Impoundment Control

On June 4, 1993, the President submitted to Congress the sixth special impoundment message for fiscal year 1993. This message proposed six rescissions of budget authority affecting the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Justice, and Transportation. GAO concludes that the President's justifications for each proposed rescission are accurate. GAO has been told informally that the amounts proposed for rescission are being withheld pending congressional action. GAO has been unable to verify this information, however, because neither the agencies involved nor the Office of Management and Budget could provide any documentation showing amounts of budget authority available or amounts being withheld.

GAO found that: (1) the justifications for the proposed rescissions are accurate; (2) the amounts proposed for rescission are being withheld pending congressional action; and (3) it could not verify the information because neither the agencies involved nor the Office of Management and Budget provided documentation on the amounts of budget authority available or amounts being withheld.