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[CITE: 5USC2304]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
                   CHAPTER 23--MERIT SYSTEM PRINCIPLES
 
Sec. 2304. Responsibility of the General Accounting Office

    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 audits and reviews to assure 
compliance with the laws, rules, and regulations governing employment in 
the executive branch and in the competitive service and to assess the 
effectiveness and soundness of Federal personnel management.

(Added Pub. L. 95-454, title I, Sec. 101(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 
1118; amended Pub. L. 102-378, Sec. 2(6), Oct. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 1346; 
Pub. L. 104-66, title II, Sec. 2181(e), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 732.)


                               Amendments

    1995--Pub. L. 104-66 struck out subsec. (a) designation before ``If 
requested by'' and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: ``The 
General Accounting Office shall prepare and submit an annual report to 
the President and the Congress on the activities of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board and the Office of Personnel Management. The report 
shall include a description of--
        ``(1) significant actions taken by the Board to carry out its 
    functions under this title; and
        ``(2) significant actions of the Office of Personnel Management, 
    including an analysis of whether or not the actions of the Office 
    are in accord with merit system principles and free from prohibited 
    personnel practices.''
    1992--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-378 substituted ``The'' for ``the'' 
at beginning of first sentence.
