Impoundments
Comments on Proposed Rescissions and Deferrals of Fiscal Year 1997 Energy, Defense, Justice, and Agriculture Funds Gao ID: OGC-97-34 April 8, 1997On February 10, 1997, the President submitted to Congress his second special impoundment message for fiscal year 1997. The message reported nine proposed rescissions and one revised deferral of budget authority. On March 19, 1997, the President submitted his third special impoundment message for fiscal year 1997. The message reported one proposed rescission of budget authority. GAO reviewed the proposed rescissions and revised deferral contained in the second and third special messages and found them to be in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act.
GAO noted that the proposed rescissions and revised deferral were in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act. GAO also provided specific information with regard to the proposed rescissions and the deferral.