Working Papers on House Committee Organization and Operation : Congress Versus the Budget.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Committees.

United States.

United States. Congress.

Committees.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Library of Congress.

Executive-legislative relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1973.

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Summary:

Also poses alternative suggestions for institutional changes to appropriations and authorizations procedures.

Provides overview of proposals made to date in three general categories: resource improvements of committees through acquisition of more staff, information, and time; power improvements to constrain executive discretion; and institutional improvements to increase Congress' responsibility for total spending, determining priorities, and to end fragmentation of budget choices.

Report by Allen Schick of CRS, as part of a continuing series of studies on methods of improving congressional committee operations. Reviews various proposals to reform budgetary institutions and procedures.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Working Papers on House Committee Organization and Operation:. 73-H962-6

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