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B-192093 1 (1978-07-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgex0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,~? ~THEU COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION O THE UNITED STATES WASHONGTON. D. C. 205048 FILE. B-192093 DATE: July 3, 1978 MATTERt OF: Advance Payment for Lease/Rental of Microfilm Library to Information DIOEST: Handling Services Advance payment authority for sub- scriptions to newspapers, periodi- cals and other publications con- taired in 31 U.S.C. S S30a and b extends to rental of miccofilm library. By letter of March 9, 1978, the Accounting & Finance Officer, Laughlin Air Porce Base, requested a decision concorning the propriety of certifying for advance payment an invoice! from Information Handling Services (IMS), Englewood, Colorado, for an annual lease/rental of a microfilm library. Doubt is ex- pressed as to the validity of advance payment because there is no ectual sale of the microfilm, since title to it is retained by INS. Our decision is requested as to whether under 31 U.S.C. S 530a (1970), per- mitting advance payments for subscriptions or other charges for * * * publications, the rental/leasing of a microfilm library is a subscription or other charge for which advance payments may be made to INS. The act of July 20, 1961, Pub. L. 37-91, 75 Stat. 211 (1970), amended 31 U.SC. S 530a (1970) to extend its coverage to subscriptions or other charges. The purpose of the amendment was to provide uniform author- ity for all agencies of the Government to make advance payments for any publicAtions for official use and not just those which come within the technically narrow category of subscriptions. See H.R. Rep. No. 560, 87th Cong., 1st Sess. 1 (1961). In view of the act as amended, it is only necessary for the purposes of this decision to determine whether the lease/rental of the microfilm library constitutes a subscription or other charge within the meaning of the act.

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