§ 1681b. Transfer of functions from government comptroller for Guam 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 II § 203(b) · 96 Stat. 1705

   Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 1681b

   June 30, 1954, ch. 423, § 4, as added Pub. L. 97–357, title II, § 203(b), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1707

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 30, 1954, ch. 423, § 4, as added Pub. L. 97–357, title II, § 203(b), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1707

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) by deleting section 4 of the Act of June 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 330), as amended (87 Stat. 354; 91 Stat. 1162; 94 Stat. 85), in its 48 USC 1681b. entirety, and inserting in lieu thereof the following new section 4: “Sec. 4. (a) The following functions, powers, and duties heretofore Functions transferred to Inspector General. vested in the government comptroller for Guam with respect to the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the government of the Northern Mariana 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 governments of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Mariana Islands: “(1) The authority to audit all accounts pertaining to the Audit. revenue and receipts of the governments of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Mariana 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 aforementioned governments including those pertaining to trust funds held by such governments. “(2) The authority to report to the Secretary of the Interior, Report. the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the chief executives of the governments of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Mariana Islands all failures to collect amounts due the governments, 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 governments of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Mariana 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 5 USC app. amended. This section is not subject to termination under section 502(a)(3) of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America (90 Stat. 263, 268). “(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, with respect to the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the government of the Northern Mariana Islands are hereby transferred to the Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior.”.

2. 2022

   Pub. L. 117–286 § 4(b)(94) · 136 Stat. 4196

   Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 1681b(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
   (94) Section 4(b) of the Act of June 30, 1954 (48 U.S.C. 1681b(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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