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United States General Accounting Office                      Office of the General Counsel
Washington, DC 20548




         B-285066


         May 19, 2000



         The Honorable James Walsh
         Chairman
         The Honorable Alan Mollohan
         Ranking Minority Member
         Subcommittee on Appropriations
         VA,  HUD, and Independent Agencies
         Committee on Appropriations
         House of Representatives

         Subject: HUD Gun Buyback Initiative

         This responds to your inquiry of March 30, 2000, concerning the Department of
         Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Gun Buyback Violence Reduction
         Initiative. You asked whether HUD may use funds appropriated for the Public
         Housing Drug Elimination Grants Program (PHDEG) for gun buyback programs. You
         also asked whether HUD has used PHDEG funds for that purpose.

         By letter dated April 6, 2000, we asked HUD for an explanation of its authority to
         administer a gun buyback program under the PHDEG program and for information
         regarding the amount of funds obligated and expended for gun buybacks. HUD
         responded by letter on May 8, 2000, and met with us on May 15, 2000, to discuss these
         issues.

         Our decision in this matter rests upon a narrow legal issue. It is not a reflection of
         the desirability of the efforts to reduce the number of guns in and around public
         housing or the efficacy of gun buyback programs in reducing gun-related violence



         'You also asked whether the HUD Inspector General (IG) may administer a gun
         buyback program under the authority of Operation Safe Home and whether the HUD
         IG has obligated funds for this program. We will respond to this inquiry under
         separate cover.

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