Board of Contract Appeals
                 General Services Administration
                      Washington, D.C. 20405



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                     DISMISSED: June 30, 1997
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                         GSBCA 13757-RATE
                                

          In the Matter of TRI-STATE MOTOR TRANSIT CO.
                                

Robert D. Norcom, Auditor, Tri-State Motor Transit Co., Joplin, MO, appearing for
Claimant.

Jeffrey J. Thurston, Office of Transportation Audits, General Services Administration,
Washington, DC, appearing for the General Services Administration.

Col. James F. Quinn, Staff Judge Advocate, Headquarters, Military Traffic Management
Command, Department of the Army, Falls Church, VA, appearing for Department of
Defense.

HYATT, Board Judge.

    On April 25, 1996, Tri-State Motor Transit Co. requested that the General Accounting
Office (GAO) review the audit action of the General Services Administration's (GSA's)
Office of Transportation Audits denying its claim in the amount of $645 for transportation
charges under Government Bill of Lading number E-O,787,692.

    Pursuant to Section 211 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, Pub. L. No.
104-53, 109 Star. 514, 535 (1995), GAO's review function with respect to disputes involving
proper transportation rates for the movement of people and property was transferred to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB).  This function was delegated by OMB to GSA
and redelegated by the Acting Administrator of GSA to the Board.  Subsequent legislation
has made the assignment of this duty to the Administrator permanent.  Pub. L. No. 104-316, 
 202(o)(2), 110 Stat. 3826, 3844 (1996).

    In a letter dated August 5, 1996, GSA informed the Board that based upon additional
information provided by the carrier in its request for review, the claim had been reexamined
and allowed.  Tri-State agreed to dismissal of the claim upon receipt of payment of the
amount allowed.  In a letter dated June 23, 1997, Tri-State confirmed that the claim has been
paid.

    Accordingly, this claim is DISMISSED.

                                                                     CATHERINE B. HYATT
                                                                        Board Judge