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B-163484 1 (1972-07-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagio0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE X, /7 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC Y DEVELOPMENT DIVISION JUL 1 3 1972 B-163484 Dear Mr. Secretary: LM096499 We have examined into the fee assessment policies and practices of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation / Service (ASCS), Department of Agriculture, concerning its processing of price-support loans and storagfacility and 4/Z w equipment loans authorized under programs of the Commodity Credit Corporation. We reviewed applicable legislation, the Office of Manage-J7 ment and Budget instruction, and ASCS records relating to the establishment and administration of loan-processing fees. We also interviewed ASCS officials. Our review was made primar- ily at ASCS headquarters in Washington, D.C. Title V of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952 (3i U.S.C. 483a), and Circular No. A-25 of the Office of Management and Budget state that Government activities which provide identifiable recipients with special benefits or priv- ileges should be financially self-sustaining to the maximum extent possible. The act states that fair and equitable fees should be prescribed which take into consideration direct and indirect costs to the Government, value to the recipients, public policy or interest served, and other pertinent facts. Circular No. A-25 states that, in addition to those costs directly related to the activity, the cost to the Government should include a proportionate share of an agency's manage- ment and supervisory costs and that the cost of providing the service should be reviewed every year and fees should be ad- justed as necessary. Although the Government's general policy is to recover to the fullest extent possible the costs of providing special services to identifiable recipients, our review showed that the fees charged for processing price-support loans were not directly related to the costs that should have been recovered and that fees were not charged for processing storage facility and equipment loans. Further, ASCS had not made an annual re- view of its costs to process these loans, contrary to Circu- lar No. A-25.

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