Title 4-Accounts CHAPTER I-General Accounting Office CHAPTER II-Federal Claims Collection Standards (General Accounting CHAPTER III-Cost Accounting Standards Board. Part 1 101 301 Claims against the United States; general procedure. Review and reconsideration of General Accounting Office claims settlements. 31 32 33 34 35 36 51 52 53 54 55 75 accounts. Deceased members of the Armed Forces and the National Guard; proce- Deceased public creditors generally, claim settlement procedures. SUBCHAPTER D-TRANSPORTATION Passenger transportation service for the account of the United States. Claims by the United States relating to transportation services. Claims against the United States relating to transportation services. Reconsideration and review of General Accounting Office transportation claim settlements. SUBCHAPTER E-STANDARDIZED FISCAL PROCEDURES Certificates and approvals of basic vouchers and invoices. 81 82 91 92 SUBCHAPTER F-RECORDS Public availability of General Accounting Office records. Furnishing records of the General Accounting Office in judicial proceedings. SUBCHAPTER G-STANDARDS FOR WAIVER OF CLAIMS FOR ERRONEOUS PAYMENT OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES Standards for waiver. Procedure. 93 Effect of waiver. SUBCHAPTER A-GENERAL PROCEDURES AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 1 issued under sec. 311, 42 Stat. 25, as amended; 31 U.S.C. 52. SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 1 appear at 22 F.R. 10889, Dec. 28, 1957, unless otherwise noted. § 1.1 Right to representation before the General Accounting Office. All persons having a claim or other rights assertable in the General Accounting Office may prosecute such claim or right individually or through a recognized attorney or other representative. § 1.2 Practice by attorneys. Any person who is a member in good standing of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States or of the highest court of any State, territory, or of the District of Columbia, and is not under any order of any court suspending, enjoining, restraining, disbaring, or otherwise restricting him in the practice of law, may represent others before the General Accounting Office. § 1.3 Signature to constitute certificate. When such member of the bar acting in a representative capacity appears in person or signs a paper on practice before this agency, his personal appearance or signature shall constitute a representation that under the provisions of this part and the law he is authorized and qualified to represent the particular party in whose behalf he acts. § 1.4 Application for enrollment of representatives. All persons desiring to appear before this Office in a representative capacity other than as a member of the bar shall submit an application for enrollment to the General Counsel, General Accounting Office. § 1.5 Committee on enrollment and disbarment. A committee on enrollment and disbarment has been created consisting of the General Counsel, who shall act as Chairman, the Director, Claims Division, and the Director, Transportation and Claims Division of the General Accounting Office. The committee shall meet at such times as are necessary to consider applications for recognition to appear before the General Accounting Office; receive complaints against those enrolled; conduct hearings, make inquiries and perform all duties necessary in the carrying out of their assigned tasks under this part. NOTE: See 37 F.R. 26707, Dec. 15, 1972, for a nomenclature change affecting § 1.5. § 1.6 Register of representatives. The committee shall maintain a register of representatives other than attor neys admitted to practice before the General Accounting Office and shall likewise maintain lists of those whose applications have been rejected. All offices and divisions of the General Accounting Office shall ascertain from the committee whether the name of any one appearing before them in a representative capacity other than a member of the bar appears on the register of those entitled to practice. The head of an office or division may in his discretion temporarily recognize any such representative pending application for enrollment. § 1.7 Complaint and disbarment proceedings. Upon receipt of a complaint that any attorney or other representative has been incompetent, disreputable or otherwise engaged in any improper practice before the General Accounting Office, the committee may, after due notice, and an opportunity for a hearing, and upon finding that the charges warrant discipliniary action, suspend for a given period or disbar from practice before the General Accounting Office any such attorney or representative. The committee shall maintain lists of those attorneys or representatives who have been suspended or disbarred. § 1.8 Authority to prosecute claims. In the prosecution of claims involving payments to be made by the United States, proper powers of attorney shall always be filed, before an attorney or representative is recognized. Also, a power of attorney from the principal may be required of attorneys or representatives in any case. § 1.9 Amendment of rules. The Comptroller General may withdraw or amend at any time or from time to time all or any of the rules and regulations in this part, with or without previous notice, and may make such special orders as he may deem proper in any case. 6.5 Compliance. 6.50 Review of statements by the Comptroller General. |