31 U.S.C. § 716

Availability of information and inspection of records

United States · Title 31 — MONEY AND FINANCE · Status: effective

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Citation: 31 U.S.C. § 716, Availability of information and inspection of records, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/467456
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Through an attorney the Comptroller General designates in writing, the Comptroller General may bring a civil action in the district court of the United States for the District of Columbia to require the head of the agency to produce a record— The Comptroller General may not bring a civil action for a record withheld under subsection (b) of this section or issue a subpena under subsection (c) of this section if— the record is specifically exempted from disclosure to the Comptroller General by a statute that—

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.

Enacted byPub. L. 97-258(H.R. 6128)1982-09-13
A bill to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, as title 31, United States Code, "Money and Finance".
House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
Amended byPub. L. 108-271(H.R. 2751)2004-07-07
GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004
House: 382–43Senate: no recorded tally
Amended byPub. L. 115-3(H.R. 72)2017-01-31
GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2017
House: no recorded tallySenate: 99–0