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RCED-83-190 1 (1983-07-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnao0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 'UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20648 RESOURCES. COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JUL 8 1983 DIVISION B-212153 The Honorable Tony P. Hall 121878 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Hall: Subject: Implementation of Section 191 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 (GAO/RCED-83-190) In your letter of January 12, 1983, and subsequent discussions with your office, you requested us to review the implementation of section 191(b)(1) and (2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982 which was enacted on Septem- ber 8, 1982. The act states that it is the sense of the Congress that: --(b)(1): Federal departments and agencies should take the steps needed to distribute to hungry people surplus food or food which would otherwise be discarded. --(b)(2): State and local governments which have not yet enacted Good Samaritan or donor liability laws to en- courage private cooperative efforts to provide food for hungry people, should do so as quickly as possible. On June 2, 1983, we briefed you and members of your staff on the results of our work. This report confirms (and in cer- tain cases, updates) what we discussed during that briefing. As you requested, we did not obtain agency comments on this report. In summary, the results of our work showed that: --Generally, the officials we talked with were unaware of the provisions of section 191. However, even before enactment of section 191, a number of Federal depart- ments and agencies had taken steps to distribute to hungry people surplus food or food that would otherwise be discarded. Such distributions have continued. --The vast majority of States have enacted donor liability laws that encourage private cooperative efforts to feed hungry people. As of June 10, 1983, 46 of the 50 States had such laws. Of the four States--Alaska, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont--that did not, only Connecticut is considering such legislation. (097698)

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