<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="idadf4668a-c149-11ea-9926-d3ea3d33fdd4" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s3550"><num value="3550">§ 3550.</num><heading> Audit of Department financial statements</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The Office of Inspector General shall procure and rely upon the services of an independent external auditor(s) to audit the fiscal year 2020 and subsequent financial statements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development including the financial statements of the Federal Housing Administration and the Government National Mortgage Association.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="idadf4668b-c149-11ea-9926-d3ea3d33fdd4">(<ref href="/us/pl/116/94/dH/tII">Pub. L. 116–94, div. H, title II</ref>, <date date="2019-12-20">Dec. 20, 2019</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/133/2999">133 Stat. 2999</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I76" topic="codification" id="idadf4668d-c149-11ea-9926-d3ea3d33fdd4"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Codification</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section was enacted as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020, and also as part of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020, and the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, and not as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act which comprises this chapter.</p>
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