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B-166850 1 (1970-04-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabksi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: J4 COMPTROLLER G--NERAL OF THE UNITED STATES _WASHINGTON DCd 208 RESTRICTED - Not tWge re oNd oside the General Accounting Office except on the basis of sppcific approval by the Office of Legislative Liaison, a record of Which is kept B- 166M fthe Distribution Section, Publications Branch, OAS ea rGosAPR 5 Dear Mr Gross: RELEASED //ZAS 1o 1970 Your letter of November 28, 1969, requested that we make an au- dit of the books of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission to determine how its appropriations have been expended. You expressed a particular interest in an accounting of the travel expenses of staff members and in any entertainment expenses incurred You also re- quested an explanation of any expenses incurred between the date of the Commission's creation and the date the first two staff members were put on the payroll. The Commission was established by Joint Resolution, approved July 4, 1966 (Public Law 89- 491), which provided that all expenditures of the Commission were to be made from donated funds only. This act was amended on December 12, 1967, however, to authorize the ap- propriation of Federal funds not to exceed $450,000 for the period through fiscal year 1969. On October 10, 1969, the authorization was extended to cover fiscal year 1970 Public Law 90- 392, approved July 9, 1968, provided $150,000, which was to remain available until expended, to cover expenses nec- essary to carry out the provisions of the Joint Resolution On Decem- ber 5, 1968, the Bureau of the Budget apportioned $115,000 to the Commission for obligation during fiscal year 1969 and reserved $35,000 for future apportionment Under the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1970, approved October 29, 1969 (Public Law 91- 98), the Commission was granted an appropriation of $175,000 for that fiscal year This amount, together with the $35,000 reserved by the Bureau of the Budget and the unobligated balance of the funds previously apportioned, was apportioned by the Bureau to the Commission for obligation during fiscal year 1970 In addition, during fiscal year 1969, the Commission received a donation of $5,000 from the American Conservation Association, Inc We have examined the financial records of the Commission, which are maintained on a reimbursable basis by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior We examined, on a test basis, the X- q4e1r1 *0

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