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§ 142e. —  Disbursing Officer of the Library of Congress; disbursements for Congressional Budget Office, accountability; financial management support to Congressional Budget Office under agreement of Librarian of Congress and Director of Congressional Budget Office; Congressional Budget Office certifying officers: voucher certifications, accountability, relief by Comptroller General.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC142e]

 
                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                     CHAPTER 5--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
 
Sec. 142e. Disbursing Officer of the Library of Congress; 
        disbursements for Congressional Budget Office, accountability; 
        financial management support to Congressional Budget Office 
        under agreement of Librarian of Congress and Director of 
        Congressional Budget Office; Congressional Budget Office 
        certifying officers: voucher certifications, accountability, 
        relief by Comptroller General
        
    From and after January 1, 1976, the Disbursing Officer of the 
Library of Congress is authorized to disburse funds appropriated for the 
Congressional Budget Office, and the Library of Congress shall provide 
financial management support to the Congressional Budget Office as may 
be required and mutually agreed to by the Librarian of Congress and the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office. The Library of Congress is 
further authorized to compute and disburse the basic pay of all 
personnel of the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to the provisions 
of section 5504 of title 5, except the Director, who as head of an 
agency, shall have pay computed and disbursed pursuant to the provisions 
of section 5505 of title 5.
    All vouchers certified for payment by duly authorized certifying 
officers of the Library of Congress shall be supported with a 
certification by an officer or employee of the Congressional Budget 
Office duly authorized in writing by the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office to certify payments from appropriations of the 
Congressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office certifying 
officers shall (1) be held responsible for the existence and correctness 
of the facts recited in the certificate or otherwise stated on the 
voucher or its supporting paper and the legality of the proposed payment 
under the appropriation or fund involved, (2) be held responsible and 
accountable for the correctness of the computations of certifications 
made, and (3) be held accountable for and required to make good to the 
United States the amount of any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment 
resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate made by 
him, as well as for any payment prohibited by law which did not 
represent a legal obligation under the appropriation or fund involved: 
Provided, That the Comptroller General of the United States may, at his 
discretion, relieve such certifying officer or employee of liability for 
any payment otherwise proper whenever he finds (1) that the 
certification was based on official records and that such certifying 
officer or employee did not know, and by reasonable diligence and 
inquiry could not have ascertained the actual facts, or (2) that the 
obligation was incurred in good faith, that the payment was not contrary 
to any statutory provision specifically prohibiting payments of the 
character involved, and the United States has received value for such 
payment: Provided further, That the Comptroller General shall relieve 
such certifying officer or employee of liability for an overpayment for 
transportation services made to any common carrier covered by section 
3726 of title 31, whenever he finds that the overpayment occurred solely 
because the administrative examination made prior to payment of the 
transportation bill did not include a verification of transportation 
rates, freight classifications, or land grant deductions.
    The Disbursing Officer of the Library of Congress shall not be held 
accountable or responsible for any illegal, improper, or incorrect 
payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate, 
the responsibility for which is imposed upon a certifying officer or 
employee of the Congressional Budget Office.

(Pub. L. 96-536, Sec. 101(c), Dec. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3167.)

                          Codification

    In the second par., ``section 3726 of title 31'' substituted for 
``section 244 of title 31'' on authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), 
Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 
31, Money and Finance.
    Section is based on section 207 of title II of H.R. 7593, as passed 
the House of Representatives on July 21, 1980, and incorporated by 
reference in section 101(c) of Pub. L. 96-536, to be effective as if 
enacted into law.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the 
following prior appropriation acts:
    Pub. L. 96-86, Sec. 101(c) [H.R. 4390, title II, Sec. 207], Oct. 12, 
1979, 93 Stat. 657.
    Pub. L. 95-391, title II, Sec. 207, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 786.
    Pub. L. 95-94, title II, Sec. 207, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 678.
    Pub. L. 94-440, title VIII, Sec. 808, Oct. 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 1458.
    Pub. L. 94-157, title I, ch. IV, Dec. 18, 1975, 89 Stat. 835.



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