20 USC § 2010 - Expenditures and audit of Trust Fund

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s2010"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 2010 - Expenditures and audit of Trust Fund"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "2010"
section_name: "Expenditures and audit of Trust Fund"
chapter_number: 42
chapter_name: "HARRY S TRUMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–642, § 11, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2279; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)"
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# § 2010. Expenditures and audit of Trust Fund

**(a)** **Authorization of funding** The Secretary is authorized to pay to the Foundation from the interest and earnings of the fund such sums as the Board determines are necessary and appropriate to enable the Foundation to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

**(b)** **Access to books, records, etc., by Government Accountability Office** The activities of the Foundation under this chapter may be audited by the Government Accountability Office under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States. The representatives of the Government Accountability Office shall have access to all books, accounts, records, reports, and files and all other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by the Foundation, pertaining to such activities and necessary to facilitate the audit.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–642, § 11, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2279; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2004—Subsec. (b).  substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in two places.