Public Law 67-13

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Public Law 67-13 is the 1921 U.S. federal statute known as the Budget and Accounting Act, which established the executive budget system and created the Bureau of the Budget and the General Accounting Office.

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Pub.L. 67–13 1
Public Law 67-13 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute
budget law
public law
amendedBy Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1939
surface form: Reorganization Act of 1939
appliesTo executive branch of the United States government
federal agencies of the United States
assignedFunction centralized budget preparation
independent audit for Congress
post-audit of federal expenditures
review of agency budget estimates
assignedTo Office of Management and Budget
surface form: Bureau of the Budget

Government Accountability Office
surface form: General Accounting Office
classification budget and accounting legislation
codifiedIn Title 31 of the United States Code (in part)
country United States of America
created Office of Management and Budget
surface form: Bureau of the Budget

Government Accountability Office
surface form: General Accounting Office

Government Accountability Office
surface form: office of the Comptroller General of the United States
dateEnacted 1921-06-10
dateSigned 1921-06-10
effect created an independent legislative auditing agency
institutionalized the presidential budget submission
enactedBy 67th United States Congress
established executive budget system of the United States
historicalPeriod Progressive Era reforms in the United States
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
language English
limited ability of executive departments to submit budget estimates directly to Congress
madeGAOAgentOf United States Congress
officialName Budget and Accounting Act of 1921
surface form: Budget and Accounting Act, 1921
placeOfSigning Washington, D.C.
predecessorOf Office of Management and Budget
modern federal budget process
publicLawNumber Public Law 67-13 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pub.L. 67–13
purpose to centralize federal budget preparation in the executive branch
to strengthen congressional oversight of federal expenditures
relatedTo Government Accountability Office
Office of Management and Budget
requires President of the United States to submit an annual budget to Congress
separated budget preparation from auditing functions
shortName Budget and Accounting Act of 1921
surface form: Budget and Accounting Act
signedBy Warren G. Harding
signingPresident Warren G. Harding
statutesAtLargeCitation 42 Stat. 20
subject federal budget process
federal financial management
government accountability
transferredFunction budget preparation responsibility to the President

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Public Law 67-13 publicLawNumber Public Law 67-13 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pub.L. 67–13