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B-202077 1 (1981-04-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjip0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Aa /7 73 DECISION /k FILE: B-202077 MATTER OF: D 0: DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 2054e DTF_ _April 22, 1981 epartment o the Navy - Payment f Interest Charges h /A/14 1. GAO cannot readily conclude that Great Lakes Pilotage Act, requiring use of licensed pilots for certain vessels navigating Great Lakes, applies to U.S. Navy ships. 2. Interest may be paid by Navy Department on amounts due for pilot services ren- dered to Navy ships on Great Lakes, where Navy contracted for services with the understanding that its obligation for pay- ment would be determined by body of regu- lations (Subpart D, 46 C.F.R. § 401.100) governing charges for pilot services, which includes regulation (46 C.F.R. § 401.427) authorizing interest charges. The Deputy Commander for Pay, Travel and Disbursing Systems, Navy Accounting and Finance Center, Department of the Navy has requested an advance decision pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 82d (1976), as to whether a Navy disbur- sing officer may properly certify a voucher to pay interest on charges for pilot services rendered to Navy ships by Upper Great Lakes Pilots, Inc. Pilots, Inc. is an association of pilots licensed to navigate on certain areas of the Great Lakes, pur- suant to the Great Lakes Pilotage Act of 1960, 46 U.S.C. §§ 216-216i (Supp. II 1978). Under purchase orders issued in 1979, Pilots, Inc. rendered pilot services to two Navy ships in August and September 1979. In April A7~6~~ r>LL~A4#~ .. .. V... 'f. , '

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