Illegal Expenditure by the Army to Replace Laundry and Drycleaning Equipment: Report to the Congress |
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1st Sess 724 of Public 82d Cong accomplished without certification additional capital investment Anti-Deficiency Act avoid additional capital bakery Carson civilian services cleaning facility commercial facilities Commercial or Industrial commercial sources COMPTROLLER consultation with representatives Defense Appropriation Act Department of Defense design to increase dry-cleaning industry affected drycleaning equipment drycleaning facilities drycleaning plants Drycleaning unit assembly efficiency of newer Emphasis added equipment designed equipment investment equipment would cut expenditures for laundry Fort Carson funds made available inoperable and uneconomical invested in laundry July 16 Lake Charles language of section laundry and dry laundry and drycleaning Laundry press unit legal opinion ment merely the keeping military money orders obtainable from commercial OSD/OGC present Congress productive capacity propriations Public Law reactivation reasonable rates required certification Second Supplemental Appropriation Secretary of Defense Section 724 clearly Senator Ellender services whenever practicable sources at reasonable Supplemental Appropriations Bill tion U.S. General Accounting violation
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Page 8 - ... shall any such officer or employee involve the Government in any contract or other obligation, for the payment of money for any purpose, in advance of appropriations made for such purpose, unless such contract or obligation is authorized by law.
Page 1 - ' none, of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used except that, so far -as practicable, all contracts shall be awarded on a formally advertised competitive bid basis to the lowest responsible bidder.
Page 2 - None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any bakery, laundry, or drycleaning facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions, as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify, in writing, giving his reasons therefor, that the services to be furnished by such facilities are not obtainable from commercial sources at reasonable rates.
Page 7 - Facilities" means industrial property (other than material, special tooling, military property, and special test equipment) for production, maintenance, research, development, or test, including real property and rights therein, buildings, structures, improvements, and plant equipment. (b) "Facilities contract...
Page 3 - The committee recommends in the overall reduction that no funds be provided for the laundry and dry-cleaning plant at Lake Charles, La., and has further provided that no part of the funds made available by this act or any other act of the present Congress shall be used for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any...
Page 7 - Any part or adjunct of a physical plant, or any item of equipment which is an operating entity and which contributes or can contribute to the execution of a function by providing some specific type of physical assistance.
Page 6 - Programming of Major Telecommunications Requirements," April 24, 1968.2 (2) Consolidation of two or more inhouse activities without increasing the over-all total amount of products or services provided is not a new start. (3) In a new start, we are concerned with an entire activity. The modernization of such an activity wherein the productive machinery, or a major part of such machinery, is being replaced to up1 Filed as part of original.
Page 2 - La. , and has further provided that no part of the funds made available by this act or any other act of the present Congress shall be used for the construction, replacement, or reactivation of any laundry or dry-cleaning facilities in the United States, its Territories, or possessions as to which the Secretary of Defense does not certify, in writing, after consultation with representatives of the laundry and dry-cleaning...
Page 3 - I will be glad to suggest -- which would deny funds appropriated by the present Congress for the construction of Government laundry and dry-cleaning plants unless the Secretary of Defense certifies, after investigation of the facts, that the necessary laundering and dry-cleaning services are not obtainable from regular commercial sources. Such an amendment would merely implement the general policy of Congress and the often-stated objective of this committee to make maximum use of civilian services...
Page 6 - ... serve military personnel should not be considered eligible for PECIP funding. Interpretation of OMB Circular A-76 (Policies for Acquiring Commerical or Industrial Products and Services for Government Use). The Army interpretation of A-76 has stated that an item is not a new start if it is a: — Replacement of an individual machine damaged or worn out beyond economic repair with a similar machine designed to perform the same or like task, if productive capacity of the replacement machine does...