[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 11 (Wednesday, February 9, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ON THREE RESCISSIONS OF BUDGET AUTHORITY--
                   MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 86

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 
30, 1975, to the Committees on the Budget, Appropriations, Energy and 
Natural Resources, and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance with the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974, I herewith report three rescissions of budget authority, 
totaling $128 million, and two deferrals of budget authority, totaling 
$1.6 million.
  The proposed rescissions affect the programs of the Department of 
Energy and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The 
proposed deferrals affect programs of the Department of State and 
International Assistance Programs.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, February 9, 2000.

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