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[CITE: 48USC1422d]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                            CHAPTER 8A--GUAM
 
                   SUBCHAPTER II--THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
 
Sec. 1422d. Transfer of functions from government comptroller 
        for Guam to Inspector General, Department of the Interior
        

(a) Functions, powers, and duties transferred

    The following functions, powers, and duties heretofore vested in the 
government comptroller for Guam are hereby transferred to the Inspector 
General, Department of the Interior, for the purpose of establishing an 
organization which will maintain a satisfactory level of independent 
audit oversight of the government of Guam:
        (1) The authority to audit all accounts pertaining to the 
    revenue and receipts of the government of Guam, and of funds derived 
    from bond issues, and the authority to audit, in accordance with law 
    and administrative regulations, all expenditures of funds and 
    property pertaining to the government of Guam including those 
    pertaining to trust funds held by the government of Guam.
        (2) The authority to report to the Secretary of the Interior and 
    the Governor of Guam all failures to collect amounts due the 
    government, and expenditures of funds or uses of property which are 
    irregular or not pursuant to law.

(b) Scope of authority transferred

    The authority granted in paragraph (a) of this section shall extend 
to all activities of the government of Guam, and shall be in addition to 
the authority conferred upon the Inspector General by the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 1101), as amended.

(c) Transfer of personnel, assets, etc., of office of government 
        comptroller for Guam to Office of Inspector General, Department 
        of the Interior

    In order to carry out the provisions of this section, the personnel, 
assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended 
balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds 
employed, held, used, arising from, available or to be made available, 
of the office of the government comptroller for Guam related to its 
audit function are hereby transferred to the Office of Inspector 
General, Department of the Interior.

(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, Sec. 9-A, as added Pub. L. 97-357, title I, 
Sec. 104(b), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1706.)

                       References in Text

    The Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (b), is 
Pub. L. 95-452, Oct. 12, 1978, 92 Stat. 1101, as amended, which is set 
out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1422d, act Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, Sec. 9-A, as added 
Sept. 11, 1968, Pub. L. 90-497, Sec. 5, 82 Stat. 845; amended Oct. 15, 
1977, Pub. L. 95-134, title II, Sec. 203(a), 91 Stat. 1161, related to 
the creation, auditing function, and reporting duty of the office of a 
government comptroller for Guam, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97-357, 
Sec. 104(b).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1421g of this title.
