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

                                     FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                     EXPECTED AT 10:00 AM. EDT
                                     WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1979


                         STATEMENT OF
                         HENRY ESCHWEGE
     DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
                          BEFORE THE
    SUBCOMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC MARKETING, CONSUMER RELATIONS,
                         AND NUTRITION
                HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
                              ON
/POPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE FOOD STAMP ACT OF 197   (H.R. 4318)


MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:

      WE ARE HERE TODAY AT THE REQUEST OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO

 OFFER COMMENTS ON H.R. 4318, THE FOOD STAMP AMENDMENTS OF 1979

 AS PROPOSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. SOME OF H.R.

 4318'S PROVISIONS WERE INCLUDED IN PUBLIC LAW 96-58 ENACTED

 AUGUST 14, 1979.

      THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE HAS REPORTED ON A NUMBER

 OF REVIEWS OF THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

 ONE OF THE REPORTS, ENTITLED THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAtl--OVERISSUED

 BENEFITS NOT RECOVERED AND FRAUD NOT PUNISHED (CED-77-112,

 JULY 18, 1977), COVERS SEVERAL OF THE SAME PROBLEMS ADDRESSED

 IN H.R. 4318 AND PUBLIC LAW 96-58. THE REPORT DISCUSSED

 OVERISSUANCES CAUSED BY RECIPIENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE ERRORS

 AS WELL AS THOSE CAUSED BY FRAUD.

      LET ME PREFACE MY REMARKS WITH THE GENERAL OBSERVATION

 THAT THE BILL AND PUBLIC LAW 96-58 CONTAIN SEVERAL MEASURES


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