Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 23 — Development and Control of Atomic Energy
§ 2206. Comptroller General audit
Statutory text
No moneys appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be available for payments under any contract with the Commission, negotiated without advertising, except contracts with any foreign government or any agency thereof and contracts with foreign producers, unless such contract includes a clause to the effect that the Comptroller General of the United States or any of his duly authorized representatives shall, until the expiration of three years after final payment, have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, papers, and records of the contractor or any of his subcontractors engaged in the performance of, and involving transactions related to such contracts or subcontracts: Provided, however, That no moneys so appropriated shall be available for payment under such contract which includes any provision precluding an audit by the Government Accountability Office of any transaction under such contract: And provided further, That nothing in this section shall preclude the earlier disposal of contractor and subcontractor records in accordance with records disposal schedules agreed upon between the Commission and the Government Accountability Office.
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.
Pub. L. 83–724 · 68 Stat. 998
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 2206
Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 166, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 951
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 166, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 951Pub. L. 85–681 § 8 · 72 Stat. 632
Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 2206
Pub. L. 85–681 inserted proviso relating to records disposal
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 85–681 inserted proviso relating to records disposal.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 8. Section 166 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, is amended by adding the following proviso at the end thereof “; And provided further, That nothing in this section shall preclude the earlier disposal of contractor and subcontractor records in accordance with records disposal schedules agreed upon between the Commission and the General Accounting Office.”GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004
Pub. L. 108–271 § 8(b) · 118 Stat. 811
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 2206
Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in two places
Source evidence
Code amendment note
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.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, known as the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2011 of this title and Tables.
Amendments1958–2004 · 2 rounds
2004
Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in two places.
1958
Pub. L. 85–681 inserted proviso relating to records disposal.
Credits
1946–2004 · 4 acts
- 1946Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 166, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 951
- 1958amended Pub. L. 85–681, § 8, , 72 Stat. 634
- 1992renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), , 106 Stat. 2944
- 2004Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), , 118 Stat. 814.
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(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 166, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 951; amended Pub. L. 85–681, § 8, , 72 Stat. 634; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102–486, title IX, § 902(a)(8), , 106 Stat. 2944; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), , 118 Stat. 814.)