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Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-102

§6508 Studies and Reports

Title 31 › SUBTITLE V — GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 65 — INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION › § 6508

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a congressional committee that oversees a grant asks, the Comptroller General must study the program. The study checks if it duplicates other grants, how it could be made more effective, efficient, economical, and uniform, and its financial and administrative procedures. The Comptroller General must give Congress a report and recommendations and, when possible, do so the year before a program ends. If asked, the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations must study effects on state and local structure, finances, and coordination with the federal government, and report to the requesting committee and to Congress.

Full Legal Text

Title 31, §6508

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(a)(1)When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over a grant program, the Comptroller General shall study the program. The study shall include a review of—
(A)the extent to which—
(i)the program conflicts with or duplicates other grant programs; and
(ii)more effective, efficient, economical, and uniform administration of the program may be achieved by changing the requirements and procedures applicable to it; and
(B)budgetary, accounting, reporting, and administrative procedures of the program.
(2)The Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on a study made under this subsection and any recommendations. To the extent practicable, a report on an expiring program shall be submitted in the year before the year in which a program ends.
(b)(1)When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over a grant program, the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations shall study the intergovernmental relations aspects of the program, including—
(A)the impact of the program on the structural organization of States and local governments and on Federal-State-local fiscal relations; and
(B)the coordination of administration of the program by the United States Government and State and local governments.
(2)The Commission shall submit to the committee requesting the study and to Congress a report and any recommendations.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 6508(a)42:4242.Oct. 16, 1968, Pub. L. 90–577, §§ 602, 603, 82 Stat. 1107. 6508(b)42:4243. In the section, the words “of Congress” are added for clarity. The words “grant program” are substituted for “grant-in-aid program” for consistency in the chapter. In subsection (a)(1), before clause (A), the words “The study shall include a review of” are substituted for “to determine” for clarity. In clause (B), the words “among other relevant matters” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (b)(1)(B), the words “administration of the program by the United States Government” are substituted for “Federal administration” for consistency in the revised title. In subsection (b)(2), the words “requesting the study” are added for clarity.

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Citation

31 U.S.C. § 6508

Title 31, Money and Finance

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102