reallocation of base resources

reallocation of base resources Sec. 711. Title VII, as amended by section 710 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “reallocation of base resources “Sec. 717. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any allocation of Service funds for a fiscal year that reduces by 5 percent or more from the previous fiscal year the funding for any recurring program, project, or activity of a service unit may be implemented only after the Secretary has submitted to the Congress a report on the proposed change in allocation of funding, including the reasons for the change and its likely effects. “(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the total amount appropriated to the Service for a fiscal year is less than the amount appropriated to the Service for previous fiscal year.”.