---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 3218"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "3218"
heading: "Records and audits"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/3218"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Public Works and Economic Development"
  - "Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous"
---

# §3218. Records and audits

- (a) **Recordkeeping and disclosure requirements—** Each [recipient](/usc/42/2996a.md?p=6) of assistance under this chapter shall keep such records as the [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13) shall require, including records that fully disclose—
  - (1) the amount and the disposition by the [recipient](/usc/42/2996a.md?p=6) of the proceeds of the assistance;
  - (2) the total cost of the [project](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) in connection with which the assistance is given or used;
  - (3) the amount and nature of the portion of the cost of the [project](/usc/42/11360.md?p=20) provided by other sources; and
  - (4) such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.
- (b) **Access to books for examination and audit—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/3122.md?p=13), the Inspector General of the [Department](/usc/42/3122.md?p=4), and the Comptroller General of the [United States](/usc/42/3122.md?p=16), or any duly authorized [representative](/usc/42/3058f.md?p=5), shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the [recipient](/usc/42/2996a.md?p=6) that relate to assistance received under this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–136, title VI, § 608, as added Pub. L. 105–393, title I, § 102(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3616.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3218, Pub. L. 89–136, title VII, § 708, Aug. 26, 1965, 79 Stat. 573, authorized delegation of functions and transfer of funds, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–393, § 102(b)(3).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Feb. 11, 1999, see section 105 of Pub. L. 105–393, set out as a note under section 3121 of this title.