Question. Since the Comptroller General has found that the Navy must record obligations for the potential maximum liability, the traditional course of dealing with the problem would be for the Navy to request a direct appropriation either to the industrial fund or the O& account with a subsequent transfer to the industrial fund. Why should the Committee violate its traditional position that direct funding should be required and consider "contract au- thority" or "anticipated reimbursement" which are at best gim- micks to deal with the basic problem that the Nazg has never