IIA
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3864
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 5, 1996
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Government Affairs
AN ACT
To amend laws authorizing auditing, reporting, and other
functions by the General Accounting Office.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘General Accounting
Office Act of 1996’’.
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TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO LAWS
AUTHORIZING AUDITING, RE-
PORTING, AND OTHER FUNC-
TIONS BY THE GENERAL AC-
COUNTING OFFICE
SEC. 101. TRANSFERS AND TERMINATIONS OF FUNCTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED.—In any case in
which a provision of law authorizing the perform-
ance of a function by the Comptroller General of the
United States or the General Accounting Office is
amended by this title to substitute another Federal
officer, employee, or agency in that authorization,
the authority under that provision to perform that
function is transferred to the other Federal officer,
employee, or agency.
(2) FUNCTIONS TERMINATED.—In any case in
which a provision of law authorizing the perform-
ance of a function by the Comptroller General of the
United States or the General Accounting Office is
repealed by this Act, the authority under that provi-
sion to perform that function is terminated.
(3) DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS.—The Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget may
delegate, in whole or in part, to any other agency or
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agencies any function transferred to or vested in the
Director under section 103(d), 105(b), 116, or
202(n) of this Act, and may transfer to such agency
or agencies any personnel, budget authority, records,
and property received by the Director pursuant to
subsection (b) of this section that relate to the dele-
gated functions.
(b) INCIDENTAL TRANSFERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Incident to any transfer of
authority under subsection (a)(1), there shall be
transferred to the recipient Federal officer, em-
ployee, or agency such personnel, records, budget
authority, and property of the General Accounting
Office as the Comptroller General and the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget jointly de-
termine to be necessary to effectuate the transfer.
(2) EFFECT ON PERSONNEL.—Personnel trans-
ferred under this section shall not be separated or
reduced in classification or compensation for one
year after any such transfer, except for cause.
(c) REFERENCES.—With respect to any function or
authority transferred under this Act and exercised on or
after the effective date of that transfer, reference in any
Federal law to the Comptroller General or to any officer
or employee of the General Accounting Office is deemed
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to refer to the Federal officer or agency to which the func-
tion or authority is transferred under this Act.
(d) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
(1) ORDERS
AND
OTHER
OFFICIAL
ACTIONS
NOT AFFECTED.—All orders, determinations, rules,
regulations, permits, grants, contracts, certificates,
licenses, and privileges—
(A) which have been issued, made, grant-
ed, or allowed to become effective by the Comp-
troller General or any official of the General
Accounting Office, or by a court of competent
jurisdiction, in the performance of any function
or authority transferred under this Act, and
(B) which are in effect at the time of the
transfer;
shall continue in effect according to their terms until
modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or re-
voked in accordance with law.
(2) PENDING MATTERS AND PROCEEDINGS.—
This Act shall not affect any pending matters or
proceedings, including notices of proposed rule-
making, relating to a function or authority trans-
ferred under this Act. Such matters or proceedings
shall continue under the authority of the agency to
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which the function or authority is transferred until
completed or terminated in accordance with law.
(3) JUDICIAL
PROCEEDINGS
AND
CAUSES
OF
ACTIONS.—No suit, action, or other proceeding or
cause of action relating to a function or authority
transferred under this Act shall abate by reason of
the enactment of this Act. If, before the date on
which a transfer of a function or authority this Act
takes effect, the Comptroller General of the United
States or any officer or employee of the General Ac-
counting Office in their official capacity is party to
a suit relating to the function or authority, then
such suit shall be continued and the head of the
agency to which the function or authority is trans-
ferred, or other appropriate official of that agency,
shall be substituted or added as a party.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), this title shall take effect on the date of
enactment of this Act.
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Sections 103(d), 105(b),
and 116 shall take effect 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 102. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 2, UNITED
STATES CODE (THE CONGRESS).
(a) COMPLIANCE REPORTING ON REDUCTION IN EM-
PLOYEE POSITIONS.—Section 307(c) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103–69;
107 Stat. 710; 2 U.S.C. 60–1 note) is amended by striking
‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’.
(b) WAIVER OF ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS IN THE SEN-
ATE.—Section 2(a) of the Act of July 25, 1974 (Public
Law 93–359; 88 Stat. 394; 2 U.S.C. 130c(a)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘, if the
claim is not the subject of an exception made by the
Comptroller General in the account of any account-
able officer or official’’; and
(2) in the third sentence by striking ‘‘shall’’ the
first place it appears and inserting ‘‘may’’.
(c) WAIVER
OF ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS
IN
THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Section 3(a) of the Act
of July 25, 1974 (Public Law 93–359; 88 Stat. 395; 2
U.S.C. 130d(a)) is amended, in the first sentence, by
striking ‘‘, if the claim is not the subject of an exception
made by the Comptroller General in the account of any
accountable officer or official’’.
(d) REPORT
ON SEQUESTRATION
OF FUNDS
TO
MEET DEFICIT REDUCTION GOALS.—Section 254 of the
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 (2 U.S.C. 904) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking:
‘‘30 days later ................................
GAO compliance report.’’; and
(2) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘On the date
specified in subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘Upon re-
quest of the Committee on the Budget of the House
of Representatives or the Senate’’.
SEC. 103. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 5, UNITED
STATES CODE (GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION
AND EMPLOYEES).
(a) TRANSMITTAL OF REPORTS.—Section 1213(e) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3) by striking the comma
after ‘‘President’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’, and by strik-
ing ‘‘, and the Comptroller General’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4) by striking the comma
after ‘‘President’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’, and by strik-
ing ‘‘, and the Comptroller General’’.
(b) WITHHOLDING OF PAY.—Section 5512(b) of title
5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘General
Accounting Office’’ and inserting ‘‘employing agency’’.
(c) 
DESIGNATION
OF
BENEFICIARY.—Section
5582(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
striking the second sentence and inserting the following:
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‘‘An employee may change or revoke a designation at any
time under regulations promulgated—
‘‘(1) by the Director of the Office of Personnel
Management or his designee, in the case of an em-
ployee of an executive agency;
‘‘(2) jointly by the President pro tempore of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, or their designee, in the case of an employee
of the legislative branch; and
‘‘(3) by the Chief Justice of the United States
or his or her designee, in the case of an employee
of the judicial branch.’’.
(d) WAIVER OF ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS.—Section
5584 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Comp-
troller General of the United States’’ and in-
serting ‘‘authorized official’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at
the end of subparagraph (A), by striking sub-
paragraph (B), by redesignating subparagraph
(C) as subparagraph (B), and by striking
‘‘Comptroller General’’ in subparagraph (B) (as
so redesignated) and inserting ‘‘authorized offi-
cial’’;
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(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Comptroller
General’’ and inserting ‘‘authorized official’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(g) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘au-
thorized official’ means—
‘‘(1) the head of an agency, with respect to an
agency or employee in the legislative branch; or
‘‘(2) the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, with respect to any other agency or em-
ployee.’’.
(e) 
REGULATIONS
AND
REPORTS.—Section
5707(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘the Comptroller General of the United
States,’’.
(f) GAO AUDIT OF AGENCY COMPLIANCE.—Section
5(b) of the Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990 (Pub-
lic Law 101–391; 5 U.S.C. 5707 note) is repealed.
(g) PROCEDURES
FOR DEPOSIT
OF EMPLOYEES’
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
RETIREMENT
FUNDS.—Sections
8334(a)(2), 8422(c), and 8432(f) of title 5, United States
Code, are each amended by striking ‘‘Comptroller General
of the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of the
Treasury’’.
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(h) TRANSMITTAL OF COPY OF REPORT ON THE
CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND.—
Section 8348(l) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by striking the last sentence in paragraph (1).
(i) TRANSMITTAL
OF COPY
OF REPORT
ON
THE
THRIFT SAVINGS FUND.—Section 8438(h) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and the
Comptroller General of the United States’’ in the last sen-
tence of paragraph (1).
(j) RECEIPT OF COPY OF CPA EXAMINATION OF
THRIFT SAVINGS FUND.—Section 8439(b)(3) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and the
Comptroller General of the United States’’.
SEC. 104. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 7, UNITED
STATES CODE (AGRICULTURE).
(a) AUDIT OF WASHINGTON FAMILY INDEPENDENCE
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—Section 21(g) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2030(g)) is amended by
striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’.
(b) REPORTS ON AMOUNTS OBLIGATED AND EX-
PENDED BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR ADVI-
SORY 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)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘shall (A) submit’’ and in-
serting ‘‘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 sub-
section (a) as subsection (b); and
(4) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)—
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A),
(B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3),
respectively.
SEC. 105. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE
(ARMED FORCES).
(a) WAIVER OF RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUS ANNUITY
PAYMENTS.—Sections 1442 and 1453 of title 10, United
States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘and the Comptrol-
ler General’’.
(b) WAIVER OF RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUS OVER-
PAYMENTS.—Section 2774 of such title is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Comp-
troller General’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the
Office of Management and Budget’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and’’
at the end of subparagraph (A), striking sub-
paragraph (B), redesignating subparagraph (C)
as subparagraph (B), and in that subparagraph
(as so redesignated), striking ‘‘Comptroller
General’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office
of Management and Budget’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘The Comp-
troller General’’ and inserting ‘‘The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget’’.
(c) CERTIFICATION
TO COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF
UNCOLLECTABILITY
OF
ADVANCES.—Section
2777(b)(2)(B) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘to the
Comptroller General’’.
(d) MAINTAINING ACCOUNTS OF MILITARY DEPART-
MENTS.—Section 2778 of such title is repealed, and the
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 165 of such
title is amended by striking the item relating to that sec-
tion.
(e) RADIOGRAMS AND TELEGRAMS.—Sections 4592
and 9592 of such title are amended by striking ‘‘, or may
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file a claim with the General Accounting Office for’’ in
the second sentence and inserting ‘‘of’’.
SEC. 106. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 12, UNITED
STATES CODE (BANKS AND BANKING).
(a) REPORT ON PREPURCHASE AND FORECLOSURE-
PREVENTION
COUNSELING
DEMONSTRATION.—Section
106(d) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of
1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(d)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (9);
(2) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘(10)(K)’’
and inserting ‘‘(9)’’;
(3) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘(for purposes
of the study and report under paragraph (9))’’; and
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (10), (11),
(12), and (13) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), and
(12), respectively.
(b) ANNUAL GAO COMPLIANCE AUDIT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 141(a)(2) of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement
Act of 1991 (12 U.S.C. 1823 note) is amended by
striking ‘‘shall annually audit’’ and inserting ‘‘shall
audit, under such conditions as the Comptroller
General determines to be appropriate,’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading for
paragraph (2) of section 141(a) of the Federal De-
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posit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of
1991 (12 U.S.C. 1823 note) is amended by striking
‘‘ANNUAL GAO’’ and inserting ‘‘GAO’’.
(c) QUARTERLY REPORT
ON FDIC COMPLIANCE
WITH LIMITS ON OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS.—Section
102 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Im-
provement Act of 1991 (12 U.S.C. 1825 note) is amended
by striking subsection (b).
(d) PROMPT CORRECTIVE ACTION: GAO REVIEW.—
Section 38(k)(5) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12
U.S.C. 1831o(k)(5)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5) GAO REVIEW.—The Comptroller General
of the United States shall, under such conditions as
the Comptroller General determines to be appro-
priate, review reports made under paragraph (1) and
recommend improvements in the supervision of in-
sured depository institutions (including the imple-
mentation of this section).’’.
(e) GAO REPORTS ON RISK-BASED INSURANCE PRE-
MIUMS, ACCESS TO ASSOCIATION CAPITAL, AND SUPPLE-
MENTAL PREMIUMS.—Section 204(a) of the Farm Credit
Banks and Associations Safety and Soundness Act of
1992 (Public Law 102–552; 106 Stat. 4106; 12 U.S.C.
2277a–4 note) is amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘may’’.
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(f) REVIEW OF FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE
CORPORATION GUARANTEE FEES.—Section 8.10(b)(4) of
the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2279aa–
10(b)(4)) is amended—
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘AN-
NUAL REVIEW’’ and inserting ‘‘REVIEW’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘shall annually’’ and inserting
‘‘may’’.
(g) GAO STUDIES OF APPRAISALS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1112(c) of the Fi-
nancial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforce-
ment Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 3341) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘At the
end of the 18-month period’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘study’’ and inserting ‘‘The
Comptroller General of the United States may
conduct, under such conditions as the Comp-
troller General determines appropriate, stud-
ies’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘required
under’’ and inserting ‘‘referred to in’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading for
section 1112(c)(1) of Financial Institutions Reform,
Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C.
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3341(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘STUDY
RE-
QUIRED’’ and inserting ‘‘GAO STUDIES’’.
(h) AUDIT OF OFFICE OF FEDERAL HOUSING EN-
TERPRISE OVERSIGHT.—Section 1319E of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C.
4524) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting
‘‘may’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and any such audit
shall be conducted’’ after ‘‘Office’’; and
(2) by striking the last sentence.
(i) SHARING OF INFORMATION.—Section 11(t) of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1821(t)) is
amended by adding at the end of paragraph (2)(A) the
following new clause:
‘‘(vi) The General Accounting Of-
fice.’’.
SEC. 107. AMENDMENT RELATING TO TITLE 15, UNITED
STATES CODE (COMMERCE AND TRADE).
Section 31(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Fire Prevention
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2227(b)(1)(B)) is
amended by striking clause (iii).
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SEC. 108. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 16, UNITED
STATES CODE (CONSERVATION).
(a) LICENSES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RE-
SOURCES.—Section 6 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C.
799) is amended by striking the last sentence.
(b) AUDIT OF THE BROWNSVILLE WETLANDS POL-
ICY CENTER.—Section 202(d)(4) of the Brownsville Wet-
lands Policy Act of 1994 (108 Stat. 338) is repealed.
(c) AUDIT OF CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COST ALLO-
CATION.—Section 211 of the Reclamation Projects Au-
thorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–
575) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Comptroller General of the
United States’’ and inserting ‘‘Inspector General of
the Department of the Interior’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘in accordance with regulations
which the Comptroller General shall prescribe’’.
(d) REPORT ON GLEN CANYON COSTS AND BENE-
FITS.—Section 1804 of the Reclamation Projects Author-
ization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–
575) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (b); and
(2) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and
(e) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively.
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SEC. 109. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 18, UNITED
STATES CODE (CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PRO-
CEDURE).
(a) PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTION ASSISTANCE: DE-
TERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET VALUE OF IMPROVE-
MENTS.—Section 5(b) of the Presidential Protection As-
sistance Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–524; 90 Stat. 2476;
18 U.S.C. 3056 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Comptroller
General of the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘Director’’.
(b) DISPUTES OVER PURCHASE OF PRISON-MADE
PRODUCTS
BY
FEDERAL
DEPARTMENTS.—Section
4124(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking ‘‘Comptroller General of the United States’’ and
inserting ‘‘Attorney General’’.
SEC. 110. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 19, UNITED
STATES CODE (CUSTOMS DUTIES).
(a) 
AUDITS
OF
THE
CUSTOMS
FORFEITURE
FUND.—Section 613A(e)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1613b(e)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘annual financial’’; and
(2) by inserting before the period the following:
‘‘, under such conditions as the Comptroller General
determines appropriate’’.
(b) REPORT ON BUSINESSES ESTABLISHED BY CUS-
TOMS SERVICE FOR UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS.—Section
3131(b) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 (19 U.S.C.
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2081(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘and the Comptroller
General’’.
SEC. 111. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 22, UNITED
STATES CODE (FOREIGN RELATIONS AND
INTERCOURSE).
(a) ACCOUNTS OF ADVANCES FOR OPERATIONS OF
THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION ON THE U.S.-
CANADA BOUNDARY WATERS.—The first section of the
Act of March 2, 1921 (chapter 113; 22 U.S.C. 268b) is
amended by striking ‘‘chiefs of parties’’ the first place it
appears and all that follows through ‘‘chiefs of parties’’
the next place it appears and inserting ‘‘chiefs of parties’’.
(b) PREPARATION OF SCOPE OF AUDIT AND REVIEW
OF
AUDITS
OF
INTER-AMERICAN
DEVELOPMENT
BANK.—Section 14 of the Inter-American Development
Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 283j–1) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Comptroller
General of the United States shall prepare for the
Secretary of the Treasury’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary
of the Treasury shall prepare’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), in the second sentence, by
striking ‘‘shall periodically’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’.
(c) REPORTS BY THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OF-
FICE.—Section 4 of the Foreign Direct Investment and
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International Financial Data Improvements Act of 1990
(22 U.S.C. 3143) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘report re-
quired under’’ and inserting ‘‘reports referred to in’’;
and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(b)’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘shall submit’’ and inserting ‘‘(b) RE-
PORTS.—Consistent with the provisions of this
section, the Comptroller General may submit’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘Congress, a report’’ and
inserting ‘‘Congress reports’’;
(C) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘the re-
port of the Secretary of Commerce’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘reports issued by the Secretary of Com-
merce under section 3’’; and
(D) by striking the last sentence of the
subsection.
SEC. 112. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 25, UNITED
STATES CODE (INDIANS).
(a) COPIES OF INDIAN SERVICE CONTRACTS.—Sec-
tion 7 of the Act of March 3, 1875 (25 U.S.C. 96), is
repealed.
(b) COPIES OF INDIAN SERVICE CONTRACT BIDS.—
Section 3 of the Act of August 15, 1876 (25 U.S.C. 97),
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is amended by striking ‘‘; and an abstract of all bids or
proposals received for the supplies or services embraced
in any contract shall be attached to, and filed with, the
said contract when the same is filed in the office of the
Second Comptroller of the Treasury’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof a period.
SEC. 113. AMENDMENT RELATING TO TITLE 26, UNITED
STATES CODE (INTERNAL REVENUE CODE).
Section 7608(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (26 U.S.C. 7608(c)(2)), is amended by striking ‘‘and
the Comptroller General of the United States’’.
SEC. 114. AMENDMENT RELATING TO TITLE 28, UNITED
STATES CODE (JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL
PROCEDURE).
Section 2410(e) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by striking, in the second sentence, ‘‘shall so re-
port to the Comptroller General who’’.
SEC. 115. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 31, UNITED
STATES CODE (MONEY AND FINANCE).
(a) TREATMENT OF RECORDS CONTAINING BANKING
AGENCY
INFORMATION.—Section 714(d) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by striking the last sen-
tence of paragraph (1) and by amending paragraph (2)
to read as follows:
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(C) by redesignating subsections (c), (d),
(e), and (f) and the first subsection (g) in order
as subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f); and
(D) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated),
by striking ‘‘and the Comptroller General’’ and
by striking ‘‘jointly’’ from paragraph (2).
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 3701(d) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘3711(f)’’
and inserting ‘‘3711(e)’’.
(B) Section 552a of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘3711(f)’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘3711(e)’’.
(C) Section 2780(b) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘3711(f)’’
and inserting ‘‘3711(e)’’.
(D) Section 4(d)(6) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (Chapter
841; 22 U.S.C. 2671(d)(6)) is amended by
striking ‘‘3711(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘3711(e)’’.
(E) Section 204(f)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 404(f)(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘3711(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘3711(e)’’.
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(h) AUDIT OF PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF COM-
MEMORATIVE COINS.—Section 303 of Public Law 103–
186 (31 U.S.C. 5112 note) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Before the end of the 1-year
period’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the Comptrol-
ler General of the United States shall’’ and inserting
‘‘The Comptroller General of the United States
may’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘sale of such coins’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘sale of commemorative coins’’.
(i) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERGOVERN-
MENTAL FINANCING.—Section 6 of the Cash Management
Improvement Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 6503 note) is re-
pealed.
(j) CONSULTATION
ON ACCOUNTING, AUDIT
AND
FISCAL PROCEDURES.—Section 6703(d)(6) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘after con-
sultation with the Comptroller General of the United
States’’.
(k) REVIEWS OF LOCAL PARTNERSHIP ACT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 6718(b) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘may’’.
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SEC. 116. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 32, UNITED STATES CODE
(NATIONAL GUARD).
Section 716 of title 32, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Comp-
troller General’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the
Office of Management and Budget’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and’’
at the end of subparagraph (A), striking sub-
paragraph (B), redesignating subparagraph (C)
as subparagraph (B), and in that subparagraph
(as so redesignated), striking ‘‘Comptroller
General’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the Office
of Management and Budget’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘The Comp-
troller General’’ and inserting ‘‘The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget’’.
SEC. 117. AMENDMENT RELATING TO TITLE 33, UNITED
STATES CODE (NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE
WATERS).
Section 214 of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1992 (106 Stat. 4831–4832; 33 U.S.C. 2281 note) is
repealed.
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SEC. 118. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE
(PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF THE UNIFORMED
SERVICES).
Section 902(b) of title 37, United States Code, is
amended by striking ‘‘the General Accounting Office,
under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, may’’
and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Navy may’’.
SEC. 119. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE
(VETERANS’ BENEFITS).
Section 711(d) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘, upon request of either of such
Committees,’’ in the first sentence after ‘‘the Comptroller
General shall’’.
SEC. 120. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 40, UNITED
STATES CODE (PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROP-
ERTY, AND WORKS).
(a) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF SALES FROM PRO-
CEEDS.—Section 1 of the Act of June 8, 1896 (29 Stat.
268; 40 U.S.C. 485a) is amended by striking ‘‘, as ap-
proved by the accounting officers of the Treasury,’’.
(b) FURNISHING DETERMINATIONS TO THE GEN-
ERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE.—Section 210(a)(8) of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
(40 U.S.C. 490(a)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘. A copy
of every such determination so made shall be furnished
to the General Accounting Office’’.
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SEC. 121. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 41, UNITED
STATES CODE (PUBLIC CONTRACTS).
(a) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF FRAUDU-
LENT WAR CONTRACT SETTLEMENTS.—Section 16 of the
Contract Settlement Act of 1944 (41 U.S.C. 116) is re-
pealed.
(b) RECORDS OF WAR CONTRACT FINANCING AND
TERMINATIONS.—Section 18(a) of the Contract Settle-
ment Act of 1944 (41 U.S.C. 118(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘; and (2) the records in connec-
tion therewith to be transmitted to the General Ac-
counting Office’’.
(c) COPIES OF CONTRACTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE
DETERMINATIONS.—Section 307(b) of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C.
257(b)) is amended by striking the second sentence.
SEC. 122. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE 42, UNITED
STATES CODE (PUBLIC HEALTH AND WEL-
FARE).
(a) CONSULTATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH.—Section
408(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
284c(a)(3)) is amended by striking the last sentence.
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(b) AUDIT OF NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR BIO-
MEDICAL
RESEARCH.—Section 499(n) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290b(n)) is repealed.
(c) CONSULTATION AND REPORTS ON GRANTS FOR
TRANSITION FROM HOMELESSNESS.—Section 528 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290cc-28) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Comp-
troller General of the United States, and’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Comptroller
General of the United States in cooperation with
the’’ and by striking the comma after ‘‘Administra-
tion’’.
(d) CONSULTATION AND REPORT ON TRAUMA CARE
GRANTS.—Section 1216(a) of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 300d–16(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘and
the Comptroller General of the United States’’.
(e) CONSULTATION ON MENTAL HEALTH AND SUB-
STANCE ABUSE BLOCK GRANTS.—Section 1942(a) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–52(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘and the Comptroller General’’.
(f) STATE REPORTS
ON MATERNAL
AND CHILD
HEALTH PROGRAMS.—Section 506(a)(1) of the Act of Au-
gust 14, 1935, ch. 531 (42 U.S.C. 706(a)(1)) is amended
by striking ‘‘and the Comptroller General’’.