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B-275605 1 (1997-03-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxcd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 &NJIT9 B-275605 March 17, 1997 HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND OTHERS CONCERNED SUBJECT: TRANSFER OF CLAIMS SETTLEMENT AND RELATED ADVANCE DECISIONS, WAIVERS, AND OTHER FUNCTIONS The 104th Congress enacted two laws that resulted in the transfer of the above functions from the Comptroller General of the United States and the General Accounting Office to several Executive branch agencies. The two laws are the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, Public Law 104-53, 109 Stat. 514, November 19, 1995, and the General Accounting Office Act of 1996, Public Law 104- 316, 110 Stat. 3826, October 19, 1996. THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1996 Section 211 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, Public Law 104-53, 109 Stat. 514, 535, November 19, 1995, effective June 30, 1996, transferred the claims settlement and certain related functions previously assigned by law to the Comptroller General of the United States and the General Accounting Office (GAO) to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), who was authorized to delegate any such function, in whole or in part, to any other agency or agencies. These functions include the general authority under 31 U.S.C. § 3702 to settle claims of and against the United States; the certifying of payments from the permanent and indefinite appropriation provided by 31 U.S.C. § 1304 (the so-called judgment fund); and the review, at the request of a transportation carrier, of the General Services Administration's audit action on the carrier's bill under 31 U.S.C. § 3726. Accordingly, as of June 30, 1996, the General Accounting Office no longer performs these claims settlement and related functions, and any claims or inquiries concerning a transferred function should be directed to the agency to which the Director of OMB has delegated the function, as shown below. Any such claims on hand in our Office and unsettled as of June 30, 1996, and any such claims and 931311

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