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113268 1 (1980-01-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacurs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The General Accounting Office Act of 1980: The End of a Long Legislative Road Henry Wray Mr. Wray has served as Assistant General Counsel for the Special Studies and Analysis section, Office of the General Counsel, since January 1978. He joined GAO in 1971 and worked as an attorney for the General Government Matters section of OGC before assuming his current position. Mr. Wray holds a B.A, degree from Wash- ington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa., and a J.D. degree from the George Washington University Law School. As President Carter signs the General Accounting Office Act of 1980 he is watched by Comptroller General Staats, Senator John Glenn, Representative Jack Brooks and congressional and OMB aides. (White House photo). On April 3, 1980, the President signed H.R. 24 into law as the General Accounting Office Act of 1980.' This legislation-often re- ferred to in GAO as the omnibus bill-(1) authorizes audits by GAO of unvouchered expenditures; (2) enables GAO to enforce its access to records rights in the courts; (3) imposes requirements on GAO's draft report comment process; (4) provides for enhanced congres- sional participation in the appoint- ment of the Comptroller and Deputy Comptroller General; and (5) re- quires certain executive agency inspectors general to comply with GAO auditing standards. At the time he signed the bill into law, President Carter noted that: *** this legislation is the product of extensive discus- sions between the Executive branch and the Congress.I During Senate consideration of the legislation, its floor manager, Sen- ator Glenn, stated: *** this bill is a milestone in executive-legislative branch re- lations and resulted from a prodigious amount of staff work that included protracted negotiations with the adminis- tration and the GAO, both of whom support its pas- sage. *** 3 These statements are certainly true of H.R. 24, but they apply with equal force to a long line of prior bills which are the roots of H.R. 24. In fact, the origins of the General Accounting Office Act of 1980 can be traced back for at least a decade to bills introduced in 1970 and most years thereafter. This article des- cribes the extensive legislative efforts that culminated with enact- ment of H.R 24. GAO Reviw/Summer 1980

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