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             UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


                                               FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                                    Expected at
                                               9:30 a.m. EDT
                                               Thursday, April 10, 1975


                           STATEMENT OF
ROBERT F. KELLER, DEPUTY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES,

                            Before the
     Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security 1(16'
                Committee on Government Operations
                     House of Representatives

                                on

            H.R. 1244, A BILL To ESTABLISH PROCEDURES
          AND REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN PROTECTIVE SERVICES
          PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We are glad to have an opportunity to give you our views on

H.R. 1244, a bill which, if enacted, would be cited as the Presi-

dential Protection Assistance Act of 1975.

     H.R. 1244 would spell out in some detail the circumstances

under which protection may be furnished to the President and other

persons entitled to protection under 18 U.S.C. 3056, and section 1

of the Act of June 6, 1968, Public Law 90-331, particularly with

respect to security expenditures on property which is not owned by

the Government. It would also revise the manner in which protective

work by the Federal departments and agencies is funded.

     H.R. 1244 is an outgrowth of the controversy over expenditures

at President Nixon's residences at San Clemente and Key Biscayne

and to a lesser extent, at other locations. As the controversy grew,

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