On the recordJanuary 31, 1995
The legislation says that if there is any reduction from the amount that is authorized to be appropriated for any Federal activity we pass on the floor, if there is any reduction, that triggers the option for States and localities whether or not they want to implement it. There is another alternative. If in that legislation the authorizing committee specifies that the Federal agency, the executive branch, has the option of paring back the program, choosing what activities they want to conduct and which they do not, it gives that kind of prerogative to the executive branch to decide what part of an authorization they choose to implement and how they want to cut it back if there was such an across-the-board cut in the appropriations bill.
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