U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

1

19–012 2003

108th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 108–44

REQUEST FOR THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE

COMMUNICATION

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

A REQUEST FOR THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE

MARCH 5, 2003.—Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and 

ordered to be printed 


E:\Seals\Congress.#13
(1)

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.

(3)

[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 inVerDate Jan 31 2003 16:27 Mar 07, 2003 Jkt 019012 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 E:\HR\OC\HD044.XXX HD044
4

cludes 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.

Æ