[House Document 106-224]
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 A REVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT'S IMPOUNDMENT MESSAGE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000  

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  FROM

                        THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL,

                     THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                              transmitting

   A REVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST SPECIAL IMPOUNDMENT MESSAGE FOR 
               FISCAL YEAR 2000, PURSUANT TO 2 U.S.C. 685

 


 May 2, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered 
                             to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
79-012                     WASHINGTON : 2000       





                            U.S. General Accounting Office,
                                    Washington, DC, April 17, 2000.
Hon. J. Dennis, Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: On February 9, 2000, the President 
submitted to the Congress his first special impoundment message 
for fiscal year 2000. The message reports three proposed 
rescissions of budget authority and two deferrals of budget 
authority. We have reviewed the deferrals and found them to be 
in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act, 2 U.S.C. 
Sec. Sec. 681-688, as amended.
    The enclosure provides specific information with regard to 
one proposed rescission that we believe will be useful to the 
Congress in its examination of the message.
            Sincerely yours,
                                           David M. Walker,
                          Comptroller General of the United States.
    Enclosure.

   Comments on President's First Special Message for Fiscal Year 2000


                          department of energy


    R00-1: Atomic Energy Defense Activities, Defense 
Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Amount Proposed 
for Rescission: $13,000,000--89X0242.
    According to the latest apportionment schedule for account 
89X0242 dated February 3, 2000, total budgetary resources are 
$4,509,113,172 and not $4,500,413,172 as reported by the 
President.

                                

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