§ 1599. Transfer of functions from government comptroller for Virgin Islands to 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. 1954

   Pub. L. 97–357 title III § 309(b) · 96 Stat. 1705

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1599

   July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 17, as added Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 309(b), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1710

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 17, as added Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 309(b), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1710

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) by deleting section 17 (68 Stat. 505), as amended (72 Stat. 1094; 76 Stat. 43; 82 Stat. 840; 91 Stat. 1162), in its entirety, 48 USC 1599. and inserting in lieu thereof the following new section 17: “Sec. 17. (a) The following functions, powers, and duties heretofore Transfer of functions to Inspector General. vested in the government comptroller for the Virgin Islands 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 the Virgin Islands: “(1) The authority to audit all accounts pertaining to the Audit. revenue and receipts of the government of the Virgin Islands, 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 the Virgin Islands including those pertaining to trust funds held by the government of the Virgin Islands. “(2) The authority to report to the Secretary of the Interior Report. and the Governor of the Virgin Islands 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 the Virgin Islands, 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. 5 USC app. “(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 the Virgin Islands related to its audit function are hereby transferred to the Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior.”.

2. 2022

   Pub. L. 117–286 § 4(b)(92) · 136 Stat. 4196

   Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1599(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
   (92) Section 17(b) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1599(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.”.

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