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[CITE: 42USC10224]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 108--NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY
 
     SUBCHAPTER III--OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIOACTIVE WASTE
 
Sec. 10224. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management


(a) Establishment

    There hereby is established within the Department of Energy an 
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. The Office shall be 
headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall be compensated 
at the rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of title 5.

(b) Functions of Director

    The Director of the Office shall be responsible for carrying out the 
functions of the Secretary under this chapter, subject to the general 
supervision of the Secretary. The Director of the Office shall be 
directly responsible to the Secretary.

(c) Annual report to Congress

    The Director of the Office shall annually prepare and submit to the 
Congress a comprehensive report on the activities and expenditures of 
the Office.

(d) Audit by GAO

    If requested by either House of the Congress (or any committee 
thereof) or if considered necessary by the Comptroller General, the 
General Accounting Office shall conduct an audit of the Office, in 
accord with such regulations as the Comptroller General may prescribe. 
The Comptroller General shall have access to such books, records, 
accounts, and other materials of the Office as the Comptroller General 
determines to be necessary for the preparation of such audit. The 
Comptroller General shall submit a report on the results of each audit 
conducted under this section.

(Pub. L. 97-425, title III, Sec. 304, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2261; Pub. 
L. 104-66, title I, Sec. 1052(l), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 719.)


                               Amendments

    1995--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-66 amended heading and text of 
subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ``The 
Comptroller General of the United States shall annually make an audit of 
the Office, in accordance with such regulations as the Comptroller 
General may prescribe. The Comptroller General shall have access to such 
books, records, accounts, and other materials of the Office as the 
Comptroller General determines to be necessary for the preparation of 
such audit. The Comptroller General shall submit to the Congress a 
report on the results of each audit conducted under this section.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 7267, 10101 of this title.
