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B-182081 1 (1977-01-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddwq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I DECISION FILE: 3-182081 U-' -t IC 'I Richard Springer THE COMPTROLLER OMPIRMAL * Z7'.r* OF THU UNITED aTArME WAUMINGTON. C.C. R0541 DATE: JsRMsry 2, 1977 DIF: National Co missior. an State Wortmen's compensation Lava - payment of GPO pAinting invoices 1. Once a-Comisasfon expires, the services of all'members and employees of the Commission *Are automatically terminateds and neither the members of tha Commission nor any of it emplnyee can ih'refter undertake activities on its behalf, whether for the purpose of concluding the affairs of the Commission or otherwise, and such individuals are prohilitAd from incurring any further obligations chargeable against any appropriation for the work of the Commission. 2. A printing esttilace may be used by an agency to establish the leval of funds to be obligatedwhen an order for printing is placed with GPO, pending receipt of a bill reflecting actual cost. Howaver, the printing estimate alone, even if written, unaccompanied by the placement of aa order, does not satisfy the requirements of 31 U.S.C. 5 200(a) for obligating fuda. 3. In the instant -case, thers was no valid obligation under 31 U.S.C. I 200(a) within lifetime of 'Commission to sup- port payment of printing invoices prcsented by GPO. Accordingly, such invoices may not be cecrtfied for payment. This decision is in response to a-request from an authorized certifying officer of the General Services Administration (GSA) con- cerning his authority to certify for paymant certain invoicqs submitted by the United States Governant Printing Office (GPO) for printing servicea rendered for the now defunct National-Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws. GSA had provided certain administrative services, including accounting services, for the Commission pursuant to section 601'of the Economy Act oi 1932, as amonded, 31'U.S.C. 5 686 (1970). The-primary inaue presented is whether the abligations giving rise to the invoices were properly incurred prior to the termination of the Commission. The Commission was established by section 27 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of ?970, 29 U.S.C. 5 676 (1970), to undertake - 1 - I_ t 4-.-. I MATTER DIGEST: V .10 'a- * I ~'~'j. * i.t 1.. 11 1 e4

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