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B-188227 1 (1978-05-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgaw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I(I 0.OsBasterwood 04 ,T, Trap. DECI NTHE COMPTROLLER fNrpAL IIP THE UNITED *TATES * 4S WASHINGTONao 3.C. 3o4e FILE: 5e188227 DATE: My 8, 1913 MATTER OF: District Containerized Express DIGEST: 1. Section 101-41.310-4 of GSA's Federal Property Management Ragulations state that irn order for a bill (or voucher) to be payable to an agent, it must be submitted in the name of the principal carrier or fnwarder. 2. Regulations in 4 C.F.R. part 52 implementing Section 5 of the Fly America Act require as a condition precedent to payment of bills (or vouchers) involving a non-United States-flag air carrier that there be a certificate justifying the use of non-United States-flag air carriers. 3. Bills (or vouchers) not complyiag with the GSA or GAO regulations will be returned to the billing carrier or forwarder. An.authorized certifying officer of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) requests an advance decision on the propriety of certifying for payment a voucher for $237.50. 'The voucher was presented zor payment by District Containerized Express (District) and covers the freight charges allegedly due on a shipment .f personal effects shipped from a warehouse in the United States to Frankfurt, Germany. The authorized certifying officer it. entitled to an advance decision by the Comptroller General on t question of law whether the freight charges should be certified for payment. 31 U.S.C. 82d (1970). And as required by our procedures, the certifying officer has submitted the original voucher presented fcr e-rtification. 52 Com?. Gn. 83 (1972). Government Will of lading (GBL) No. K-0283598 was issued in July 1976 by GAO and authorized District Contminerized Express Vin nac Crriers to transport about 875 pounds of personal effects from Sterling, Virginia, to Frankfurt, Germany. Payment has been made to District for transporting 443 pounds of the personal effects from Sterling to Frankfurt under this -l1 I

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