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[CITE: 48USC1681b]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
           CHAPTER 14--TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
 
Sec. 1681b. 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 with respect to the government of the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the government of the 
Northern Mariana Islands 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 governments of the Marshall Islands, the 
Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Mariana Islands:
        (1) The authority to audit all accounts pertaining to the 
    revenue and receipts of the governments of the Marshall Islands, the 
    Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Mariana 
    Islands, 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 aforementioned 
    governments including those pertaining to trust funds held by such 
    governments.
        (2) The authority to report to the Secretary of the Interior, 
    the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 
    the chief executives of the governments of the Marshall Islands, the 
    Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Mariana 
    Islands all failures to collect amounts due the governments, 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 governments of the Marshall Islands, the 
Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Mariana Islands, 
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. This section is not subject to termination under section 
502(a)(3) of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America (90 
Stat. 263, 268).

(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, with respect to the government of the Trust Territory of 
the Pacific Islands and the government of the Northern Mariana Islands 
are hereby transferred to the Office of Inspector General, Department of 
the Interior.

(June 30, 1954, ch. 423, Sec. 4, as added Pub. L. 97-357, title II, 
Sec. 203(b), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1707.)

                       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.
    Section 502(a)(3) of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of 
America, referred to in subsec. (b), is contained in section 1 of Pub. 
L. 94-241, set out as a note under section 1801 of this title.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 1681b, acts June 30, 1954, ch. 423, Sec. 4, as added 
Sept. 21, 1973, Pub. L. 93-111, Sec. 2, 87 Stat. 354; amended Oct. 15, 
1977, Pub. L. 95-134, title II, Sec. 203(b), 91 Stat. 1162; Mar. 12, 
1980, Pub. L. 96-205, title II, Sec. 201(b), 94 Stat. 85, related to 
duties of government comptroller for Guam in addition to those imposed 
by Organic Act of Guam, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97-357, Sec. 203(b).
