To amend title 31, United States Code, to require that a vacancy in the position of Comptroller General be filled only by an individual who is a licensed certified public accountant and who meets other qualification requirements.

Requires that a vacancy in the position of Comptroller General be filled only by an individual who: (1) is licensed or certified as a certified public accountant in a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory; (2) has significant management experience, including experience in government service; (3) has significant government auditing and accounting experience; (4) has a post-graduate degree; (5) has a professional accreditation issued by a professional association; and (6) has such other qualifications as the commission established to recommend individuals to the President for appointment to vacancies in the office of Comptroller General or Deputy Comptroller General may establish.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4410 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4410

To amend title 31, United States Code, to require that a vacancy in the 
position of Comptroller General be filled only by an individual who is 
      a licensed certified public accountant and who meets other 
                      qualification requirements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2009

  Mr. Peterson (for himself and Mr. Conaway) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to require that a vacancy in the 
position of Comptroller General be filled only by an individual who is 
      a licensed certified public accountant and who meets other 
                      qualification requirements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL TO BE CERTIFIED PUBLIC 
              ACCOUNTANT AND HAVE CERTAIN OTHER QUALIFICATIONS.

    Section 703 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) An individual shall be eligible to be recommended 
        under paragraph (3) to fill a vacancy in the office of 
        Comptroller General if the individual--
                    ``(A) is licensed or certified as a certified 
                public accountant in a State, the District of Columbia, 
                or a territory of the United States;
                    ``(B) has significant management experience, 
                including experience in Government service;
                    ``(C) has significant Government auditing and 
                accounting experience;
                    ``(D) has a post-graduate degree;
                    ``(E) has a professional accreditation issued by a 
                professional association; and
                    ``(F) has such other qualifications as the 
                commission described in paragraph (2) may establish.''.
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