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


                                         FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                         EXPECTED AT 10:00 A.M.
                                         JULY 24, 1986


                          TESTIMONY OF


                       CHARLES A. BOWSHER


            COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES


                           BEFORE THE


               COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS


                    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


                               ON


          THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING IN BOWSHER V. SYNAR


-Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

      I am pleased to appear before the Committee to discuss the

Supreme Court's  recent decision in the case of Bowsher v. Synar.

As  I shall describe, the immediate consequence of that ruling is

clear:  because  the Comptroller General is removable by joint

resolution of  the Congress, the General Accounting Office may

not carry  out the budget reduction responsibilities assigned to

it under Gramm-Rudman-Hollings.   The longer-term consequences

for  efforts to reduce the federal deficit and for the General

Accounting Office  depend to a large degree on how the Congress

chooses  to respond to the decision.



                                                      130492

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