§3529. Requests for decisions of the Comptroller General
(a) A disbursing or certifying official or the head of an agency may request a decision from the Comptroller General on a question involving-
(1) a payment the disbursing official or head of the agency will make; or
(2) a voucher presented to a certifying official for certification.
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Comptroller General shall issue a decision requested under this section.
(2) A decision requested under this section concerning a function transferred to or vested in the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 211(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (
(A) by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, except as provided in subparagraph (B); or
(B) in the case of a function delegated by the Director to another agency, by the head of the agency to which the function was delegated.
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Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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3529 | 31:44(1st sentence). | June 10, 1921, ch. 18, §304(1st par. 1st sentence), |
31:74(last par. words before 4th comma). | July 31, 1894, ch. 174, §8(6th par. words before 4th comma), |
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31:82d(words after semicolon). | Dec. 29, 1941, ch. 641, §§3(words after semicolon), 4(related to §3 ), |
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31:82e(related to 31:82d). |
In subsection (a), before clause (1), the text of 31:82e(related to 82d) is omitted as unnecessary because it does not apply to 31:82d. The words "of law" in 31:82d(words after semicolon) are omitted as surplus. In clause (1), the words "or under them" in 31:74(last par. words before 4th comma) are omitted as unnecessary. In clause (2), the words "a payment on" in 31:82d(words after semicolon) are omitted as surplus.
In subsection (b), the word "issue" is substituted for "render" in 31:74(last par. words before 4th comma) and "obtain" in 31:82d(words after semicolon) because of the restatement.
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 211(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, as in effect immediately before the effective date of title II of the General Accounting Office Act of 1996, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is section 211(a) of
This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), probably means
Amendments
1996-Subsec. (b).