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Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and WorksRelease 119-73not60

§15704 Inspector General; Records

Title 40 › Subtitle SUBTITLE V— REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 157— ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 15704

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

There must be one Inspector General for all the Commissions, appointed under section 403(a) of title 5. Each Commission and anyone who gets money from a Commission must keep accurate, complete records of their activities and spending and must report on them. Those records must be open for audit by the Commission and the Inspector General (and their authorized staff), and the Inspector General must audit each Commission every year.

Full Legal Text

Title 40, §15704

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(a)There shall be an Inspector General for the Commissions appointed in accordance with section 403(a) of title 5. All of the Commissions shall be subject to a single Inspector General.
(b)(1)A Commission shall maintain accurate and complete records of all its transactions and activities.
(2)All records of a Commission shall be available for audit and examination by the Inspector General (including authorized representatives of the Inspector General).
(c)(1)A recipient of funds from a Commission under this subtitle shall maintain accurate and complete records of transactions and activities financed with the funds and report to the Commission on the transactions and activities.
(2)All records required under paragraph (1) shall be available for audit by the Commission and the Inspector General (including authorized representatives of the Commission and the Inspector General).
(d)The Inspector General shall audit the activities, transactions, and records of each Commission on an annual basis.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “section 403(a) of title 5.” for “section 3(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after June 18, 2008, see section 14217(d) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 15101 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

40 U.S.C. § 15704

Title 40 — Public Buildings, Property, and Works

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60