RESCISSION PROPOSALS This budget contains proposals to reduce 1997 spending by $5.2 billion. These proposed reductions include $0.4 billion in proposed rescissions detailed below and $4.8 billion in reduced limitations and other proposed savings detailed in the Supplemental Proposals chapter of the Budget. Under the provisions of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), whenever the President proposes a rescission of enacted appropriations, a special message must be sent to the Congress giving details of the proposals. Included below are related budget schedules and narrative explanations of proposals submitted in a special message at the time this budget was transmitted. Department of Agriculture FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 1996 actual 1997 est. 1998 est. Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority 90.00 Outlays Appropriation -2 Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in millions of dollars) 2 1 The Administration and the Congress agreed to make market development the primary purpose of the P.L. 480 direct credit program in the 1996 Farm Bill. This streamlined focus allows for a greater targeting of program resources on the most promising market development opportunities. This $3.5 million rescission of Title I Ocean Freight Differential funds, when combined with a proposed rescission of $46.5 million in subsidy budget authority in the P.L. 480 direct credit program account, totals a proposed $50 million reduction that would bring the net 1997 budget authority for the program as a whole to $151 million. Commodity shipments would be reduced by approximately 200,000 metric tons as a result of this proposed rescission. However, allocations of Title I commodity assistance that have already been announced for 1997 would not be affected by the proposed rescission because the reduction in program funding will be taken from a reserve 1340 Subsidy outlays 1349 The Administration and the Congress agreed to make market development the primary purpose of the P.L. 480 Title I direct credit program in the 1996 Farm Bill. This streamlined focus allows for a greater targeting of program resources on the most promising market development opportunities. This $46.5 million proposed rescission in subsidy budget authority, when combined with a rescission of $3.5 million Title I Ocean Freight Differential funds in the P.L. 480 Grant account totals a proposed $50 million reduction that would bring the net 1997 budget authority for the program as a 1330 Subsidy budget authority. -46 Total subsidy outlays 73.20 Total outlays (gross) Outlays (gross), detail: 86.90 Outlays from new current authority Net budget authority and outlays: 89.00 Budget authority 90.00 Outlays 2 22 22 2 22 2 22 2 2 The National Council on Disability (NCD) is composed of 15 members appointed by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Established under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, NCD is responsible for reviewing laws, programs, and policies of the Federal Government affecting people with disabilities. NCD also makes recommendations on issues affecting Americans with disabilities and their families to the President, the Congress, the Rehabilitation Services Administration, the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, and other Federal Departments and agencies, as may be appropriate. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 23.95 New obligations 24.40 Unobligated balance available, end of year: Uninvested balance The National Capital Planning Commission is the central planning agency for the Federal Government in the National Capital Region. It develops long-range plans and conducts project reviews in order to enhance the National Capital's historical, cultural and natural resources. During 1998 major emphasis will be placed on implementing key Monumental Core First Initiatives aimed at assisting the Administration's efforts in revitalizing the District of Columbia, and work to expand the Washington Geographic Information Systems (WGIS) project, a cooperative effort in the National Capital Region to capture, display and analyze geographically-based data. Object Classification (in millions of dollars) 1 The National Bankruptcy Review Commission, created by 99.9 the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1994, is required to conduct a comprehensive study of the nation's bankruptcy laws and to submit a final report to Congress, the President and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by October 20, 1997. NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION Federal Funds General and special funds: SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 USC 71–71i), including services as authorized by 5 USC 3109, [$5,390,000] $5,740,000: Provided, That all appointed members will be compensated at a rate equivalent to the rate for Executive Schedule Level IV: Provided further, That beginning in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter, the Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs of Geographic Information System products and services supplied by the Commission, and such fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to remain available until expended. (Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Total obligations Identification code 95-2500-0-1-451 Direct: For necessary expenses for the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, established by the Act of July 20, 1970 (Public Law 91-345, as amended by Public Law 102-95), [$897,000] $1,123,000 (Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and direct procurement of survey printing, [$23,923,000] $24,450,000, together with not to exceed $2,430,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Systems Protection Board. (Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996.) Program and Financing (in millions of dollars) Against gross budget authority and outlays: The Merit Systems Protection Board's mission is to assist Federal agencies in running a merit-based civil service system. The MSPB accomplishes its mission on a case-by-case basis through hearing and deciding employee appeals, and on a systematic basis by reviewing significant actions and regulations of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and conducting studies of the civil service and other merit systems. The intended results (outcomes) of MSPB's efforts are (1) to increase the assurance that personnel actions taken against employees are processed within the law, and (2) that actions taken by OPM and other agencies support and enhance Federal merit principles. Board workloads are reflected in the following table: 63 16 Obligations by program activity: 21.0 Direct program: |