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B-230393 1 (1988-06-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnde0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0The Comptroller General Y of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: Veterans Administration--Advance Payments of Coupons for Publications File: B-230393 Date: June 27, 1988 DIGEST The Veterans Administration's advance purchase of coupons, which are redeemable for cash if unused, for use in procuring medical articles would not violate the prohibition against advances of public money, because it would fall within the exception in 31 U.S.C. S 3324(d) for charges for a publication printed or recorded in any way for the auditory or visual use of the agency. DECISION The Director of the Office of Budget and Finance, Veterans Administration (VA), requests our decision to resolve whether the VA can properly make payments in advance to the New York Academy of Medicine for coupons which may be exchanged for articles published in medical journals and medical books. For the reasons given below, we conclude that these payments would be proper. The New York Academy of Medicine sponsors a program which allows medical libraries to obtain particular articles published in medical journals or books, which are in some cases rare and expensive, at the cost of $7.00 per article. The participating medical libraries purchase coupons for usE in procuring the medical articles, thereby allowing the New York Academy of Medicine to save on bookkeeping costs, and in turn keep the article expenses low. Unused coupons can be returned to the Academy for an immediate cash refund. The question is whether the advance payment for coupons, to be used for the purchase of publications, violates the general prohibition against advances of public money contained in 31 U.S.C. § 3324(b). An exception to this prohibition is set forth in 31 U.S.C. S 3324(d), which provides: . ... k -21 1C), , /

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