A bill to amend the Organic Act of Guam and the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to transfer the audit authority and related staff of the offices of the government comptrollers for Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa to the Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior, and for other related purposes.
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jun 16, 1982)
Amends the Organic Act of Guam to direct the Governor of Guam to: (1) submit an annual financial report to the Congress and the Secretary of the Interior (currently such report is prepared by the comptroller general); (2) arrange for an independent audit of such report; and (3) submit a statement of actions taken on Federal audit recommendations.
Transfers specified functions, powers, and duties from the government comptroller for Guam to the Inspector General, Department of the Interior, in order to establish an organization to maintain an independent audit oversight of the government of Guam.
Amends the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands to direct the Governor of the Virgin Islands to: (1) submit an annual financial report to the Congress and the Secretary of the Interior (currently such report is prepared by the comptroller general); (2) arrange for an independent audit of such report; and (3) submit a statement of actions taken on Federal audit recommendations.
Transfers specified functions, powers, and duties from the government comptroller for the Virgin Islands to the Inspector General, Department of the Interior, in order to establish an organization to maintain an independent audit oversight of the government of the Virgin Islands.
Amends the Act relating to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to direct the chief excutives of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Mariana Islands to: (1) submit an annual financial report to the Congress, the Secretary of the Interior and the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; (2) arrange for an independent audit of such report; and (3) submit a statement of actions taken on Federal audit recommendations.
Transfers specified functions, powers, and duties from the government comptroller for Guam to the Inspector General, Department of the Interior, in order to establish an organization to maintain an independent audit oversight of the governments of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
Directs the Governor of American Samoa to: (1) submit an annual financial report to the Congress and the Secretary of the Interior; (2) arrange for an independent audit of such report; and (3) submit a statement of actions taken on Federal audit recommendations.
Transfers specified functions, powers, and duties from the government comptroller for American Samoa to the Inspector General, Department of the Interior, in order to establish an organization to maintain an independent audit oversight of the government of American Samoa.
What just happenedSep 13, 1982
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Who’s behind it
- Sep 13, 1982Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Jun 16, 1982IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Energy and Natural Resources Committee - Jun 16, 1982IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate