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B-179935 1 (1973-11-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaadun0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .cIIqe-Q4.. r . COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED3 STATES WASIIINGTON, D.Cj ffU4l 3-179935 . 3 Novembur 19, 1973 Ike Lea F, tcClune 612 North Seventh Weatherford, Ohlahoma 73096 Dcar Rr, I'clunes Reference your letter of October 3, 1973, referred to this Offtce by Senator Dewey F. Bartlett, which in effkct appoals the settlemont of Leptember 11, 1973, iussaed by our Transportation and Clats Division. This sott cuont disallowed a part of your clain ou the Ian that nuch portion accruod prior to October 6, 1962, 10 full years prior to Cctober 6', 1972, the dr:-c your claim was filed ith thin Ofic nnd tis therefore barred by the atatute of limtitations npplicabl. to Lni filed with the General Accounting Office, The u nt'tant nlbo withhceld $600 of the $1,228.76 nllowed, to effect liquidation of an outnttnlifr travel advance. You contend that no part of youi claim cho,1Id bIe br.rred by the. statute of .1:.atatious in nasmuch ,i your cldt:ri wnc frst: filed with tme Air Force Accounting; Office in January 1963 ad subsa.quently refilcs:d in years 1965 and 1969. The statute of linitntion tpplicoble to clnirs filed with this Office in contained in the act of October 9, 1940, 'oh. 743, 54 Stare 1061, codified in 31 U.S.C. 71a, and provides as folLows: (1) Every claim or demand * * * against he United Staten cognizable by the General Accounting Office under tocdonxs 71 nnd 436 of this title .tnfll be forever barred unless such claim * , * * ahal)l be receivod in snid office within ten full years .tter the date such clai first ecerued. * * , (Emphania cupplied.) As explained in the settlement letter, our connideration of the porltIon of your claim that accrued prior to October 6, 1962, . prohibited by the above statute, because more than 10 full yearn have elnpned between the accrual of that portion of your elndn and October 6, 1972, the dote your .laim was first filed with this Office, Cluime filed with olcmcntn of the Department of the Air Force or other Covrnt nt agencies, which were not forwarded to this Office within 10 years co the. accrual date, may not be considered pursuant to t.he above-quoted r, trtute. The prI-mnwy Ecop 1BEST DOCUMENT AV4IIAOfr

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