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[CITE: 42USC2206]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
          CHAPTER 23--DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY
 
                        Division A--Atomic Energy
 
            SUBCHAPTER XIII--GENERAL AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION
 
Sec. 2206. Comptroller General audit

    No moneys appropriated for the purposes of this chapter shall be 
available for payments under any contract with the Commission, 
negotiated without advertising, except contracts with any foreign 
government or any agency thereof and contracts with foreign producers, 
unless such contract includes a clause to the effect that the 
Comptroller General of the United States or any of his duly authorized 
representatives shall, until the expiration of three years after final 
payment, have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent 
books, documents, papers, and records of the contractor or any of his 
subcontractors engaged in the performance of, and involving transactions 
related to such contracts or subcontracts: Provided, however, That no 
moneys so appropriated shall be available for payment under such 
contract which includes any provision precluding an audit by the General 
Accounting Office of any transaction under such contract: And provided 
further, That nothing in this section shall preclude the earlier 
disposal of contractor and subcontractor records in accordance with 
records disposal schedules agreed upon between the Commission and the 
General Accounting Office.

(Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, Sec. 166, as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 
1073, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 951; amended Pub. L. 85-681, Sec. 8, Aug. 19, 
1958, 72 Stat. 634; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102-486, title IX, 
Sec. 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944.)


                               Amendments

    1958--Pub. L. 85-681 inserted proviso relating to records disposal.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by 
sections 5814 and 5841 of this title. See, also, notes set out under 
those sections.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 5876 of this title; title 15 
section 2708.
