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B-198733 1 (1981-08-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkdo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548 B-198733 August 10, 1981 GG1-152 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman, Your June 19, 1981, letter requested our views regarding the provisions of S. 132.57, a bill to reform the laws relating to for- mer Presidents. The Dill proposes a number of amendments to the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955, Former Presidents Act of 1958 (Public Law 85-745), and the Presidential Transition Act of 1963. Many of the amendments are consistent with the conclusions and recommendations made in our report on the Audit of Ford-Carter Presidential Transition Expenditures (GGD-78-36, Dec. 23, 1977), and our testimony before the Treasury, Postal Service, and Gen- eral Government Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropri- ations on November 6 and 7, 1979. 'There are, however, several issues we identified in the report and testimony which are not addressed in S. 1325. The following presents our views regarding S. 1325 along with our recommendations for dealing with the issues not addressed in the bill. PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES We believe the provisions of Title I of the bill will help limit the growth of costs of Presidential libraries. In our Novem- ber 6, 1979, testimony concerning expenditures for operating and maintaining Presidential libraries, we concluded that the size and costs of most Presidential libraries exceeded what was intended by the Presidential Libraries Act. On the basis of information pre- sented in that testimony, we believe that the 40,000 square feet limit on the depository size proposed in S. 1325 should be ade- quate to accomplish the primary mission of a Presidential library to preserve Presidential papers and make them available for re- search.

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