B-283599: Sep 15, 1999

You advise that CJA claims will have exhausted available fiscal year 1999 appropriations on September 10. Express concern that the Courts may have to suspend approving CJA vouchers to avoid violating the Antideficiency Act. The fiscal year 1999 appropriations act also provided that funds appropriated for CJA cases were available for obligations incurred in prior years. 112 Stat. 2681-127. Your let...

B-283599: Published: Sep 15, 1999. Publicly Released: Sep 15, 1999.

GAO provided comments on whether the District of Columbia would violate the Antideficiency Act by: (1) approving vouchers for attorney's Criminal Justice Act (CJA) claims after the available fiscal year 1999 appropriations funds were exhausted; and (2) paying out CJA obligations exceeding the limitation contained in the 1999 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, GAO held that: (1) the Courts co...