General Accounting Office Act of 1974: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Budgeting, Management, and Expenditures of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, Second Session, on S. 3013 ... August 7, 1974 |
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Page 140 - Act of 1948, as amended, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate...
Page 98 - Debate on the resolution shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the resolution. A motion further to limit debate is not debata-ble. An amendment to, or motion to recommit, the resolution is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.
Page 193 - All claims and demands whatever by the Government of the United States or against it, and all accounts whatever in which the Government of the United States is concerned, either as debtor or creditor, shall be settled and adjusted in the General Accounting Office.
Page 73 - Commission shall have the power to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel, as it deems advisable, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title, relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates.
Page 90 - In case of disobedience to a subpoena, the bureau may invoke the aid of any district court of the United States in requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, and such court, within the jurisdiction of which...
Page 98 - ... in order (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of such resolution.
Page 146 - Residence personnel, and for other purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House and the Senate in explanation of the effect...
Page 96 - ... (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
Page 4 - ... of regulations in Subchapter C. The regulations in Subchapter C relate to all classes of claims by and against the United States except: (a) Those claims which are under the exclusive jurisdiction of administrative agencies pursuant to specific statutory authority ; (b) Those claims arising out of freight and passenger transportation services furnished for the account of the United States which are covered in Subchapter D of this chapter. (Sec. 311, 42 Stat.
Page 135 - Service, no Federal law dealing with public or Federal contracts, property, works, officers, employees, budgets, or funds, including the provisions of chapters 5 and 7 of title 5, shall apply to the exercise of the powers of the Postal Service.