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                             October 22, 1997
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                             GSBCA 14242-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, Director, Office of Transportation
Audits, General Services Administration, Washington, DC, appearing
for 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.

DeGRAFF, Board Judge.

     On December 14, 1994, Tri-State Motor Transit Co. (Tri-State)
asked the General Accounting Office (GAO) to review an Office of
Transportation Audits (OTA) action concerning Government Bill of
Lading (GBL) C-7,751,399.  OTA had determined that it would not pay
Tri-State's claim related to that GBL.  GAO assigned the claim
number B-260317.

     On July 5, 1995, GAO issued its decision concerning another
Tri-State claim.  Footnote 1 of that decision reads as follows:

     GSA advised us that our decision here is dispositive of
     Tri-State's claim under Government Bill of Lading
     C-7,751,399 in our file B-260317; accordingly, we
     overrule GSA's settlement of that claim and close that
     file without a separate decision.

Tri-State Motor Transit Co., B-254378.2, et al., slip op. at 1
(July 5, 1995).

     On December 22, 1995, Tri-State asked GAO to issue a decision
in claim B-260317.  GAO responded by stating that the footnote
quoted above "specifically overruled" OTA's decision concerning GBL
C-7,751,399. 

     In mid-1996, the authority to review OTA's actions concerning
payment for transportation services was transferred from GAO to our
Board.  On July 7, 1997, Tri-State asked us to issue a decision in
this matter.  

     There is nothing for us to decide.  GAO resolved this claim in
footnote 1 of its decision in Tri-State Motor Transit Co.,
B-254378.2, et al. (July 5, 1995). 

     The case is DISMISSED.




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                                   MARTHA H. DeGRAFF
                                   Board Judge