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B-139052 1 (1980-04-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjte0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ...R COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNr'TED STATES V WASHINGTON, D.C. 2054.8 April 29, 1980 B-139052 '-The Honorable John D. Dingell House of Representatives Dear Mr. Dingell: This is in response to your request at thi Office rule on whether the Department of Transportat o te (oaabbying p ro isions con- tained in various appropriation acts by engaging in efforts to defe cer- tain legislation during the Fall of 1979. We have concluded that the De- partment did not engage in such acts and therefore did not violate lobby- ing prohibitions. Your letter suggests that the Department attempted to influence mem- bers of Congress by urging them to defeat an amei.dment to the AMTRAK Reorganization Act of 1979, Pub. L. 96-73, September 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 537, that would have placed a one-year moratorium on proposed Depart- ment cut backs in the A-Mtrak system, and an amendment to the Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 1980, Pub. L. 96-131, November 30, 1979, 93 Stat. 1023, which prohibited the expenditure of appropriated funds for implementation and enforcement of motor vehicle passive restraint system standards (airbags) such as those standards contained in Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208 issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminiataion. - - In support of these allegations, you have provided us with information indicating that officials of the Department of Transportation set up displays on the U.S. Capitol grounds of passenger cars equipped with advanced automotive occupant restraint systems during May, June and July 1979. These displays were arranged to attract the attention of Members of Con- gress and the public at large. Department of Transportation employees were stationed with these vehicles to illustrate and explain the restraint equipment and devices. In addition they distributed brochures on the re- straint equipment and answered questions from Members of Congress and the public about the display. (At an August 27, 1979 meeting with your staff, the criteria by which this Office has traditionally determined the existence of anti-lobbying violations was explained. It was agreed that there was no evidence of such violations in connection with the passage of the Amtrak authorization bill, H.R. 3996.) ()/o/7r

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