§ 712. Investigating the use of public money

The Comptroller General shall—

• (1) investigate all matters related to the receipt, disbursement, and use of public money;
• (2) estimate the cost to the United States Government of complying with each restriction on expenditures of a specific appropriation in a general appropriation law and report each estimate to Congress with recommendations the Comptroller General considers desirable;
• (3) analyze expenditures of each executive agency the Comptroller General believes will help Congress decide whether public money has been used and expended economically and efficiently;
• (4) make an investigation and report ordered by either House of Congress or a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over revenue, appropriations, or expenditures; and
• (5) give a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over revenue, appropriations, or expenditures the help and information the committee requests.