The Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress within 1 year
To require the Government Accountability Office to produce a report on esophageal cancer, and for other purposes, section 3, Sec. 3.
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The Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress within 1 year
The document says “shall”Who acts: Comptroller General of the United StatesHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to Congress”
The operative duty of the Act. The Comptroller General of the United States, who heads the Government Accountability Office, must submit a report to Congress no later than one year after the date of enactment. The Act was approved on June 9, 2026, so the deadline runs from that date. The section then lists the two matters the report must evaluate.
What the document actually says
“Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to Congress”
That sentence, in plain words
The head of a watchdog office must send Congress a report. It is due one year after this law starts.
What this is about
The office checks how the government spends money. Its head is the Comptroller General. The report must cover two things.
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Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025, Public Law 119-96, sec. 3, 140 Stat. 835 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ96/html/PLAW-119publ96.htm
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“The Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress within 1 year,” Gerald E. Connolly Esophageal Cancer Awareness Act of 2025, section 3, Sec. 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/gerald-e-connolly-esophageal-cancer-awareness-act/proposal/sec03-report-to-congress-within-one-year/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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