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22 USC § 2393a - Requests by Government Accountability Office and Congressional committees for documents and materials 

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title: "22 USC § 2393a - Requests by Government Accountability Office and Congressional committees for documents and materials"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2393a"
section_name: "Requests by Government Accountability Office and Congressional committees for documents and materials"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "FOREIGN ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "Administrative Provisions"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 633A, as added Pub. L. 95–424, title V, § 502(a)(1), Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 957; amended Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)"
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# § 2393a. Requests by Government Accountability Office and Congressional committees for documents and materials

None of the funds made available pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be used to carry out any provision of this chapter in any country or with respect to any project or activity, after the expiration of the thirty-five-day period which begins on the date the Government Accountability Office or any committee of the Congress charged with considering legislation, appropriations or expenditures under this chapter, has delivered to the office of the head of any agency carrying out such provision, a written request that it be furnished any document, paper, communication, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or other material in its custody or control relating to the administration of such provision in such country or with respect to such project or activity, unless and until there has been furnished to the Government Accountability Office, or to such committee, as the case may be, (1) the document, paper, communication, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or other material so requested, or (2) a certification by the President that he has forbidden the furnishing thereof pursuant to request and his reason for so doing.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 633A, as added Pub. L. 95–424, title V, § 502(a)(1), Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 957; amended Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

This section was formerly classified to subsec. (c) of  prior to the complete revision of  by , , .

### Amendments

2004— substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in two places.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1978 Amendment note under .

## Executive Documents

### Delegation of Functions

For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, , 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under .