[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1608 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1608

To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special 
 messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on November 1, 
   1993, in accordance with title X of the Congressional Budget and 
              Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amended.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 1993

   Mr. Byrd introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
     referred to the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 
Appropriations, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975, as modified 
   by the order of April 11, 1986, with instructions that the Budget 
   Committee be authorized to report its views to the Appropriations 
 Committee, and that the latter alone be authorized to report the bill

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                                 A BILL


 
To rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special 
 messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on November 1, 
   1993, in accordance with title X of the Congressional Budget and 
              Impoundment Control Act of 1974, as amended.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
rescissions of budget authority are made, namely:

 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                     AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111, $16,233,000 are rescinded.

                        Buildings and Facilities

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111, $8,460,000 are rescinded.

                   COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111, $30,002,000 are rescinded, including $20,213,000 of contracts and 
grants for agricultural research under the Act of August 4, 1965, as 
amended; and $9,789,000 for necessary expenses of Cooperative State 
Research Service activities.

                        Buildings and Facilities

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111, $34,000,000 are rescinded.

          AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111, $12,167,000 are rescinded.

                       SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE

                        Conservation Operations

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111, $12,167,000 are rescinded.

                      FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION

                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111, $12,167,000 are rescinded.

                  RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION

                              (rescission)

       Rural Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
111 for the cost of 5 percent rural telephone loans, $6,445,000 are 
rescinded.

                       FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

                  Commodity Supplemental Food Program

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
341, $12,600,000 are rescinded.

 TITLE II--DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, 
                          AND RELATED AGENCIES

                        STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE

                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
121, $6,775,000 are rescinded.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

            NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

                  Operations, Research, and Facilities

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available (including earmarked funds) under this 
heading in Public Law 103-121, $6,000,000 are rescinded.

                              Construction

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available (including earmarked funds) under this 
heading in Public Law 103-121, $4,000,000 are rescinded.

                   INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

                     Operations and Administration

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available (including earmarked funds) under this 
heading in Public Law 103-121, $2,000,000 are rescinded.

                     SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
121, $13,100,000 are rescinded.

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

                    Diplomatic and Consular Programs

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
121, $600,000 are rescinded.

                    UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
121, $3,000,000 are rescinded.

                           North/South Center

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
121, $8,700,000 are rescinded.

                TITLE III--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                         General Investigations

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available (including earmarked funds) under this 
heading in H.R. 2445, as signed by the President on October 28, 1993, 
$24,970,000 are rescinded.

                         Construction, general

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available (including earmarked funds) under this 
heading in H.R. 2445, as signed by the President on October 28, 1993, 
$97,319,000 are rescinded.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                         BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

                          Construction Program

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in H.R. 2445, as 
signed by the President on October 28, 1993, $16,000,000 are rescinded.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

           Energy Supply Research and Development Activities

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
377, $42,000,000 are rescinded.
    Of the funds made available under this heading in H.R. 2445, as 
signed by the President on October 28, 1993, $97,300,000 are rescinded.

  TITLE IV--FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                  INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

                  AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

                         Development Assistance

                              (rescission)

    Of the unexpended or unobligated balances of funds (including 
earmarked funds) made available for fiscal year 1994 and prior fiscal 
years to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $160,000,000 are rescinded.

                   INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                         Economic Support Fund

                              (rescission)

    Of the unexpended or unobligated balances of funds (including 
earmarked funds) made available for fiscal years 1987 through 1994 to 
carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, $90,000,000 are rescinded.

                          MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

                   INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE

                   Foreign Military Financing Grants

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available (including earmarked funds) under this 
heading in Public Law 102-391 and prior appropriations acts, 
$40,000,000 are rescinded.

         TITLE V--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                         MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

                      Military Construction, Army

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
110, $116,134,000 are rescinded.

                    Military Construction, Air Force

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
110, $85,094,000 are rescinded.

               Military Construction, Army National Guard

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
110, $251,854,000 are rescinded.

               Military Construction, Air National Guard

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
110, $105,138,000 are rescinded.

                  Military Construction, Army Reserve

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
110, $19,807,000 are rescinded.

                  Military Construction, Naval Reserve

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
110, $4,438,000 are rescinded.

                Military Construction, Air Force Reserve

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
110, $18,759,000 are rescinded.

      TITLE VI--DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                    FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

                               Operations

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available (including earmarked funds) under this 
heading in Public Law 103-122, $2,750,000 are rescinded.

                        Facilities and Equipment

                              (rescission)

    Of the available balances (including earmarked funds) under this 
heading, $40,257,111 are rescinded.

                     FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available for highway projects that are not under 
construction, and that were funded pursuant to an appropriations act 
and that at no time have been separately authorized, $187,827,288 are 
rescinded: Provided, That this rescission shall not apply to any 
emergency relief project funded under section 125 of title 23, United 
States Code: Provided further, That the term ``not under construction'' 
refers to a project for which a construction contract for physical 
construction has not been awarded by the State, local government, or 
other contracting authority having responsibility for the project, 
regardless of whether other obligations such as preliminary engineering 
or environmental studies have been incurred.

                     FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION

                          Discretionary Grants

                              (rescission)

    Any unobligated balances of funds made available for fiscal year 
1991 and any earlier fiscal year under section 3 of the Federal Transit 
Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. App. 1602), and allocated to specific 
projects for the replacement, rehabilitation, and purchase of buses and 
related equipment, for construction of bus-related facilities, and for 
new fixed guideway systems are rescinded.

               TITLE VII--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

                         Federal Buildings Fund

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available from earmarked funds under this heading 
in Public Law 103-123, $126,022,000 are rescinded and are not available 
in fiscal year 1994.

   TITLE VIII--DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN 
                 DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            HOUSING PROGRAMS

               Annual Contributions for Assisted Housing

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
124, $180,000,000 are rescinded, including $130,000,000 for 
modernization of existing public housing projects pursuant to section 
14 of the United States Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 1437); and $50,000,000 
for the lead-based paint hazard reduction program as authorized under 
sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction 
Act of 1992.

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