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August 12, 1999
BULLETIN NO. 99-05
TO THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT:
Rescissions of Administrative and Travel Expenses
1. Purpose. This
Bulletin provides guidance on the rescission of amounts for nondefense
administrative and travel expenses required by Sections 102 and
202 of the Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee and Emergency Oil and
Gas Guaranteed Loan Act of 1999 (H.R. 1664). This bulletin will
take effect upon enactment of H.R. 1664. It is being issued in anticipation
of enactment to permit orderly planning by agencies.
2. Background and
coverage. Sections 101 and 202 of H.R. 1664 (Attachment A) rescind
$270 million of the funds available to Executive Branch agencies
in the "nondefense category" in FY 1999. The Act specifies that
the rescissions are to be "taken only from administrative and travel
accounts ... on a pro-rata basis from funds available to every Federal
agency, department, and office." The bill also requires that, "Within
30 days of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House and Senate a listing of the amounts by account of the
reductions ...."
3. Required actions.
Agencies will be separately provided with their pro-rata rescission
amount in the format of Attachment B by their OMB representative.
Agencies have the discretion to determine the allocation of their
required rescission amount by budget account and within accounts,
provided that the reduction is applied only to administrative and
travel expenses in the following object classes: 21.0, 22.0, 23.1,
23.2, 23.3, 24.0, 25.1, 25.3, 26.0.
Each agency must report
the budget account(s) in which the rescission is applied in the
format of Attachment B. This report should be submitted to the OMB
representative with primary budget responsibility for the agency
no later than c.o.b. Wednesday, August 25, 1999.
4. Contact. Questions
regarding this Bulletin should be directed to the relevant agency's
OMB representative.
Jacob J. Lew
Director
Attachments
Attachment
A
FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATIVE AND TRAVEL EXPENSES
(RESCISSIONS)
Sec. 102. (a) Of the
funds available in the nondefense category to the agencies of the
Federal Government, $145,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided,
That rescissions pursuant to this subsection shall be taken only
from administrative and travel accounts: Provided further,
That rescissions shall be taken on a pro rata basis from funds available
to every Federal agency, department, and office in the Executive
Branch, including the Office of the President.
(b) Within 30 days
after the data of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a listing of the
amounts by account of the reductions made pursuant to the provisions
of subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 202. (a) Of the
funds available in the nondefense category to the agencies of the
Federal Government, $125,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided,
That rescissions pursuant to this subsection shall be taken only
from administrative and travel accounts: Provided further,
That rescissions shall be taken on a pro rata basis from funds available
to every Federal agency, department, and office in the Executive
Branch, including the Office of the President.
(b) Within 30 days
after the data of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a listing of the
amounts by account of the reductions made pursuant to the provisions
of subsection (a) of this section.
Attachment
B
H.R.
1664 ADMINISTRATIVE/TRAVEL EXPENSE RESCISSION
{AGENCY NAME}
TOTAL
RESCISSION AMOUNT, FY 1999 in thousands: -#,###
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ACCOUNT:
Account Identification Code
(Treasury agency code & account symbol)
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Account
Title
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FY
1999 (dollars in thousands)
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