41 U.S.C. § 118 : US Code - Section 118: Administration

Search 41 U.S.C. § 118 : US Code - Section 118: Administration

(a) Records and forms
The Administrator of General Services shall establish policies
for such supervision and review within the contracting agencies of
termination settlements and interim financing as he deems necessary
and appropriate to prevent and detect fraud and to assure
uniformity in administration and to provide for expeditious
settlements. For this purpose he shall prescribe such records to be
prepared by the contracting agencies and by war contractors as he
deems necessary in connection with such settlements and interim
financing. He shall seek to reduce the amount of record keeping,
reporting, and accounting in connection with the settlement of
termination claims and interim financing to the minimum compatible
with the reasonable protection of the public interest. Each
contracting agency shall prescribe forms for use by war contractors
in connection with termination settlements and interim financing to
the extent it deems necessary and feasible.
(b) Repealed. Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, Sec. 1(111), 65 Stat. 705
(c) Advance notice on cut-backs
The Administrator of General Services, by regulation, shall
provide for making available to any interested Government agency
such advance notice and other information on cut-backs in war
production resulting from terminations or failures to renew or
extend war contracts, as he deems necessary and appropriate.
(d) Investigations
The Administrator of General Services shall make such
investigations as he deems necessary or desirable in connection
with termination settlements and interim financing. For this
purpose he may utilize the facilities of any existing agencies and
if he determines that the facilities of existing agencies are
inadequate, he may establish a unit in the General Services
Administration to supplement and facilitate the work of existing
agencies. He shall report to the Department of Justice any
information received by him indicating any fraudulent practices,
for appropriate action.
(e) Certification of fraudulent settlements to Department of
Justice
Whenever any contracting agency or the Administrator of General
Services believes that any settlement was induced by fraud, the
agency or Administrator of General Services shall report the facts
to the Department of Justice. Thereupon, (1) the Department of
Justice shall make an investigation to determine whether such
settlement was induced by fraud, and (2) until the Department of
Justice notifies the contracting agency that in its opinion the
facts do not support the belief that the settlement was induced by
fraud, the contracting agency, by set-off or otherwise, may
withhold, from amounts owing to the war contractor by the United
States under such settlement or otherwise, the amount of the
settlement, or the portion thereof, which, in its opinion, was
affected by the fraud. In any such case the Department of Justice
shall take such action as it deems appropriate to recover payments
made to such war contractor.