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31 U.S.C. § 3529 — Requests for decisions of the Comptroller General

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31 U.S.C. § 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 (109 Stat. 535), as in effect immediately before the effective date of title II of the General Accounting Office Act of 1996, or under this Act, shall be issued— (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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31 U.S.C. § 501 — Office of Management and Budget

The Office of Management and Budget is an office in the Executive Office of the President.

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31 U.S.C. § 3526 — Settlement of accounts

**(a)** The Comptroller General shall settle all accounts of the United States Government and supervise the recovery of all debts finally certified by the Comptroller General as due the Government. **(b)** A decision of the Comptroller General under [section 3529 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3529&num=0&edition=prelim) is conclusive on the Comptroller General when settling the account containing the payment. **(c)** (1) The Comptroller General shall settle an account of an accountable official within 3 years after the date the Comptroller General receives the account. A copy of the certificate of settlement shall be provided the official. (2) The settlement of an account is conclusive on the Comptroller General after 3 years after the account is received by the Comptroller General. However, an amount may be charged against the account after the 3-year period when the Government has or may have lost money because the official acted fraudulently or criminally. (3) A 3-year period under this subsection is suspended during a war. (4) This subsection does not prohibit— (A) recovery of public money illegally or erroneously paid; (B) recovery from an official of a balance due the Government under a settlement within the 3-year period; or (C) an official from clearing an account of questioned items as prescribed by law. **(d)** On settling an account of the Government, the balance certified by the Comptroller General is conclusive on the executive branch of the Government. On the initiative of the Comptroller General or on request of an individual whose accounts are settled or the head of the agency to which the account relates, the Comptroller General may change the account within a year after settlem

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31 U.S.C. § 3529 — Requests for decisions of the Comptroller

Page 288 TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE § 3529 essary word. The words ‘‘made by him’’ are omitted as surplus. In subsection (b), before clause (1), the words ‘‘in his discretion’’ and ‘‘for any payment otherwise proper’’ are omitted as surplus. Clause (2)(B) is substituted for ‘‘the payment was not contrary to any statutory provi- sion specifically prohibiting payments of the character involved’’ to eliminate unnecessary words. In subsection (c), before clause (1), the word ‘‘serv- ices’’ in 31:82c(last proviso) is omitted as surplus. The words ‘‘On and after June 1, 1942’’ in 31:82g(related to certifying officers) are omitted as executed. The word ‘‘audit’’ is substituted for ‘‘examination’’ for consist- ency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code. The words ‘‘of the transportation bill’’ are omit- ted as surplus. In clause (2), the words ‘‘equalization and other’’ in 31:82g are omitted as surplus. In subsection (d), the words ‘‘under the jurisdiction’’ are omitted as surplus. The words ‘‘a military depart- ment of the Department of Defense’’ are substituted for ‘‘the Department of the Army, the Navy Department (including the Marine Corps)’’ for consistency with title 10. The words ‘‘and the Panama Canal’’ (subse- quently changed to ‘‘the Canal Zone Government’’ by section 2(a)(1) of the Act of September 26, 1950 (ch. 1049, 64 Stat. 1038)) are omitted because of the Panama Canal Act of 1979 (Pub. L. 96–70, 93 Stat. 452). The word ‘‘pay’’ is substituted for ‘‘salaries’’ for consistency in the re- vised title and with other titles of the Code. 1984 ACT This clarifies section 3528(b) by restoring the author- ity of the Comptroller General to deny relief to certi- fying officials in the same way relief may be denied to disbursing officia

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