{"identifier":"/us/usc/t12/s5496a","title":12,"num":"\u00a7\u202f5496a.","heading":"Annual audits","text":"\u00a7\u202f5496a.\nAnnual audits\n(a)\nAnnual independent audit\nThe Bureau shall order an annual independent audit of the operations and budget of the Bureau.\n(b)\nAnnual GAO audit\nThe Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an annual audit of the Bureau\u2019s financial statements in accordance with generally accepted government accounting standards.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t12/s5496a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t12/s5496a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f5496a."},{"t":"heading","text":"Annual audits"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t12/s5496a/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Annual independent audit"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Bureau shall order an annual independent audit of the operations and budget of the Bureau.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t12/s5496a/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Annual GAO audit"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an annual audit of the Bureau\u2019s financial statements in accordance with generally accepted government accounting standards.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}