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B-62051 1 (1947-01-17)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadagd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON 25 B-62051 IN 1 7 1947 Administrator, Tar Assets Administration. My dear General Littlejohn: Reference is made to your letter of November 20, 1946, as follows: lThis Administration has requested the Public Buildings Administration to provide office space for War Assets Adminis- tration activities outside of Washington, D). C. Pursuant to our request for this space, Public Buildings Administration has entered into leaves in excess of one year (usually five years), without a cancellation clause, and representatives of PBA have indicated verbally that they expect WAA to obligate its fands for the full period of the lease. The War Assets Administration did not requast or expect PBA to enter into leases on these terms since WAA could not expect to require office space for any cuch reriod, being primarily a liquidating agency. It has been held repeatedly that the liabilit of the Government under a lease for a term of years is binding on the Government only until the end of the fiscal year in which the lease is made, in the absence of specific statutory authority thorefor. See 24 Comp. Gen. 195. The appropriation for WAA for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, contained in the Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, approved July 23, 1946, contains no provisions for obligating such appropriation for rentals for a period beyond June 30, 1947. Furtharmore, in the estinates for this appropriation no amount ras considered to be required for the paymiient of rentals for any period beyond June 30, 1947, nor was the Congress requested to appropriate any funds for such purposes. PRA has indicated that such leases were made for five-year terms since the only way PBA could secure the required office space for WAA was under those terms. However, Section 304(c) of Title 40 U.S.C. provides: . 'The Cormissioner of Public Buildings, with the approval of the Federal Works Administrator, is further authorized to procure space by lease, on such terms and for such period not in excess of five years as he ay deem in the public interest, for the housing of any Federal agency or agencies outside of the District of Colubia, except the Post Office Department, and to

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