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B-221569 1 (1986-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmil0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I. 0LLKR 0 0 THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES ' WA S HIN GT O N, 0, C . 20 54 8 1N ITrQ FILE: B-221569 DATE: June 2, 1986 MATTER OF: Coast Guard Membership Fees. 1. The Coast Guard may use appropriated funds DIGEST: to purchase memberships, in its own name, in private organizations, notwithstanding the prohibition of 5 U.S.C. § 5946, if such memberships are of primary benetit to the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard determines that such memberships are necessary to carry out its statutory function. 2. The Coast Guard may pay a fee for membership in a private organization at the beginning of the membership period without violating the advance payment prohibition of 31 U.S.C. § 3324 (1982). The advance payment prohibition is not applicable because the Coast Guard receives the membership and is enrolled in the organization upon payment. This decision is in response to a request from Rear Admiral W.P. Kozlovsky, Comptroller of the United States Coast Guard. Admiral Kozlovsky requests that this Office determine the legality of the use of appropriated funds to pay membership fees in private organizations. The member- ships in question are to be purchased in the name of the Coast Guard and the fee is to be paid at the beginning of the membership period. As set forth below, we conclude that, assuming the Coast Guard determines the memberships are necessary to fulfill its statutory mission, the use of appropriated funds to purchase the memberships in question and the payment of the membership fee at the beginning of the membership period would be proper. PAYMENT FOR MEMBERSHIPS The Coast Guard has determined that memberships in certain private organizations would be beneficial to the Coast Guard and payment of the required membership fees would be in accordance with 31 U.S.C. § 1301 (1982), which requires that appropriations be applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law. The memberships are to be purchased in the Coast Guard's name.

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