Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§2606 Audits of U.s. Funds Received by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Title 22 › CHAPTER 36 — MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE › § 2606

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money cannot be given to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees under this law or any other law unless annual audits are set up to check how UNHCR and the groups it hires use the funds. The audits must be sent through the Department of State so the Comptroller General of the United States can inspect them. The first audit had to begin by June 1, 1986.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2606

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(a)Program audits
Funds may not be available to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) under this chapter or any other Act unless provision is made for— (1)
(2)such audits are made available through the Department of State for inspection by the Comptroller General of the United States.
(b)First program audit
The first program audit pursuant to subsection (a)(1) shall begin not later than June 1, 1986.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 87–510, June 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 121, known as the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, which enacted this chapter, amended section 1104 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality, repealed section 1925(a), (c), (d), and 1951(c) of this title, enacted a provision set out as a note under section 2601 of this title, and amended a provision set out as a note under section 1182 of Title 8. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2601 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

1995—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 104–66 redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (b). Text read as follows: “The Comptroller General of the United States shall inspect each such audit and submit a report of that inspection to the Congress.” 1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–246 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “Funds may not be made available to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees under this chapter or any other Act unless by June 1, 1986, the High Commissioner provides for— “(1) annual program audits by an independent consultant, as selected by the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to determine the use of such funds, including audits of the use of such funds by private and voluntary organizations; and “(2) such audits to be made available through the Executive Committee to the Department of State and for inspection by the Comptroller General of the United States.”

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2606

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110