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RCED-84-24 1 (1983-10-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabeij0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Preparedness Committee On Armed Services United States Senate OF THE UNITED STATES Conditions That Limit Using Barter And Exchange To Acquire National Defense Stockpile Materials The National Defense Stockpile is main- tained to prevent U.S. dependence on foreign sources of strategic and critical materials during national emergencies. Limited appropriated funds to meet stock- pile goals have created interest in barter and exchange as alternatives to cash purchases. These alternatives involve trading federal property for needed stockpile materials. Federal agencies have the legislative author- ity to use barter and exchange. However, they have used these methods sparingly because of restrictive legislative require- ments and competing national interests, such as programs having potential needs for commodities that could be bartered. Thus, the current potential for using barter and exchange appears to be limited. GAO recom- mends that the Emergency Mobilization Preparedness Board, as part of its review of national defense stockpile goals and poli- cies, assess the role barter and exchange can play in meeting stockpile needs and propose legislative changes if necessary. 122885 GAO/RCED-84-24 OCTOBER 19, 1983