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B-191329 1 (1978-07-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgfy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: tTHE COMPTROLlER CENERPAL DECISINit .op4 CP THw UNIlic aTATE WASHINE3TON. D.C. 20548 PILE: B-191329 DATE: July 27, 1978 MATTER OF: Request for Advance Decision by Certifying Officer, National Park Service DIGEST: Certifying officer's request for advance decision under 31 U.S.C. 82d will not be honored where it appears there has been no administrative decision by agency to i'.cur expense and no voucher presented to ;ertifying officer for payment. On April'28, 197$, we declined to render an advance decis n.under 31 U.S.C. 82d (1970) to a certifying officer of the National Park Service becaiae no specific voucher accompanied his request. Request for Advince Decision'by Certifying Officer, National Park Service, B-191329, April 26, 1978, 78-1 CPD 322. The certifying officer has now prepared a voucher and has re-submitted his request. The Comptroller General renders advance deci- sions to certifying officers pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 82d (1970), which states that certifying officers: * * * chall have the right to apply fbr and obtain a decision by the Comptroller General on any question of law involved in a payment on any vouchers presented to them for certification. Thus, when a certifying officer has doubts about the legality of an expenditure which he has been asked to certify, he should request a decision from the Comptroller General under 31 U.S.C. 82d. 55 Comp. Gen. 297 (1975). However, before such a decision is appropriate, the certifying officer must-have been asked to certify the payment. Obviously, that must be preceded by an internal agency decision to incur the expense listed on the voucher. I

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