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CHAPTER 5 — LIBRARY OF CONGRESS> § 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.
§ 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.