[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

                               __________

                                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Law 103-330, $142,500,000 are rescinded of which: $6,135,000 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.