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OGC-91-3 1 (1991-02-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabqpv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 B-241514l.2 143165 February 5, 1991 The the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This letter reports deferrals of budget authority in military construction programs that should have been, but were not, reported to the Congress by the President pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Section 1015(a) of the Impoundment Control Act, 2 U.S.C. § 686(a), requires the Comptroller General to report to the Congress whenever he finds that any officer or employee of the United States has ordered, permitted, or approved a reserve of budget authority, and the President has failed to transmit a special impoundment message with respect to such reserves. On January 24, 1990, a moratorium on military construction was imposed by Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney and extended several times through November 15, 1990. On November 15, 1990, Secretary Cheney extended the moratorium until April 16, 1991. The order states that: . . no military construction contracts financed by military construction appropriations may be awarded, and no options under such existing contracts may be excercised, except for: (1) construction in or around the Arabian peninsula in support of Operation DESERT SHIELD; (2) architectural and engineering design services for locations that are not in Europe and are not military installations that are the object of a net reduction of personnel under the Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100-526); and (3) construction with which the United States has a legal obligation to proceed under a statute, treaty, international agreement or court decree. GAO/OGC-91-3 sA 6

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