---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 200509"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "200509"
heading: "Recordkeeping"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/200509"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Outdoor Recreation Programs"
  - "Chapter 2005 — Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Program"
---

# §200509. Recordkeeping

- (a) **In General.—** A recipient of assistance under this chapter shall keep such records as the [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) shall prescribe, including—
  - (1) records that disclose—
    - (A) the amount and disposition of [project](/usc/54/200401.md?p=4) undertakings in connection with which assistance under this chapter is given or used; and
    - (B) the amount and nature of the portion of the cost of the [project](/usc/54/200401.md?p=4) or undertaking that is supplied by other sources; and
  - (2) such other records as will facilitate an effective audit.
- (b) **Access.—** The [Secretary](/usc/54/100102.md?p=3) and the Comptroller General shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any records of the recipient that are pertinent to assistance received under this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3186.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 200509 | 16 U.S.C. 2511. | Pub. L. 95–625, title X, § 1012, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3543. |

In subsection (a)(1), the word “fully” is omitted as unnecessary.

In subsection (b), the words “or their duly authorized representatives” are omitted as unnecessary. See section 2 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950 (5 U.S.C. App., 43 U.S.C. 1451 note) for the Secretary and 31 U.S.C. 711(2) for the Comptroller General.