State auditing requirements

1. Law
2. USC 31
3. Money And Finance
4. GENERAL ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
5. ADMINISTERING BLOCK GRANTS
6. State auditing requirements

§7305. State auditing requirements

(a) The chief executive officer of each State shall conduct financial and compliance audits of block grant amounts received under the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–35, 95 Stat. 357) and amounts received under a consolidated assistance program established or provided for in the Act. An audit shall be conducted for the 2-year period beginning on October 1, 1981, and for each 2-year period thereafter. As far as practicable, the audit shall be conducted consistent with standards the Comptroller General prescribes for the audit of governmental entities, programs, activities, and functions.

(b) An audit under subsection (a) of this section is in place of other financial and compliance audits of those amounts that the chief executive officer of the State is required to conduct under another provision of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–35, 95 Stat. 357) unless the other provision, by explicit reference to this section, provides otherwise.

( Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1041 .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
7305	31:1243(note).	Aug. 13, 1981, Pub. L. 97–35, §1745, 95 Stat. 764 .

In subsection (a), the word "prescribes" is substituted for "established", and the word "entities" is substituted for "organizations", for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.

In subsection (b), the words "of funds" and "conducted" are omitted as surplus.

References in Text

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 97–35, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 357 , as amended. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Download our app to see the most-to-date content.