[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 4, Parts 500 to end]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR600.21]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
               CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY--CONTINUED
 
PART 600--FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE RULES--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 600.21  Access to records.

    (a) In addition to recipient and subrecipient responsibilities 
relative to access to records specified in Secs. 600.153 and 600.242, 
for any negotiated contract or subcontract in excess of $10,000 under a 
grant or cooperative agreement, DOE, the Comptroller General of the 
United States, the recipient and the subrecipient (if the contract was 
awarded under a financial assistance subaward), or any of their 
authorized representatives shall have the right of access to any books, 
documents, papers, or other records of the contractor or subcontractor 
which are pertinent to that contract or subcontract, in order to make 
audit, examination, excerpts, and copies.
    (b) The right of access may be exercised for as long as the 
applicable records are retained by the recipient, subrecipient, 
contractor, or subcontractor.