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OGC-81-16 1 (1981-08-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcim0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE II G WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 OiPCX oF GENERAL COUNSEL B-200685 August 21, 1981 I I 11111Il To the President of the Senate and the 116216 Speaker of the House of Representatives The purpose of this letter is to report on the f~atus of budget authority that was proposed, but rejected, for rescis- sionl In the President's tenth special message for fiscal year 1981, dated June 8, 1981, the President proposed four rescis- sions totalling $114.1 million in budget authority. The funds had been appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency for Research and Development (R81-156) and Abatement and Con- trol & Compliance (R81-157), to the National Endowment for the Arts for salaries and expenses (R81-158) and to the National Endowment for the Humanities for salaries and expenses (R81-159). Section 1012(b) of the Impoundment Control Act requires that funds proposed for rescission be made available for obli- gation, unless the Congress completes action on a rescission bill within the 45-day period of continuous congressional ses- sion following the day such a proposal is received by the Con- gress. In our July 13, 1981, impoundment report on the Presi- dent's tenth special message, we reported that the 45-day period would end on September 12, 1981. This was based on the expecta- tion that Congress would recess on July 31, 1981, the 42nd day, which would toll the running of the 45-day period until Congress reconvened on September 10, 1981, since the 45-day period is based on days of continuous session. However, Congress actually did not recess until August 3. The three additional days of con- tinuous congressional session between July 31 and August 3 meant that for the rescission proposals, the 45-day period ended on August 3, 1981, without the Congress having passed such a bill. We have confirmed that on August 5, 1981, the subject bud- get authority was apportioned by the Office of Management and Budget to the Environmental Protection Agency, National Endow- ment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, and that the funds were allotted to the programs. f~l. Harry R. Van Cleve Acting General Counsel I OGC-81-16

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