Title 36Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73

§2309 Audit of financial transactions

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies › Part Part B— - United States Government Organizations Involved With Observances and Ceremonies › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM › § 2309

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Museum's financial transactions, including donated funds, must be audited by the Comptroller General when Congress asks, using generally accepted auditing standards. Authorized Comptroller General staff must be allowed to inspect all ledgers, records, reports, files, and any Museum property needed to check that transactions match the balances.

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Title 36, §2309

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Financial transactions of the Museum, including those involving donated funds, shall be audited by the Comptroller General as requested by Congress, in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. In conducting any audit pursuant to this section, appropriate representatives of the Comptroller General shall have access to all books, accounts, financial records, reports, files and other papers, items or property in use by the Museum, as necessary to facilitate such audit, and such representatives shall be afforded full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances.

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Prior Provisions

A prior section 2309, Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1280, related to authorization of appropriations, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 106–292.

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36 U.S.C. § 2309

Title 36Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73