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B-156489 1 (1979-10-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjin0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1-a- Og~' 7&5 ,A. $5 /r COMPTROLLLIT GENEPlAL OF THE. UNITED STATFS INIMtLY PLIFEFI ra. October 19, @'6t B-156419 1979 The Honorable Dan Daniel, Chairman Special Subcommitteq on NATO Standardization, /tcaooroc Interoperability and Readiness Committee on Armed Services. House of Represe.tatives. ni L o ZwaQuatl.nblo to ptbio ruvAd in; ,?2AJ~ Dear Mr. Chairman; J6?rns-fl In connection) with oui oontirsuin assistaivice t'o the' ' Special Subcommittee, wejWItve exarned-1 .5500) -96WC$, 1st-ss 4, the Tjf.TO 1utQ.l1Suport Actof 19 79and wish to offer our comments on the biOl., We understatd that H.R.l 5530 has been intrqcluced as a ppssible substitute for, IJ.R. 4623, about which we provided you with detailed,comment:s on October 11,1979 (1R-156489)4.,9 In general 'e eo' ider it 55 0 0 tobe a narked im\, t provement over HtR9'4623. bec&use'irpe' is' o, the authority to he',confrrd UPC)ithe. Dep&c;tmept of D erenee (DOD) i s more clo'sq4tiioreki' &t;batciimd' reS? and the, bil ,conteni pim. 'bnProvej1 cohf Isdit yer. q'tita;lu ofi 0the transactonsttha t-,can oOccur. R*Ileyp~t)helessvo6 ie 'of our cp ce rn s 0e*preessed 'pr qv ioudy i n ccsnne c hoij'4wth J14 R.-4 62 3 -(~ _., 1XG07' 95th cOilg. ,' 2nd Seas., ) rerild'.cnd1w&theref 6.e recommend-thattesues we ratod -earlior, be expibred 1,1;.jP thoroughly with DOD'r presentati3s., In addLt'±on, ,Yn6jnce ti6 authority 14obegran,-ld by the bill',,.maysignifidt%, aftct. ,,.NATO readtnoss, Congriss might want to rqview how, thelaw , has bden implemented atItee sone rbasonable,perLod, Therore, the Subcommittee maywish to limitthe dUieationof the-bill to 3'to 5 years, so that a' careful'z'ssessmnt' of its us6 couldcbe made before itjs extended. I Skection 2 of the b4, woutd exempt acquisitionsl undev t Iil',1,o' arlU Viaonsf the bitt from various pro1as of Ia ,Wegenerally have n'objecdon to Psuch xept ions,,,,. owever, s..we havepro- vi6iusly 4nted, DOD alrea-y,.has author-ity td afve . pr-' vistons of,:.tthe. Truthin ' qotiation Act,, 0 U.lS.3QitQ and the reiirement for Examination of Records 'by the' Coip- trollerGeneral, 1L0U.S.C. 2313; the Cost AccountIng Standards , Board has ruled that contracts with foreign governments are 'V N I . :'L ' . 4

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