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PUBLIC LAW 91-599-DEC. 30, 1970
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Chapter 4.—AUDIT OF EXCHANGE STABILIZATION FUND Sec.
41. Annual report. 42. Audit by General Accounting Office.
§ 41. Annual report The last sentence of section 10(a) of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 (31 U.S.C. 822a(a)) is amended to read: "The Secretary of the 48^stau^34i. Treasury shall annually make a report on the operations of the fund ^^ ^*^ to the President and to the Congress." § 42. Audit by General Accounting Office Section 10(b) of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 (31 U.S.C. 822a(b)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence thereof the following: "Subject to the foregoing provisions the administrative expenses of the fund shall be audited by the General Accounting Office at such times and in such manner as the Comptroller General of the United States may by regulation prescribe for the purpose of ascertaining that administrative funds are properly accounted for and that fully adequate accounting procedures and systems for control of such funds have been established. Except for information determined by the Secretary to be of an internationaly significant nature, there shall be furnished to the Comptroller General such information on the administrative expenses of the fund as is necessary to conduct the audit, and the Comptroller General or any of his representatives shall, for the purpose of securing this information, have access to all books, accounts, records, reports, files, and all other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by the United States Government (other than records, reports, files, or other papers or things containing or revealing information determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be of an internationaly significant nature)." Chapter 5.—EMPLOYEE B E N E F I T S FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES §51. Employee benefits Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the Executive Directors and Directors and their alternates, representing the United States in the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank^ shall, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, each be eligible on the basis of such service and the total compensation received therefor, for all employee benefits afforded employees in the civil service of the United States. The Treasury Department shall serve as the employing office for collecting, accounting for, and depositing in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, Employees Life Insurance Fund, and Employees Health Benefits Fund, all retirement and health insurance benefits payments made by these employees, and shall make any necessary agency contributions from the fund established pursuant to section 10(a) of the Gold Reserve Act of 1934 (31 U.S.C. 822a(a)). This section shall be effective as of December 14, 1966. Approved December 30, 1970.
Effective date.
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