Pub. L. 101-166, tit. V, sec. 514

Sec. 514. (a) Not more than $26,643,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended for the procurement of advisory or assistance services by the Department of Labor; not more than $85,637,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended for the procurement of advisory or assistance services by the Department of Health and Human Services; and not more than $41,565,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended for the procurement of advisory and assistance services by the Department of Education. (b) (1) Not later than forty-five days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the head of each department named in subsection (a) shall (A) submit to Congress a report on the amounts obligated and expended by the department during that quarter for the procurement of advisory and assistance services, and (B) transmit a copy of such report to the Comptroller General of the United States. (2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include a list with the following information: (A) All contracts awarded for the procurement of advisory and assistance services during the quarter and the amount of each contract. (B) The purpose of each contract. (C) The justification for the award of each contract and the reason the work cannot be performed by civil servants. (c) The Comptroller General of the United States shall review the reports submitted under subsection (b) and transmit to Congress any comments and recommendations the Comptroller General considers appropriate regarding the matter contained in such reports.