About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

B-194562 1 (1979-07-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjit0001 and id is 1 raw text is: pp-il


GAO
United States Genoral Accounting Office
Washington, C 20,48


Ge41 C uof
Gever'al Counsel


in Ro[4y
Reorto:


0-194562


                              JUL I' 1,n
Mr. Wi,!iam iW Thybony      t          /
Assistont Adm.nistrator     -ko
   for XRegulations
Office htf Pederial Procurement   r00    to$
   Policy                       N
OLE ice of Ilanagnont and budget
CgecutiVtt Of f ice af the President

Dear fir. Thybonyt
    ~y littter dated Aptil 6, 1979, you requested
our Pfpuenta on propose4ederal Acquinition Regula-
ttiohCqPAH)rsubparts 32.7v- Contract Funding and 42.11-
Production Surveillance anI Roporting.   Our comjments
follow

Subpt    2. -Contract Fundiniq

FAR 329702-2(a)   Fiscalyar cuntracts.     The contract--
Ihb bff6~rnay award a contract properly hargeable
to funds of the new fiscal year, bvfore these funds
are available, if the contract inclulos the clause at
52.232-42.  This authority may be usnd only for
operation, mintenance, and gontinuin, services '(eg.,
rentals, utilities, and supply items not financed
by stock fundu) that are necessary for normal operations
and for which Congress consistently appropriates
funds.
     Both the courts and our otfice have hod that
under. 41 U.SPC. 11 (1976) a contract entered .1pto
prior to enactment of the applicable appropriation,
in th e absence of specific legiulative authority is
void regardless of the presence of an Availability
of Funds' clause such as the one proposed at FAR,
52.232-42* See Leiter V. United States, 271 U.S. 204
(1926), 42 Comp. Gen. 272--VJ---Thierefore after,
the word available in the first sentence of seot.on
32.702-2(a) the phrase provided that the appropriation
has been enacted should be added. The same qualifi-
cation ushould be added to the Availability of Funds'
clause at FAR 52.232-42.


L  Oki eit


<-L ekcr


0/i


,          aUOA       S.,

.4IU tjl~


I ~


or<I$(I


9L . ?e,3


t

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most