Impoundment Control

Comments on the President's Fifth Special Impoundment Message for FY 1993 Gao ID: OGC-93-9 July 7, 1993

This letter reports on the status of budget authority that the President proposed for rescission in his fifth special impoundment message for fiscal year 1993 but for which Congress never passed a rescission bill. These funds affect administrative expenses at the Social Security Administration and an Israeli relay station. The Office of Management and Budget did not withhold from obligation the budget authority proposed for rescission in the fifth special message. Funds proposed for rescission must be made available for obligation unless Congress acts on rescission bills within 45 days after it has received them. For the rescission proposal submitted in the fifth special message, the 45-day period ended on June 14, 1993, without Congress' having passed such a bill.

GAO found that the Office of Management and Budget did not withhold from obligation the budget authority proposed for rescission in the fifth special message. The funds proposed for rescission are available for obligation, since Congress has not passed the rescission bill.



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