that the president would have to take to notify congress. as far as you know, was there ever a note that was sent out to congress? there was no such notice, to my knowledge or preparation of such notice to my knowledge. there was never rescission or reprogramming of that money? no, sir. not to my knowledge. instead what happened was omd devised an alternative solution in providing footnotes to implement the hold and their payment time in august when the department of defense no longer had the footnotes because of concerns there might be sufficient time for dod to obligate the funds before the end of the fiscal year in violation of the act. despite the concerns about the koven troll act and hoshgs mb s footnote, the hold nevertheless, continued through september 11th