Request for GAO to Consider the Availability for Obligation of Certain Funds Appropriated in Fiscal Years 1978 through 1981 from the Historic Preservation Fund

This document concerns a request to consider the availability for obligation of certain funds appropriated in fiscal years 1978 through 1981 from the Historic Preservation Fund for the historical preservation grant program. The decision, which resulted from a request by the Department of the Interior, concluded that the foods appropriated for the historic preservation grant program for each of the 4 years in question would not be available for obligation beyond the 2-year period specified in each appropriation act. Accordingly, funds appropriated for the program in the 1978 and 1979 fiscal years would have lapsed and been unavailable for obligation if not obligated before the end of the 1979 and 1980 fiscal years, respectively.