Impoundments
Revised Deferral of Fiscal Year 1996 Budget Authority Gao ID: OGC-96-19 June 18, 1996On May 14, 1996, the President submitted to Congress his seventh special impoundment message for fiscal year 1996, which reports one revised deferral of budget authority affecting foreign military financing funds. GAO reviewed the revised deferral and found it to be in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act.
GAO found that the revised deferral was in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act. GAO also provided specific information on the revised deferral of funds appropriated to the President for international security assistance, which shows that the deferral was decreased by about $33 million.