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B-274576 1 (1997-01-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptafqs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oComptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: Availability of Department of Energy Reception and Representation Funds File: B-274576 Date: January 13, 1997 DIGEST Congress annually appropriates to the Department of Energy an amount for Departmental Administration that remains available until expended. Each year Congress authorizes the Department to use a specified, not to exceed portion of its Departmental Administration appropriation for official reception and representation (R&R) activities. DOE's authority to use a portion of its Departmental Administration appropriation for R&R activities is coextensive with, and inseparable from, the period of availability of the amount annually appropriated for Departmental Administration. Thus, to the extent the Department does not use all the R&R authority (and all the Departmental Administrations appropriation) provided each year, it continues to remain available for obligation in succeeding years. DECISION The Inspector General (IG), Department of Energy (DOE) asks whether DOE may use no year Departmental Administration appropriations for official reception and representation (R&R) activities only during the first year of their availability or may DOE use unobligated amounts of R&R authority for activities after the end of the fiscal year of the appropriation act appropriating the no year funds. The R&R authority is not time limited to the first year of the Departmental Administration appropriation. Accordingly, DOE may use any unused R&R authority in subsequent years to the extent described below. Bac kgro und As a result of an investigation of overseas travel by the Secretary and other DOE officials, the DOE Inspector General's Office (OIG) determined that DOE incurred costs during fiscal years 1993 through 1995 that should have been charged to appropriations available for R&R activities. Annual appropriation acts for DOE have made a portion of the no year Departmental Administration appropriation available for R&R activities. However, the IG questions the time period during 759114

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