PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Authorized government representatives may inspect and copy a contractor’s or subcontractor’s books, records, and papers to check if they followed the cost accounting rules and used their disclosed accounting practices consistently. Those representatives include someone chosen by the agency head, an agency inspector general, or the Comptroller General.

Title 41, §1505

Public Contracts, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

To determine whether a contractor or subcontractor has complied with cost accounting standards prescribed under this chapter and has followed consistently the contractor’s or subcontractor’s disclosed cost accounting practices, an authorized representative of the head of the agency concerned, of the offices of inspector general established under chapter 4 of title 5, or of the Comptroller General shall have the right to examine and copy documents, papers, or records of the contractor or subcontractor relating to compliance with the standards.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 150541:422(k).Pub. L. 93–400, § 26(k), as added Pub. L. 100–679, § 5(a), Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 4062.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5,” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.),”.

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