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Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

Chapter 8A — Guam

§ 1422d. Transfer of functions from government comptroller for Guam to Inspector General, Department of the Interior

Statutory text

(a)

Functions, powers, and duties transferred

The following functions, powers, and duties heretofore vested in the government comptroller for Guam are hereby transferred to the Inspector General, Department of the Interior, for the purpose of establishing an organization which will maintain a satisfactory level of independent audit oversight of the government of Guam:

(1)

The authority to audit all accounts pertaining to the revenue and receipts of the government of Guam, and of funds derived from bond issues, and the authority to audit, in accordance with law and administrative regulations, all expenditures of funds and property pertaining to the government of Guam including those pertaining to trust funds held by the government of Guam.

(2)

The authority to report to the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of Guam all failures to collect amounts due the government, and expenditures of funds or uses of property which are irregular or not pursuant to law.

(b)

Scope of authority transferred

The authority granted in paragraph (a) shall extend to all activities of the government of Guam, and shall be in addition to the authority conferred upon the Inspector General by chapter 4 of title 5.

(c)

Transfer of personnel, assets, etc., of office of government comptroller for Guam to Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior

In order to carry out the provisions of this section, the personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available or to be made available, of the office of the government comptroller for Guam related to its audit function are hereby transferred to the Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior.

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. Pub. L. 97–357 title I § 104(b) · 96 Stat. 1705

    Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1422d

    Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 9–A, as added Pub. L. 97–357, title I, § 104(b), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1706

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 9–A, as added Pub. L. 97–357, title I, § 104(b), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1706

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) by deleting section 9–A (82 Stat. 842, 845), as amended (91 Stat. 1159, 1161), in its entirety, and inserting in lieu thereof the following new section 9–A: “Sec. 9–A. (a) The following functions, powers, and duties heretofore Transfer of functions to Inspector General. 48 USC 1422d. vested in the government comptroller for Guam are hereby transferred to the Inspector General, Department of the Interior, for the purpose of establishing an organization which will maintain a satisfactory level of independent audit oversight of the government of Guam: “(1) The authority to audit all accounts pertaining to the Audit. revenue and receipts of the government of Guam, and of funds derived from bond issues, and the authority to audit, in accordance with law and administrative regulations, all expenditures of funds and property pertaining to the government of Guam including those pertaining to trust funds held by the government of Guam. “(2) The authority to report to the Secretary of the Interior Report. and the Governor of Guam all failures to collect amounts due the government, and expenditures of funds or uses of property which are irregular or not pursuant to law. “(b) The authority granted in paragraph (a) shall extend to all activities of the government of Guam, and shall be in addition to the authority conferred upon the Inspector General by the Inspector General Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 1101), as amended. “(c) In order to carry out the provisions of this section, the Transfer of funds to Inspector General. personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available or to be made available, of the office of the government comptroller for Guam related to its audit function are hereby transferred to the Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior.”.

  2. Pub. L. 117–286 § 4(b)(91) · 136 Stat. 4196

    Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1422d(b)

    Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 1101), as amended.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 1101), as amended.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (91) Section 9–A(b) of the Organic Act of Guam (48 U.S.C. 1422d(b)) is amended by striking “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 1101), as amended.” and inserting “chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code.”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 1422d, act Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 9–A, as added , Pub. L. 90–497, § 5, 82 Stat. 845; amended , Pub. L. 95–134, title II, § 203(a), 91 Stat. 1161, related to the creation, auditing function, and reporting duty of the office of a government comptroller for Guam, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–357, § 104(b).

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 1101), as amended.”

Credits

1950–2022 · 2 acts
  1. 1950Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 9–A, as added Pub. L. 97–357, title I, § 104(b), , 96 Stat. 1706
  2. 2022amended Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(91), , 136 Stat. 4352.
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(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 9–A, as added Pub. L. 97–357, title I, § 104(b), , 96 Stat. 1706; amended Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(91), , 136 Stat. 4352.)

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