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B-195195 1 (1979-07-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjgx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i 4 0B 6hi Sb - __ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ s- - - United Shites General Accounting Olce Washington, DC20548 A0 The \onorable Donald W. Stew, United States Senator One Court Square S-Suite 116 Montgomery, Alabama 36104 Off ice of General Counsel In Reply Refer to: art to B-195195 July 23, 1979 Dear Senator Stewart: Your letter of June 8, 1979, with enclosure, requests our response to an age disc.iminaton question addressed to you by Mr. Lloyd G. Jackson, 1323 Forbes Drive, Hunts- ville, Alabama 35802. Mr. Jackson asks whether an age discrimination com- plaint in connection with his employment with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is barred by the statute of limitations or whether he may still, bring a complaint under the 6-year limitation period applicable to claims filed with the&General Accounting Office (GAO). In this regard, Mr. Jackson states that the time limit for filing Fair Labor Standards Act claims in GAO is'6 years. Th& incidents on which aoclaim of age discrimination would be based evidently occurred in March 1974. Jurisdiction over age discrimination complaints is by statute, 29 U.S.Cs. 633a, vested in the United States Civil Service Commission and the Federal district courti. The GAO does not have jurisdiction to decide individual cases of age discriminatioh arising in other Federal agencies. Consequently, the 6-year limitation period in 31 U..C. 71a, batring claims-cognizable by the General Accounting Office 6 years after such claims arise, is inapplicable to age discrimination complaints. Limitations on bringing age discrimination complaints are more restrictive than the 6 years generally applicable to claims cognizable by this Office, including claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act. the Law One further point, the act of April 8, 1974, entitled rair Labor Standards Amendments of 1974', Public 93-259, 88 Stat. 55, contained an amendment to the Age GAO, ?LJJPm tb* 4644 9

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