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B-177617 1 (1976-11-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadegq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Vcr [qr. %Ij r4 1.,r -6$ NJ . I , THE COMPTROL.L1ER UMNERAL W-- DECISION . OF THE UNITED *TAT0B I w 3ZHINGTON, D. 2a5 FILE: OATh: B-177617 MVATTEFR OF: Credit sales by Government Printing Office DIGEST: , Except for certain transactions subject to utatutory prohibitions against credit sales, Government PrintinB Office (GPO) may sell publicntions on crodit, through its own facilities, where it determines that extending credit wil facilitate sale. without incrassing admin- istrative costs or price of publications. Under the same circumstances, and subjict to the same statutory restrictions, GPO may also arrange with credit card company for sales by credit card. Moreover, sales to company cardholdere could Include transactions for which GPO is prohibited trom making credit sales since credit here is extended bv card company rather than by GPO as vendor. In response to many Suquires about the ne of credit carde by purchasers of Government publications, the General Counsel of tie United States Government Printing Office (GPO) has ri3-'asted out opinion on the follovie3 qunaciona: A * vhether the G'svernsaui Printing Office =y extnd credit to private parties, an¶rnment officials, and members of Cangress who vish -o purchase Government Oqcumauts from the Supxintendent of Documents. May the G(a sell government publications to purchasers who tender croditccards in lieu of cash? Are any special, terms or conditiow req'ived in the agreement between the Govern- ment Printtng Office and suct credit card com-panies? The Gineral Counuel states thar tuder certain (imspecified) cn-- ditionus, the practice of asking Sit card o!l.; w'uld facilitste sales of docusants, would not reesolt in incressed prxct to the piblic, and vould not increase advinistrative costs. The Superintendent of Docuwnts, CPO, has the authority to sell through mail orders and Governnint bookstores all public documents subject to distribution that are not otherwise reqmired by law to be printed and distributed for the official use of the executive depart- ments an4 thooe printed and distributed for the two Houss of Congress. In this zegard, 44 U.S.C. 5 170!: (1970) statea in partinent part:

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