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              U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                 WASHINGTON, D. C. 20548

                               FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                               Expected at 10 a.m.
                               Thursday, July 12, 1979

                      STATEMENT OF

                    ELMER B. STAATS

        COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

                      BEFORE THE

        SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

                         ON

        CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT REFORM LEGISLATION


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:

     We are pleased to be here today to present our views

on proposed congressional oversight reform legislation,

including S. 2, the Sunset Act of 1979. In addition to

my prepared statement, we are providing for the record an

attachment that discusses the effect of this legislation on

GAO and several specific provisions of the bill.

     We have worked closely with this and other Senate

committees over the past few years in an attempt to develop

a workable oversight reform bill and hope to share with you

today our thoughts on some of that experience and what we

have learned since then.

     We are encouraged that there appears to be a growing

consensus on the need to improve congressional oversight.

The bill you are considering, S. 2, and related legislation


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