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59 Stat. 600; 70 Stat. 667.

Annual audit by independent accountants.

Records, availability.

Report to Congress, contents. Ante, p. 1333.

Audit by Comptroller General.

Records, availability.

Report to Congress, contents.

PUBLIC LAW 91.518-OCT. 30, 1970

[84 STAT.

SEC. 8a2. EFFECT ON PENDING PROCEEDINGS. Upon enactment of this Act, no railroad may discontinue any intercity rail passenger service whatsoever other than in accordance with the provisions of this Act, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, the laws or constitution of any State, or the decision or order of, or the pendency of any proceeding before, any Federal or State court, agency, or authority. SEC. 803. SEPARABILITY. If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby SEC. 804. ACCOUNTABILITY. Section 201 of the Government Corporation Control Act (31 U.S.C. 856) is amended by striking out "and" immediately preceding " (5) " and b}^ inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: "and (6) the National Railroad Passenger Corporation". SEC. 805. RECORDS AND AUDIT OF THE CORPORATION. (1)(A) The accounts of the Corporation shall be audited annually in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by independent certified public accountants or independent licensed public accountants certified or licensed by a regulatory authority of a State or other political subdivision of the United States. The audit shall be conducted at the place or places where the accounts of the Corporation are normally kept. All books, accounts, financial records, reports, files, and other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by the Corporation and necessary to facilitate the audit shall be made available to the person conducting the audit; and full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or securities held by depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians shall be afforded to such person. (B) The report of each such independent audit shall be included in the annual report required by section 308(a) of this Act. The audit report shall set forth the scope of the audit and include such statements as are necessary to present fairly the Corporation's assets and liabilities, surplus or deficit, with an analysis of the changes therein during the year, supplemented in reasonable detail by a statement of the Corporation's income and expenses during the year, and a statement of the sources and application of funds, together with the independent auditor's opinion of those statements. (2)(A) The financial transactions of the Corporation for any fiscal year during which Federal funds are available to finance any portion of its operations' may be audited by the Comptroller General of the United States in accordance with the principles and procedures applicable to commercial corporate transactions and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Comptroller General. Any such audit shall be conducted at the place or places where accounts of the Corporation are normally kept. The representative of the Comptroller General shall have access to all books, accounts, records, reports, files, and other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by the Corporation pertaining to its financial transactions and necessary to facilitate the audit, and they shall be afforded full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or securities held by depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians. All such books, accounts, records, reports, files, papers, and property of the Corporation shall remain in possession and custody of the Corporation. (B) A report of each such audit shall be made by the Comptroller General to the Congress. The report to the Congress shall contain such comments and information as the Comptroller General may

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