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B-193939 1 (1979-06-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacual0001 and id is 1 raw text is: e 0 *GA Unitcd States Ceneral AccounIng Office Washington, DC 20548 I <9 I d I Office of Gerral Counsel In Reply Referto: B-193939 ok,* V1979 L, Javier Cavazos, Esq. (71 Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc. / P*0. Box 450 ,49 / tY /ASzrj Brownsville, Texas 78520 . tS / rg '. 09 gat mako avtutable to pubI6404adh Dear Mr. Cavazos *g *o at ab . This respoida to your request that we revitw, th dmssa yVhe Office oC Revenue Sharing4of a discriminat(on complaintwhichZyo filed on behalf of your clients p-tee$stn-122-of-tusrate awl Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972 (Act), 31 U.S.C. 5 1242. The Comptroller General is not.authopized by the Act to review actions takep by the Office of Revenue Sharing oncdiscrimination com-, plaints. Such matters are solelytfor the'6consideration of that Offict, the DepartmenE of Justice and ,fhe United States district courts. 31 U.S.C. 5 1242. However, tn view of the nllegations on page 9 of to ccmplaint that the Actual Use Reporits submitted by the K1.eberg Comnty Commissioners' Court to the Office of Revenuo Shartrg c ontaIned inacwcu' rate entries, we'decided to see; an explanation from th Offiae ,of Revenue Sharing which we are happy to chare with'you. The Act provi4es State and local Rcvernemats with aspecif ied por4 tion of Federal inrome tax collections to be udied by tha.in accordance with local needs and priorities, subject to few conditions or atrings'1 by the Federal Government. S. Pev. No.'92-1050, 92d Cong. 2d Seas. 1 (1972). In a report entitled, Revenue Sharingr An Opportunit; for Improved Public Awareness of Dtjte and Local Government Operations (CGD-76-2, September 9, 1975), copy of which is enclosed, we noted that- A * *many iivices could be finareed legally from revenue shariug, Federal categorical aid, State aid, or a local government's own revenues. Because of the.interchangeable naturie of money, we concluded that, in many cases, tthe effects of revenue sharing on a recipient &overrulent's budget could noA be determined readily, add that the plannEd and actual use reports could be msleading. t ,Nx~74lI hI ?~dbta ~ q Ss.,, tv 11 I V 1 W' f7r~-~ ~ *irw

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