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B-288142 1 (2001-09-06)

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         G    A     0Comptroller General
 .. . .Accountability * Integrity * Reliability                     of the United States
United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC 20548



         Decision


         Matter  of: Implementation of the Library of Congress FEDLINK Revolving Fund

         File:       B-288142

         Date:        September 6, 2001

         DIGEST

         The Library of Congress (LOC) has requested an advance decision concerning the
         Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-481,
         114 Stat. 2187 (2000), as it applies to the Federal Library and Information Network
         (FEDLINK)  revolving fund. LOC asks whether Public Law 106-481 authorizes it to
         retain in the FEDLINK revolving fund, without fiscal year limitation, deobligated,
         unexpended  balances of customer funds advanced to FEDLINK with orders for
         services, placed prior to or after the effective date of Public Law 106-481, to cover
         the cost of customer orders in future fiscal years. We conclude that Public Law
         106-481 will not permit the Library to retain any deobligated, unexpended fiscal year
         appropriations advanced by a customer agency that the Library determines, after
         filling the customer's order and reconciling the customer's account, is not needed for
         costs the Library incurred in filling the order.

         DECISION

         The Library of Congress (LOC) has requested an advance decision concerning its
         proposed implementation of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement
         Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-481, 114 Stat. 2187 (2000), as it applies to the Federal
         Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) revolving fund. Specifically, LOC asks
         whether Public Law 106-481 authorizes it to retain in the revolving fund, without
         fiscal year limitation, deobligated, unexpended balances of customer funds advanced
         to FEDLINK  with orders for services, placed prior to or after the effective date of
         Public Law 106-481, to cover the cost of customer orders in future fiscal years. For
         the reasons discussed below, the Act does not provide the Library with the authority
         to retain deobligated, unexpended balances without fiscal year limitation.

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