[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 74 (Tuesday, May 8, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3832]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PROPOSED RESCISSIONS OF BUDGET AUTHORITY--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF 
                THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 115-117)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Cheney) laid before the House the 
following message from the President of the United States; which was 
read and, together with the accompanying papers, referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  In accordance with section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683), I herewith report 38 
rescissions of budget authority, totaling $15.4 billion.
  The proposed rescissions affect programs of the Departments of 
Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and 
Urban Development, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, and the 
Treasury, as well as of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Railroad Retirement Board, 
the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the United States Agency for 
International Development.
  The details of these rescissions are set forth in the enclosed letter 
from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, May 8, 2018.

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