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OGC-81-6 1 (1981-04-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbti0001 and id is 1 raw text is: / . G- CtOUN , OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INREPLY B-200685 REFER TO: To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives The purpose of this letter is to report on the status of budget authority that was proposed for rescission, but for which Congress failed to pass a rescission bill as defined by section 1011 of the Impoundment Control Act. -.In his fourth special message for fiscal year 1981, dated January 29, 1981, the President proposed the rescission of $1.5 million in budget authority that had been made avail- able to the Council on Wage and Price Stability for salaries and expense: (rescission proposal R81-34). As we reported in our comments on the fourth special message, dated March 3, 1981, officials of the Council and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) informed us that the rescission proposal involved funding for positions and programs which had been established by Executive Order under authority granted to the President by Congress and was being terminated by President Reagan. This termination would occur regardless of whether the rescission proposal was passed. OMB stated that R81-34 was proposed merely to comply with the technical requirements of the Act. 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 session following the day such a proposal is received by the Congress. For rescission proposal R81-34, the 45-day period ended on March 25, 1981, without the Congress having passed such a bill. We have confirmed that on March 26, 1981, the subject budget authority was apportioned by the Office of Management and Budget to the Executive Office of the President. This budget authority was provided for functions which have been terminated by the revocation of the Executive Orders which established them. Although these funds are being released ( /(.1(( 7 OGC-81-6 '.0 U, Co

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