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B-145797 1 (1973-01-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafzv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL. OF THE UNITEEr) 5STATES * WASH-INGTOt4. D.C. 20548 B-1 57. , .. January 5, 1973 The HIonorable William Proxmtireliil (> United States Senate LM096197• - Dear Senator ProXmire: Your letter dateJ, October 4 1971, requested that we look into the Department of the Trcasury's enforcement of 19 U.C.C. 1303, which re- quires the inq as ej- thegipao dut on any dutiable product i ted into the United StatesL/for which the , Prou..ha..... As Ve advised your office on February 3, 1972; April 26, 1972; and June 14, 1972, we have made numerous attc..ots to obtain the access to the Departnent of the Treasury records tha. we believe necessary to respond to your reouest. initially, -e held discussions with Dareau of stoms and Depart.... nt officials anud were denied access to anything ore than publisheK ir.form-ation available to the -cnernl public. Specificall , we were denied access to any files dealinr with comlaints on investiga- tions which did not result in the imxosition of a countervailing duty or any files on cases Still under consideration. On April 7, 1972 (copy enclosed), we wrote to the Secretary advising him of your request, the refusal of Department officials to make the necessary files available to us, and citing several la'.s which clearly entitled us to the records requested. By letter dated May 12, 1972 (copy enclosed), Assistant Secretary Rozsides refused to grant us access to the nccessan-y records and advised us that the Devartment regards participation by GAO in areas of Treasury's substantive statutory responsibilities under the Tariff Act of I993Q as inappropriate. In subsequent discussius with the Departnent's General Counsel> ve vere advised that if ve sent a more detailed description of the Information needed our request for access would be reconsidered. On August 7, 1972, .:e w-rote to the Department's General Counsel describing as best we could, without knowing what records the Demartment maintained; the ty-oe of infloz-ation we vanted, ;hile there have been several di.- cussiops with the Gencral Coxunscl since that time, the matter of access . to records has not been resolved and we do not know whether it will Ultimately be reFolved to our satisfaction. - ~~co%/1(~SCM4AI

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