Title X – Impoundment Control

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Title X – Impoundment Control is the portion of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 that governs and restricts the President’s ability to withhold or delay spending of funds appropriated by Congress.

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instanceOf part of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
title of a United States federal statute
aimsTo ensure timely execution of appropriations
preserve congressional power of the purse
alsoKnownAs Impoundment Control title of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
codifiedIn 2 U.S.C. §§ 681–688 (as commonly cited for impoundment control provisions)
country United States of America
surface form: United States
effectiveIn 1974
enactedBy 93rd United States Congress
grantsPowerTo United States Congress to review proposed deferrals
United States Congress to review proposed rescissions
historicalContext enacted in response to presidential impoundment practices during the Nixon administration
legalBasisFor congressional oversight of presidential impoundment actions
legislativeBody United States Congress
limits duration of deferrals of budget authority
oversightBy Congressional committees with jurisdiction over the budget
partOf Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
U.S. federal budget process law
primaryPurpose to govern and restrict the President’s ability to withhold or delay spending of funds appropriated by Congress
procedureFor congressional consideration of deferral proposals
congressional consideration of rescission proposals
prohibits unilateral presidential cancellation of appropriations outside statutory procedures
regulates deferral of budget authority by the President
presidential impoundment of appropriated funds
rescission of budget authority requested by the President
withholding of budget authority by the President
relatedTo United States federal budget
power of the purse
separation of powers in the United States
requires formal presidential messages to Congress for deferrals
formal presidential messages to Congress for rescissions
that proposed deferrals be submitted in a special message to Congress
that proposed rescissions be submitted in a special message to Congress
signedBy Richard Nixon
subjectMatter appropriations
budget authority
executive budget execution
yearEnacted 1974

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Public Law 93-344 component Title X – Impoundment Control