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42 U.S. Code § 6382. Powers and duties of Comptroller General
(a) Subpenas; discovery and inspection; oaths; searchFor the purpose of carrying out his authority under section 6381 of this title—
(1) the Comptroller General may—
(A)
sign and issue subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, records, papers, and other documents;
(B)
require any person, by general or special order, to submit answers in writing to interrogatories, to submit books, records, papers, or other documents, or to submit any other information or reports, and such answers or other submissions shall be made within such reasonable period, and under oath or otherwise, as the Comptroller General may determine; and
(C)
administer oaths.
(2) the Comptroller General, or any officer or employee duly designated by the Comptroller General, upon presenting appropriate credentials and a written notice from the Comptroller General to the owner, operator, or agent in charge, may—
(A)
enter, at reasonable times, any business premise or facility; and
(B)
inspect, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, any such premise or facility, inventory and sample any stock of energy resources therein, and examine and copy books, records, papers, or other documents, relating to any energy information, or any financial information in the case of a vertically integrated petroleum company.