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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1785. Accounts and records; availability for inspection; authority to settle, adjust, or waive claims
(a) States, State educational agencies, schools, and nonprofit
institutions participating in programs under this chapter shall
keep such accounts and records as may be necessary to enable the
Secretary to determine whether there has been compliance with this
chapter and the regulations hereunder. Such accounts and records
shall be available at any reasonable time for inspection and audit
by representatives of the Secretary and shall be preserved for such
period of time, not in excess of three years, as the Secretary
determines is necessary.
(b) With regard to any claim arising under this chapter or under
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act [42 U.S.C. 1751 et
seq.], the Secretary shall have the authority to determine the
amount of, to settle and to adjust any such claim, and to
compromise or deny such claim or any part thereof. The Secretary
shall also have the authority to waive such claims if the Secretary
determines that to do so would serve the purposes of either this
chapter or the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.
Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to diminish
the authority of the Attorney General of the United States under
section 516 of title 28 to conduct litigation on behalf of the
United States.
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