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<br />00 175'7 <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />~. "'~-.".--' <br />."~:'-.-"'"'-'" <br /> <br />PUBLIC LAW 95-06 OF AUGUST 7, 1977, PUBLIC wom<s FOR WATER AND POI~R <br />DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY RESEARCH APPROPROATION ACT FOR F.Y. 1978, INCLUDED <br />PROVISIONS FOR RESCISSION OF FY 1977 APPROPRIATIONS OF $3,000,000. <br />SENATE CO~!MITTEE REPORT QUOTED AS FOLLOWS: <br />"AS EXPLAINED IN THIS REPORT IN OTHER SIMILAR CASES, THIS <br />ACTION IS A NECESSARY FOLLOW-UP TO THE DELETION OF FISCAL <br />YEAR 1978 FUNDING FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS FOR .mICH FISCAL YEAR <br />1977 APPROPRIATIONS WERE MADE AND I~ICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN <br />TOTALLY OBLIGATED. THE FUNDS TO BE RESCINDED WERE SCHEDULED <br />TO BE USED BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR LAND ACQUISITION <br />AND/OR TO AWARD AND ENTER INTO NEW CONTRACTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION <br />OF THE PROJECTS. HOI~VER, BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE DOES NOT <br />RECOMMEND FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS IN FISCAL YEAR 1978, IT <br />WOULD BE WASTEFUL TO INCUR AND ENTER INTO ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS <br />FOR THE RE~~INDER OF FISCAL YEAR 1977 ON THESE PROJECTS, <br />FAILURE TO TAKE THIS ACTION WOULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL OVERALL <br />COSTS. ALSO, THE BUDGET AND I~WOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT TOGETHER <br />WITH EARLIER CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON THIS MATTER WOULD REQUIRE <br />THAT THESE FUNDS BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH APPROPRIATED <br />UNLESS THESE AMOUNTS ARE RESCINDED. <br />','THIS RESULTS IN A SITUATION IN I~ICH THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION <br />IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO CONTINUE TO USE AND TO SPEND FUNDS AS <br />PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED FOR THESE PROJECTS, WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND, <br />ACTION IS UNDERWAY TO DELETE FISCAL YEAR 1978 FUNDING FOR THESE <br />SAME PROJECTS. THE COMMITTEE AGREES IT WOULD BE FISCALLY <br /> <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />