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title: "31 U.S.C. § 721"
description: "Access to certain information"
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title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
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chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE"
section: "721"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 721"
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# 31 U.S.C. § 721 - Access to certain information
## Text
(a) No provision of the Social Security Act, including section 453(l) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 653(l)), shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to obtain any information or to inspect any record under section 716 of this title.
(b) The specific reference to a statute in subsection (a) shall not be construed to affect access by the Government Accountability Office to information under statutes that are not so referenced.
(Added Pub. L. 1153, § 2(a), Jan. 31, 2017, 131 Stat. 7.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
References in TextThe Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, which is classified generally to chapter 7 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.