PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982 (f) The annual rate of basic pay of the— (1) Comptroller General is equal to the rate for level II of the Executive Schedule; and (2) Deputy Comptroller General is equal to the rate for level III of the Executive Schedule. § 704. Relationship to other laws (a) To the extent applicable, all laws generally related to administering an agency apply to the Comptroller General. (b) A copy of a record and a transcript from a record or proceeding of the Comptroller General, that the Comptroller General or Deputy Comptroller General certifies under seal, shall be admitted as evidence with the same effect as a copy or transcript referred to in section 1733 of title 28.
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5 USC 5313. 5 USC 5314.
28 USC 1733.
SUBCHAPTER II—GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS § 711. General authority The Comptroller General may— (1) prescribe regulations to carry out the duties and powers of the Comptroller General; (2) delegate the duties and powers of the Comptroller General to officers and employees of the General Accounting Office as the Comptroller General decides is necessary to carry out those duties and powers; (3) regulate the practice of representatives of persons before the Office; and (4) administer oaths to witnesses when auditing and settling accounts. § 712. Investigating the use of public money 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. § 713. Audit of Internal Revenue Service and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (a) Under regulations of the Comptroller General, the Comptroller General shall audit the Internal Revenue Service and the Bureau of
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