31 U.S.C. § 712 : US Code - Section 712: Investigating the use of public money

Search 31 U.S.C. § 712 : US Code - Section 712: Investigating the use of public money

The Comptroller General shall -
(1) investigate all matters related to the receipt,
disbursement, and use of public money;
(2) estimate the cost to the United States Government of
complying with each restriction on expenditures of a specific
appropriation in a general appropriation law and report each
estimate to Congress with recommendations the Comptroller General
considers desirable;
(3) analyze expenditures of each executive agency the
Comptroller General believes will help Congress decide whether
public money has been used and expended economically and
efficiently;
(4) make an investigation and report ordered by either House of
Congress or a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over
revenue, appropriations, or expenditures; and
(5) give a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over
revenue, appropriations, or expenditures the help and information
the committee requests.