2 U.S.C. § 686 : US Code - Section 686: Reports by Comptroller General

Search 2 U.S.C. § 686 : US Code - Section 686: Reports by Comptroller General

(a) Failure to transmit special message
If the Comptroller General finds that the President, the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget, the head of any department
or agency of the United States, or any other officer or employee of
the United States - 
(1) is to establish a reserve or proposes to defer budget
authority with respect to which the President is required to
transmit a special message under section 683 or 684 of this
title; or
(2) has ordered, permitted, or approved the establishment of
such a reserve or a deferral of budget authority;
and that the President has failed to transmit a special message
with respect to such reserve or deferral, the Comptroller General
shall make a report on such reserve or deferral and any available
information concerning it to both Houses of Congress. The
provisions of sections 682 to 688 of this title shall apply with
respect to such reserve or deferral in the same manner and with the
same effect as if such report of the Comptroller General were a
special message transmitted by the President under section 683 or
684 of this title, and, for purposes of sections 682 to 688 of this
title, such report shall be considered a special message
transmitted under section 683 or 684 of this title.
(b) Incorrect classification of special message
If the President has transmitted a special message to both Houses
of Congress in accordance with section 683 or 684 of this title,
and the Comptroller General believes that the President so
transmitted the special message in accordance with one of those
sections when the special message should have been transmitted in
accordance with the other of those sections, the Comptroller
General shall make a report to both Houses of the Congress setting
forth his reasons.