Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-110
§783 Rules and Regulations
Title 31 › SUBTITLE I — GENERAL › CHAPTER 7 — GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE › SUBCHAPTER VI — PROPERTY MANAGEMENT › § 783
Summary
The Comptroller General can make rules for running the General Accounting Office Building and can add reasonable penalties (within the limits below) to make people follow them. Those rules must be posted where people can clearly see them on the federal property. Anyone who breaks a rule made under this authority can be fined up to $500, jailed up to 6 months, or both.
Full Legal Text
Title 31, §783
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(a)The Comptroller General is authorized to make all needful rules and regulations for the Government of the General Accounting Office Building, and to annex to such rules and regulations such reasonable penalties, within the limits prescribed in subsection (b), as will ensure their enforcement. Such rules and regulations shall be posted and kept posted in a conspicuous place on such Federal property.
(b)Whoever shall violate any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
General Accounting Office redesignated Government Accountability Office. See section 8 of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of this title.
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Citation
31 U.S.C. § 783
Title 31, Money and Finance
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110