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 PUBLIC LAW 107-289—NOV. 7, 2002 116 STAT. 2049 Public Law 107-289 107th Congress An Act To amend title 31, United States Code, to expand the types of Federal agencies that are required to prepare audited financial statements. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Accountabihty of Tax Dollars Act of 2002". SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AUDITING REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL AGENCY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3515 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking "Not later" and inserting "(1) Except as provided in subsection (e), not later"; (B) by striking "each executive agency identified in section 901(b) of this title" and inserting "each covered executive agency"; and (C) by striking "1997" and inserting "2003"; (2) in subsection (b) by striking "an executive agency" and inserting "a covered executive agency"; (3) in subsections (c) and (d) by striking "executive agencies" each place it appears and inserting "covered executive agencies"; and (4) by adding at the end the following: "(e)(1) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may exempt a covered executive agency, except an agency described in section 901(b), from the requirements of this section with respect to a fiscal year if— "(A) the total amount of budget authority available to the agency for the fiscal year does not exceed $25,000,000; and "(B) the Director determines that requiring an annual audited financial statement for the agency with respect to the fiscal year is not warranted due to the absence of risks associated with the agency's operations, the agency's demonstrated performance, or other factors that the Director considers relevant. "(2) The Director shall annually notify the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate of each agency the Director has exempted under this subsection and the reasons for each exemption. "(f) The term 'covered executive agency'— Nov. 7, 2002 [H.R. 4685] Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002. 31 USC 3501 note. Notification.

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