Impoundments
Comments on Proposed Rescissions of Fiscal Year 1996 Budget Authority Gao ID: OGC-96-7 April 29, 1996On March 13, 1996, the President submitted to Congress his fifth special impoundment message for fiscal year 1996. The message reports five rescissions of budget authority affecting military construction. GAO reviewed the proposed rescissions and found them to be in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act.
GAO found that the proposed rescissions were in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act. GAO also provided specific information on the proposed recissions that should be useful to Congress in its examination of the message.