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              United States General Accounting Office
                      Washington, D.C.  20548

                                         FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                         Expected at 9:30 a.m. EST
                                         Thursday, April 1, 1982

                           Statement of
                     Henry Eschwege, Director
           Community  and Economic Development Division

                            before the
          Subcommittee  on Agriculture, Rural Development,
                       and Related Agencies
                Senate Committee on Appropriations

                                on
              General  Accounting Office Reviews of
              Department  of Agriculture Activities


Mr. Chairman  and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We are pleased  to be here today to discuss the results of

our major reviews during  the past year relating to Department of

Agriculture activities.   I have a short statement which high-

lights our work.   In the attached appendix we have summarized

over 50 major assignments  we have completed or started since

last year's hearings.  Where  applicable, we show the action

taken on our recommendations.   I will also discuss the President's

budget proposals  for fiscal year 1983 as they relate to work we

have done at the Department.

FOOD STAMPS

     States use the authorization-to-participate  system to issue

most food stamp benefits.  We  reported that, according to

Department records, duplicate  issuances arising from false claims

and other losses incurred  in getting coupons to recipients amounted

to about $12 million annually.  Actual  losses, however, were higher

because some locations had not  filed required reports or had



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