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22 USC § 278a - Annual report to Congress; examination of books and accounts 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s278a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 278a - Annual report to Congress; examination of books and accounts"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "278a"
section_name: "Annual report to Congress; examination of books and accounts"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC."
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "GORGAS MEMORIAL LABORATORY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(May 7, 1928, ch. 505, § 3, 45 Stat. 491; Pub. L. 95–426, title VII, § 701(a), Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 991.)"
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# § 278a. Annual report to Congress; examination of books and accounts

The Gorgas Memorial Institute shall make to Congress, on April 1 of each year, a full report of the operation and work of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory during the fiscal year ending the preceding September 30, and shall include therewith a complete statement of the receipts and expenditures of said laboratory for such fiscal year. The books and accounts of the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory shall at all times be open to examination by the Comptroller General of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (May 7, 1928, ch. 505, § 3, 45 Stat. 491; Pub. L. 95–426, title VII, § 701(a), Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 991.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— substituted “on April 1 of each year” and “during the fiscal year ending the preceding September 30” for “annually, on the first Monday in December” and “up to the first of November next preceding”, respectively.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective , of provisions in the first sentence of this section relating to annual report to Congress, see , as amended, set out as a note under , Money and Finance, and page 174 of House Document No. 103–7.