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[Entitlement Funding and Its Appropriateness fcr the VIC
Prcqram]. CED-78-98; B-176994. April 13, 1978. Released April
24, 1976. 4 pp. + enclosure (I pp.).
Report to Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton, Chairmar, Senate Cqmmittee on
Appropriations: Agriculture and Pelated Iqgncies Subcommittee;
by hiaer 2. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Food: Domestic Feeding Programs for School Children
and the Poor (1710); Health Programs (1200).
Contact: Community and Economic Development Dill
Budqet Function: Income Security: Public Assistance and Cther
Income Supplements (604).
Orqanizaticn Concerned: Department of Agriculture.
Congressional Relevance: Senate Committee on A;propriationb:
Agriculture and Belated Agencies Subcommittee. Sen. Thceas
F. Eaqleton.
Authority: Child Nutrition Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1786).
Congressional Budget and Impounduent Control Act of 1974.
State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972. 7 U.S.C.
612c. H. Rept. 94-1165.
Entitleme.at legislaticn requizes the ,ayhent of
benefits to any person, State, or local government meeting
requirements established by law. Once enacted, entitlement
leqislationi automatically creates legally enfoxceatle cl.is to
benefits and effectively preempts the Congress' formal process
of deliberating fundiug levels and appropriations. GAO has
consistently taken the position that t e putlic interett is best
zerved tarougn congressional control cf prcgrass ane has
advocated that piograms be fina, cad throuth psriod.; direct
appropriations. According to cfficials of the Department of
Aqriculture, the Special Supplemental food Proyram fcr Vlmen,
Infants, and Children is act considered an entitlement pLograp
because it operates within . funding ceiling. 7he program was
created before the passage of the Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974 and the increased concern and atarenesa for
budgetary control that have resulted, IRS)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaaxen0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)