2 U.S.C. § 687 : US Code - Section 687: Suits by Comptroller General

Search 2 U.S.C. § 687 : US Code - Section 687: Suits by Comptroller General

If, under this chapter, budget authority is required to be made
available for obligation and such budget authority is not made
available for obligation, the Comptroller General is hereby
expressly empowered, through attorneys of his own selection, to
bring a civil action in the United States District Court for the
District of Columbia to require such budget authority to be made
available for obligation, and such court is hereby expressly
empowered to enter in such civil action, against any department,
agency, officer, or employee of the United States, any decree,
judgment, or order which may be necessary or appropriate to make
such budget authority available for obligation. No civil action
shall be brought by the Comptroller General under this section
until the expiration of 25 calendar days of continuous session of
the Congress following the date on which an explanatory statement
by the Comptroller General of the circumstances giving rise to the
action contemplated has been filed with the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President of the Senate.