About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

B-197292 1 (1980-01-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhwv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 



DECISIDN





FILE:  B-197292


   THE  COMPTROLLER GENERAL
.  OF   THE UNITED STATES
   VWASHINGTON, O.C. 20548




         DATE:   January 15, 1980


MATTER OF: Permanent Appropriation of   Mobile 6490
              Home Inspection Fees


DIGEST:


Section 620 of National Mobile Home Construction
and Safety Standards Act of 1974, as amended by
Housing and Community Development Act of 1979,
constitutes permanent indefinite appropriation
of mobile home inspection fees collected by
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Funds will be available to pay costs of inspection
program without any further action by Congress.
B-114808, August 7, 1979, distinguished.


     The Assistant Director, Accounting Operations, Bureau of
Government Financial Operations, Department of the Treasury,
has requested our decision on whether language in the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1979, Pub. L. No. 96-153,
93 Stat.      , constitutes a permanent(indefinite appropriation
of fees collected y the Secretary of Housing and Urban Ag60&Z-
Development (HUD under a mobile home inspection program.
The legislation authorizes the Secretary of HUD to use the
inspection fees to pay the expenses incurred in carrying
out the inspections. Specifically, the Treasury letter asks
whether this language can be interpreted as providing a
permanent indefinite appropriation in light of our recent
decision, B-114808, August 7, 1979, in which we stated that
a statute cannot be interpreted as a permanent appropriation
unless the intent of the Congress to make an appropriation
is clear in the languageof the legislation.

     For the reasons indicated below, it is our opinion that
the language in question does constitute a permanent indefinite
appropriation of the fees, to be used for offsetting the costs
of the mobile home inspection program.


-1-


?t7~.r.zrr'~~    -r ~ ~-r~- -.     -                       - .----.-.-------.---------..*.~*


177(7- 0 0-

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most