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


                                        FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
           Ill flI!J~hI UExpected at 10 a.m.
                                        Friday, October 16, 1981
    116649


                          STATEMENT OF
                        JAMES DUFFUS III
      SENIOR GROUP DIRECTOR, ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION
                           BEFORE THE
        SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
                     ON ENERGY BLOCK GRANTS



Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

     We welcome the opportunity to be here today to discuss energy

block grants. We recently issued a report on energy conservation

block grant options. I/ My statement is based on that report and

discusses our overall position on block grants. It also discusses

various features that could be considered in establishing an energy

block grant program--measures of accountability for program effec-

tiveness, formulas for fund distribution, and matching or mainte-

nance of effort requirements.

BLOCK GRANTS vs. CATEGORICAL GRANTS

     In examining a variety of grant programs, we have supported

the concept of (1) consolidating separate categorical programs

having related objectives and serving similar target populations,

(2) placing management responsibility for similar programs in the

same agency, and (3) giving the States greater flexibility to

match resources with needed priorities.




l/Options for Establishing an Energy Conservation Consolidated
Grant Program, EMD-81-115, July 8, 1981.

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