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B-222215 1 (1986-03-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadtca0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U-.--- COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES i WASH4INGTON D.C. 24 March 28, 1986 B-222215 The Honorable Thomas R. Carper House of Representatives Dear Mr. Carper: In your letter of February 19, 1986, you indicated that the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Department of Justice, withheld $70.2 million from obligation for 2 months before reporting an impoundment to the Congress. You asked why we did not report the withholding pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act at some point during that 2-month period. As explained below, we did not report a withholding during that 2-month period for two reasons. First, we were initially unable to confirm that an impoundment was taking place. Second, when it became clear that an impoundment had begun on January 7, we had received assurances that the president would report it within a reasonable time. Although an unreported impoundment lasting less than 1 month did take place, the Congress was not in session during about 10 days of that time and could not have acted on the impoundment. Based on the now-reported rescission, the funds must be released on April 16. As you know, section 1015(a) of the Impoundment Control Act, 2 U.S.C. S 686(a),. authorizes the Comptroller General to report to the Congress impoundments which the President fails to report. Because of inquiries from a number of sources, we began inquiring, on December 17, 1985, about an alleged withholding of funds by OJJDP. On December 19, a story appeared in the Washington Post which seemed to confirm the existence of an impoundment. Officials of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) denied any withholding by it; and Department of Justice officials told us that OJJDP was moving ahead in good faith to obligate funds. Although OJJDP was slow in approving grant applications, it was obligating some funds. While not all grants had been awarded, we found that the pace was not significantly slower than in prior years. Deferrals are often difficult to distinguish from legitimate programmatic delays, II

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