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B-149372,B-158195 1 (1969-08-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabklw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: E-' 1#3 7Zr COMPTROLLER GENERAL OFT~HE UNITED STATESr WASHINGTON 0 C 20548 3-149372 RELEASED B- 158195 Dear Senator Schweiker: This is in response to your request of May 22, 1969, acknowledged June 11, 1969, that we furnish you a report on certain Government expenses indicated in a newspaper article as being paid in behalf of former President Johnson. Some of the expenses referred to in the article were borne by the Government and some were borne by private contributions. The expenses borne by the Government were paid Irom funds appropriated to the General Services Administration (GSA). We reviewed the pertinent GSA records and held discussions with appro- priate officials. We have obtained information on essentially all of the Government expenses referred to in the newspaper article. Presidential transitior1L The Presidential Transition Act of 1963, approved March 7, 1964, Public Law 88-277, 78 Stat. 153, vests in the Administrator of the General Services Administration the authority to provide, upon xequest, to each President-elect and each Vice President-elect necessary serv- ices and facilities, including suitable office space, payment of staff salaries, travel expenses, communications services, printing and bind- ing, and postage, subject to appropriations provided therefor, during the transition period between election and inauguration. The act also authorizes the Administrator to provide, upon request, similar services and facilities to each former President and former Vice President, for a period not to exceed 6 months from the date of expiration of his term of office as President or Vice President, for use in winding up the affairs of his office. The purpose of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, as indi- cated in section 2 thereof, is to promote the orderly transfer of executive power in connection with the expiration of the term of office of a President and the inauguration of a new President so as to assure continuity in the faithful execution of the laws and in the affairs of the Federal Government, both domestic and foreign. Funds in the amount of $375,000 were made available to Mr. Johnson from an appropriation of $900,000 to GSA in the Independent Offices and Departmnt of Hous~pg and Urban Development Appro/pr+ation Act, 1969,

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