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B-131935 1 (1975-07-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacyyj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 2054 B-131935 JUL 16 1375 The Honorable U. Reason Moore Mse of Represeatatives Dear Mr. Moore: Tour letter of May 9, 1975, transmit, copies of correspondence between you and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and requests our opinion concerning the expenditure by the Corporation of $9,802.75 for a reception in the Caucus Room of the Cannn House Of fiee Building. According to the information enclosed with your letter, the reception was held as a part of a week-long annual meting of public radio stations held for the purpose of convening working groups on public raio policy and operational matters. in order to give local stations a chance to meet and exchange views with oe another and'-- with representatives of Natienal Public Radio and vtth the Corporation'ls staff. The Corporatioan states that the reception was to allow public radio representativen to aset with their representatives In Congress. The reception was paid for, In substantial part, from registration feas paid by conferemse registrants. You point out that the Corporation requests and receives substantial appropriations. After stating that these appropriations and fu received fro other sources are put together into a general fund, yu contend that this type of reception is an unwarranted use of Federal tax dollars and constituted, in effect, using Federal manies to lobby for additional appropriations frm the Congress. You ask for our viwa thereon. The Commniations Act of 1934, as asaded by the Public Broad- oating Act of 1967, approved November 7Y 1967, Pub. L. No. 90-129, 81 Stat. 365, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 55 396-398f(1970 and Supp. III, 1973), autborized the establishment of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ad provides that it will not be an agency or establish- ment of the United States Government. See 47 U.SC. I 396(b)t(1970).

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