31 USC Chapter 7 - GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE | Title 31 - Money and Finance | U.S. Code

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SUBCHAPTER I—DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL ORGANIZATION Sec. 701. Definitions. 702. Government Accountability Office. 703. Comptroller General and Deputy Comptroller General. 704. Relationship to other laws. 705. Inspector General for the Government Accountability Office. SUBCHAPTER II—GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS 711. General authority. 712. Investigating the use of public money. 713. Audit of Internal Revenue Service and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. ^[1] Section catchline amended by Pub. L. 107–296without corresponding amendment of chapter analysis. 714. Audit of Financial Institutions Examination Council, Federal Reserve Board, Federal reserve banks, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of Comptroller of the Currency. 715. Audit of accounts and operations of the District of Columbia government. 716. Availability of information and inspection of records. 717. Evaluating programs and activities of the United States Government. 718. Availability of draft reports. 719. Comptroller General reports. 720. Agency reports. SUBCHAPTER III—PERSONNEL 731. General. 732. Personnel management system. 732a. Critical positions. 733. Senior Executive Service. 734. Assignments and details to Congress. 735. Relationship to other laws. 736. Authorization of appropriations. SUBCHAPTER IV—PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD 751. Organization. 752. Chairman and General Counsel. 753. Duties and powers. 754. Action by the Comptroller General. 755. Judicial review. SUBCHAPTER V—ANNUITIES 771. Definitions. 772. Annuity of the Comptroller General. 773. Election of survivor benefits. 774. Survivor annuities. 775. Refunds. 776. Payment of survivor benefits. 777. Annuity increases. 778. Dependency and disability decisions. 779. Use of appropriations. SUBCHAPTER VI—PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 781. Authority over the General Accounting Office Building. 782. Leasing of space in the General Accounting Office Building. 783. Rules and regulations.

Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–323, § 5(c),Sept. 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 3547, added item 705.

2004—Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b),July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814, substituted “GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE” for “GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE” in chapter heading and “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in item 702.

2000—Pub. L. 106–303, § 4(a)(3),Oct. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 1069, added item 732a.

1994—Pub. L. 103–272, § 4(f)(1)(C),July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1362, struck out “Sec.” immediately above item 781.

1988—Pub. L. 100–545, § 2(a),Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2728, added subchapter VI heading and items 781 to 783.

Footnotes
[1] Section catchline amended by Pub. L. 107–296without corresponding amendment of chapter analysis.

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