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B-170612 1 (1979-03-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjnc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: _° &O.'M' .YLLaw GENERAL OF THE UMTED STATES WAZHINGTON. D.C. 20548i 96iof B- 170612 March 27, 1979 rable Richard Boiling Chairman, Committee on Rules House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: ,-Thank you for your letter of ebruary 26, 1979, requesting ourLcomments on H.R. 2 and H.R. 65 proposals to improve con- gressional reviews of Federal programs. As you know, we have long supported efforts to make government programs more man- ageable, understandable, and accountable to the Congress and the public. Last year, we worked closely with the committees in the Senate to help improve similar legislation that they con- sidered and acted on. We have reviewed the testimony and report we prepared last year on S. 2, and the observations we made then are still relevant to H.R. 2 and H.R. 65. We have taken posi- tions on a number of issues in working with the Senate that are reflected in S. 2, as passed by the Senate last October, and in documents available to your staff. However, there are some provisions in H.R. 2, such as the title on tax ex- penditures, that were not in the versions of S. 2 we considered at the time. On March 7 and 21, we briefed your staff on the role and functions of GAO and our program inventory work. We are enclosing an outline that discusses a number of items about H.R. 2 and H.R. 65 that your Committee may wish to consider in the coming months. The GAO, of course, will do all that it can to assist the Congress in improving its review of Federal programs, and mem- bers of my staff will be happy to continue working informally with your staff in preparation for v r hearings. S~ere y y!, .S~ly Comptroller General of the United States Enclosure

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