31 U.S.C. § 702
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- (a)The Government Accountability Office is an instrumentality of the United States Government independent of the executive departments.
- (b)The head of the Office is the Comptroller General of the United States. The Office has a Deputy Comptroller General of the United States.
- (c)The Comptroller General may adopt a seal for the Office.