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OGC-77-21 1 (1977-06-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaclc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT BESUME 02778 - CA19330031 fDeferral of Appropriations for the Clinch River Breeder Reactor Project). OCC-77-21; B-115398. June 28, 1977. 1 pp. + enclosure (17 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller Genoral. Letter enclosed to Sen. Henry M. Jackson, Vice Chairman, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. Issue Area: Energy: Making Nuclear Fission a Substantial Energy Source (1608). Contact: Office of the General Counsel: Special Studies and Analysis. Budget Function: Fatural Resources, Environment, and Energy: Energy (305); Miscellaneous: Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (1005). Organization Concerned: Energy Research and Development Administration. Congressional Relevance: Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; Congr ess. Authority: Impoundment Control Act of 1974, title X (P.L. 93-344 ; 88 Stat. 332; 31 U..;.C. 1400 et seq.). P.L. 94-187. P.L. 91-44, sec. 106. P.L. 91-273, sec. 106. The President's proposed def-erral of $31.8 million in b,,dget authority appropriated to the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA) for the Clinch River Breeder R#=ctor Project (CRBRP) was reviewed to determine if the action was properly classified and if proposed curtailment of CRBRP exceeded statutory authority. The proposed deferral was submitted for a required 45-day period during which the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy was to consider plans to change the CRBRP from a demonstration plant program to one for systems design. Before the recent executive branch actions, the CRBRP was scheduled to be operational by 1984. Findings/Conclusions: It was believed that terminating the project and then restarting it would produce costs outweighing benefits. It was also felt that the President lacked legal aeuthority to implement plans for curtailing the project. The withholding proposal was thought to be properly submitted as a deferral of budget authority rather than a rescission. (HTW)

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