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48 U.S.C. § 1422dTransfer of functions from government comptroller for Guam to Inspector General, Department of the Interior

submitted 76 years ago by Pub. L. 97-357 to r/title-48-TERRITORIES-AND-INSULAR-POSSESSIONS · 281 words · no verdicts yet

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Audit functions formerly held by Guam's government comptroller are transferred to the Interior Department Inspector General. The Inspector General may audit Guam's accounts and report irregularities, and related personnel, property, records, funds, and obligations transfer with the function.

(a) Functions, powers, and duties transferred. To create an organization maintaining satisfactory independent audit oversight of Guam's government, the following former comptroller functions go to the Interior Department Inspector General: (1) authority to audit all accounts concerning Guam government revenue and receipts and bond-issue funds, and, under law and administrative rules, all expenditures of Guam government funds and property, including trust funds; and (2) authority to report to the Interior Secretary and Guam Governor failures to collect money owed the government and irregular or unlawful expenditures or property use. (b) Scope. The transferred authority covers all Guam government activities and supplements the Inspector General's authority under chapter 4 of title 5. (c) Transfer of people and property. To carry out this section, the personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unspent balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds of the Guam comptroller's office connected to its audit function transfer to the Interior Department Inspector General's Office.
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(a) Functions, powers, and duties transferred

The following functions, powers, and duties heretofore vested in the government comptroller for Guam 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 Guam:

(1)

The authority to audit all accounts pertaining to the revenue and receipts of the government of Guam, 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 Guam including those pertaining to trust funds held by the government of Guam.

(2)

The authority to report to the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of Guam 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) Scope of authority transferred

The authority granted in paragraph (a) shall extend to all activities of the government of Guam, and shall be in addition to the authority conferred upon the Inspector General by chapter 4 of title 5.

(c) Transfer of personnel, assets, etc., of office of government comptroller for Guam to Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior

In order to carry out the provisions of this section, the 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 are hereby transferred to the Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior.

Source credit: (Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 9–A, as added Pub. L. 97–357, title I, § 104(b), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1706; amended Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(91), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4352.)

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  • 1950Enacted · Pub. L. 97-357 · 96 Stat. 1706
  • 2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-286 · 136 Stat. 4352

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 97-357 on 1950-08-01.

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