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OGC-82-10 1 (1982-03-25)

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B-205053                                  March 25, 1982



To the President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives                   117962

     This letter reports a deferral of $216,520,000 in budget
authority provided for the Coast Guard's acquisition, construc-
tion, and improvement (AC&I) account which should have been, but
was not, reported to the Congress pursuant to the provisions of
the Impoundment Control Act, 31 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.

     The Department of Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriation Act, 1982, Pub. L. No. 97-102, 95 Stat. 1443 (Decem-
ber 23, 1981), provides $384 million for the Coast Guard's AC&I
account. l/ The Department of Defense Appropriation Act, Pub. L.
No. 97-114, 95 Stat. 1574 (December 29, 1981), provided $300 mil-
lion mcore for the AC&I account. Thus the tot, l awcunt of new
budget authority provided to the Coast Guard for its AC&I account
In fiscal year 1982 is $684 million.

     The Coast Guard plens to obligate approximately $405 roillion
from the account in fiscal year 1982, $.358 million in fiscal year
1993, and $22.8 million in fiscal year 1934. These amounts
include unobligated carryover balances in addition to the $684
in new budget authority for 1982. The amount of anticirated
1983 obligations also includes the Administration's request of
$19.2 million in new 1983 budget authority for the AC&I accont-.

     It is our view that a portion of the budget authority which
is legally available for the AC&I account in 1982 but which the
Coast Cuard does not intend to obligate in fiscal year 1982 con-
stitutes a deferral of budget authority within 'he meaning
section 10l of the Impoundment Control Act, 31 U.S.C. 1401.
Under section 1013 ot the Act, 31 U.S.C. 1403, the deferral
should have been reported to the Congress in a special message
submitted by the President.



41/ This amount results from an initial appropriat ion of $400
    million, 95 Stat. 1443, which was then reduced by $16 mil--
    lion, 95 Stat. 1464.





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