Title 41Public ContractsRelease 119-73

§8505 Audit

Title 41 › Subtitle Subtitle IV— - Miscellaneous › Chapter CHAPTER 85— - COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED › § 8505

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Comptroller General can inspect the accounts, files, and other records of the Committee and of any central nonprofit agency the Committee names. The Comptroller General can also inspect the accounts, files, and other records of qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind and for people with severe disabilities, but only for records that relate to a fiscal year when that agency made a sale under this chapter.

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Title 41, §8505

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For the purpose of audit and examination, the Comptroller General shall have access to the books, documents, papers, and other records of— (1)
(2)qualified nonprofit agencies for the blind and qualified nonprofit agencies for other severely disabled that have sold products or services under this chapter to the extent those books, documents, papers, and other records relate to the activities of the agency in a fiscal year in which a sale was made under this chapter.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 850541:48a.June 25, 1938, ch. 697, § 4, 52 Stat. 1196; Pub. L. 92–28, § 1, June 23, 1971, 85 Stat. 81. In this section, before paragraph (1), the words “or any of his duly authorized representatives” are omitted because of 31:711(2). In paragraph (1), the words “central nonprofit” are added for clarity.

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41 U.S.C. § 8505

Title 41Public Contracts

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73