Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§2690 Foreign gifts; audit; reports to Congress
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 38— - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › § 2690
Summary
Any spending for a gift to someone from a foreign country that uses emergency funds for diplomatic and consular work must be audited by the Comptroller General at the Government Accountability Office, who will send reports to Congress as needed. GAO staff may inspect any records, files, papers, or property related to that spending to carry out the audit.
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Title 22, §2690
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Any expenditure for any gift for any person of any foreign country which involves any funds made available to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service shall be audited by the Comptroller General and reports thereon made to the Congress to such extent and at such times as he may determine necessary. The representatives of the Government Accountability Office shall have access to all books, accounts, records, reports, files, and all other papers, things, or property pertaining to such expenditure and necessary to facilitate the audit.
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2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.
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22 U.S.C. § 2690
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73