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B-170612,B-202803 1 (1981-05-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjce0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,: \. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 N rrI' B-170612 B-202803 May 26, 1981 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives ptb, Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to separate requests for comments on two bills--H.R. 1130 (B-170612), the Sunset Program Reauthorization and Evaluation Act of 1979 and H.R. 2547, the Government Economy and Spending Reform Act of 1981 (B-202803). The two bills have similar objectives and other characteristics that make a combined response appropriate. General Comments on H.R. 1130 and H.R. 2547 Both H.R. 1130 and H.R. 2547 closely resemble earlier versions of sunset legislation considered in the 94th and 95th Congresses. A later version of these bills called the Sunset Act was considered in the 96th Congress as H.R. 2 and S. 2 and has been reintroduced in the House of Representatives this year as H.R. 2. Each bill seeks a more systematic process for congressional review and reauthorization of Government activities, an objective that we have strongly supported in testimony before several con- gressional committees during the last several Congresses. We have summarized our testimony on oversight reform during the 96th Congress in the enclosed report, Observations on Oversight Reform. Several critical elements should be part of any oversight reform legislation, including: --encouragement for the Congress, when authorizing new programs or reauthorizing existing ones, to state pro- gram objectives and expectations as clearly and specifi- cally as possible; --coverage of as many types of Federal activities as possible, including self-financing activities and tax expenditures; --flexible agenda setting and scheduling procedures that can balance the need to review all programs periodically against the need to balance committee workloads and review related programs at the same time; 5; [~

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