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All TitlesTitle 15Chapter 16BSubchapter I
§ 771.
Comptroller General, powers and duties
(a)
Scope of activities; monitoring activity; data to Comptroller General from Administration; reports and recommendations to Congress
(b)
Access to material and written energy information from owners or operators of facilities or business premises engaged in energy matters; scope of information
(c)
Access to material and information from recipients of Federal funds or assistance under Federal transactions
(d)
Subpenas; committee resolution; issuance; production of evidence
(e)
Enforcement of subpenas; jurisdiction; order for production of evidence; contempt
(f)
Availability to public of reports submitted to Congress; prohibited disclosures: confidential information and trade secrets; preservation of confidentiality in disclosures to Government
Reports submitted by the Comptroller General to the Congress pursuant to this section shall be available to the public at reasonable cost and upon identifiable request. The Comptroller General may not disclose to the public any information which concerns or relates to a trade secret or other matter referred to in section 1905 of title 18, except that such information shall be disclosed by the Comptroller General or the Administrator, in a manner designed to preserve its confidentiality—
(1)
to other Federal Government departments, agencies, and officials for official use upon request;
(2)
to committees of Congress upon request; and
(3)
to a court in any judicial proceeding under court order.
(Pub. L. 93–275, § 12, May 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 106.)
cite as: 15 USC 771
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