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B-222853 1 (1987-09-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmwn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Department of Transportation-Allocation of Matterof. Lump-Sum Appropriation for Pipeline Safety Programs File: B-222853 Date: September 29, 1987 DIGEST Since the Department of Transportation's 1986 Research and Special Programs Administration Appropriation (RSPA) was a lump sum appropriation covering all authorized activities of the RSPA including both the National Gas Pipeline Safety Grant Program and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Grant Program, the appropriation is available for both programs even though only one was specifically mentioned in the appropriation act. DECISION The Chief Counsel of the Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), has requested our opinion concerning the allocation of funds for the Department's two pipeline safety grant programs on natural gas and hazardous liquid, section 5(d) of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, 49 U.S.C. App. § 1674(d) and section 205(d) of the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, 49 U.S.C. App. S 2004(d), respectively. He questions whether an authorization act that purports to earmark a prior appropriation for a par- ticular program can be given effect where the particular program was not covered by the earlier appropriation. As explained more fully below, the RSPA appropriation covered both grant programs without a specific or separate designa- tion of funds for either program in the 1986 fiscal year appropriation. This lump sum appropriation is legally available for both programs without any earmark. Background The Chief Counsel is concerned that the stipulation in the authorization legislation, committing 5 percent of any amount appropriated for both the pipeline safety grant programs to the hazardous liquid pipeline safety grant program, is at odds with the 1986 appropriation act. He &~o ~

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