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B-196559 1 (1979-12-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjqc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL 0K THE UNITErO STATES SWASHINGTON. D.C. 2054B D EC0 3 1979 B-196559 The Honorable Edward P. Boland Chairmian, Subcommittee on HUD- Independent Agencies , S 3 J- Committee on Appropriations - House of Representatives Dear -r. Chairman: This is in response to your request for a indeXp0ent opinion. on whether ther-latio'nal Endo-wment for the Arts -Arolat the anti-lobbying re- striction on the use of appropriated funds contained in section 304 of the Department of the Interior and related agencies Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1979, Pub. L. No. 95-465, October 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 1279J 1302. In view of the urgent nature of your request, we have not- ues ed an administrative report from NIA. Instead, we studied the October 3, 1979, memorandum to you from the NEA General Counsel, Mr. Robert Wade, Subject: Endowment's Participation in the Livable Cities Program - Alleged Lobbying Activities, and also obtained a copy of the information package sent out by NEA. We agree that NEA violated the provisions of section 304 in this instance. The facts may be summarized as follows. In the fall of 1977, NEA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) jointly developed x proposed legislation for a neighborhood revitalization program, utilizing the arts, culture, and historic preservation. Upon.approval by the Adminis- tration in the spring of 1978, this proposed legislation, the Livable Cities Program, was submitted to the Congress, and was enacted as the Livable Cities Act of 1978, Pub. L. No. 95-557, October 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2122, (42 U.S.C. 55 8141 et. seq.). This enabling legislation authorized appro- priations of $5 million fiscal year 1979 and $10 million for fiscal year 1980. Although appropriations were authorized for the Program, no funds were appropriated to put the Program in operation. The General Counsel of NEA states that from about the time the law was enacted in October 1978 until August 1979, his agency received a great number of inquiries from the public about the legislation. The inquiries indicated that there was substantial confusion and misunderstanding concerning PUBLISHED DECISION 59 Comp. Gen ....... a 9 3Z,,- ///60

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