(a) General Accounting Office authority. — All financial transactions and accounts of the corporation or institution of higher education, as the case may be, in connection with the expenditure of any moneys appropriated by any law of the United States:

(1) For the benefit of Gallaudet University or for the construction of facilities for its use; or

(2) For the benefit of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf or for the construction of facilities for its use;

shall be settled and adjusted in the General Accounting Office.

(b) Independent audit. — Gallaudet University shall have an annual independent financial audit made of the programs and activities of the University. The institution of higher education with which the Secretary has an agreement under § 38-2401.12 shall have an annual independent financial audit made of the programs and activities of such institution of higher education, including NTID, and containing specific schedules and analyses for all NTID funds, as determined by the Secretary.

(c) Limitations regarding expenditure of funds. —

(1) In general. — No funds appropriated under this chapter for Gallaudet University, including the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, or for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf may be expended on the following:

(A) Alcoholic beverages;

(B) Goods or services for personal use;

(C) Housing and personal living expenses (but only to the extent such expenses are not required by written employment agreement);

(D) Lobbying, except that nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to prohibit the University and NTID from educating the Congress, the Secretary, and others regarding programs, projects, and activities conducted at those institutions; or

(E) Membership in country clubs and social or dining clubs and organizations.

(2) Policies. —

(A) Not later than 180 days after October 1, 1992, the University and NTID shall develop policies, to be applied uniformly, for the allowability of expenditures for each institution. These policies should reflect the unique nature of these institutions. The principles established by the Office of Management and Budget for costs of educational institutions may be used as guidance in developing these policies. General principles relating to allowability and reasonableness of all costs associated with the operations of the institutions shall be addressed. These policies shall be submitted to the Secretary for review and comments, and to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate.

(B) Policies under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall include the following:

(i) Noninstitutional professional activities;

(ii) Fringe benefits;

(iii) Interest on loans;

(iv) Rental cost of buildings and equipment;

(v) Sabbatical leave;

(vi) Severance pay;

(vii) Travel; and

(viii) Royalties and other costs for uses of patents.

(C) The Secretary is not authorized to add items to those specified in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph.

(Aug. 4, 1986, 100 Stat. 781, Pub. L. 99-371, § 403; renumbered as § 203, Oct. 16, 1992, 106 Stat. 2151, Pub. L. 102-421, §§ 101(b)(6), 133; Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 732, 734, Pub. L. 103-73, §§ 202, 204(b); Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-255, § 35(c), 44 DCR 1271.)

1981 Ed., § 31-1842.3.

This section is referenced in § 38-2401.03 and § 38-2402.04.