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B-129874 1 (1978-02-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobachkd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: p. The Honorable Peter W. Rodino, Jr. Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives FE~~ 19~ f78 Dear Mr. Chairman; We understand the full Committee will consider H.R. 8494, entitled the Public Disclosure ot Lobbying Act of 1977, dur- ing the week of February 13, 1978. At your request, we previ- ously furnished the Committee comments and reports on H.R. 8494, formerly .R. 1180, and its predecessor in the 94th Congress, H.R. 15. .R. 8494 would replace the present lobbying disclosure law, the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act (2 U.S.C. 5261 et seq.), with a comprehensive new statute defining the orga- nRzalons that must register and report aalobbyists and specifically describing the information that those organiza- tions must disclose. The bill would provide the investigative and enforcement powers needed to make the proposed law effec- tive. And the Comptroller General would be the official with primary responsibility for administering and, to a somewhat lesser extent, enforcing the new lobbying disclosure law. The purpose of this letter is to confirm our earlier communications with the Committee in which we indicated that we are willing and able to perform the administrative and enforcement functions now contemplated by R.R. 8494, and to allay any concerns to the contrary. Although we have not actively solicited these responsibilities, we think the General Accounting Office, as an agency of the legislative branch of Government, is the most appropriate agency to administer and enforce a disclosure measure that covers lobbying on legislative matters. Pinally, we consider the Comptroller General's enforcement duties under E.R. 8494 necessary to the effective administration of any new lob- bying law. Our active involvement in lobbying disclosure began nearly 4 years ago, when we commenced work on a report entitled, the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act--Diffi- culties in Enforcement and Administration. This report was issued April 2, 1975, and revealed the near total COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 2D548 B-129874 415

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