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B-165731 1 (1976-10-05)

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                          Q           THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
         DECISION                     OF THE UNITED STATES




         FILE: B-165731                      DATE:

         MATTER OF; Inspector General, Foreign Assistan e -
                        Reviews of Foreign Military Sales
         DIGEST:        Military Assistance Program appropriations
                        may be charged with expenses of inspector
                        General, Foreign Assistance, incurred in
                        connection with reviews of foreign military
                        sales prograa, in view of congressional
                        awareness of longstanding administrative
                        practice to do so, and absence of legis-
                        lative history construing funding provision
                        of section 624(d)(7) of Foreign Assistance
                        Act of 1961, as amended, as providing
                        alternative method of funding.

               This decision concerns the use of Military Assistance Program
          (MAP) appropriations to fund reviews of Foreign Military Sales
          activities conducted hy the State Department's Inspector General,
          Foreign Assistance. Submissions have been received from both the
          Director, Defense Security Assistance Agency (DSAA), Department of
          Defense (DOD), and the Under Secretary for Security Assistance,
          Department of State, setting forth their conflictin g views on
          this matter.

               The position of Inspector 0eneral, Foreign Assistance, was
          established pursuant to section 624(e)* of the Foreign Assistance
          Act of 1961, Pub. L. No. 87-95, 75 Stat. 424, 447, which redefned
          the responsibilities attributed to a similar office originally.! I   
          established pursuant to the Mutual Security/kt oE 1959, 73 Stai/9''
          246, 253. The duties and reaponsibilities 4.' the Inspector General
          were set forth in section 624(e)(2),and (3)4of the Foreign Assist-
          ance Act of 1961 as followst ,      ,1?7t  922

                    (2) The Inspector General, Foreign Assist-
               ance, shall report directly to the Secretary of
               State and shall have the following duties and
               responsibilities;


            Redesignated by section 302(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act
          of 1962, Pub. L. Nor 7-565, 76 Stat. 262, as section624(d).
          Section 624(d) is now codified at 22 U.S. §C 2384(dS4170).

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