Status of Budget Authority Proposed for Rescission

OGC-81-12 Published: May 27, 1981. Publicly Released: May 27, 1981.

Highlights

The status of the budget authority that was proposed for rescission, but for which Congress failed to pass a rescission bill, is reported.

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Budget and Spending

Budget authority rescissionFederal legislationImpoundmentReprogramming of appropriated fundsContract terminationBudget rescissionsBudget authorityBudgetsBudget allotmentImpoundment control