GSA has informed my staff that another $80 million in unobligated carryover funds from fiscal 1981 would be available next year to cover the cost of the San Luis border station. So. if we had authorization in S. 533. we are not really going to be concerned with having to appropriate the dollars out of the 1982 budget because there are going to be ample dollars to handle a number of projects. maybe all these projects. certainly this small project of $6.8 million. This project is not a budget buster. It is essential to our border protection in the southwestern portion of the United States. and it is a good buy today. But it will cost more in real dollars in 1982 or 1983 whenever it will come. Mr.
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