[House Document 109-65]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

109th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 109-65

 
                REQUEST FOR FY 2006 EMERGENCY PROPOSALS

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 A REQUEST OF A PROPOSAL TO RESCIND $2.3 BILLION IN FUNDING FROM LOWER-
               PRIORITY FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND EXCESS FUNDS




  October 31, 2005.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, October 28, 2005.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Today, in a separate message, I have 
asked the Congress to reallocate $17.1 billion of available 
funding in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster 
Relief Fund to provide for further response and recovery 
efforts in the regions affected by Hurricane Katrina.
    As a further measure to ensure fiscal responsibility as we 
continue our unprecedented response to Hurricane Katrina, I ask 
the Congress to consider the enclosed request to rescind $2.3 
billion from lower-priority Federal programs and excess funds.
    As we help the people of the Gulf Coast region recover and 
rebuild from Hurricane Katrina, it is more important than ever 
to redouble our efforts to reduce unnecessary spending 
elsewhere in the budget.
    In concert with this rescission proposal, I urge the 
Congress to reduce Fiscal Year 2006 nonsecurity spending below 
last year's levels, as proposed in my Budget. In addition, I 
urge the Congress to achieve the maximum amount of mandatory 
savings through reconciliation legislation over the next 5 
years. These actions will advance our shared goal to maintain 
fiscal responsibility as we continue our assistance to 
hurricane-affected regions.
    The details of this request are set forth in the enclosed 
letter from the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.
               [Estimate No. 14, 109th Cong., 1st Sess.]

                 Executive Office of the President,
                           Office of Management and Budget,
                                  Washington, DC, October 28, 2005.
The President,
The White House.
    On September 2nd, you signed into law Public Law 109-61, 
the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate 
Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, which 
provided $10.5 billion in emergency supplemental funds for 
hurricane-related disaster relief. On September 8th, you signed 
into law Public Law 109-62, the Second Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the 
Consequences of Hurricane Katrina, which provided $51.8 billion 
in emergency supplemental funds for hurricane-related disaster 
relief.
    Consistent with your direction to ensure that affected 
individuals and States have the resources they need and to 
provide such assistance in a fiscally responsible manner, you 
have submitted a request to reallocate $17.1 billion of 
available funding in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's 
Disaster Relief Fund to provide for further response and 
recovery efforts in the regions affected by hurricanes.
    Submitted for your additional consideration is a proposal 
to rescind $2.3 billion in funding from lower-priority federal 
programs and excess funds. This proposal would further your 
efforts to offset the unprecedented cost of this disaster and 
control growth in discretionary spending. In addition, by 
reducing Fiscal Year 2006 non-security spending below last 
year's level and achieving the maximum amount of mandatory 
savings over five years, as you proposed in your budget, we 
will advance your efforts to maintain fiscal responsibility as 
we continue our significant assistance to hurricane-affected 
states.
    As described below and in more detail in the enclosures, 
the rescission proposals include the following:
Department of Agriculture
     $641 million of unobligated balances in various 
Agriculture programs would be rescinded, including balances 
from consideration operations, rural development grant 
programs, foreign assistance programs, the Food Stamp 
Employment and Training program, and a Forest Service grant 
program.
Department of Commerce
     $55 million of unobligated balances would be 
rescinded from the Emergency Steel Guaranteed Loan Program and 
from Industrial Technology Services.

Department of Defense

     $155 million of unobligated balances for various 
operation and maintenance activities and the Army's research, 
development, test, and evaluation would be rescinded.

Department of Education

     $151 million of unobligated balances from the 
Literacy Program for Prisoners, the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act's State Personnel Development 
program, the Smaller Learning Communities programs, and the 
Tech-Prep Demonstration program would be rescinded.

Department of Energy

     $100 million of balances would be rescinded for a 
radioactive waste treatment plant that is experiencing delays 
due to significant technical problems.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

     $130 million in various HHS programs would be 
rescinded, including balances from health resources and 
services, individual learning accounts within the Centers for 
Disease control and Prevention, and buildings and facilities 
within the National Institutes of Health.

Department of Homeland Security

     $261 million set aside for accrual payments for 
Medicare-eligible employees would be rescinded from the U.S. 
Coast Guard's unobligated balances, since the Coast Guard has 
already made its 2006 accrual payments using permanent 
indefinite spending authority.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

     $130 million of unobligated balances in various 
HUD programs would be rescinded, including balances from public 
and Indian housing, community planning and development, and 
housing for persons with disabilities.

Department of the Interior

     $306 million of unobligated balances for the 
Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and Departmental 
Management would be rescinded.

Department of Labor

     $70 million of unobligated balances from the 
construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps 
Centers, as well as the Responsible Reintegration of Youthful 
Offenders program, would be rescinded.

Department of State

     $75 million of unobligated balances from several 
programs, including embassy security, construction and 
maintenance, and international narcotics control and law 
enforcement, would be rescinded.

Department of the Treasury

     $20 million from the Internal Revenue Service's 
unobligated balances for processing, assistance, and 
management, and health insurance tax credit administration 
would be rescinded.

Environmental Protection Agency

     $166 million of unobligated balances in the Clean 
Water State Revolving Fund would be rescinded, bringing its 
funding in line with the 2006 President's Budget.

International Assistance Programs

     $20 million of unobligated balances for assistance 
for the independent states of the former Soviet Union would be 
rescinded.

Broadcasting Board of Governors

     $4 million of unobligated balances for capital 
improvements would be rescinded.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

     $10 million of unobligated balances would be 
rescinded.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

     $13 million of unobligated balances from prior-
year FCC regulatory fee over-collections would be rescinded.
    I have carefully reviewed these proposals and am satisfied 
that they are necessary at this time.
            Sincerely,
                                          Joshua B. Bolten,
                                                          Director.
    Enclosures.
                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                 Natural Resources Conservation Service


                        CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$10,000,000 are cancelled.
    This proposal would rescind a portion of the unobligated 
balances in the conservation operations program.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                        Rural Utilities Service


                        HIGH ENERGY COST GRANTS

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$30,277,788 are cancelled.
    This proposal would rescind a portion of the unobligated 
balances in the high energy cost grants program.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                        Rural Utilities Service


 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND DIRECT LOAN FINANCING 
                                ACCOUNT

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$9,920,000 are cancelled.
    This proposal would rescind $9,920,000 of the unobligated 
balances in the Public Broadcast grant program.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                      Foreign Assistance Programs


        PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL GRANTS

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$35,000,000 are cancelled.
    This proposal would rescind a portion of the unobligated 
balances of the ocean freight differential grant program 
related to the shipment of agricultural products.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                      Foreign Assistance Programs


  PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM 
                                ACCOUNT

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$10,000,000 are cancelled.
    This proposal would rescind a portion of the unobligated 
balances in the P.L. 480 Title I program.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                       Food and Nutrition Service


                           FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading of 
funds provided pursuant to section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food 
Stamp Act of 1977, $37,000,000 are cancelled.
    This language would rescind $37 million in unobligated 
prior-year balances in the Food Stamp Employment and Training 
Program. These balances are in excess of current program 
requirements.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                             Forest Service


                       STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

    Of the funds available under this heading, $9,000,000 are 
cancelled.
    This proposal would rescind a portion of Economic Action 
Program funding provided in the fiscal year 2006 Forest Service 
appropriation.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


                             Forest Service


                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$500,000,000 are cancelled.
    This proposal would rescind a portion of the unobligated 
balances in the wildland fire management account.
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                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


                        Departmental Management


            EMERGENCY STEEL GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    All unobligated balances of funds available for the costs 
of loan guarantees under this heading are cancelled.
    As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this 
account records the administrative expenses for this program, 
as well as the subsidy costs associated with the loan 
guarantees, if any. The subsidy amounts are estimated on a 
present value basis; the administrative expenses are estimated 
on a cash basis. The proposal would rescind $49 million in 
unobligated subsidy balances.
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                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


             National Institute of Standards and Technology


                     INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading 
for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, $6,000,000 
are cancelled.
    Unobligated balances available for the Hollings 
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program are rescinded as 
these balances are not essential to meeting the program's 
mission requirements.
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                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE


                       Operation and Maintenance


            SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTING COMPETITIONS

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$26,000,000 are cancelled.
    Funds available in the Support for International Sporting 
Competitions account are used to fund support provided by the 
U.S. military during international supporting competitions held 
in the United States. The account contained a total unobligated 
balance of $26 million at the end of FY 2005 that will carry 
over into FY 2006. As the United States has no plans to host an 
international sporting competition in FY 2006, these funds have 
no intended use for FY 2006. This proposal would rescind the 
total unobligated balance.
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                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE


                       Operation and Maintenance


            DISPOSAL OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REAL PROPERTY

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$45,000,000 are cancelled.
    Funds available in this account are generated from the sale 
of excess Department of Defense (DOD) property and are used for 
maintenance of DOD real property. The account contained a total 
unobligated balance of $54 million at the end of FY 2005, of 
which $9 million will be used for maintenance of DOD property 
in FY 2006. This proposal would rescind the remaining $45 
million that do not have an intended use in FY 2006.
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                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE


                       Operation and Maintenance


              LEASE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REAL PROPERTY

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$30,000,000 are cancelled.
    Funds available in this account are generated from the 
lease of Department of Defense (DOD) real property and are used 
for maintenance of DOD real property. The account contained a 
total unobligated balance of $38 million at the end of FY 2005, 
of which $8 million will be used for maintenance of DOD 
property in FY 2006. This proposal would rescind the remaining 
$30 million that do not have an intended use in FY 2006.
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                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE


                       Operation and Maintenance


             OVERSEAS MILITARY FACILITY INVESTMENT RECOVERY

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$5,000,000 are cancelled.
    Funds available in this account are generated from the 
residual value of excess overseas DOD real property and are 
used for maintenance of DOD real property. The account 
contained a total unobligated balance of $9 million at the end 
of FY 2005, of which $4 million will be used for maintenance of 
DOD property in FY 2006. This proposal would rescind the 
remaining $5 million that do not have an intended use in FY 
2006.
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                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE


               Research, Development, Test and Evaluation


           RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, ARMY

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$48,600,000 are cancelled.
    This proposal would rescind $48.6 million of the Army's 
unobligated balances from the Research, Development, Test, and 
Evaluation (RDT&E) account, including $14 million intended to 
be applied to the Army's venture capital organization, OnPoint, 
and $34.6 from the Army's Joint Common Missile Program. The 
Army's total unobligated RDT&E funds in FY 2005 were $891 
million.
    The Army planned to use $14 million in unobligated balances 
to fund its venture capital organization, OnPoint, to invest in 
emerging technologies that could be of use to the Army in the 
future. As of the end of FY 2005, OnPoint had more than $30 
million in unused balances. The allocation of additional funds 
to OnPoint is not a high priority and rescinding these funds 
will have minimal impact on the program.
    The Joint Common Missile (JCM) program was proposed for 
termination in the FY 2006 budget, with an agreement that 
unobligated balances from the FY 2005 account could be used to 
continue Research and Development (R&D) activities on how to 
apply JCM technologies to other missile programs. The JCM 
program contains $34.6 million in unobligated balances. 
Rescinding these funds will have a minimal impact on other Army 
R&D programs.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


                  Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools


                 SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$4,960,000 are cancelled.
    This request would rescind almost $5 million from the 
Literacy Program for Prisoners, which provides competitive 
grants to State and local correctional agencies to operate 
programs that develop and improve life skills necessary for 
reintegration of adult prisoners into society.
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                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


        Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services


                           SPECIAL EDUCATION

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$50,652,512 are cancelled.
    This request would rescind approximately $51 million from 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act State Personnel 
Development program that supports State Education Agencies in 
reforming and improving their systems for personnel preparation 
and professional development in order to assist children with 
disabilities.
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                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


                Office of Vocational and Adult Education


                     VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$95,328,653 are cancelled.
    This request would rescind $90,371,127 from the Smaller 
Learning Communities program that supports competitive grants 
to local educational agencies to create smaller, more 
personalized learning environments in large schools. The 
language also would rescind $4,957,526 from the Tech-prep 
Demonstration program, which awards grants to consortia to 
establish the-prep programs in secondary schools located on the 
sites of community colleges.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


               Environmental and Other Defense Activities


                  DEFENSE SITE ACCELERATION COMPLETION

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public 
Law 108-447, $100,000,000 are cancelled.
    This proposal would rescind $100 million for the 
radioactive waste treatment plant the Department of Energy is 
designing and constructing at its Hanford (Washington) site, 
which is experiencing delays due to significant technical 
problems. The Department slowed plant construction in 2005 and 
is developing a revised baseline expected in summer 2006.
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


              Health Resources and Services Administration


                     HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
the amounts made available pursuant to the following 
authorities are cancelled: the Construction Facilities 
Improvement Program, authorized under section 1610(b) of Title 
XVI of the Public Health Service Act; the Health Centers Loan 
Guarantee Program authorized under section 330(d) of the Public 
Health Service Act and Title II of P.L. 104-208; and the 
Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program authorized under 
section 846 of Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act.
    The request would cancel an estimated $7,654,000 of the 
unobligated balances in the Health Resources and Services 
Administration's account. This includes:
           $281,000 in unobligated balances for the 
        Construction Facilities Improvement Program, authorized 
        under Section 1610(b) of Title XVI of the Public Health 
        Service (PHS) Act.
           $6,943,000 in unobligated balances for the 
        Health Centers Loan Guarantee Program. Section 330(d) 
        of the PHS Act authorizes the Secretary of HHS to 
        guarantee loans to Health Centers for developing and 
        operating managed care networks and plans. The 
        Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations 
        Act, 1997 (Title II of Public Law 104-208) authorized 
        loan guarantees for the construction, renovation, and 
        modernization of Health Centers.
           $430,000 in estimated unobligated balances 
        for the Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program 
        authorized under Section 846 of title VIII of the PHS 
        Act. Section 846(h)(4 provides that amounts recovered 
        under a breach of service agreement are available until 
        expended.
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


              Health Resources and Services Administration


                     HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

    Notwithstanding section 835 of title VIII and subpart II of 
title VII of the Public Health Service Act, an institution of 
higher education with a student loan revolving fund established 
under these authorities shall, no later than September 30, 
2006, pay to the Secretary of Health and Human Services the 
Federal portion of all of the liquid assets of such fund, as 
determined by the Secretary on June 30, 2006: Provided, That 
amounts collected under the proceeding provision are canceled: 
Provided further, That the institution shall not make any new 
loans under section 835 of title VIII and subpart II of title 
VII of the Public Health Service Act until the amount equal to 
that Federal portion determined on June 30, 2006 has been paid 
to the Secretary.
    This proposal would recall in FY 2006 the Federal portion 
of the liquid assets of student loan revolving funds at 
institutions of high education participating in the Health 
Professions Student Loan, the Primary Car Loan, the Loans for 
Disadvantaged Students, and the Nursing Student Loan programs. 
The proposal would recall only the Federal capital contribution 
of the liquid assets of the fund and participating schools 
would retain any institutional contributions to the revolving 
fund. Amounts collected would be canceled and are estimated at 
$100 million. By September 30, 2006, schools would be required 
to return the Federal portion of the liquid assets of the 
student loan revolving funds to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services. The relative Federal and institutional shares 
of the fund would be determined by the Secretary on June 30, 
2006. Participating schools would be prohibited from making new 
loans until they had repaid the Federal portion of the liquid 
assets of their revolving fund.
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


                DISEASE CONTROL, RESEARCH, AND TRAINING

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading at 
the beginning of fiscal year 2006, $7,000,000 are cancelled.
    The request would rescind unobligated balances in the 
Disease Control, Research, and Training account for Individual 
Learning Accounts.
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


                     National Institutes of Health


                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading at 
the beginning of fiscal year 2006, $15,000,000 are cancelled.
    The request would rescind a portion of the unobligated 
balance in the Buildings and Facilities account.
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                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY


                       United States Coast Guard


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

    Of the amounts made available for ``Operating Expenses,'' 
Coast Guard in Public Law 109-90, $260,533,000 are cancelled.
    This request would reduce the U.S. Coast Guard Operating 
Expenses account by the amount the agency will expend on 
accrual payments for Medicare-eligible employees in 2006. The 
2005 Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 108-375) provided the 
Coast Guard with permanent indefinite discretionary authority 
to make accrual payments for its Medicare-eligible employees. 
In the 2006 Homeland Security Appropriation Act (P.L 109-90), 
the Coast Guard also received an annual appropriation to make 
accrual payments for Medicare-eligible employees.
    Since the Coast Guard has already made its 2006 payment for 
its Medicare-eligible employees using permanent indefinite 
discretionary authority, funds appropriated for this purpose in 
P.L. 109-90 are available for rescission. This rescission will 
have no impact on the Coast Guard's ability to execute its 
mission or conduct hurricane response activities.
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              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT


                   Community Planning and Development


                       BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT

    Of the unobligated balances under this heading, $24,000,000 
are cancelled.
    The 2006 Budget proposed to eliminate the Community 
Development Block Grant and its set-aside programs in favor of 
the Strengthening America's Communities Initiative. This 
proposal also eliminated the Brownfields Redevelopment program, 
which contains the recommended rescission of unobligated 
balances.
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              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT


                   Community Planning and Development


                 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES

    Of the unobligated balances under this heading, $6,000,000 
are cancelled.
    The 2006 Budget proposed to eliminate the Community 
Development Block Grant and its set-aside programs in favor of 
Strengthening America's Communities Initiative. This proposal 
also eliminated the Community Development Loan Guarantees 
(Section 108 loans) program, which contains the recommended 
rescission of unobligated balances.
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              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT


                            Housing Programs


                 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

    Of the unobligated balances under this heading, 
$100,000,000 are cancelled.
    The capital grant program is proposed for reduction in the 
2006 President's Budget; a PART analysis found that the program 
is prone to development delays and construction cost overruns. 
This is a reduction to new units; existing units are unaffected 
by this reduction.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                       Bureau of Land Management


                   MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

    Of the unobligated balances under this heading, $500,000 
are cancelled.
    This request would rescind $500,000 in unobligated balances 
through a reduction to lower-priority programs.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                       Bureau of Land Management


                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$34,952,000 are cancelled.
    The request would rescind $25,000,000 in unobligated 
balances, carried over from appropriations in FY 2005 and 
earlier, for emergency fire suppression.
    This request would also rescind $9,952,000 in funds 
provided in the FY 2006 Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act for rural fire assistance to non-
Federal entities. These funds are not requested in the 
President's 2006 Budget.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                         Bureau of Reclamation


                      WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES

    Of the unobligaged balances available under this heading, 
$183,000,000 are cancelled.
    This request would rescind $183 million in unobligated 
balances, carried over from appropriations in FY 2005 and 
earlier, for Water and Related Resources funds set aside for 
the restoration of Desert Terminal Lakes, and originally 
transferred to Reclamation from the Community Credit 
Corporation for that purposes.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                United States Fish and Wildlife Service


                    STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$5,000,000 are cancelled.
    This request would rescind $5 million in unobligated 
balances through a reduction to lower-priority programs.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                United States Fish and Wildlife Service


                       PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$500,000 are cancelled.
    This request would rescind $500,000 in unobligated balances 
through a reduction to lower-priority programs.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                United States Fish and Wildlife Service


            COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$6,000,000 are cancelled.
    This request would rescind $6 million in unobligated 
balances through a reduction to lower-priority programs.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                         National Park Service


                  NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$6,677,000 are cancelled.
    This request would rescind $6,677,000 in funds provided in 
the FY 2006 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act for statutory aid to non-Federal entities. 
These funds were not requested in the President's 2006 Budget.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                         National Park Service


                              CONSTRUCTION

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$34,000,000 are cancelled.
    This request would rescind $34 million in unobligated 
balances through a reduction to lower-priority programs.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                         National Park Service


                 LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$28,278,000 are cancelled.
    This request would rescind $28,278,000 in funds provided in 
the FY 2006 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act for Land and Water Conservation Fund State 
grants. These funds were not requested in the President's 2006 
Budget.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


                        Departmental Management


                    PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT)

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$5,000,000 are cancelled.
    This request would rescind $5 million in funds provided in 
the FY 2006 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act for Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) payments 
to local governments. These funds were above the amount 
requested in the President's 2006 Budget.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


                 Employment and Training Administration


                    TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

    Of the funds provided under this heading in Public Law 108-
447, $70,000,000 are cancelled.
    This proposal would rescind a total of $70 million in 
unobligated balances for certain programs under the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). This proposal would cancel $25 
million in unobligated balances for the construction, 
rehabilitation, and acquisition of Job Corps Centers. The 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, provided a total of 
$116.2 million for this purpose through June 30, 2008.
    The proposal would also rescind $45 million in unobligated 
balances for the Responsible Reintegration of Youthful 
Offenders program. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, 
provided $49.6 million for this purpose for the period July 1, 
2005, through June 30, 2006.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE


                   Administration of Foreign Affairs


            EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$50,000,000 are cancelled.
    These funds are being rescinded due to a high level of 
unobligated carryover balances. The loss of these funds will 
not impact the core mission of the agency.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE


                                 Other


          INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$15,700,000 are cancelled.
    These funds are being rescinded due to a high level of 
unobligated carryover balances. The loss of these funds will 
not impact the core mission of the agency.
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                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE


                                 Other


                     ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$9,300,000 are cancelled.
    These funds are being rescinded due to a high level of 
unobligated carryover balances. The loss of these funds will 
not affect the core mission of the agency.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


                        Internal Revenue Service


                 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$10,000,000 are cancelled.
    Section 511 of P.L. 108-477 makes 50 percent of unobligated 
balances remaining available at the end of FY 2005 from this 
account for FY 2005 available through September 30, 2006, of 
which $10 million are proposed for rescission.
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                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


                        Internal Revenue Service


               HEALTH INSURANCE TAX CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$10,000,000 are cancelled.
    Section 511 makes 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of FY 2005 from this account for 
FY 2005 available through September 30, 2006, of which $10 
million are proposed for rescission.
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                    Environmental Protection Agency


                   STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

    Of the unobligated balances under this heading, 
$166,000,000 are cancelled.
    The proposal would rescind $166,000,000, thereby reducing 
the amount generally available to the Environmental Protection 
Agency in the State and Tribal Assistance Grants appropriations 
account. This entire rescission would come from unobligated 
balances from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund.
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                   INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS


                  Agency for International Development


    ASSISTANCE FOR THE INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$20,000,000 are cancelled.
    The proposal would cancel $20 million in unobligated 
carryover balances in this account, which provides transition 
assistance to Russia, Ukraine, and other countries of the 
former Soviet Union.
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                       OTHER INDEPENDENT AGENCIES


                     Broacasting Board of Governors


                   BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$3,800,000 are cancelled.
    These funds are being rescinded due to a high level of 
unobligated carryover balances. The loss of these funds will 
not impact the core mission of the agency.
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                       OTHER INDEPENDENT AGENCIES


                  Corporation for Public Broadcasting


                         PROGRAM AND FINANCING

    Of the amounts made available to the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting for fiscal year 2006 by P.L. 108-199, $10,000,000 
are cancelled.
    This proposal would rescind $10 million of the enacted 
advance appropriation of $400 million provided for the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which was made available 
on October 1, 2006.
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                       OTHER INDEPENDENT AGENCIES


                   Federal Communications Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    Of the unobligated balances available under this heading, 
$13,480,000 are cancelled.
    This proposal would rescind the balance of prior year 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulatory fee over-
collections. Collections targets are set in appropriations 
annually, and over-collections remain available to the 
Commission in the next fiscal year. The FCC seeks Congressional 
approval by law to use these funds prior to obligation. Fiscal 
year 2006 anticipated collections are sufficient to fund FCC 
activities without these carry-over balances.

                                  
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