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122669 1 (1983-10-19)

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              UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING  OFFICE
                      WASHINGTON, D.C.   20548                   z


                                   FOR RELEASE  ON DELIVERY
                                   EXPECTED AT  2:00 P.M.
                                   WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER 19, 1983


                           STATEMENT OF

                JOHN W. SPRAGUE, ASSOCIATE  DIRECTOR
      RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  DIVISION


                            BEFORE THE
            SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER AND  STRATEGIC AND
                        CRITICAL MATERIALS
                 HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED  SERVICES


                                ON                            122669
             USING BARTER TO ACQUIRE NEEDED  STOCKPILE
                             MATERIALS


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Sibcommittee:

     We appreciate this opportunity  to comment on using barter to
acquire strategic and critical materials  for the National Defense
Stockpile and on H.R. 3544 which  is intended to facilitate the use
of barter in acquiring these materials.   My testimony is based on
our report to the Chairman of the Subcommittee  on Preparedness,
Senate Committee on Armed Services.   This report, issued today,
addresses how barter is currently provided  for in law and how it
has been used to acquire stockpile materials.


     Our work showed that federal  agencies have the legislative
authority to use barter to acquire  needed stockpile materials.
They have, however, used this method  sparingly because of
restrictive legislative requirements  and competing national
interests.  Thus, the current potential  for using barter is






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