; and (2) the Comptroller General is hereby expressly empowered, through attorneys of their own selection, to bring a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to require such information, documentation, or views to be produced, and such court is expressly empowered to enter in such civil action, against any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States, any decree, judgment, or order which may be necessary or appropriate to require such production. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting or otherwise limiting the authorities provided to the Comptroller General in section 716 of this title. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for subchapter II of chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 721 the following: 722. Requirement to respond to requests for information from the Government Accountability Office for budget and appropriations law decisions. . 212. Reporting requirements for An­ti­de­fi­cien­cy Act violations (a) Violations of section 1341 or 1342 Section 1351 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking If and inserting (a) If the Government Accountability Office, an executive agency, or the District of Columbia government determines that