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COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATE S
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548
3-200769
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The ?ono~blpCarl A). Perkiijns
C'hairlinr, subco.'Ilittee oil Pelpentary.
'Ccomdirte On d vocational Education
Coi~~jt~ o £'ucation and L~abor
Ifouse of Representatives
Dear Mr. Chairman:
11or'~e,4 Tis responds to your letter dated October- 1, 18,cnenn
'whether funds available undler t-e. Career ':ducation Incentive Act..
Lr P~ Q, were illegally rescind by the Administration.
(Of the funds appropriated to the Office of Zducstion, Denart-
sent\of Health, Educntion, and lfare, in iscal yoar 1990, for
spcecial p rojects an.1 training, $0 ilo a vial o ~
rog ra m of caree-r eltUcation incentives authorized Iy the Career
;.iuaticn Incentive Act.- Tinler section 1402 o the I-;ount 'mt
Ccntrol Act (31 4.0.2. l~02), thO President pro.osod in his
seventh special Iesisa:.e to the Congress, ,1atei April 16, 19?C,
that 10 million of the funl available for the program he
rescI3.,. 2on:jress failed to oass a rescission bill within the
45-'ay period of continuous session durinq which funds can be
withheld pending Congressional consideration of a rescission
r.ol On June 23, 1930, 6-i re,.orted to the Conqress that
the funds withhel- were apoortioned by the Office of anagermnt
and Sudget for allotment to the proqr
Th. Con re.. comnlete3 action on the t Aro-
priations and Re cisrion Act of 1)30, Public Arw 96-304, on
July 2, 1930, and it hecame law on July 8, 19S0. That law
rescinded1 $5 million of the fun-is available for the career
education incentives proqrajn. This action left $15 million
available for the proiram for ?Y 19,0. You inforried us that
over $500,000 of the funds had not been spent when the fiscal
year ended on Sentemner 30, 19-10, and, therefore, the fun.16 will
be returned to the Tr&aury. '{ou have ask-d us to review the
AJinistration'3 actions an:] 'reter? ,ine Whether the Ah1;iinistra-
tion's .ailure to obli'pate tWese funds was inte4ntonl d ai
tlieroy, Constjtut~d a rescinsion, w!hich the Co-ptrol1er (Ieneral
is authorized to renort un.der s'ction 1015 r,4 the Ir.-oun.Tment
Control Act, 31 t.3.C. 1.C)5.
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