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ACG-76-17 1 (1976-02-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaabjl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 February 20, 197,6 B-115398 Speaker of the House C President of the Senate We were furnished copies of referrals and proposed rescissions which the President submitted to the Congress on January 23, in his tenth special message for fiscal year 1976Jpursuant to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. The special message transmits 16 rescission proposals, five revised proposed rescissions, six new deferrals, and two revised deferrals. The President estimates that the impoundments will reduce fiscal year 1976 outlays by $99.8 million; the majority of which was in the Depart- ment of Agriculture--$15.4 million, and the Department a of Health, Education, and Welfare--$76.1 million. The Impoundment Control Act requires us to review each message and report promptly to the House and Senate as to the facts surrounding each action, including the probable effect thereof and, in the case of deferrals, to render a judgment as to whether the action is in accordance with existing legal authority. We are also required to notify the Congress if supplementary information revising earlier messages necessitates changes in the original reports submitted by GAO. Our comments on each impoundment mes- sage are enclosed. The President's impoundment message does not contain adequate information on proposed rescissions. We found that two of the new proposed rescissions, R76-40 and R76-41, re- ported the rescission of budget authority that had already been deferred and was still in effect--not rejected by either House of the Congress. As a consequence, the combined amount of budget authority reported being impounded in these two cases exceeds the amount of budget authority provided by the Congress. In neither case did the rescission message include a cross reference or etplanation that referred to prior deferral actions that are still in effect. ACG-76-17

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