About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-168700 1 (1978-04-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtkp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 B-1687oo April 26, 1978 The Honorable John C. Stennis Chairman, Comnittee on Armed Services United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: On April 12, 1978, Senator Hathaway offered Amendment No. 1772 to the Military Construction Authorization Bill - S. 2636. The amendment, which has been referred to your Committee, would require the General Accounting Office to make a comprehensive study of every Department of Defense announced military installation closure or realignment. Pertinent parts of the requirements that would be placed on this Office by this amendment include: (c)(1) Whenever the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the military department concerned has publicly announced that any military installation is-a candidate for closure or realignment, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to determine the cost and savings estimates to be realized from such closing or realignment. In conducting such study, the Comptroller General shall assess the economic impact and consequences of the proposed closing or realignment on the community concerned. Such assessment shall include the impact on unemployment, income, small business concerns, State and local tax revenues, State and local governmental expenditures for unemploymeht.. compensation, welfare, general assistance, medical costs, and other related social service expenditures, and the multiplier effects of such proposed closing or realignment on the community concerned. (2) The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit the results of any study made in the case of the proposed closing or realignment of any military installation to the Committee on Government Operations, Education- and Labor, and Small Business of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Governmental Affairs, Human Resources, and the Select Committee on Small Business of the Senate within 120 days after the day on which the proposed closing or realignment of such installation is publicly announced. In any case in which the proposed.closing or realignment 99'71

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most