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B-160998 1 (1978-04-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfww0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 'HE *M coPT -' ENERAL DECISION . . . 1P TPIm um ..0 erAirms NAC HINSTCN. .TA. 2sE FILE: B-160998 DATE: April 13, 1978 MATTER OF: Fede:-al Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 DIGEST: Section 11 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 may be construed as constituting permanent indefinite appro- priation authority for Secretary of the Treasury to pay certified claims by local fire fighting districts or departments for services performed on Federal property. However, amounts paid from section 11 appropriation are subject to reimburse- ment, by the Federal agencies under whose jurisdiction the fire occurred, from appropriations available or which may be made available for the purpose. An Assistant Director in the Fiscal Service, Bureau of GovernmentFinancial Operations, Department of the Treasury, asked whether section 11 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Cantrol Act of 1974 (Act), Pub. L. No. 93-498, October 29, 1974, 98 Stat. 1535, 15 U.S.C. I1 2201 et se . (1976), should be construed as establishing permanent indefinite authority fo: drawing moneys from the Treasury. Section 11, 15 U.S.C. 0 2210. provides that a local fire protection district or fire department may be reim- bursed for the direct losses and direct costs it incurs in fighting fires on Federal property. Pursuant to the Act, the Secretary of the Treasury is responsible for paying claims submitted by local fire departments or districts in amounts not to exceed the sum determined to be due by the Administrator of the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration in the Department of Commerce. Section 11 provides that, once the Administrator determines the amount which a fire depart- ment is entitle' to nave reimbursed, (c) The Secretary [of Commerce' shall forward the claim and a copy of the Adr'.nistrator's determination under subsection (b)(3) of this

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