Budgetary reserves for routine financial administration Funds appropriated to the President: International development assistance: Prototype desalting plant---- $20,000 Apportionment awaits development by the agency of approved plans and specifications. Apportionment awaits development of proposals for contract 318 Amount shown here is in excess of current estimates of 1972 needs. If conditions change and the funds are needed, apportionments will be made. Mutual and self-help housing grants_‒‒‒‒ Amount shown here is in excess of current estimates of 1972 needs. If conditions change and the funds are needed, apportionment will be made. Animal and Plant Health Service- This amount is in excess of current estimates of 1972 needs. The funds will be apportioned, if needed, for animal and pest control. Agricultural Research Service: Construction Residual amount appropriated, but not required for planning. Amount shown here is in excess of current estimates of 1972 Cooperative State Research Service: 729 3, 500 70 352 Payments and expenses__ 4, 600 As provided by the 1972 appropriation act, funds are to be held in reserve pending determination of “qualified and necessary projects." Extension Service: Payments and expenses_ 2,000 Funds are available for use by Land Grant Colleges of 1890 and Tuskegee Institute as soon as project guidelines are developed and necessary personnel available. Consumer and Marketing Service: Consumer protective, marketing, and regulatory programs-- 1. 011 Perishable Commodities Act Fund___. Amount shown here is in excess of current estimates of 1972 needs. If conditions change and the funds are neded, apportionments will be made. Food and Nutrition Service: Food stamp program_ Funds appropriated by Congress in excess of estimated need under food stamp regulations announced earlier. These funds will be apportioned if and as needed to meet the cost of revisions in the regulations announced January 15, 1972. 14 198, 516 Budgetary reserves for routine financial administration-Continued Foreign Agricultural Service: Salaries and expenses, special foreign currency program_. Amount shown here is in excess of current estimates of 1972 needs. If conditions change and the funds are needed, apportion- » ments will be made. Forest Service: $3,087 Expenses, brush disposal--- 13, 170 Amount shown here is in excess of current estimates of 1972 needs. If conditions change and the funds are needed, apportionments will be made. Restoration of forest lands and improvements. 6 Amount shown here is in excess of current estimates of 1972 needs. If conditions change and the funds are needed, apportionment will be made. Forest fire prevention---. 115 Amount shown here is in excess of current estimates of 1972 needs. If conditions change and the funds are needed, apportionments will be made. Forest protection and utilization: Cooperative range improvement_ 1,910 Amount shown here is in excess of current estimates of 1972 needs. If conditions change and the funds are needed, apportionment will be made. Forest roads and trials____ 401, 869 Amount shown here is in excess of current estimates of 1972 needs. If conditions change and the funds are needed, apportionment mill be made. Department of Commerce and Bureau of the Census: 19th Decennial Census-- Promotion and industry and commerce: These funds are to be used for printing costs and will be apportioned when need for this purpose. 11, 028 Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center___ 5.446 Funds will be released when plans for participation in U.S. Bicentennial are completed and approved. Trade adjustment assistance_--. 50,000 Amount shown here is in excess of current estimates of 1972 needs. If conditions change and the funds are needed, apportionments will be made. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Amount shown here is in excess of current estimates of 1972 If conditions change and the funds are needed, apportionments will be made. Research, development, and facilities_- Promote and develop fishery products and research pertaining to American fisheries___ 257 564 These funds are for disaster relief to fisheries. Apportionment awaits arrival of contingencies under which the funds must, by statute, be made available. Funds are for a new laboratory now in the planning stage. Apportionment awaits development of approved plans and specifications. 1,495 Ship construction _--_ Funds are for engineering changes and contract cancellation contingencies. 14,804 Budgetary reserves for rountine financial administration-Continued Department of Defense-Military : Shipbuilding and conversion__ For use in subsequent years; these projects are fully funded when appropriated. Other procurement programs-- For use in subsequent years; these projects are fully funded when appropriated. Research, development, test, and evaluation, Air Force_- This balance of unobligated 1971 appropriations was set aside by Appropriations Committees to meet potential 1972 requirements. Will be released and apportioned if and as needed. Military construction and family housing. Apportionment awaits development by the agency of approved plans and specifications. Special foreign currency program_-. $1,388, 946 46, 020 25,000 839, 107 5, 506 Apportionment awaits development by the agency of approved plans and specifications. Civil defense programs. 1,080 Amount is in excess of currently estimated needs. It will be used, as needed, in subsequent fiscal years. Deparment of Defense-Civil : Wildlife conservation_. 529 Includes estimated receipts not needed for current year program. Will be used in subsequent years. Corps of Engineers: Construction, general: Lafayette Lake, Ind_ 183 Funds are being held in reserve because of local opposition to initiation of construction of the project. Lukfata Lake, Okla___ 450 Funds are being held in reserve because the State of Funds are being held in reserve because, although the Food and Drug Administration: 30 Building and facilities___ 13, 545 Apportionment awaits development by the agency of approved plans and specifications. Construction obligations are to be incurred in subsequent years. Health Services and Mental Health Administration: 4, 928 Apportionment awaits development by the agency of approved 2, 158 1, 312 Apportionment awaits development by the agency of approved plans and specifications. Construction obligations are to be incurred in subsequent years. National Institutes of Health: Buildings and facilities__ 5, 702 Apportionment awaits development by the agency of approved plans and specifications. Construction obligations are to be incurred in subsequent years. Gallaudet College-. 516 Budgetary reserves for routine financial administration-Continued National Institutes of Health-Con. Gallaudet College-Con. Congress appropriated $616,000 to Gallaudet College for a national continuing education program for the deaf. Funds are being withheld pending the development of a plan for the effective use of the funds, including any necessary coordination with the other Federal and non-Federal parties that might be involved. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Model cities programs- The 1972 appropriation is available for use in 1972 and 1973: the amount reserved is being allocated among cities to cover obligations to be made early in 1973. Thus, each city will have in advance a target figure against which to plan. Interstate land sales, special fund_. Amount shown here is in excess of current estimates of 1972 needs. Fee collections are used to cover part of the costs of opperating the interstate land sales registration program. Because of the unpredictability of fee collections, there is a substantial lag between collection and use. Thus 1971 fee collections are planned for use in 1973, and are carried in reserve in 1972. Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land Management: Public lands developments, roads and trails... Reserve reflects amounts of available contract authority above the obligation program that was financed by the appropriation Congress enacted to liquidate the obligations. Bureau of Indian Affairs: Reserve reflects amounts of available contract authority above the obligation program that was financed by the appropriation Congress enacted to liquidate the obligations. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation: Land and water conservation fund.. Consists of 1972 annual contract authority which the 1973 budget shows as not being obligated. This contract authority, which was made available annually through fiscal year 1989 by Public Law 91-308, approved July 7, 1970, is not being used because the Federal agencies purchasing park lands have found annual contract authority cumbersome to administer. Instead, they prefer ordinary appropriations to finance such land purchases and the budget proposes appropriation of the full $300,000,000 annual authorization for the fund, of which about $98,000,000 is for Federal land purchases in 1973. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife : Construction Appropriated funds for the District of Columbia Aquarium withheld because authorized facility cannot be constructed within the funding limits established by the authorization. Bureau of Mines: Drainage of anthracite mines- Funds are spent on a matching basis with Pennsylvania as that State and the Department of the Interior develop projects for this purpose. Apportionment awaits development of approved plans and specifications. National Park Service: Parkway and road construction___ Reserve reflects amounts of available contract authority above the obligation program that was financed by the ap propriation Congress enacted to liquidate the obligations. Bureau of Reclamation: Construction and rehabilitation___. $105,000 1,468 16, 694 53, 941 30,000 9,075 3, 623 79, 051 1,055 Budgetary reserves for routine financial administration—Continued Bureau of Reclamation-Continued Construction and rehabilitation-Continued Funds are being held in reserve pending completion and review of the economic restudy to determine the most effective use of funds for the 2d Bacon siphon and tunnel unit, Washington. Department of State: Educational exchange fund (earmarked proceeds of payment Apportionment awaits development by the agency of specific Department of Transportation: Coast Guard: Acquisition, construction, and improvements_. Funds are for equipment or improvements and will not be needed until construction of 7 projects is in an advanced stage. They will be released when needed. Retired pay-- Appropriation is in excess of needs due to a lag in voluntary retirements. Federal Aviation Administration: Facilities and equipment____ Facilities and equipment (airport and airway trust fund). Research and development (airport and airway trust fund). Research and development_ Funds for these accounts have not been apportioned for U.S. International Aeronautical Exposition_. Civil supersonic aircraft development termination___. Apportionment of the above FAA accounts awaits development of approved plans and specifications. Federal Highway Administration: Federal-aid highways: (1) Contract authority intended for use in 1973. (2) Remaining balance from prior reductions to meet outlay Territorial highways. New program established by the 1970 Highway Act, effective December 30, 1970. No appropriation was provided until August 1971, although a $4.5M of contract authority was authorized for each of 1971 and 1972. Territories were not prepared to handle program and have just begun to organize agencies and prepare studies for use of the funds. Total obligations through December 31, 1971 were about $93,000. Darien Gap Highway Apportionment awaits development of approved plans and specifications. Reserve will be released as soon as the agency has organized field office requiring these funds. Urban Mass Transportation Administration: Urban mass transportation* The Congress provided a total of $3.1B of contract authority for the five-year period 1971-1975. Executive Branch apportionments will result in $1.0B of this amount having been used by June 30, 1972, another $1.0B (including this $300M) will be apportioned July 1, 1972, for fiscal 1973. leaving $1.1B, or $550M per year for the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. By appropriation action in fiscal year 1971 and 1972, the Congress effectively limited the amount of the contract authority that could be used each fiscal year. Thus, $22 3, 380 571 58,958 157, 000 247, 269 11, 409 5, 279 40, 152 353 56, 459 900 218 4, 506 5,700,000 267.830 5,000 100 300, 000 Similarly (for background information), the Congress established the same limitation at $600M in 1971. The Administration used $400M in 1971. The difference of $200M is being applied to the years after 1971. |