42 USC § 4084 - Records and audits

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s4084"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 4084 - Records and audits"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "4084"
section_name: "Records and audits"
chapter_number: 50
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "General Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–448, title XIII, § 1348, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 586; Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title IV, § 451(d)(1)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1229; Pub. L. 112–141, div. F, title II, § 100238(b)(1), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 958.)"
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# § 4084. Records and audits

**(a)** The flood insurance pool formed or otherwise created under part A of this subchapter, and any insurance company or other private organization executing any contract, agreement, or other appropriate arrangement with the Administrator under part B of this subchapter or this part, shall keep such records as the Administrator shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the total costs of the program undertaken or the services being rendered, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.

**(b)** The Administrator 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 of the pool and any such insurance company or other private organization that are pertinent to the costs of the program undertaken or the services being rendered.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–448, title XIII, § 1348, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 586; Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title IV, § 451(d)(1)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1229; Pub. L. 112–141, div. F, title II, § 100238(b)(1), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 958.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2012— substituted “Administrator” for “Director” wherever appearing.

1983— substituted “Director” for “Secretary” wherever appearing.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective 120 days following , or such later date prescribed by the Secretary but in no event more than 180 days following , see , set out as a note under .

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see , Domestic Security.

For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under .