31 USC 702: General Accounting Office
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31 USC 702: General Accounting Office Text contains those laws in effect on January 4, 1995
From Title 31-MONEY AND FINANCESUBTITLE I-GENERALCHAPTER 7-GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICESUBCHAPTER I-DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL ORGANIZATION
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§702. General Accounting Office

(a) The General Accounting Office is an instrumentality of the United States Government independent of the executive departments.

(b) The head of the Office is the Comptroller General of the United States. The Office has a Deputy Comptroller General of the United States.

(c) The Comptroller General may adopt a seal for the Office.

( Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 887 ; Pub. L. 100–545, §2(b), Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2729 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
702(a) 31:41(1st sentence less last 14 words, 2d, 3d sentences). June 10, 1921, ch. 18, §301, 42 Stat. 23 .
702(b) 31:41(1st sentence last 14 words).
  31:42(a)(1st sentence words before comma). June 10, 1921, ch. 18, §302(a)(1st sentence words before 1st comma), 42 Stat. 23 ; Apr. 3, 1980, Pub. L. 96–226, §104(a), 94 Stat. 314 .
  31:1154(d)(1st sentence). Oct. 26, 1970, Pub. L. 91–510, §204(d)(1st sentence), 84 Stat. 1168 ; restated July 12, 1974, Pub. L. 93–344, §702(a), 88 Stat. 326 .
  31:1155(a). Oct. 26, 1970, Pub. L. 91–510, §205(a), 84 Stat. 1168 .
702(c) 31:51–1. Jan. 2, 1975, Pub. L. 93–604, §501(a), 88 Stat. 1962 .
702(d) 31:41(last sentence).

In subsection (a), the words "instrumentality of the United States Government" are substituted for "establishment of the Government" for consistency. The words "created . . . to be" and 31:41(2d, 3d sentences) are omitted as executed.

Subsection (b) is substituted for 31:41(1st sentence last 14 words) and 42(a)(1st sentence words before comma) to eliminate unnecessary words and for consistency. The word "Deputy" is substituted for "Assistant" because of section 101 of the Act of July 9, 1971 ( Pub. L. 92–51, 85 Stat. 143 ). The text of 31:1154(d)(1st sentence) and 1155(a) is omitted as unnecessary because the Comptroller General, as the head of the Office, has the authority to establish constituent parts of the Office to carry out duties and powers unless otherwise specified by law.

In subsection (c), the words "Administrator of General Services" are substituted for "the head of any Federal agency which exercises authority over such building" for clarity. The words "of the United States" are omitted as surplus.

Amendments

1988-Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 100–545 redesignated subsec. (d) as (c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which directed Administrator of General Services to provide Comptroller General with space in General Accounting Office Building.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 735 of this title.