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            UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE


                                  FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                  EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M. EST
                                  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1985
126309
                          STATEMENT OF

                       CHARLES A. BOWSHER

            COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

                           BEFORE THE

         LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE

                             OF THE

               COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

                    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


 Mr. Chairman  and Members of the Subcommittee:

      We  are pleased to appear here today to discuss the

 position of  the President and the Department of Justice

 that  two provisions of the Competition in Contracting Act,

 Pub.  L. No. 98-369, are unconstitutional, and the action of

 the Executive  Branch in not executing the two provisions.

      The  challenged provisions are included within the

  procurement protest system established by section 2741 of

  the Act.  Both represent additions to the bid protest

  procedures formerly conducted by the General Accounting

  Office, and are designed to make bid protests a more

  effective mechanism for enhancing competition.  The first

  requires agencies in many cases to suspend or stay a

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