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B-285298 1 (2000-05-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptalcz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: tG A O__ _ _ _ __ United States General Accounting Office Office of the General Counsel Washington, DC 20548 B-285298 May 22, 2000 The Honorable Frank R. Wolf House of Representatives Subject: Lobbying Activity in Support of China Permanent Normal Trade Relations Dear Mr. Wolf: As you requested, this letter provides a further update on our review of the efforts of the White House China Trade Relations Working Group and selected agencies to gain support for pending legislation, which would, if enacted, provide for the establishment of permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) for China. You asked us to determine whether any of these efforts have violated the anti-lobbying provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 1913 or any applicable appropriations statutes. In connection with our review, we sent information requests to the White House and the agencies which are represented on the Working Group. In response to these information requests, hundreds of documents have been provided to us by the White House and the Departments of Commerce, Agriculture, State, the Treasury and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.2 Based on our ongoing review of the documentation we have received to date, we have identified one instance, involving an e-mail authored by an agency representative assigned to the Working Group, which on its face constitutes a violation of the applicable anti-lobbying appropriation provision, although it involves a minimal expenditure of appropriated funds. We have discussed this e-mail with the White House Counsel's Office. 1 See H.R. 4444 and S. 2277. We provided an earlier status report on our review of the Administration's efforts to garner support for this legislation on May 8, 2000 (GAO/GGD-00-130R). 2 In doing our review we have relied on the agencies to furnish us with complete and accurate documentation. Our conclusions are based on the facts as presented in the documentation provided to us.

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