48 U.S.C. § 1599

Transfer of functions from government comptroller for Virgin Islands to Inspector General, Department of the Interior

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(a) Functions, powers, and duties transferredThe following functions, powers, and duties heretofore vested in the government comptroller for the Virgin Islands are hereby transferred to the Inspector General, Department of the Interior, for the purpose of establishing an organization which will maintain a satisfactory level of independent audit oversight of the government of the Virgin Islands:(1) The authority to audit all accounts pertaining to the revenue and receipts of the government of the Virgin Islands, and of funds derived from bond issues, and the authority to audit, in accordance with law and administrative regulations, all expenditures of funds and property pertaining to the government of the Virgin Islands including those pertaining to trust funds held by the government of the Virgin Islands.(2) The authority to report to the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of the Virgin Islands all failures to collect amounts due the government, and expenditures of funds or uses of property which are irregular or not pursuant to law.(b) Scope of authority transferred

The authority granted in paragraph (a) shall extend to all activities of the government of the Virgin Islands, and shall be in addition to the authority conferred upon the Inspector General by chapter 4 of title 5.

(c) Transfer of personnel, assets, etc., of office of government comptroller for Virgin Islands to Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior

In order to carry out the provisions of this section, the personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available or to be made available, of the office of the government comptroller for the Virgin Islands related to its audit function are hereby transferred to the Office of Inspector General, Department of the Interior.

(July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 17, as added Pub. L. 97–357, title III, § 309(b), Oct. 19, 1982, 96 Stat. 1710; amended Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(92), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4352.)Editorial NotesPrior Provisions

A prior section 1599, acts July 22, 1954, ch. 558, § 17, 68 Stat. 505; Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85–851, §§ 4, 5, 72 Stat. 1094, 1095; Mar. 20, 1962, Pub. L. 87–421, 76 Stat. 43; Aug. 23, 1968, Pub. L. 90–496, § 9, 82 Stat. 840; Oct. 15, 1977, Pub. L. 95–134, title III, § 301(a), 91 Stat. 1162, related to appointment, status, and duties of the government comptroller for the Virgin Islands, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 97–357, § 309(b).

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 4 of title 5.” for “the Inspector General Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 1101), as amended.”

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1966–1988 · leading case: Territorial Court of Virgin Islands v. Richards, 673 F. Supp. 152 (D.V.I. 1987).

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Territorial Court of Virgin Islands v. Richards, 673 F. Supp. 152 (D.V.I. 1987). · cites it 3× “B) Arguments In opposition to enforcement, the Territorial Court disputes a portion of the Insular Areas Act of 1982, 48 U.S.C.A. § 1599 (Supp. 1987), which grants the Inspector audit oversight of the government of the Virgin Islands.”

United States v. Orlando Canel, United States of Am. v. Jose Figueroa, 708 F.2d 894 (3rd Cir. 1983). “But see 48 U.S.C. § 1599 (1976 & Supp. III 1979) (In spector General of Interior Department audits accounts of the Government of the Virgin Islands).”

In the Matter of the Est. of Van B. Hooper, Deceased. The Gov't of the Virgin Islands, 359 F.2d 569 (3rd Cir. 1966). “4 The Government Comptroller was acting under the authority of Section 17(c) of the Revised Organic Act of 1954, 48 U.S.C.A. § 1599 (c), under which it is his duty “to bring to the attention of the proper administrative officer failures to collect amounts due the government, and…”

unempl.ins.rep. Cch 21,877 United States of Am. v. Danielle Facchini, 832 F.2d 1159 (9th Cir. 1987). “48 U.S.C. § 1599 , which provides that the Inspector General of the Interior Department audits the Government’s accounts, established jurisdiction of the Interior Department for the purposes of § 1001.”

United States v. Canel, 569 F. Supp. 926 (D.V.I. 1982). · cites it 2× “' Under section 17 of the Revised Organic Act of 1954 (hereafter the “Act”), 48 U.S.C. § 1599 , the financial affairs of the Virgin *300 Islands Government are monitored by a government comptroller who is appointed by the Secretary of the U.”

Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands v. Richards, 847 F.2d 108 (3rd Cir. 1988). “” 48 U.S.C. § 1599 (1982). Included in this transfer was the auditing authority to audit “all activities of the government of the Virgin Islands” that had previously resided with the government comptroller.”

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