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President Signs S. 1794, Disbursing officers, certifying officers, and employees of the Government Printing Office [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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President Signs S. 1794, Disbursing officers, certifying officers, and employees of the Government Printing Office [Signing Statements and Announcements]
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U.S. Senate. (03/04/1789 - )
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Digitized from Box 4 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
October 22, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
NOTICE TO THE PRESS
The President has signed S. 1794 Disbursing officers, certifying
officers, and employees of the Government Printing Office--which
amends the law relating to the disbursing officer, the deputy dis-
bursing officer, certifying officers, and employees of GPO to bring
their responsibilities into line with those of the officers and employees
of the Executive Branch and the Library of Congress.
This bill will place GPO officers in a position similar to other officers.
Specifically, the bill will provide for:
-- relief of the GPO disbursing officer from responsibility
where he relied on false, inaccurate or misleading
certificates of certifying officers.
-- the Comptroller General to relieve certifying officers
under certain specified circumstances including among
others where in certain circumstances they did not know or
could not reasonably have found out the facts.
-- relief of the disbursing officer from being the sole
accountable officer
-- specific obligations of certifying officers and enforcement
of liability against certifying officers
-- the right of certifying officers to apply to the GAO for
advance decisions on questions of law relating to vouchers
before them for payment
-- bringing GPO into conformity with the Executive agencies
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