2021 US Code
Title 31 - Money and Finance
Subtitle I - General
Chapter 7 - Government Accountability Office
Subchapter II - General Duties and Powers
Sec. 721 - Access to certain information

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Citation 31 U.S.C. § 721 (2021)
Section Name §721. Access to certain information
Section Text

(a) No provision of the Social Security Act, including section 453(l) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 653(l)), shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to obtain any information or to inspect any record under section 716 of this title.

(b) The specific reference to a statute in subsection (a) shall not be construed to affect access by the Government Accountability Office to information under statutes that are not so referenced.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 115–3, §2(a), Jan. 31, 2017, 131 Stat. 7.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, which is classified generally to chapter 7 (§301 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE
SUBTITLE I - GENERAL
CHAPTER 7 - GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
SUBCHAPTER II - GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS
Sec. 721 - Access to certain information
Contains section 721
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 49 Stat. 620
131 Stat. 7
Public Law References Public Law 115-3
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