Impoundments
Comments on Proposed Rescissions of Fiscal Year 1998 Budget Authority Gao ID: OGC-98-36 May 11, 1998On February 20, 1998, the President submitted to Congress his second special impoundment message for fiscal year 1998. The message reports 24 proposed rescissions of budget authority--numbers R98-1 through R98-24. GAO reviewed the proposed rescissions and found them to be in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act.
GAO noted that it reviewed the proposed rescissions contained in the President's second special impoundment message and found them to be in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act.