22 U.S.C. § 2690
Foreign gifts; audit; reports to Congress
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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- 22 U.S.C. § 2690, Foreign gifts; audit; reports to Congress, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/457018
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Any expenditure for any gift for any person of any foreign country which involves any funds made available to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service shall be audited by the Comptroller General and reports thereon made to the Congress to such extent and at such times as he may determine necessary. The representatives of the Government Accountability Office shall have access to all books, accounts, records, reports, files, and all other papers, things, or property pertaining to such expenditure and necessary to facilitate the audit.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1977House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for the Department of State, the International Communications Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004House: 382–43Senate: no recorded tally