§ 2207a. Reports to Congress on obligation and expenditure

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. 1989

   Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990

   Pub. L. 101–161 title VI § 641 · 103 Stat. 951

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 2207a

   Pub. L. 101–161, title VI, § 641, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 986

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 101–161, title VI, § 641, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 986

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 641. (a) (1) Not later than 20 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall (A) submit to Congress a report on the amounts obligated and expended by the Department during that fiscal year for the procurement of advisory and assistance services, and (B) transmit a copy of such report to the Comptroller General of the United States. (2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include a list with the following information: (A) All contracts awarded for the procurement of advisory and assistance services during the fiscal year and the amount of each contract. (B) The purpose of each contract. (C) The justification for the award of each contract and the reason the work cannot be performed by civil servants. (b) The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the reports submitted under subsection (a) and transmit to Congress any comments and recommendations the Comptroller General considers appropriate regarding the matter contained in such reports. This Act may be cited as the “Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990”.

2. 1996

   General Accounting Office Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–316 title I § 104(b) · 110 Stat. 3826

   1. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 2207a

      Pub. L. 104–316, in subsec. (a), struck out par. (1) designation before “Not later than”

   2. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 2207a

      Pub. L. 104–316, in subsec. (a), struck out subpar. (A) designation before “submit to Congress”

   3. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 2207a

      Pub. L. 104–316, in subsec. (a), struck out “, and (B) transmit a copy of such report to the Comptroller General of the United States” after “and assistance services”

   4. Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 2207a

      Pub. L. 104–316, in subsec. (a), redesignated par. (2) as subsec. (b) and in introductory provisions substituted “subsection (a) of this section shall” for “paragraph (1) shall”

   5. Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 2207a

      Pub. L. 104–316, in subsec. (a), redesignated subpars. (A) to (C) as pars. (1) to (3), respectively

   6. Struck · 7 U.S.C. § 2207a

      Pub. L. 104–316, in subsec. (a), struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the reports submitted under subsection (a) of this section and transmit to Congress any comments and recommendations the Comptroller General considers appropriate regarding the matter contained in such reports.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–316, in subsec. (a), struck out par. (1) designation before “Not later than”, struck out subpar. (A) designation before “submit to Congress”, struck out “, and (B) transmit a copy of such report to the Comptroller General of the United States” after “and assistance services”, redesignated par. (2) as subsec. (b) and in introductory provisions substituted “subsection (a) of this section shall” for “paragraph (1) shall”, redesignated subpars. (A) to (C) as pars. (1) to (3), respectively, and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the reports submitted under subsection (a) of this section and transmit to Congress any comments and recommendations the Comptroller General considers appropriate regarding the matter contained in such reports.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Reports on Amounts Obligated and Expended by Department of Agriculture for Advisory Services.— Section 641 of the Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990 (7 U. S. C. 2207a) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking “(1)” after “(a)”; (B) by striking “shall (A) submit” and inserting “shall submit”; and (C) by striking “, and (B) transmit a copy of such report to the Comptroller General of the United States”; (2) by striking subsection (b); (3) by redesignating paragraph (2) of subsection (a) as subsection (b); and (4) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)— (A) by striking “paragraph (1)” and inserting “subsection (a)”; and (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively.

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