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B-160725 1 (1978-03-10)

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               COMPTROLLER GENE RAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                        WASHINGTON. D.C. 20349




D-160725                                      N~,



The Honoratle Johni D. D~Igells thaia
8SbcomaIttee, on Euerg7 and Power
Cowdtt*ua n Intvrstate and Pareign
  coUn.a
House of Representatives

Dear W. Chairman-.

     This letter is in res~ass to your inquiry conernIing our lettar
of January 5, 1977l to Xr. .73uigh Z. V~itt, Qa~sitrator, Offict -of
Fedaral Procurmmt Tolicy, comentlag on the propoed- 0WB Circular
on Federal Interaction with Comercia1 St~ndards Setting B~odies. In
the next to the last paragraph of our letter, ve stated that the legal
imp1±cations of this propoed cfrdulIar also nood greater ezaiv1atioin.
Y'ou have asked. that w idenatify specifi~cally the legal implations to
which we were referring,                           I

     The legal UIlicAtions we bsd in miu were those recognized arad
set forth in section 74 of the proposed circular wherein it was titated-.

         E~ach agency will, within six muths of the datei
     of this Ciroular, inlaaent the policy prineiples in
     paragrph 6 to the ext~t compatihbea with its rissiom
     responsibilities. In. taking this action, the agency
     ahouI4 recogiizo the positive toutributxn of stand-
     ardization and rea~ted 4ctivities, such as product
     and topplianco testing and certifieatiou* t vgst,
       Wwaerb* r o4       that these__tviisi
     lulprogerly qqdL~ted, cutjppa free aftd fair
     ce~tftlon; Anes.  Ivnoatlo nd tfb~a       r
     exclude safer an lsscEa roucsjor           thei ..-
     vieavr~        fettadcmrohato
     Wfatz. ftl    cn ll     l etae    of. A~~2icatvle.
        Fdrllaws, -policies,,_p endtioua b tives
        liuiSfrg~lt'           !qdrwain        eaig
    .t  nirsntinlscroLb            product safetX, and
    topflipt of interest. (En~hasix suxpplied.)

Thus while the eircular indicated that standardization aud r-elated
activititsiight offer positive benamfits when properly con4dcted, it

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