Pub. L. 93-604, tit. II, sec. 201

Sec. 201. Section 322 of the Transportation Act of 1040, as amended (49 U.S.C. 66), is further amended: (1) By deleting from subsection (a) the first sentence thereof and substituting therefor the following: “Payment, for transportation of persons or property for or on behalf of the United States by any carrier or forwarder shall be made upon presentation of bills therefor prior to audit by the General Services Administration, or his designee. The right is reserved to the United States Government to deduct the amount of any overcharge by any carrier or forwarder from any amount subsequently found to be due such carrier or forwarder. This does not affect the authority of the General Accounting Office to make audits in accordance with the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, as amended (31 U.S.C. 41), and the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950, as amended (31 U.S.C. 65).”. (2) In the second proviso of subsection (a), by striking out “cognizable by the General Accounting Office” and by striking out “received in the General Accounting Office” and inserting in lieu of the latter “received in the General Services Administration, or by his designee”; and (3) By redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively, and by inserting the following new subsection (b): “(b) Nothing in subsection (a) hereof shall be deemed to prevent any carrier or forwarder from requesting the Comptroller General to review the action on his claim by the General Services Administration, or his designee. Such request shall Ire forever barred unless received in the General Accounting Office within six months (not including in time of war) from the date the action was taken or within the periods of limitation specified in the second proviso in subsection (a) of this section, whichever is later.”.