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.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Library of Congress.

Executive-legislative relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1973

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

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Other Format:

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-1973-CRS-0025

Access Restriction:

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