Tax Dollar Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9240 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9240

To provide the Comptroller General of the United States access to State
       records and documents for the purposes of certain audits,
        investigations, and evaluations, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2026

 Mr. Donalds introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL

To provide the Comptroller General of the United States access to State
       records and documents for the purposes of certain audits,
        investigations, and evaluations, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Tax Dollar Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ACCESS TO STATE RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS FOR
              THE PURPOSES OF CERTAIN AUDITS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND
              EVALUATIONS.

    (a) Access Upon Request.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any State, local government or municipality receiving Federal
funds, directly or indirectly, shall provide the Comptroller General of
the United States, upon request, access to the State budget, financial
records, expenditure reports, contracts, grants, subgrants, and other
documents necessary to audit, investigate, or evaluate the receipt,
expenditure, administration, and fiscal controls of Federal funds.
    (b) Access to Records for the Proceeding Fiscal Year.--Not later
than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, and annually
thereafter, each State receiving Federal funds shall provide the
Comptroller General of the United States access to the records
described in subsection (a) for the preceding fiscal year.
    (c) Failure To Provide Access.--If a State fails to provide such
access, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may
withhold, suspend, or condition Federal funds provided to such State
until the State provides such access.
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