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GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to obtain federal agency records required to discharge the GAO's duties (including audit, evaluation, and investigative duties), including through bringing civil actions to require an agency to produce a record. No provision of the Social Security Act shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the GAO's authority to: (1) obtain information or inspect records about an agency's duties, powers, activities, organization, or financial transactions; or (2) obtain other agency records that the GAO requires to discharge its duties. Agency statements on actions taken or planned in response to GAO recommendations must be submitted to: (1) the congressional committees with jurisdiction over the pertinent agency program or activity, and (2) the GAO.

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Ben Sasse (R)*,  Kelly Ayotte (R),  Tammy Baldwin (D),  Shelley Moore Capito (R),  Tom Carper (D),  Michael Enzi (R),  Joni Ernst (R),  Jeff Flake (R),  Ron Johnson (R),  James Lankford (R),  Mike Lee (R),  John McCain (R),  Claire McCaskill (D),  David Perdue (R),  Gary Peters (D),  Jim Risch (R),  Brian Schatz (D),  Jon Tester (D),  Thom Tillis (R), 

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 638. (on 09/21/2016)

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