{"data":{"id":"us/31-u.s.c.-712","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 U.S.C. § 712","heading":"Investigating the use of public money","body":"The Comptroller General shall—(1) investigate all matters related to the receipt, disbursement, and use of public money; (2) estimate the cost to the United States Government of complying with each restriction on expenditures of a specific appropriation in a general appropriation law and report each estimate to Congress with recommendations the Comptroller General considers desirable; (3) analyze expenditures of each executive agency the Comptroller General believes will help Congress decide whether public money has been used and expended economically and efficiently; (4) make an investigation and report ordered by either House of Congress or a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over revenue, appropriations, or expenditures; and (5) give a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over revenue, appropriations, or expenditures the help and information the committee requests.","path":["Title 31—MONEY AND FINANCE","CHAPTER 7—GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc31@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:03Z","sha256":"8a24f8194f69eee3cbdd3c0f047675e5218ff64e188bcc60115baeb64e638f8e","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-u.s.c.-711","next":"us/31-u.s.c.-713"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}