48 USC § 2198 - Report on territorial debt

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identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s2198"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "48 USC § 2198 - Report on territorial debt"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "2198"
section_name: "Report on territorial debt"
chapter_number: 20
chapter_name: "PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 114–187, title IV, § 411, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 594.)"
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# § 2198. Report on territorial debt

**(a)** **Report required** Not later than one year after June 30, 2016, and thereafter not less than once every two years, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the public debt of each territory, including—

**(1)** the historical levels of each territory’s public debt, current amount and composition of each territory’s public debt, and future projections of each territory’s public debt;

**(2)** the historical levels of each territory’s revenue, current amount and composition of each territory’s revenue, and future projections of each territory’s revenue;

**(3)** the drivers and composition of each territory’s public debt;

**(4)** the effect of Federal laws, mandates, rules, and regulations on each territory’s public debt; and

**1** the ability of each territory to repay it’s [^1] public debt.

So in original. Probably should be “its”.

**(b)** **Materials** The government of each territory shall make available to the Comptroller General of the United States all materials necessary to carry out this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 114–187, title IV, § 411, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 594.)