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HEHS-96-9R 1 (1995-10-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackzn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States (3 O General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education and Human Services Division B-261929 October 19, 1995 The Honorable Pete Hoekstra Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities House of Representatives The Honorable Cass Ballenger Chairman, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities House of Representatives This correspondence responds to your June 20, 1995, letter and subsequent discussions with your staffs requesting us to determine whether officials of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) engaged in activities with mining industry executives to discredit proposed legislation affecting MSHA.1 More specifically, you asked that we determine whether there was a factual basis for charges that the Deputy Assistant Secretary of MSHA and certain MSHA field personnel contacted other agency personnel and private mining industry executives to urge them to call congressional representatives to voice opposition to the legislation.2 10n June 14, 1995, Representative Ballenger introduced H.R. 1834, which would, among other things, repeal the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act (30 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) and merge MSHA with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) at the Department of Labor. H.R. 1834, including its merger provision, is similar to draft OSHA Reform proposals that had circulated in occupational safety and health publications as early as April 1995. 2The Anti-Lobbying Act, 18 U.S.C. 1913, is a criminal statute that prohibits officers and employees of the Executive Branch from using appropriated funds to engage in activities intended to influence a Member of Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropriation. This has GAO/HEHS-96-9R MSHA Lobbying

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