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CED-80-22 1 (1979-10-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazww0001 and id is 1 raw text is: B-194541 RELEASED WASINGTON. . f RESTRPCTED - Not to be released outside the General Accountng Office except on the basis of specific approva) by the Office of Congressional Relatons , October 31, 1979 The Honorable Peter W. Rodino, Jr. Chairman, House Committee on the Judiciary Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Review of Federal Disaster Assistance to Two Libraries in Pennsylvania (CED-80-22) On June 21, 1979, you asked us to determine the basis for and verify the correctness of dollar amounts included in House bill 2064 to relieve two Pennsylvania communities and their libraries of the obligation to repay Federal disaster assistance funds erroneously remitted to them in the after- math of Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972. In contrast to the other four libraries named for relief in the House bill, the two libraries in question--the Osterhout Library located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and the West Pittston Library located in West Pittston, Pennsylvania--had not had their claims for disaster assistance audited and settled by Federal authorities by the time in 1976 when the question of ineligi- bility to receive such assistance was first raised. As a result, precise figures for the amounts of relief which should be provided to these two libraries have not been established. In order to evaluate the basis for and appropriateness of the amounts of relief provided in House bill 2064 for the Osterhout Library and the West Pittston Library ($457,318 and $9,984, respectively), we met with library and local government officials from the two communities and with repre- sentatives of the Federal Disaster Assistance Administration (FDAA). 1/ We also reviewed the extensive local and Federal documentation relating to these projects. Our findings and conclusions are summarized below and discussed in greater detail in the enclosures to this letter. _ 110796 1/On July 15, 1979, FDAA was abolished and its functions assumed by the newly created Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). (068102) .55-0 7A _Sol'

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