Text of a Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate

 

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2021 January 14, 2021   Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)   In accordance with section 1012(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683(a)), I herewith report 73 rescissions of budget authority, totaling $27.4 billion.    The proposed rescissions affect programs of the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, the Interior, Justice, Labor, State, and the Treasury, as well as the African Development Foundation, the Commission of Fine Arts, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the District of Columbia, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Inter-American Foundation, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, the National Gallery of Art, the Peace Corps, the Presidio Trust, the United States Agency for International Development, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.     The details of these rescissions are set forth in the enclosed letter from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.                                 Sincerely,                                  DONALD J. TRUMP