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B-237297.4 1 (1990-02-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadbsd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller Gene;±l of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 February 20, 1990 B-237297.4 The Honorable Robert C. Byrd Chairman Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to your February 7, 1990 letter, also signed by Senator Mark 0. Hatfield, regarding $1,359,050,000 of fiscal year 1990 Defense Department appropriations recently deferred by the President, citing recent develop- ments in Europe and the Soviet Union. In your letter, you point out that in his budget proposal the President has requested that these funds be transferred to other programs for fiscal year 1991. You asked that we review this matter to determine whether these funds are being deferred in accordance with applicable law. As explained in further detail below, we conclude that $1,251,050,000 of the deferrals are not authorized under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amended, 2 U.S.C. § 681 et seq. We are continuing to review the remaining $108,000,000 in deferrals and will address them in our upcoming report on the President's special message. We are also reviewing Defense Department programs and funding to assist the Congress in reaching its own judgment as to whether it wishes to make any adjustments in the Department's spending. BACKGROUND As you know, in its third special impoundment message, dated February 6, 1990, the Administration reported 19 deferrals of budget authority, totalling $2,193,850,000, affecting several Department of Defense (DoD) programs. Although the special message does not so indicate, the Administration in its budget for fiscal year 1991 has proposed that the Congress transfer amounts in 16 of the deferrals, totalling $1,359,050,000, to finance other programs in fiscal year 1991. Of these funds, the Administration has proposed $860,300,000 for transfer to the appropriation Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, for the M-1 tank program. Budget of the United Sates Government Fiscal Year 1991, at A-577 (1990).

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