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 Audit of the House of Iepresentative eauty Shop. Calendar Year
 1977. GGD-78-64; 9-162878. lay 24, 1978. 3 Fp. + enclosure (5
 pp.).
 Report to Rep. rt)nne Brathwaite Burke; by lumer B. Staats,
 Ccmptroller Generl.
 Issue Area: Accounting and Financ-al Reporting: Cperations,
     Financial Position, and Changes (2802).
 Contact: General Government Div.
 Budget Function: General Government: Legislative Functions
     (801).
 Congressional Relevance: House Committee on House
     Administration; House Select Comsittae ca the House Beauty
     Shop; Congress. Rep. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke.
 Authority: Legislative Branch Appropriation Act [of] 1970 (83
     Stat. 347). l. Des. 315 (95th Cong. . H. Res. 1000 (90th
     Cong.).
          The Rouse of Representativese Beauty Shcp's accounting
 records and financial transactions were reviewed in iccordance
 with the Comptroller General*s standards for a uditing financial
 transactions, accounts# and reports of governmental activities.
 The examination included such tents of accounting records and
 such auditing procedures as were considered necessary in the
 circumstances. ?indings/conclusins: The House Peauty ShopOs
 records# which were mtintained on a cash basis, were adjusted to
 present its financial position and results of operations on an
 accrual basis. The statements do not include the costs of
 certain benefits and services that are furnished to the House
 Beauty Shop without charge. The financial statements were
 prepared on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year
 and present fairly the financial position of the House Beauty
 Shop at December 31, 1977, and December 31, 1978, the results of
 its operations# and changes in its financial pcsition for the
 years then ended. The House Beauty Shop realized net income of
 $10v027 for 1977 compared with net income of $3,696 fcr 1976. As
 of January 3, 19786 the staff of the House Beauty Shop was
 transferred to the House payroll and the shop was placed under
the jurisdiction of the Committee on House Administration, with
direct oversight to be exercised by the Subcommittee on
Services. (RBS)