Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/938

 96 STAT. 896

PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982 committees with jurisdiction over legislation related to the operation of each executive agency, (f) The Comptroller General shall give the President information on expenditures and accounting the President requests. (g) When the Comptroller General submits a report to Congress, the Comptroller General shall deliver copies of the report to— (1) the Committees on Governmental Affairs and Appropriations of the Senate; (2) the Committees on Government Operations and Appropriations of the House; (3) a committee of Congress that requested information on any part of a program or activity of a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government (except a mixed-ownership Government corporation) or the District of Columbia government that is the subject of any part of a report; and (4) any other committee of Congress requesting a copy. (h)(1) The Comptroller General shall prepare— (A) each month a list of reports issued during the prior month; and (B) at least once each year a list of reports issued during the prior 12 months. (2) A copy of each list shall be sent to each committee of Congress and each member of Congress. On request, the Comptroller General promptly shall provide a copy of a report to a committee or member. (i) On request of a committee of Congress, the Comptroller General shall explain to and discuss with the committee or committee staff a report the Comptroller General makes that would help the committee— (1) evaluate a program or activity of an agency within the jurisdiction of the committee; or (2) in its consideration of proposed legislation.

"Agency."

§ 720. Agency reports (a) In this section, "agency" means a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government (except a mixedownership Government corporation) or the District of Columbia government. (b) When the Comptroller General makes a report that includes a recommendation to the head of an agency, the head of the agency shall submit a written statement on action taken on the recommendation by the head of the agency. The statement shall be submitted to— (1) the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government Operations of the House of Representatives before the 61st day after the date of the report; and (2) the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress in the first request for appropriations submitted more than 60 days after the date of the report. SUBCHAPTER III—PERSONNEL §731. General (a) The Comptroller General may appoint, pay, assign, and remove officers (except the Deputy Comptroller General) and employees the

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