42 USC § 3058ee - Audits

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s3058ee"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 3058ee - Audits"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "3058ee"
section_name: "Audits"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "PROGRAMS FOR OLDER AMERICANS"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "ALLOTMENTS FOR VULNERABLE ELDER RIGHTS PROTECTION ACTIVITIES"
part_number: "C"
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 VII, § 764, as added Pub. L. 102–375, title VII, § 707, Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1291; amended Pub. L. 103–171, § 3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1990; Pub. L. 106–501, title VIII, § 801(e)(6), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2293.)"
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# § 3058ee. Audits

**(a)** **Access** The Assistant Secretary, the Comptroller General of the United States, and any duly authorized representative of the Assistant Secretary or the Comptroller shall have access, for the purpose of conducting an audit or examination, to any books, documents, papers, and records that are pertinent to financial assistance received under this subchapter.

**(b)** **Limitation** State agencies and area agencies on aging shall not request information or data from providers that is not pertinent to services furnished under this subchapter or to a payment made for the services.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–73, title VII, § 764, as added Pub. L. 102–375, title VII, § 707, Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1291; amended Pub. L. 103–171, § 3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1990; Pub. L. 106–501, title VIII, § 801(e)(6), Nov. 13, 2000, 114 Stat. 2293.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000—Subsec. (b).  substituted “and area agencies on aging” for “, area agencies on aging, and entities described in ”.

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

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section inapplicable with respect to fiscal year 1993, see , set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment note under .

Section inapplicable with respect to fiscal year 1992, see , set out as an Effective Date of 1992 Amendment note under .