[House Document 104-28]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
104th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House
Document 104-28
TWENTY-THREE RESCISSION PROPOSALS OF BUDGETARY RESOURCES
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TRANSMITTING
TWENTY-THREE RESCISSION PROPOSALS OF BUDGETARY RESOURCES, TOTALING $1.1
BILLION, PURSUANT TO 2 U.S.C. 683(a)(1)
February 6, 1995.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
To the Congress of the United States:
In accordance with the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974, I herewith report 23 rescission proposals
of budgetary resources, totaling $1.1 billion. These
rescissions, when combined with other discretionary savings
proposals contained in the FY 1996 Budget, will reduce FY 1995
budgetary resources by $2.4 billion.
The proposed rescissions affect the Departments of
Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Health and Human Services,
Housing and Urban Development, Labor, and Transportation; the
Environmental Protection Agency; the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration; the Small Business Administration; the
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; and the
National Science Foundation.
William J. Clinton.
The White House, February 6, 1995.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Public Law 480 program accounts
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-330, $142,500,000 are rescinded of which: $6,135,000
shall be from the amounts appropriated for ocean freight
differential costs; $92,500,000 shall be from the amounts
appropriated for commodities supplied in connection with
dispositions abroad pursuant to title III; and $43,865,000
shall be from the amounts appropriated for the cost of direct
credit agreements as authorized by the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and the
Food for Progress Act of 1985, as amended.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Food stamp program
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-330, $2,900,000 are rescinded: Provided, That the fifth
provision under this heading is amended by (1) deleting
``$1,143,000,000'' and inserting ``$1,140,100,000,'' and (2)
deleting ``$12,472,000'' and inserting ``$9,572,000.''
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Public broadcasting facilities, planning and construction
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-317, $18,000,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
School improvement programs
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-333, $138,084,000 are rescinded as follows: from the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, $28,000,000 for part C
of title V, $5,899,000 for section 10602, $4,185,000 for part G
of title X, and $100,000,000 for title XII.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Vocational and adult education
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-333, $43,888,000 are rescinded, of which $9,479,000 are
rescinded from funds made available for title III, part A, of
the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education
Act, and $34,409,000 are rescinded from funds made available
for title III, part B, of that Act.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education
Higher education
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-333, $26,903,000 are rescinded as follows: from the
Higher Education Act, $3,108,000 for chapter 2, subpart 2, part
A of title IV; $1,875,000 for subpart 3, part C of title V;
$14,920,000 for part G of title IX; $4,000,000 for part D of
title X; $2,000,000 for part C of title VI of the Excellence in
Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Education Act of 1990;
and $1,000,000 for part E of title XV of the Higher Education
Amendments of 1992.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education
College housing and academic facilities loans program
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-333 for the costs of direct loans, as authorized under
part C of title VII of the Higher Education Act, as amended,
$168,000 are rescinded, and the authority to subsidize gross
loan obligations is repealed.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Education research, statistics, and improvement
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-333, $750,000 made available for part I of title X of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended are
rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Libraries
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-333, $12,942,000 are rescinded, of which $8,026,000 are
rescinded from funds made available for title VI of the Library
Services and Construction Act, and $4,916,000 are rescinded
from funds made available for section 222 of the Higher
Education Act.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Health resources and services
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-333, $29,147,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Disease control, research, and training
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-333, $1,300,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
National Center for Research Resources
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-333, $1,000,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Housing Programs
Annual contributions for assisted housing
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-327 and any unobligated balances from funds
appropriated under this heading in prior years, $439,200,000
are rescinded, of which $100,000,000 shall be from the
modernization of existing public housing projects pursuant to
section 14 of the United States Housing Act of 1937;
$150,000,000 shall be from the assistance for State or local
units of government, tenant, and nonprofit organizations to
purchase projects where owners have indicated an intention to
repay mortgages and for assistance to be used as an incentive
to prevent prepayment or for vouchers to aid eligible tenants
adversely affected by mortgage prepayment, as authorized in the
Emergency Low-Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, as
amended; $80,000,000 shall be from the lead-based paint hazard
reduction program as authorized under sections 1011 and 1053 of
the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992;
$39,000,000 are rescinded from amounts recaptured during fiscal
year 1995 or in prior years; $21,000,000 shall be from Section
8 contract amendments; $34,200,000 shall be from amounts
reserved for least adjustments; and $15,000,000 shall be from
amounts for the Family Unification program.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Housing Programs
congregate services
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-327 and any unobligated balances from funds
appropriated under this heading in prior years, $37,000,000 are
rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
salaries and expenses
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-333, $1,100,000 are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
local rail freight assistance
Of the funds made available under this heading, $13,216,371
are rescinded.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
payments to air carriers (airport and airway trust fund)
Of the unobligated balances available under this heading,
$7,680,000 are rescinded: Provided, That the Secretary shall
not enter into any contracts for ``Small Community Air
Service'' which require compensation fixed and determined under
subchapter II of chapter 417 of Title 49, United States Code
(49 U.S.C. 41731-42) payable by the Department of
Transportation: Provided further, That no funds under this head
shall be available for payments to air carriers under
subchapter II.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Abatement, Control, and Compliance
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-327, $11,641,805 are rescinded.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Abatement, Control, and Compliance
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-327, $4,806,805 are rescinded.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Water Infrastructure Financing
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-327, $3,200,000 are rescinded.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Research and Development
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-327, $3,635,000 are rescinded.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Mission Support
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-327, $1,000,000 are rescinded.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Construction of Facilities
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 102-389, $27,000,000 are rescinded.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Salaries and Expenses
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-317, $15,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That no funds
shall be available to implement section 24 of the Small
Business Act, as amended.
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
Salaries and Expenses
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-327, $500,000 are rescinded.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Academic Research Infrastructure
Of the funds made available under this heading in Public
Law 103-327, $131,867,000 are rescinded.