; and (2) submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate additional reports as warranted by the findings of the monitoring and oversight activities of the Comptroller General. (e) Access to information (1) Right of access In conducting monitoring and oversight activities under subsection (c), the Comptroller General shall have access to records, upon request, of any Federal, State, or local agency, contractor, grantee, recipient, or subrecipient pertaining to any obligations or expenditures subject to subsection (a), including private entities receiving such assistance. (2) Copies The Comptroller General may make and retain copies of any records accessed under paragraph (1) as the Comptroller General determines appropriate. (3) Interviews In addition to such other authorities as are available, the Comptroller General or a designee of the Comptroller General may interview Federal, State, or local officials, contractor staff, grantee staff, recipients, or subrecipients pertaining to any obligations or expenditures subject to subsection (a), including private entities receiving such assistance. (4) Inspection of facilities As determined necessary by the Comptroller General, the Government Accountability Office may inspect facilities at which Federal, State, or local officials, contractor staff, grantee staff, or recipients or subrecipients carry out their responsibilities related to obligations or expenditures subject to subsection (a). (5) Enforcement Access rights under this subsection shall be subject to enforcement consistent with section 716 of title 31, United States Code. (f) Relationship to existing authority Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any existing authority of the Comptroller General. (g) Exception to waiting period Subsection (a) shall not apply if, prior to obligating or spending any funding described in such subsection, the Secretary obtains