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           United States General Accounting Office
                  Washington, D. C. 20548


                                     FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                     Expected at 10 a.m., EST
                                     Thursday, April 5, 1979
  109022                STATEMENT OF


                       ELMER B. STAATS

          COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

                         BEFORE THE

          HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

                             ON

                   THEIFEDERAL R&D BUDGETJ


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

     Of all the congressional committees, this Committee has

the broadest oversight of U.S. science and technology and I

especially appreciate this opportunity to share my views with

you on the Federal budget for R&D and related policy issues.

     On June 17, 1975, I appeared before this Committee in

support of H.R. 4461 in hearings which lead to the passage of

the National Science and Technology, Policy, 'and Priorities

Act of 1976. During that hearing, I stressed the importance

of a better system for examining national priorities in re-

search and development and a better system for assessing such

needs for both specific programs and the overall levels of

Federal and private support for research and development.

In my statement, I indicated that:

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