FISCAL YEAR 1981 TRAVEL REDUCTION

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2003
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• Publication Date: January 24, 1981
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE Pf
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
January 24, 1981
TO THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ESTABLISHMENTS
SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 1981 Travel Reduction
1. Purpose. This- Bulletin provides instructions for reducing
Executive Branch travel during fiscal year 1981.
2. Authority and Background. The Budget and Accounting Act of
1921, as amended. The President has directed that a reduction be
made in travel during fiscal year 1981. This Bulletin outlines the
steps that will be taken to achieve the reduction. The reduction
becomes effective immediately.
3. Coverage. This Bulletin applies to all Executive Branch
departments and establishments. It covers all travel of Executive
Branch personnel, military and civilian, and other persons when
travel expenses are paid by. the U.S. Government and recorded in
object class 21, except permanent change of station for military
personnel.
4. Policy. Obligations for travel costs for the remainder of
fiscal year 1981 will be reduced by 15 percent for each Executive
Branch department and establishment. Because the reduction is
being initiated in January 1981, it is approximately equal to a 10
percent reduction from the annual amount-estimated in the January
budget.
5. Action Requirements. Agencies will reduce travel so that
obligations will not exceed the annual levels indicated in the
attachment. Each agency should be prepared to provide information
on the status of the reduction during the fiscal year.
If a department or agency head believes that the reduction cannot
be accomplished without causing serious disruption in carrying out
basic programs, an adjustment may be requested. Requests for
adjustments should be made by letter, addressed to the Director of
OMB, and signed by the agency head. They should include a complete
explanation and detailed justification of the request for adjust-
ment.
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 6. Use of Savings. Dollar savings generated from reductions may be
applied to other approved program activities within the same
appropriation in the following order of priority:
a. to offset the need for mandatory program supplemental
appropriations or amendments that could otherwise be submitted to.
the Congress under the provisions of theAntideficiency Act (31
J.Q.C. 665 (e)).
b. to reduce the 1981 pay supplemental transmitted with the 1982
-Budget.
However, where travel reductions result in withholding of
appropriations from obligation, the reporting requirements
prescribed by the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 apply, as set
forth in OMB Circular No. A-34 and OMB Bulletin No. 75-15. In such
cases, rescission proposals or deferral reports will be prepared
and submitted to OMB for inclusion in a. special message on
rescissions and deferrals.
7. Revised 1982 Budget. The travel reduction will be a part of the
Administration's revised 1982 Budget. Further instructions will be
provided in a dater bulletin that will address budget revision
procedures.
8. Information Contact. Inquiries should be directed to the OMB
representative responsible for reviewing the department's or
establishment's budget estimates. .
9. Sunset Date. This Bulletin will expire on September 30, 1981.
Dale R. McOmber
Acting Director
Attachment
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Executive Branch Travel
(Obligations in $ millions
Jo Agencies
1981 Est.
Levels Reduction
Department of Agriculture 171 17
Department of Commerce 51 5'
Department of Defense (Military) * 1,827 183
Corps of Engineers (Civil) 49 5
Department of Education - 10 1
Department of Energy 40 4
Department of Health and' Human
Services .115 12
Department of Housing and Urban
Development 20 2
Decartment of the Interior 110 11
Department of Justice 88 9
Department of Labor 54 5
Department of State 63 6
Department of Transpbrtation 125 12
Department of Treasury 142 14
Environmental Protection Agency 19 2
General Services Administration 24 2
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration . 25 3
Veterans Administration 121 12
154
46
1,644
44
9
36
18
99
79
49
57
113
128
17
22
22
109
Agencies that are not listed above will compute. their reductions as
follows:
1. Take the amount of fiscal year 1981 travel (Object Class 21)
obligations estimated for the agency-in the January Budget for fiscal
year 1982. (This includes direct, reimbursable, and allocated-
obligations.)
2. Multiply the amount from paragraph.1 by 10 percent. This is the
3. Subtract the amount in paragraph 2 from the amount. in paragraph
This will be the agency travel level for.fiscal year 1981 that may
be exceeded.
* Excludes amounts for permanent change of station for military
personnel.
1981-
Reduced Level
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