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B-206443 1 (1984-06-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadltk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-206443 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL .OF THE UNITED STATEE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 DATE: June 25, 1984 MATTER OF: Iran-United States Claims Tribunal DIGEST: Monetary awards against United States by the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal may, upon becoming final, be certified for payment from the permanent appropriation established by 31 U.S.C. § 1304, provided that payment is not otherwise provided for and the Attorney General certifies that payment is in the interest of the United States. Recent discussions with the Departments of Justice and State have raised a question as to whether monetary awards against the United States by the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal may be paid from the permanent indefinite judgment appropriation established by 31 U.S.C. § 1304 (1982). We con- clude that they may, provided that (1) the awards are final, (2) payment is not-otherwise provided for, and (3) the Attor- ney General has certified that payment is in the interest of the United States. A representative case, discussed later in this decision, is Department of the Environment of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States, Case No. B-53, January 18, 1984. Background On November 4, 1979, the American Embassy in Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, was seized and a number of American nationals were held hostage. The Governments of the United States and Iran negotiated a termination of the seizure, em- bodied in two Algerian Declarations dated January 19, 1981,1/ and the hostages were released on January 20. 1/ Declaration of the Government of the Democratic and Popu- lar Republic of Algeria, ano Declaration of the Government of the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria Concern- ing the Settlement of Claims by the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The claims settlement declaration is referred to in this decision as the Second Declaration.

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