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B-230322,B-230323,B-230324,B-230326,B-230327 1 (1988-06-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnct0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Maximo D. Bas, et al. - Backpay - World Matterof: War II Philippine Guerrillas File: B-230322, B-230323, B-230324, B-230326, B-230327 Date: June 9, 1988 DIGEST The barring act, 31 U.S.C. S 3702(b)(1), provides that a claim against the government must be received in the General Accounting Office (GAO) within 6 years of accrual to be considered on its merits, and GAO has no authority to waive the time limitation. Therefore, claims for wartime compensation by former members of a World War II Filipino guerrilla organization first received in GAO in 1987 are barred from consideration as being untimely received. In any event, such claims are for presentation to and adjudica- tion by the Philippine government under a June 29, 1967, agreement, whereby the United States agreed to transfer funds to the Philippine government in full settlement of Philippine guerrilla claims and the Philippine government agreed to receive and adjudicate such claims. DECISION This action is in response to an appeal of settlements by our Claims Group which disallowed claims by five individualsl/ for compensation believed due for service rendered during World War II in the Philippines as members of the Walter Cushing Guerrilla Organization. The disallowance was based on the provisions of the barring act, as amended, 31 U.S.C. S 3702(b)(1), which bars claims not received within 6 years of the date they accrued. In the appeal it is contended that the compensation in question is payable as a result of Congressional recognition of such service, and that the members of the organization were unaware of the provisions of the barring act. To the extent the claimants may have had any claims directly against the United States for World War II 1/ The claimants are Maximo D. Bas, Pedro C. Ducducan, Betty Fuentes Artificio, Agapito P. Doria, and Adriano B. Campo.

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