42 USC § 3030c - Audit; request for information

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title: "42 USC § 3030c - Audit; request for information"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "3030c"
section_name: "Audit; request for information"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON AGING"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "General Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–73, title III, § 313, as added Pub. L. 95–478, title I, § 103(b), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1535; amended Pub. L. 98–459, title III, § 311, Oct. 9, 1984, 98 Stat. 1779; Pub. L. 103–171, § 3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1990.)"
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# § 3030c. Audit; request for information

**(a)** The Assistant Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States or any of their duly authorized representatives shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records that are pertinent to a grant or contract received under this subchapter.

**(b)** State agencies and area agencies on aging shall not request information or data from providers which is not pertinent to services furnished pursuant to this chapter or a payment made for such services.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–73, title III, § 313, as added Pub. L. 95–478, title I, § 103(b), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1535; amended Pub. L. 98–459, title III, § 311, Oct. 9, 1984, 98 Stat. 1779; Pub. L. 103–171, § 3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1990.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1993—Subsec. (a).  substituted “Assistant Secretary” for “Commissioner”.

1984— designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

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