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REQUEST FOR THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TRANSMITTING
A REQUEST FOR THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
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March 5, 2003.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered
to be printed
The White House,
Washington, March 4, 2003.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the
enclosed request for the Corporation for National and Community
Service (CNCS). The request is needed to liquidate legitimate
prior-year obligations for eligible participants in the
AmeriCorps program, to complete the implementation of a
comprehensive corrective action plan developed by CNCS to
strengthen financial management, and to provide flexibility to
support more than 50,000 AmeriCorps members in FY 2003. This
request will not increase my FY 2004 request.
The details of this request are set forth in the enclosed
letter from the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget. I concur with his comments and observations.
Sincerely,
George W. Bush.
Enclosure.
[Estimate No. 3, 108th Cong., 1st Sess.]
Executive Office of the President,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC, March 4, 2003.
The President,
The White House.
Submitted for your consideration is a request for the
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). In
total, this proposal would not affect FY 2003 budget authority
or your FY 2004 request.
This request for CNCS would provide an additional $64
million to liquidate obligations incurred in previous years;
authority for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CNCS to
transfer up to $50 million to the National Service Trust; and
the flexibility to support more than 50,000 new members in FY
2003. The $64 million requested is necessary to liquidate
legitimate prior-year obligations for eligible participants in
the AmeriCorps program and to address this longstanding
problem.
I have carefully reviewed this proposal and am satisfied
that it is necessary at this time. Therefore, I join the CEO of
CNCS in recommending that you transmit the proposal to the
Congress.
Sincerely,
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.,
Director.
Enclosure.
Corporation for National and Community Service
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS OPERATING EXPENSES
To liquidate obligations previously incurred, $64,000,000
is provided to the National Service Trust: Provided, That in
addition to amounts otherwise transferred to the National
Service Trust under this heading, the Chief Executive Officer
may transfer up to $50,000,000, to remain available until
expended, to the Trust from funds provided under this heading,
upon his determination that such a transfer is necessary to
support the current or prior year activities of national
service participants and after notice is transmitted to
Congress: Provided further, That the first proviso under this
heading in Public Law 108-7 is repealed.
This request would provide $64 million to liquidate
obligations incurred in previous years. In addition, the
request would provide the Corporation for National and
Community Service (CNCS) the authority to transfer to the
National Service Trust Fund up to $50 million, upon a
determination by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), that such
funds are necessary to support the activities of national
service participants. The proposed transfer authority includes
a requirement that the CEO transmit notification to the
Congress prior to executing any such transfer.
This request would ensure that adequate resources are
available for education awards in the CNCS National Service
Trust Fund to liquidate legitimate prior-year obligations for
eligible participants in the AmeriCorps program, and the
flexibility to support more than 50,000 new members in FY 2003.
The request is necessary to complete the implementation of a
comprehensive corrective action plan developed by CNCS to
strengthen financial management of the Trust, change reporting
procedures, and restore Fund balances. Resources to cover these
obligations were depleted as a consequence of rescissions
enacted in FYs 2000 and 2001, totaling $111 million. These
rescissions were adopted based on reports resulting from
inaccurate procedures for determining Federal obligations.
These procedures are now being rectified.
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