Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/936

 96 STAT. 894

PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982 (c) The Comptroller General shall develop and recommend to Congress ways to evaluate a program or activity the Government carries out under existing law. (d)(1) On request of a committee of Congress, the Comptroller General shall help the committee to— (A) develop a statement of legislative goals and ways to assess and report program performance related to the goals, including recommended ways to assess performance, information to be reported, responsibility for reporting, frequency of reports, and feasibility of pilot testing; and (B) assess program evaluations prepared by and for an agency. (2) On request of a member of Congress, the Comptroller General shall give the member a copy of the material the Comptroller General compiles in carrying out this subsection that has been released by the committee for which the material was compiled. § 718. Availability of draft reports (a) A draft report of an audit under section 714 of this title shall be submitted to the Financial Institutions Examination Council, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for comment for 3 days. (b)(1) The Comptroller General may submit a part of a draft report to an agency for comment for more than 30 days only if the Comptroller General decides, after a showing by the agency, that a longer period is necessary and likely to result in a more accurate report. The report may not be delayed because the agency does not comment within the comment period. (2) When a draft report is submitted to an agency for comment, the Comptroller General shall make the draft report available on request to— (A) either House of Congress, a committee of Congress, or a member of Congress if the report was begun because of a request of the House, committee, or member; or (B) the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives if the report was not begun because of a request of either House of Congress, a committee of Congress, or a member of Congress. (3) This subsection is subject to statutory and executive order guidelines for handling and storing classified information and material. (c) A final report of the Comptroller General shall include— (1) a statement of significant changes of a finding, conclusion, or recommendation in an earlier draft report because of comments on the draft by an agency; (2) a statement of the reasons the changes were made; and (3) for a draft report submitted under subsection (a) of this section, written comments of the agency submitted during the comment period. § 719. Comptroller General reports (a) At the beginning of each regular session of Congress, the Comptroller General shall report to Congress (and to the President when requested by the President) on the work of the Comptroller General. A report shall include recommendations on—

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