§ 2690. Foreign gifts; audit; reports to Congress

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. 1956

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1977

   Pub. L. 94–350 title I § 116(a) · 90 Stat. 823

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2690

   Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 20, as added Pub. L. 94–350, title I, § 116(a), July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 827

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 20, as added Pub. L. 94–350, title I, § 116(a), July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 827

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) The Act entitled “An Act to provide certain basic authority for the Department of State”, approved August 1, 1956, as amended by section 104 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “Sec. 20. Any expenditure for any gift for any person of any foreign 22 USC 2690. country which involves any funds made available to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service shall be audited by the Comptroller General and reports thereon made to the Congress to such extent and at such times as he may determine necessary. The representatives of the General Accounting Office shall have access to all books, accounts, records, reports, files, and all other papers, things, or property pertaining to such expenditure, and necessary to facilitate the audit.”.

2. 2004

   GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004

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

   Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 2690

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

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.

   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.

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