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O:\BAI\BAI98.846 S.L.C. 178 1 (E) AUDITS.- 2 (i) PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.-The accounts 3 of ACT shall be audited annually in ac- 4 cordance with generally accepted auditing 5 standards. 6 (ii) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.-The 7 financial transactions of ACT for each fis- 8 cal year may be audited by the Comptroller 9 General, and a report of each such audit 10 submitted to Congress. A copy of each re- 11 port shall be furnished to the Secretary 12 and to ACT at the time the report is sub- 13 mitted to Congress. 14 (F) RECORDKEEPING.-ACT shall ensure 15 that each recipient of assistance from ACT 16 under this subsection keeps such records as 17 may be reasonably necessary to fully disclose 18 the amount and the disposition by such recipi- 19 ent of the proceeds of such assistance, the total 20 cost of the project or undertaking in connection 21 with which such assistance is given or used, and 22 the amount and nature of that portion of the 23 cost of the project or undertaking supplied by 24 other sources, and such other records as will fa- 25 cilitate an effective audit. ACT shall ensure