To repeal the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Summary
What This Bill Does
H.R. 1180 repeals the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. The local database has no extracted clauses for this row, so the analysis is grounded in the official bill title and Congress.gov text context. The Impoundment Control Act currently requires presidents to notify Congress when proposing rescissions or deferrals and gives Congress procedures for responding to proposed rescissions. Repeal would shift budget power toward the executive branch by removing the modern statutory framework Congress uses to police withholding of appropriated funds, while reducing procedural tools for agencies, grantees, contractors, and program beneficiaries who depend on enacted appropriations being made available.
Who Benefits and How
Presidents seeking more spending control benefit because repeal removes the statutory impoundment process enacted after the Nixon-era budget fights. Executive branch budget officials benefit from less statutory process around proposed withholding, deferral, or rescission of appropriated funds. Fiscal conservatives favoring executive spending restraint benefit if the President has more leverage to slow or block outlays. Agencies aligned with presidential budget priorities benefit when the White House can withhold disfavored spending more easily.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Congressional appropriators lose a major statutory tool for forcing release of funds Congress has enacted. Federal grantees and contractors face higher risk that appropriated funds will be delayed or withheld after award planning. Program beneficiaries bear risk when benefit, grant, or service funding is impounded rather than obligated. GAO and congressional budget staff lose statutory procedures used to review and challenge executive impoundments.
Key Provisions
- Repeals the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
- Removes statutory rescission and deferral procedures governing presidential withholding of funds.
- Limits Congress's current fast-track and notification framework for proposed rescissions.
- Shifts appropriations enforcement disputes toward constitutional and political fights over executive budget power.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Repeals the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, removing the statutory rescission and deferral procedures that constrain presidential withholding of appropriated funds.
Key Policy Areas
Budget, Congress, Executive Power
Primary Purpose
Repeals the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, removing the statutory rescission and deferral procedures that constrain presidential withholding of appropriated funds.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Presidents seeking spending control
- Executive branch budget officials
- Fiscal conservatives
- Presidential budget agencies
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Congressional appropriators
- Federal grantees
- Program beneficiaries
- GAO budget lawyers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Clyde (for himself, Mr. Self, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, …
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition …
Introduced in House
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