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B-200190 1 (1980-09-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacurq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Office of Washington, DC 20548 General Counsel In Reply Refer to: B-200190 September 39 1980 Mr. Ken Richards Office of the Attorney General State of New Mexico P. 0. Drawer 1508 Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 Dear Mr. Richards: In response to your request for information, I am sending you the followin material concerning the General Accounting Of fic Enclos'e is a copy of the GAO's enabling legisD lation, the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, and the significant 1950 and 1970 Acts which amended the original Act. These statutes are codified in title 31, United States Code. -Also enclosed are a list of other statutory provisions related to GAO and the two latest enactments dealing with GAO. This legislation and the accompanying pamphlets should explain the scope of GAO's authority. In your letter you asked how the GAO maintains its independent, non-political status. The 1921 Act, at section 301 (31 U.S.C. § 41), established the GAO as an independent agency. This expression signifies GAO's independence from the executive branch; section 111(d) of the 1950 Act specifies that the GAO is an agent of Congress. The 1970 Act further interprets the GAO's role as an agency of the legislative branch. The primary reason that GAO remains independent and non-political is that the Comptroller General is appointed by the President for a 15 year term, with- out threat of removal by the President. The Comptroller General or the Deputy Comptroller General can only be removed by joint resolution of-.the Congress for specified cause (31 U.S.C. § 43). '71 641)7M7

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