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B-177610 1 (1979-06-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhhv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES VV S/IGASH IN GTON, 0. C. 2 O S 4 8 FILE: B-177610 OAT --19 1 5 DA79 MATTER OF: F- eval Services to Employees' Credit Union Service Center DIGEST: Available space and services may be provided to Federal Credit Union Service Centers if approved by the appro- priate officer or agency. 12 U.S.C. § 1770 (1976). Also, General Accounting Office will not raise legal objection if credit union is allowed to use desks, chairs, and office machines without charge. However, agency funds are here- after not available to furnish without charge telephone services for credit union. The Director, Fiscal and Accounting Management, United States Forest Service, Department of Agriculture (Forest Service), has requested our decision on whether funds appropriated to the Forest Service are available to finance miscellaneous services provided to a local Forest Service employees' Credit Union Service Center (Credit Union). The Director states that for a number of years, property 4 1 and services have been provided without charge to its Atlanta Region of Credit Union office, including the use of surplus Government property (desks, chairs, and office machines) and telephone installations, FTS lines, and monthly use rates. He questions whether Forest Service appropriations are available for these purposes. A Federal credit union is a cooperative association organized in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Credit Union Act, as amended, 12 U.S.C. H§ 1751 et seq. (1976), for the purpose of promoting thrift among its members and creating a source of credit for provident or productive purposes. 12 U.S.C. § 1752(1). While organized under Federal law and subject to the supervision of the Administrator of the National Credit Union Administration, a Federal credit union is a private organization; its funds are obtained from private sources and are not appropriated by the Federal Government. However, when organized within the terms of the Federal Credit Union Act, supra, Federal employee credit unions may be assigned space in Government-controlled buildings in the community or district in which they do business. 12 U.S.C. § 1770 (1976). Assignment of space, if it is available, is within the discretion of the officer or agency of the United States charged with the allotment of space in the Federal building, and it may be assigned without charge for rent or services. Id. The statute reads as follows:

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