§ 1668. Reporting duties of Governor and transfer of functions from government comptroller for American Samoa to Inspector General, Department of the Interior
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(a)Comprehensive annual financial report; contents; other reports The Governor of American Samoa shall prepare, publish, and submit to the Congress and the Secretary of the Interior a comprehensive annual financial report in conformance with the standards of the National Council on Governmental Accounting within one hundred and twenty days after the close of the fiscal year. The comprehensive annual financial report shall include statistical data as set forth in the standards of the National Council of Governmental Accounting relating to the physical, economic, social, and political characteristics of the government, and any other information required by the Congress. The Governor shall also make such other reports at such other times as may be required by the Congress or under applicable Federal law.
(b)Functions, powers, and duties transferred The following functions, powers, and duties heretofore vested in the government comptroller for American Samoa are hereby transferred to the Inspector General, Department of the Interior, for the purpose of establishing an organization which will maintain a satisfactory level of independent audit oversight of the government of American Samoa:
(1)The authority to audit all accounts pertaining to the revenue and receipts of the government of American Samoa, and of funds derived from bond issues, and the authority to audit, in accordance with law and administrative regulations, all expenditures of funds and property pertaining to the government of American Samoa including those pertaining to trust funds held by the government of American Samoa.
(2)The authority to report to the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of American Samoa all failures to collect amounts due the government, and expenditures of funds or uses or property which are irregular or not pursuant to law.
(c)Scope of authority transferred The authority granted in paragraph
(b)shall extend to all activities of the government of American Samoa, and shall be in addition to the authority conferred upon the Inspector General by chapter 4 of title 5.
(d)Transfer of personnel, assets, etc., of office of government comptroller for American Samoa to Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior In order to carry out the provisions of this section, the personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available or to be made available, of the office of the government comptroller for American Samoa relating to its audit function are hereby transferred to the Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior.
(Pub. L. 96–205, title V, § 501, as added Pub. L. 97–357, title IV, § 402, Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1711; amended Pub. L. 105–362, title IX, § 901(o), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3291; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(93), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4352.)
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- Public Law 97–357To authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes
- Public Law 105–362To eliminate unnecessary and wasteful Federal reports
- Public Law 117–286To make revisions in title 5, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code
- Public Law 96–205To authorize appropriations for certain insular areas of the United States, and for other purposes
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- Pub. L. 96–205, title V, § 501
- Pub. L. 97–357, title IV, § 402
- 96 Stat. 1711
- Pub. L. 105–362, title IX, § 901
- 112 Stat. 3291
- 136 Stat. 4352
- 94 Stat. 90
- Pub. L. 97–357, § 402
- 92 Stat. 1101
- Pub. L. 105–362
- section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66
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§ 1668
Reporting duties of Governor and transfer of functions from government comptroller for American Samoa to Inspector General, Department of the Interior
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–205, title V, § 501
Pub. L.Pub. L. 97–357, title IV, § 402
Stat.96 Stat. 1711
Pub. L.Pub. L. 105–362, title IX, § 901
Stat.112 Stat. 3291
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