31 U.S.C. § 7305 — State auditing requirements

FEDERAL · 31 U.S.C. · Chapter 73

State auditing requirements

Current through Pub. L. 119-102

Title 31 — Money and Finance·Ch. 73 — ADMINISTERING BLOCK GRANTS

(a)The chief executive officer of each State shall conduct financial and compliance audits of block grant amounts received under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–35, 95 Stat. 357) and amounts received under a consolidated assistance program established or provided for in the Act. An audit shall be conducted for the 2-year period beginning on October 1, 1981, and for each 2-year period thereafter. As far as practicable, the audit shall be conducted consistent with standards the Comptroller General prescribes for the audit of governmental entities, programs, activities, and functions.

(b)An audit under subsection (a) of this section is in place of other financial and compliance audits of those amounts that the chief executive officer of the State is required to

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(a) The chief executive officer of each State shall conduct financial and compliance audits of block grant amounts received under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–35, 95 Stat. 357) and amounts received under a consolidated assistance program established or provided for in the Act. An audit shall be conducted for the 2-year period beginning on October 1, 1981, and for each 2-year period thereafter. As far as practicable, the audit shall be conducted consistent with standards the Comptroller General prescribes for the audit of governmental entities, programs, activities, and functions.
(b) An audit under subsection (a) of this section is in place of other financial and compliance audits of those amounts that the chief executive officer of the State is required to conduct under another provision of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–35, 95 Stat. 357) unless the other provision, by explicit reference to this section, provides otherwise.

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History

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1041.)

Editorial Notes

In subsection (a), the word "prescribes" is substituted for "established", and the word "entities" is substituted for "organizations", for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
In subsection (b), the words "of funds" and "conducted" are omitted as surplus.

Editorial Notes

References in Text
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 97–35, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 357. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Editorial Notes

Amendments
2016—Pub. L. 114–301, §2(a)(2), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1514, added item 7506 and struck out former items 7506 "Monitoring responsibilities of the Comptroller General" and 7507 "Effective date".
1996—Pub. L. 104–156, §2, July 5, 1996, 110 Stat. 1396, amended chapter analysis generally, substituting in item 7504 "Federal agency responsibilities and relations with non-Federal entities" for "Cognizant agency responsibilities" and in item 7507 "Effective date" for "Effective date; report".