United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1999-09-27 monographic deposited born digital 5 p. GA 1.13:B-282601 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-282601 P0b002ee18fd4e3dd f:282601 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-282601 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-282601 B-282601 Comptroller General Decision 1. Subsection 1535(d) the Economy Act, 31 U.S.C. sect. 1535(d), requires an ordering agency to deobligate funds at the end of the period of availability unless the servicing agency has completed performance or awarded a contract for the goods or services. Here, the National Park Service entered into interagency agreements for soil surveys with the National Resource Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture, pursuant to a statute other than the Economy Act. Where an interagency agreement is based on specific statutory authority other than the Economy Act, an agency is not required to deobligate funds at the end of the period of availability since section 1535(d) only applies to interagency agreements under the Economy Act. 2. A time limited appropriation may be obligated only to meet a legitimate, or bona fide, need of the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made. Generally, funds may be obligated for the provision of services beyond the fiscal year in which the appropriation is made only to the extent those services constitute a single nonseverable undertaking. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-282601/html/GAOREPORTS-B-282601.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-282601/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-282601.pdf GAO/B-282601 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-282601 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-282601; National Park Service Soil Surveys, B-282601, September 27, 1999; Title 16 Chapter 3B 16 U.S.C. Chapter 3B