42 USC § 1435 - Access to books, documents, etc., for purpose of audit

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title: "42 USC § 1435 - Access to books, documents, etc., for purpose of audit"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1435"
section_name: "Access to books, documents, etc., for purpose of audit"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "LOW-INCOME HOUSING"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 2, 1954, ch. 649, title VIII, § 816, 68 Stat. 647; Pub. L. 90–19, § 10(i), May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 23.)"
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# § 1435. Access to books, documents, etc., for purpose of audit

42 U.S.C. 1437

Every contract for loans or annual contributions under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended [ et seq.], shall provide that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Comptroller General of the United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall, for the purpose of audit and examination, have access to any books, documents, papers, and records of the public housing agency entering into such contract that are pertinent to its operations with respect to financial assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 2, 1954, ch. 649, title VIII, § 816, 68 Stat. 647; Pub. L. 90–19, § 10(i), May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 23.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, referred to in text, is , as revised generally by , , , which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the United States Housing Act of 1937 which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

1967— substituted “Secretary of Housing and Urban Development” for “Public Housing Commissioner”.