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B-252467 1 (1994-06-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoev0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 15/R.3 a .Udol.d $s 612U6 Decision matter Ogg Air Forcs--Appropriations--Reinburseucnt for Costs of Licenses or certificates filem B-252467 Date June 3, 1994 DI 035! The Air Force, in its'aiscretion, may expend appropriated funds to reimburse its members for licensing or cartification fees required to perform their assigned duties whenever federal law compels the embers to comply with state regulations requiring the licenne or certificate, DICSIOM The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management asks whether the Air Force may use appropriated funds to reimburse Air Force members for the cost of licensea or certificates required to perform the members' assigned duties. We do not object to such use of Air Force appropriated funds in instances where federal law compels Air Vorce members to comply with state and local regulations requiring the licenses or certificates. According to the Air Force, the number of job categories which require its members to obtain a license or certtficate issued by a state regulatory agency, has increased dramatically in recent years. Most of these new job categories have been created in response to the several federal laws which require federal agencies to comply with state-established environmental standards. 5jL, 2101, 42 U.S.C. 5 7418 (clean Air Act); 42 U.S.C. S 6961 (Solid Waste Disposal Act); 42 U.S.C..S 300j-6 (Public Health Service Act); 33 U.S.C. S 1323(Federal Water Pollution' Control Act); 7 U.S.C. SS 136(e) (1), 1361(a), (b) (Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act). For example, South Carolina, pursuant to the Clean Air Act, requires an Asbestos Abatement License that costs $350 per year; Texas, pursuant to the Public Health Service Act, requires a Water Treatment Pc %man's License at $90 every 3 years; and, North Carolina, pu,. uant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodentic e Act, requires a Pesticide and Herbicide Applicatio, cense that costs $523 every 3 years. As a general matter, agencies may not use appropriated funds except for purposes for which the appropriation was made. SAM 31 U.S.C. S 1301(a). The Air Force operation and

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