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B-100063 1 (1977-05-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagwn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4- - -AI UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ,MMUNITY AND ECONOMIC ),cVEL.OPMENT DIVISION MAY 6 1977 B-100063 CED7-472 The Honorable Olin E. Teague, Chairman Committee on Science and Technology House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Your letter of May 2, 1977, requested our views on H.R. 6669, 95th Congress, a bill which would establish a national climate program and, if enacted, would be cited as the National Climate Act of 1977. This bill essentially follows, with certain modifi- cations and amplifications, the provisions of H.R. 783, 95th Congress, on which we submitted to you our comments by letter of March 21, 1977. We previously expressed our agreement with the thrust of H.R. 783 as it sought to establish a focal point in the executive branch for a coordinated climate program including all climate-re- lated activities of Federal departments and agencies. Our same view applies to H.R. 6669. A major difference from H.R. 783, which would have designated the Secretary of Commerce as the focal point for the program, is the approach in H.R. 6669 which would authorize the President to designate the Federal agency within which a new National Climate Program Office as the lead agency for the program would be administered. We believe that in making such designa- tion the President should give due regard to other agencies already in the program and avoid duplication or overlapping functions. The Committee may wish to give such direction in the bill. 17

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