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PUBLIC LAW 91-258-MAY 21, 1970

SEC. 25. FALSE STATEMENTS. Any officer, agent, or employee of the United States, or any officer, agent, or employee of any public agency, or any person, association, firm, or corporation who, with intent to defraud the United States— (1) knowingly makes any false statement, false representation, or false report as to the character, quality, quantity, or cost of the material used or to be used, or the quantity or quality of the work performed or to be performed, or the costs thereof, in connection with the submission of plans, maps, specifications, contracts, or estimates of project costs for any project submitted to the Secretary for approval under this part; (2) knowingly makes any false statement, false representation, or false report or claim for work or materials for any project approved by the Secretary under this part; or (3) knowingly makes any false statement or false representation in any report required to be made under this part; shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for not to exceed five years or by a fine of not to exceed $10,000, or by both. SEC. 26. ACCESS TO RECORDS. (a) RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.—Each recipient of a grant under this part shall keep such records as the Secretary may prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and the disposition by the recipient of the proceeds of the grant, the total cost of the plan or program in connection with which the grant is given or used, and the amount and nature of that portion of the Qost of the plan or program supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.

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(b) AUDIT AND EXAMINATION.—The Secretary and the Comptroller

General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipient that are pertinent to grants received under this part. (c) AUDIT REPORTS.—In any case in which an independent audit is made of the accounts of a recipient of a grant under this part relating to the disposition of the proceeds of such grant or relating to the plan or program in connection with which the grant was given or used, the recipient shall file a certified copy of such audit with the Comptroller General of the United States not later than six months following the close of the fiscal year for which the audit was made. On or before January 8 of each year the Comptroller General shall make a report Report to to the Congress describing the results of each audit conducted or ^°"^'"^^^reviewed by him under this section during the preceding fiscal year. The Comptroller General shall prescribe such regulations as he may Regulations. deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this subsection. (d) WITHHOLDING INFORMATION.—Nothing in this section shall authorize the withholding of information by the Secretary or the Comptroller General of the United States, or any officer or employee under the control of either of them, from the duly authorized committees of the Congress. SEC. 27. GENERAL POWERSl The Secretary is empowered to perform such acts, to conduct such investigations and public hearings, to issue and amend such orders, and to make and amend such regulations and procedures, pursuant to and consistent with the provisions of this part, as he considers necessary to carry out the provisions of, and to exercise and perform his powers and duties under, this part.

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