Impoundment Control:

Status of Budget Authority Proposed for Rescission

OGC-90-9, Jul 3, 1990

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GAO reported on the status of budget authority that the President proposed for rescission in his fifth special impoundment message, but for which Congress had not passed a rescission bill.

GAO found that the Office of Management and Budget made available for obligation all funds that the President had proposed for rescission.