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B-114868 1 (1973-01-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkhv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - Not to be released outside the Genera, Accounting office exce the General T A grssEnaR! ANI1mrovag by the fM o gressnR!t a reodfw Hi TON. ~ ~ O h~ is kept by the D~str~bd&tsn H ion, Publications Branch, OAS RELEASED B-114868 2 1973 Dear Mr. Chairman: Pursuant to your request and the request of the Chairman, Senate )> Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the General Accounting Office made a review and issued a report on'SeetcLQuLract-s,-Pur- chasxriejexs, and Grants Awra,,t --,in-zrba--d-.r&jain during Fiscal Year 1971 'by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Department of the Interior (B-114868, July 7, 1972). During our review certain questions arose concerning the authority of BIA to make grants to Indian tribes and organizations, and possible violations of the Federal personnel laws and staff ceilings established by BIA for its area offices. At the time our report was issued, these questions still were under consideration and we stated that we would advise you of our views at a later date. We have completed our review of these matters and our views are set forth below. GRANT AUTHORITY The Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act for fiscal year 1971 (84 Stat. 669) provides rant authority as follows. For expenses necessary to provide education and welfare services for Indians, either directly or in cooperation with States and other organizations including payment (in advance or from date of admis- sion), of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians in boarding homes, institutions, or schools; grants and other assistance to needy Indians; maintenance of law and order, and payment of rewards for information or evidence concerning violations of law on Indian reservations or lands; and operation of Indian arts and crafts shops * * *. (Underscoring supplied.) Similar language has been included in all appropriation acts after fiscal year 1951. BIA has interpreted such provisions of the appro- priation acts as providing authority for grants not only to individual needy Indians but also to Indian tribes and communities to benefit needy Indians. 96/&z6Y13Q1

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