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B-319734 1 (2010-07-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbka0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A 0 Comptroller General Accountability * Integrity * Reliability of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 D .. Decision Matter of: Consumer Product Safety Commission-Period of Availability and Permissible Uses of Grant Program Appropriations File: B-319734 Date: July 26, 2010 DIGEST The fiscal year 2009 salaries and expenses appropriation for the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) made $2 million available until the end of fiscal year 2010 specifically for a grant program established by the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Safety Act). The Safety Act authorized appropriations for the program to remain available until expended. We found that the $2 million appropriation is available for obligation for the expenses of this program only until September 30, 2010, as expressly stated in the appropriation act. In addition, the appropriation act requires that these funds be used solely for the Safety Act grant program, and thus funds are not available for any other CPSC programs or activities. DECISION This responds to a request for decision from the General Counsel of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on the period of availability of appropriations made to CPSC in the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-8, 123 Stat. 524, 656 (Mar. 11, 2009), to carry out a CPSC grant program authorized under the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Safety Act), Pub. L. No. 110-140, title XIV, 121 Stat. 1492, 1794 (Dec. 19, 2007), codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 8001--8007, and the purposes for which those funds may be used. Letter from General Counsel, CPSC, to Acting General Counsel, GAO, May 6, 2010 (Request Letter). In CPSC's fiscal year 2009 Salaries and Expenses appropriations, Congress provided that $2 million would be available until September 30, 2010, for the Safety Act grant program. In 2007, in the Safety Act, Congress had authorized the $2 million appropriation; however, Congress had also authorized CPSC to retain unexpended and unobligated balances at the end of fiscal year 2010 for

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