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OGC-86-8 1 (1986-03-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnxt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1i r COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 2064 March 27, 1986 B-220532 129468 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives As required by section 1016 of the Impoundment Control Act (the Act), 2 U.S.C. S 687, this is to advise you of the status of budget authority of two appropriation accounts, Maritime Administration (Mar Ad) operations and training account and Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) discretionary grants, which the President is withholding contrary to the Act. Maritime Administration Deferral Pursuant to section 1013(a) of the Act, 2 U.S.C. S 684(a), the President reported to the Congress on February 6, 1985, the deferral of $8.5 million appropriated to the Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, for the acquisition and preconversion costs of a replacement training vessel for the State University of New York Maritime College. The President proposed to transfer the funds to other Mar Ad activities. On August 15, 1985, the Congress passed legislation, the Supplemental Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1985, which the President signed, expressly disapproving the deferral. Pub. L. No. 99-88, 99 Stat. 300 (1985). Under section 1013(b) of the Act, 2 U.S.C. S 684(b), funds proposed for deferral must be made available for obligation if either House of Congress passes an impoundment resolution disapproving the deferral. The Mar Ad budget authority was made available, but was not obligated. On February 5, 1986, the President announced a deferral of $9,350,000, which includes the $8.5 million that was subject to the earlier, disapproved deferral. The President, again, proposes to transfer the funds to other Mar Ad activities. Because the Congress has already made a judgment that the training vessel is needed and that the funds for the vessel should not be transferred, we believe the current withholding is in violation of the Supplemental Appropriations Act and the Impoundment Control Act. GAO/OGC-86-8

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