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OGC-87-9 1 (1987-09-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabonz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,- ,, o~Comptroller General of the United States _______ Washington, D.C. 20548 *I lff B-224882 133909 September 11, 1987 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This letter reports on the status of budget authority withheld pursuant to the 57 deferrals reported by the President this fiscal year. Twenty-five of these 57 deferrals, and part of another deferral, were undertaken for policy reasons. The other deferrals were undertaken under authority of the Anti-Deficiency Act, as amended by the Impoundment Control Act. In his fourth special impoundment message for fiscal year 1987, dated January 28, 1987, the President reported 25 deferrals pending congressional action on proposed legislation to transfer the deferred funds to other accounts. The President proposed to use the deferred funds to finance the January 1987 federal employee pay raise and the new federal employee retirement system. In his fifth special impoundment message, dated March 4, 1987, the President noted that funds reported as part of another deferral were withheld for the same reason. In two reports to the Congress,1/ we concluded that these 26 deferrals were policy deferrals which were not authorized because of court action invalidating section 1013 of the Impoundment Control Act (2 U.S.C. S 684). New Haven v. United States, 809 F.2d 900 (D.C. Cir. 1987), aff'g 634 F. Supp. 1449 (D.D.C. 1986). All budget authority withheld pursuant to these 26 deferrals has now been made available for obligation. On March 16, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released railroad safety funds reported as Deferral No. D87-43. The remaining policy deferrals were discontinued only after congressional action. The Congress disapproved eleven of the policy deferrals. In Public Law 100-6, the Congress disapproved Deferral No. D87- 33 (Temporary emergency food assistance program). 101 Stat. 92 (1987). OMB released the deferred funds on February 12. The Congress disapproved ten deferrals in the Supplemental Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1987, Pub. L. No. 100-71, 101 Stat. 391. Enclosure I identifies the ten deferrals disapproved by the Supplemental Appropriations Act. As of L/ GAO/OGC-87-8, April 13, 1987; GAO/OGC-87-7, April 1, 1987. GAO/OGC-87-9

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