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B-146333 1 (1979-03-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjmm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .,, \' \ C O M P T R O L L E R G E N E R A L O F T H E U N IT E D S T A T E S ........... WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 B-146333 YR2 T979 The Honorable John M. Murphy Chairman,. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 3,-- e27eC House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: On January 15, 1979, you along with 26 other Congressmen introduced a bill, H.R. 85, 96th Congress, which would provide for a comprehensive system of liability and compensation for oilspill damage and removal costs. The bill would establish a Comprehensive Oil Spill Liability Fund to help finance such costs. On the same day Congressman Studds introduced a simi- lar bill, H.R. 29. Both bills contain requirements for auditing and reporting by our Office which we believe are un- necessary and undesirable. Subsection 102(g) of both bills provide that: The Comptroller General shall audit all payments, obligations, reimbursements, or other uses of the fund, to assure that the fund is being properly administered and that claims are being appropriately and expeditiously considered. The Comptroller General shall submit to the Congress an interim report one year after the establishment of the fund and a final report two years after the establishment of the fund. The Comptroller General shall thereafter audit the fund as appropriate. Each Federal agency shall cooperate with the Comptroller General in carrying out this subsection. The requirements of subsection 102(g) for General Account- ing Office audits and reports are unnecessary. Our Office already has sufficient authority to make such audits. Also, alternative methods exist for congressional committees to obtain needed information with less risk of precluding or disrupting other work by our Office.

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