Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Former Members of Congress for 2000 and 1999 (17-MAY-02, GAO-02-755R). GAO reviewed the audit report covering the financial statements of the Former Members of Congress for fiscal years 2000 and 1999. GAO found no reportable instances of noncompliance. The audit reports included the auditors' opinions that the financial statements of the corporation were presented fairly in accordance with general accounting principles. -------------------------Indexing Terms------------------------- REPORTNUM: GAO-02-755R ACCNO: A03389 TITLE: Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Former Members of Congress for 2000 and 1999 DATE: 05/17/2002 SUBJECT: Financial statement audits Accounting standards Audit reports Reporting requirements ****************************************************************** ** This file contains an ASCII representation of the text of a ** ** GAO Product. ** ** ** ** No attempt has been made to display graphic images, although ** ** figure captions are reproduced. Tables are included, but ** ** may not resemble those in the printed version. ** ** ** ** Please see the PDF (Portable Document Format) file, when ** ** available, for a complete electronic file of the printed ** ** document's contents. ** ** ** ****************************************************************** GAO-02-755R GAO- 02- 755R Former Members of Congress United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 May 17, 2002 The Honorable F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Subject: Federally Chartered Corporation: Review of the Financial Statement Audit Report for the Former Members of Congress for 2000 and 1999 Dear Mr. Chairman: As requested, we reviewed the audit report covering the financial statements of the Former Members of Congress, a federally chartered corporation, for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999. The corporation?s purpose is to promote the improved public understanding of the Congress as an institution and representative democracy as a system of government, both domestically and internationally. Federally chartered corporations are required under 36 U. S. C. 10101 to present the corporation?s assets and liabilities and reasonable detail on the corporation?s income and expenses in annual financial statements, obtain an annual financial audit by an independent public accountant, and submit the auditors? report and the corporation?s financial statements to the Congress. The objective of our review was to determine whether the audit report complied with the financial reporting requirements of the law. In carrying out our work, we reviewed the corporation?s financial statements and the accompanying notes, performed certain analytical procedures related to information presented in the financial statements, and reviewed the auditors? report. However, we did not review the auditors? working papers, and we are not rendering an audit opinion. Our review disclosed no reportable instances of noncompliance with the financial reporting requirements of the law. GAO- 02- 755R Former Members of Congress Page 2 The audit report included the auditors? opinion that the financial statements of the corporation were presented fairly in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. We are returning the audit report you sent with your letter. Sincerely yours, Jeanette M. Franzel Acting Director Financial Management and Assurance w/ o Enclosure (194098) *** End of document. ***