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B-164912-O.M. 1 (1977-12-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwbm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Director, PSAD General Cowisel - Paul G. Derbting PSAD questions concerning National Aeronautics and Space .minis- tration funding practices - B-164S12-O. m. Messrs. Joe Johnson and Paul Francis of your staff have asked for our views on two National Aeroautics and Space Adnnistration (N-Sa) funding procedures as set out below. The initial question relates to the extent NASA may be permitted to use interchangeably the three separate appropriations it receives. N a .thor- izations and apprapriations fall under the broad headings of R esearch and Development, Construction of Facilities, and Research and Program Manage- ment. See, Department of Housing and Urban Developmenit-Indapeadeat , gencies Appropriation Act. 1977, Pub. L. No. 94-378, 90 Stat. 11-01-1102 and the National Aeronautics aW Space Adndnistration Authorization .4et of 1977, 'Pub. L. No. 94-307, 677-78.*/ It was said that in at least one instance NASA has funded a single project with two different appropriations. For example, fire protection services at most NASA facilities are funded from the Research and Progran ranagernent (R&P I) appropriation. However, fire protection services at one NASA in- staJlation are funded from the R esearch and Development (R& D) appropriation. Inasmuch as NAS-'s explanation for this practice has not yet been solicited (per agreement with your staff), and there is no iadication of whether sirni- lar practices have been followed with respect to other line itemns, we are unable to provide criteria by which it may be conclusively determined whether any given project way be simultaneously funded from two separate appropri - atloas. Nevertheless, a review of the authorizing and appropriation legila- tion should provide a general legal framework for assessing N SXt fuading practices. The annual N'S\ authorization acts are structured in such a way ae to generally limit the use of appropriations rrmade thereunder to the !ine-itea *f The provisions of the 1978 N. -, authorization and appropriation acts arc generally similar to the 1977 orovisions discusaed herein. See Pub. L. No. 95-78 (July *3 , 1977, r 312: Pu6. L. No. 95-11S (&-_-be - , 1177), 91 Stat. 1073. 10)8!Y-81.

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