Presidential spending power / Louis Fisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Each year billions of dollars are diverted by the President and his assistants from the purposes for which Congress intended them. Billions more are used in confidential and covert ways, without the knowledge of Congress and the public. Here is the first account of how this money is actually spent. Louis Fisher writes: ""When it comes to the administration of the budget, we find nothing that is obvious, very little that is visible. Our priorities here are peculiar. We fix upon the appropriations process, watching with great fascination as Congress goes about its business of making funds avai.

Acknowledgments; Introduction ; 1. Presidential Budgeting (1789-1921); Establishment of Treasury Department; Reforms by Jeffersonian Republicans; Executive Control, 1817-1865; Congressional Organization; Fragmentation of Appropriations Committees; ""Protector of the Purse""; Studies on Economy and EfRciency; Commission on Economy and Efficiency; Budget and Accounting Act; 2. Presidential Budgeting (1921-1975); Precedents During 1920s; Reorganization Under Roosevelt; Brownlow Committee; Growth of Budget Bureau Powers; Changes During Nixon Administration.

Office of Management and BudgetConfirmation of OMB Director; OMB's Record; 3. Lump-Sum Appropriations; Advocacy of Line-Itemization; Emergency Periods; Management Studies; Unforeseen Expenditures; Contingency Funds; Emergency Funds; General Congressional Controls; 4. Reprogramming of Funds; General Principles; Nonmilitary Reprogramming; Military Reprogramming; Procedures; Magnitudes; Irregular Uses; Closer Legislative Control; Indirect Controls; Committees Keeping Faith With Congress; Screening by GAO; 5. Transfers Between Accounts; Congressional Resistance; 19th Century Restrictions.

20th Century PracticesCambodian Intervention; Foreign Assistance Transfers (1970); Defense Transfers (1973); Litigation; Impeachment; 6. Timing of Obligations; Unexpended Funds; Two-Year Constitutional Limit; Reappropriation; Obligations; Accrued Expenditures; Accelerated Spending; Agency Tactics; Continuing Resolutions; 7. Impoundment: Politics and the Law; Efficient Management; To Effect Savings; Changing Events; Managerial Responsibilities; Statutory Authority; Spending Ceilings; Public Debt Limit; Employment Act of 1946; Antideliciency Act; Other Statutory Provisions.

Constitutional PowersForeign Affairs; National Defense; Administrative Policy-Making; Unwanted Projects; Anti-inflation Policy; Changing Priorities; Statistical Games; 8. Impoundment: The Nixon Legacy; Agriculture; REAP and Water Bank; FmHA Disaster Loans; REA Program; Rural Water and Sewer Grants; Clean-Water Funds; Statutory Language; Commitment and Timetable; In the Courts; Housing and Urban Development; Community Development; Housing Moratorium; Impoundment Control Act of 1974; 9. Covert Financing; Statement and Account Clause; Confidential Funds; 20th Century Usage; Secret Funds.

Central Intelligence AgencyCongressional Oversight; Litigation; Other Dark Corners; Free World Forces; Military Assistance; 10. Executive Commitments; Early Precedents; Coercive Deficiencies; Antideficiency Act; Antideficiency Violations; Feed and Forage Law; Origin of the Law; Legislation in 1860-61; Contemporary Form; Contract Negotiation; General Accounting Office; Military Commitments; Conclusion; References; Table of Cases; Index.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide