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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
B- 192787 ° 1
The Honorable John L. Burton, Chairman /
Subcommittee on Government Activities
.and Transportation 0
Committee on Government Operations
House of Representatives
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Your letter of October 10, 1978, requested our opinion
as to whether the Pioneer Electric Cooperative (Cooperative]
of Greenvil~e, Alabama, has a substantialL1!aim o ntitle-
ment o f a pxiority to rurchase t electric system at former
Cral7 Air 1brce Base, Aiabara, uncer the Surplus roperty
Act of 1944 § 13(d), 50 U.S.C. App. § 1622(d) [1944 Act].
We do not believe that it does.
As you indicated,. the Administrator of General Services
has transmitted to the House Committee on Government Opera-
tions an explanatory statement of a proposal to negotiate a
sale of the electric system to the Craig Field Airport and
Industrial Authority [Authority], under the Federal Pro-
perty and Administrative Services Act of 1949 § 203(e)(6),
40 U.S.C. § 484(e)(6) [1949 Act].
While the 1949 Act provides the Administrator a great
amount of discretion in negotiating the disposal of surplus
property to entities outside the Federal Government, this
discretion is limited by certain preferences which have been
carried over from the 1944 Act, one of which concerns the
sale of- power transmission lines.
In opposition to the proposed negotiated sale to the
Authority, the Cooperative has claimed that it is a pre-
ferred ertity for the purchase and acquisition of the
electric system under the following 1944 Act provision:](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobabjmy0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)