[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC142l]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 5--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Sec. 142l. Disbursing Officer of Library of Congress;
disbursements for Office of Compliance; voucher certifications,
accountability and relief by Comptroller General
From and after October 1, 1996, the Disbursing Officer of the
Library of Congress is authorized to disburse funds appropriated for the
Office of Compliance, and the Library of Congress shall provide
financial management support to the Office of Compliance as may be
required and mutually agreed to by the Librarian of Congress and the
Executive Director of the Office of Compliance. The Library of Congress
is further authorized to compute and disburse the basic pay of all
personnel of the Office of Compliance pursuant to the provisions of
section 5504 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 Office of Compliance duly
authorized in writing by the Executive Director of the Office of
Compliance to certify payments from appropriations of the Office of
Compliance. The Office of Compliance 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 them, 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 c
