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B-218812 1 (1987-01-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmpa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .o'1O4 The Comptroller General of the United States 4 Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of- Section 2257 Transfers in Cases of Extraordinary Emergencies File: B-218812 Date: January 23, 1987 DIGEST Section 2257 of title 7 of the United States Code autho- rizes, at a maximum, a transfer of 7 percent of an amount appropriated to a Department of Agriculture bureau, division, or office, even in cases of extra- ordinary emergencies. DECISION The Department of Agriculture Inspector General asks whether section 2257 of title 7 of the United States Code authorizes transfers of more than 7 percent from amounts appropriated to a particular bureau, division, or office in a case of extraordinary emergency. For the reasons given below, transfers of more than 7 per- cent cannot be so made. In B-218812-O.M., July 30, 1985, our Resources, Commu- nity and Economic Development Division asked our Office of General Counsel the same question in a case involving a $50 million transfer from the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation's (FCIC) fiscal year 1985 appropriation for administrative and operating expenses to the appropria- tion for the FCIC Fund. The Department, at that time, maintained that section 2257 of title 7 allowed both for transfers and receipts of more than 7 percent of an appropriation when there was an extraordinary emer- gency. The Inspector General now asks for a Comptroller General decision on the issue. Section 2257 of title 7 states: Not to exceea 7 per centum of the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the mis- cellaneous expenses of the work of any bureau, division, or office of the Department of /3~o~r

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