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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
VWASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RFRT
IN R EPLY*
Februa ry 8 1979 II .o llllllllllllllllllllllllll
PROGRAM ANALYSIS F
DIVISION
LW0O9459
Mr. John M. Martin
Acting Staff Director
Committee on Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Dear Mr. Martin:
The enclosed computer printout is forwarded for your
information and use in preparation of your committee's
views and estimates report to the House Budget Committee
on the fiscal year 1980 budget. The General Accounting
Office has prepared this information as part of our efforts
to respond to the requirements in Title VIII of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 that the Comptroller General (1)
develop and maintain standard classifications for fiscal,
budgetary and program-related information and (2) assist
committees in developing their information needs.
We have atte:,tpted to identify all the Federal programs
and activities that are within your committee's jurisdiction
using available source documents, such as the Budget Appen-
dix and agency budget justifications, and in consultation
with cognizant congressional and executive agency officials.
We want to emphasize that the list of programs/activities in
the enclosed document is an effort to capture the existing
inventory of programs; it is not a standard classification
of program and budget data. Also, the b,]dget 3ata was ob-
tained directly from the agencies, and except for certain
test checks that we performed, we relied on their input as
to the accuracy and validity of the data.
For each proqram or activity identified, we have dis-
played the program authorizing and funding legislation (pub-
lic law and U.S. Code citation) and the relevant budgetary
information (authorization, budget authority, obligations and
outlays). The requisite budget data are provided for fiscal
years 1978 (actual), 1979 (estimate) and 1980 (President's
budget request). Enclosure 1 provides a further discussion
of this listing.
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