    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [April 25, 1991]
    [Page 431]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Final Sequester Order
    April 25, 1991

        By the authority vested in me as President by the statutes of the
    United States of America, including section 254 of the Balanced Budget
    and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as
    amended by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
    Reaffirmation Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-119), and Title XIII of the
    Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508)
    (hereafter referred to as ``the Act''), I hereby order that the
    following actions be taken immediately to implement the sequestrations
    and reductions determined by the Director of the Office of Management
    and Budget as set forth in his report dated April 25, 1991, under
    sections 251 and 254 of the Act:
        (1) Budgetary resources for each nonexempt account within the
            domestic category of discretionary spending shall be reduced as
            specified by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
            in his report of April 25, 1991.
        (2) Pursuant to sections 250(c)(6) and 251, budgetary resources
            subject to sequester shall be new budget authority; new loan
            guarantee commitments or limitations; new direct loan
            obligations, commitments, or limitations; and obligation
            limitations.
        (3) For accounts making commitments for guaranteed loans, as
            authorized by substantive law, the head of each department or
            agency is directed to reduce the level of such commitments or
            obligations to the extent necessary to conform to the
            limitations established by the Act and specified by the Director
            of the Office of Management and Budget in his report of April
            25, 1991.
        All sequestrations shall be made in strict accordance with the
    specifications of the report of April 25, 1991, of the Director of the
    Office of Management and Budget and the requirements of sections 251 and
    254.

                                                                 George Bush

    The White House,
    April 25, 1991.