31 USC § 721 - Access to certain information

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title: "31 USC § 721 - Access to certain information"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "721"
section_name: "Access to certain information"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 115–3, § 2(a), Jan. 31, 2017, 131 Stat. 7.)"
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# § 721. Access to certain information

**(a)** No provision of the Social Security Act, including section 453(*l*) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 653(*l*)), shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to obtain any information or to inspect any record under section 716 of this title.

**(b)** The specific reference to a statute in subsection (a) shall not be construed to affect access by the Government Accountability Office to information under statutes that are not so referenced.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 115–3, § 2(a), Jan. 31, 2017, 131 Stat. 7.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is , , which is classified generally to chapter 7 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.