[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 44 (Monday, November 8, 1993)]
[Pages 2239-2240]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress Reporting Budget Rescissions

 November 1, 1993

To the Congress of the United States:

    In accordance with the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
Act of 1974, I herewith report 37 proposed rescissions of budget 
authority, totaling $1.9 billion.
    These proposed rescissions affect programs of the Departments of 
Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, 
Interior, State, and Transportation, International Security Assistance 
programs, and programs of the Agency for International Development, the 
Army Corps of Engineers, the General Services Administration, the Small 
Business Administration, the State Justice Institute, and the United 
States Information Agency. The details of these proposed rescissions are 
set forth in the attached letter from the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget and in the accompanying report.
    Concurrent with these proposals, I am transmitting to the Congress 
FY 1994 supplemental appropriations language requests that would remove 
a variety of restrictions that impede effective functioning of the 
government, including certain proposals outlined in the recommendations 
of the National Performance Review.
    Together, the supplemental language requests and the rescission 
proposals would result in a total budget authority reduction of $2.0 
billion. My Administration is committed to working closely with the 
Congress to

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produce legislation that will achieve this level of savings.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
November 1, 1993.