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U.S. Code/Title 31/§ 712

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31 U.S.C. § 712.Chapter 7

§ 712

Investigating the use of public money

Title 31
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Subchapter: GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS

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The Comptroller General shall—

((1)) investigate all matters related to the receipt, disbursement, and use of public money;

((2)) estimate the cost to the United States Government of complying with each restriction on expenditures of a specific appropriation in a general appropriation law and report each estimate to Congress with recommendations the Comptroller General considers desirable;

((3)) analyze expenditures of each executive agency the Comptroller General believes will help Congress decide whether public money has been used and expended economically and efficiently;

((4)) make an investigation and report ordered by either House of Congress or a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over revenue, appropriations, or expenditures; and

((5)) give a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over revenue, appropriations, or expenditures the help and information the committee requests.

§ 711

Release: pl-119-108 (2026-09-11)

§ 713

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