Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73
§5108 Audit of private organizations
Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS › Part PART B— - UNITED STATES CAPITOL › Chapter CHAPTER 51— - UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS › § 5108
Summary
Private organizations—whether for-profit or not and whether their income benefits anyone—except political parties or federal-election committees, that work in the U.S. Capitol buildings or on its grounds must be audited yearly by the Comptroller General, who must report to the Senate and House.
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Title 40, §5108
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A private organization (except a political party or committee constituted for the election of federal officials), whether or not organized for profit and whether or not any of its income inures to the benefit of any person, that performs services or conducts activities in the United States Capitol Buildings or Grounds is subject to a special audit of its accounts for each year in which it performs those services or conducts those activities. The Comptroller General shall conduct the audit and report the results of the audit to the Senate and the House of Representatives.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 510840:193m–1.Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 451(a), Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1193. The words “as defined by or pursuant to law” are omitted as unnecessary because of section 5101 and 5102 of the revised title. The words “Comptroller General” are substituted for “General Accounting Office” because of 31:702 and for consistency in the revised title.
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40 U.S.C. § 5108
Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73