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         UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                 Washington, D.C.  20548

                                FOR RELEASE DURING HEARINGS
                                SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER 22, 1982,
                                at 10:00 a.m.


                       STATEMENT OF

              WILLIAM J. ANDERSON, DIRECTOR

              GENERAL  GOVERNMENT DIVISION

                       BEFORE THE

            COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

                   UNITED STATES SENATE
                                                        119482
                            ON

              THE BENEFITS GRANTED BY LAW

                   TO FORMER PRESIDENTS


     Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, I am pleased to

be here today to present our views and recommendations on pro-

posed changes in the laws that specify benefits granted to

former Presidents of the United States.

     The views I am presenting today do not represent new work

on the part of GAO.  At the request of this Committee and other

Committees of Congress, we have devoted a substantial amount of

time and effort during the past several years to the conduct of

Presidential transitions and to auditing expenditures under the

Former Presidents Act.                   1

     In keeping with the focus of today's hearing,  I shall con-

fine my remarks to aspects of the  law that relate to the affairs

of Presidents after they have  left office, and not delve into

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