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OGC-85-16 1 (1985-07-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabntd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE f , y1- WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 July 31, 1985 OP'ICK oF GENiRAL COUNSEL B-216664 127744 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 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 in section 1011 of the Impoundment Control Act.1 In his ninth special message for fiscal year 1985, dated May 16, 1985, the President proposed two rescissions of budget authority totalling $37,401,818. The activities for which the funds proposed for rescission were provided are as follows: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY R85-243 R85-244 Power Marketing Administration Southeastern Power Administration, Operation and Maintenance Amount: $23,401,818 89X0302 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING Public Broadcasting Fund Amount: $14,000,000 2070151 Section 1012(b) of the Impoundment Control Act requires that funds proposed for rescission be made available for obligation unless Congress completes action on a rescission bill within the 45-day period of continuous congressional session following the day such proposal is received by Congress. For the rescission proposals submitted in the President's ninth special message, the 45-day period ended on July 19, 1985 without Congress having passed such a bill. We have confirmed that on July 19, 1985, the budget authority covered by rescission proposal R85-243 was appor- tioned by the Office of Management and Budget. The remaining GAO/OGC-85-16

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