities performed by Government Accountability Office for Congress not altered or modified
Nothing in this section shall alter or modify any services or responsibilities, other than those performed for the Office, which the Government Accountability Office under law performs for or on behalf of the Congress.
Reimbursement for services and assistance
Services and assistance made available to the Office by the Government Accountability Office in accordance with this section may be provided with or without reimbursement from funds of the Office, as agreed upon by the Board and the Comptroller General.
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.
Technology Assessment Act of 1972
Pub. L. 92–484 § 9 · 86 Stat. 797
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 478
Pub. L. 92–484, § 9, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 802
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 92–484, § 9, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 802Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 9. utilization of the general accounting office (a) Financial and administrative services (including those related to budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, personnel, and procurement) and such other services as may be appropriate shall be provided the Office by the General Accounting Office. (b) Such services and assistance to the Office shall include, but not be limited to, all of the services and assistance which the General Accounting Office is otherwise authorized to provide to the Congress. (c) Nothing in this section shall alter or modify any services or responsibilities, other than those performed for the Office, which the General Accounting Office under law performs for or on behalf of the Congress. (d) Services and assistance made available to the Office by the General Accounting Office in accordance with this section may be provided with or without reimbursement from funds of the Office, as agreed upon by the Board and the Comptroller General.GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004
Pub. L. 108–271 § 8(b) · 118 Stat. 811
Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 478
Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in section catchline and wherever appearing in text
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in section catchline and wherever appearing in text.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.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in section catchline and wherever appearing in text.
Credits
1972–2004 · 2 acts
- 1972Pub. L. 92–484, § 9, , 86 Stat. 802
- 2004Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), , 118 Stat. 814.
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(Pub. L. 92–484, § 9, , 86 Stat. 802; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), , 118 Stat. 814.)