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 PUBLIC LAW 110–161—DEC. 26, 2007

121 STAT. 2249

for contracted security services at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE SALARIES

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For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the certification of the Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $501,000,000: Provided, That not more than $5,413,000 of payments received under section 782 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That not more than $2,097,000 of reimbursements received under section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That of the total amount provided, up to $2,500,000 is for technology assessment studies: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or agency which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved are initially financed. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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SEC. 1501. CONTRACT APPEALS BOARD. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— (1) the term ‘‘Board’’ means the Contract Appeals Board established under subsection (b); and (2) the term ‘‘legislative branch agency’’ means— (A) the Architect of the Capitol; (B) the United States Botanic Gardens; (C) the Government Accountability Office; (D) the Government Printing Office; (E) the Library of Congress; (F) the Congressional Budget Office; (G) the United States Capitol Police; and (H) any other agency, including any office, board, or commission, established in the legislative branch; and (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Contract Appeals Board within the Government Accountability Office. The Board shall hear and decide appeals from decisions of a contracting officer

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