HR 6231 · 93th Congress · Congressional-executive relations
A bill to require the President to notify the Congress whenever he impounds funds, or authorizes the impounding of funds, and to provide a procedure under which the House of Representatives and the Senate may disapprove the President's action and require him to cease such impounding.
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Rules.(1973-03-28)
Plain Language Summary
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Requires the President to notify within ten days each House of the Congress by special message of every instance in which he impounds funds or authorizes such impoundment by any officer of the United States during any fiscal year for which a budget ceiling has been adopted and observed by the Congress. States that such message must specify the amount of impounded funds, the specific programs affected, and the reasons for the impoundment of funds. Provides that the President shall cease the impounding of funds set forth in each special message if within sixty days of continuous session after the message is received by the Congress the specific impoundment shall have been disapproved by the Congress by passage of a concurrent resolution in accordance with the procedure set forth in this Act.…
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