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1 Information not available-records destroyed under records disposal program.

2 Reserve for savings in addition to those for sec. 1214, footnote 3.

3 Reductions pursuant to sec. 1214, General Appropriation Act, 1951.

10 $8,800,000

99, 006, 000 10 2,500,000 10 6, 700, 000

11 8, 513, 664

99,006,000 119, 292, 129 11 25, 262,250

12 175,000

12 100,000

Example 4 of request

Contract authorization, to be matched with donated funds. Rescinded pursuant to sec. 108, Interior Appropriation Act,

1952.

$ Specific items and/or projects which could not be obligated current fiscal year.

• Reserve for savings.

7 Projects deferred for obligation in subsequent year.

1960 Contract Authorization, Federal Aid Highway Act, 1959.

• Current year contract authorization, not programed by Congress.

10 1967 fiscal year program level reduction, projects deferred for obligation in subsequent year.

11 1968 fiscal year program reduction, pursuant to title II, Public Law 90-218.

12 Reserve pursuant to Public Law 90-364.

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Our records regarding funds appropriated for our agency which were withheld by the Bureau of the Budget date back only ten years. Attached is information from FY 1958 to FY 1968. The records prior to 1958 were disposed of pursuant to Government property disposal regulations.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR-STATEMENT SHOWING BUDGET RESERVES FOR PERIOD 1945 THROUGH 1968

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1 Amount reserved for subsequent year construction of a fish protein concentrate pilot and demonstration plant. 2 Current status of reserve available for programing under sec. 4(b) of Public Law 88-309.

3 $27,000 reflects current status of savings pursuant to Public Law 90-364, title 2, sec. 201(e).

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Note: For fiscal years 1945 through 1957, information is not available, since records were disposed of in accordance with the disposal program of the General Services Administration.

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION,

Hon. SAM J. ERVIN, Jr.,

OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN, Washington, D.C., February 18, 1969.

Chairman, Subcommittee on Separation of Powers,
U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

This letter is in response to your request of February 5 that the Commission furnish certain information on those instances since 1945 in which the Bureau of the Budget in the name of the President or on its own volition has impounded or frozen Commission funds appropriated by Congress.

Since 1945 there were five instances in which the Bureau of the Budget established reserves under the Anti-Deficiency Act. In each instance spending was reduced in a series of related programs or projects, however not necessarily by a fixed percentage. There follows a brief description of the establishment of each of these reserves.

In 1951, two reserves totaling $250,000 were established pursuant to P.L. 253, 82nd Congress. A reserve of $24,300 was established in 1954. During 1955, a reserve of $12,190 was established of which $5,000 was later released.

In 1968, $317,000 was placed in reserve pursuant to P.L. 90-218. This reserve was subsequently released to absorb part of the pay increases authorized by I'.L. 90-306. In 1969, a reserve of $382,000 was established pursuant to P.L. 90-364. It is anticipated that this reserve will be released and used to absorb the cost of pay increases which became effective July 14, 1968.

In addition to the reserve established in 1969, appropriation rescission legislation was also relevant for the reserves established in 1951 and 1968.

If further information is required of the Commission relative to your Subcommittee's study, please do not hesitate to call upon me.

Sincerely,

Hon. GEORGE SHULTZ,

Director, Office of Management and Budget,
Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C.

VIRGINIA MAE BROWN,

Chairman.

U.S. SENATE,
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE,

Washington, D.C., March 22, 1971.

DEAR MR. SHULTZ: The fiscal year 1972 budget proposals for forest and public lands highways as outlined in the enclosed letter from John Volpe came as a great surprise to me in light of the expansionary full employment budget. The recision of $3.8 million in Forest Highway funds and $0.5 million in public land highway funds authorized for the State of Idaho for fiscal years 1970 and 1971, if approved, would be a serious blow to the economy of my State. Idaho, which has 64% of its 52.9 million acres in Federal ownership is, as you may suspect, greatly dependent upon the network of forest and public land highways.

In many parts of the State these highways are the only means of access to communities, schools and industries. It is over these roads that lumber for use in a housing construction resurgence will have to be hauled. The cattle and sheep industries, as well as the mining industry, are also dependent upon these highways.

With the great emphasis being placed on environmental aspects I cannot understand why such little emphasis is being placed on the construction of forest and public land highways. These roads provide access to recreational facilities for nature lovers and campers and also provide access for fire fighting equipment in order to protect our forest resources.

Needless to say, I hope the above considerations will lead to a reconsideration of the decision to scale down Federal support for these already starved highway programs. Federal ownership of a great portion of my State carries with it a responsibility to properly maintain Federal lands. I submit that these highways are a part of that responsibility. An adequate level of support for these roads would seemingly be wholly consistent with plans to expand the economy. Sincerely yours,

Hon. LEN B. JORDAN,

U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

LEN B. JORDAN, U.S. Senator.

THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION,
Washington, D.C., March 15, 1971.

DEAR SENATOR JORDAN: This is in reply to your letter of February 8 which was acknowledged on February 11 by Mr. A. B. Virkler Legate, Executive Secretary. The correspondence enclosed a copy of a telegram from Mr. C. Ed Flandro, Chairman of the Board of Highway Directors, concerning funding of the Forest Highway and Public Lands Highway programs.

The major difference in the authorizations contained in the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1970 for Forest Highways and Public Lands Highways is that under the 1970 Act these programs would be financed for the first time from the Highway Trust Fund. The authorization levels of $33 million for Forest Highways and $16 million for Public Lands Highways for each of fiscal years 1972 and 1973 remain the same as contained in past legislation which were financed from General Funds of the Treasury.

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