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Code · U.S. Code · Title 31 - MONEY AND FINANCE · CHAPTER 35— ACCOUNTING AND COLLECTION · SUBCHAPTER III— AUDITING AND SETTLING ACCOUNTS · § 3529

§ 3529. Requests for decisions of the Comptroller General

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(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.
(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.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 967; Pub. L. 104–316, title II, § 204, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3845.)
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.
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  • 109 Stat. 535
  • Pub. L. 97–258
  • 96 Stat. 967
  • Pub. L. 104–316, title II, § 204
  • 110 Stat. 3845
  • section 211(a) of Pub. L. 104–53
  • Pub. L. 104–316
  • section 211 of Pub. L. 104–53
  • 110 Stat. 3286
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Stat.109 Stat. 535
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 104–316, title II, § 204
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