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This bill proposes to completely repeal the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, a law that was originally enacted to limit the President's ability to unilaterally withhold or refuse to spend funds that Congress had already appropriated. The Impoundment Control Act was passed in response to President Nixon's attempts to impound (or not spend) congressional appropriations, which was seen as an overreach of executive power. By repealing this act, the bill would remove the legal restrictions that currently prevent the President from arbitrarily refusing to spend money that Congress has allocated for specific purposes. The repeal would potentially give the executive branch more flexibility in managing federal spending, but it could also reduce congressional oversight of budget implementation. The bill is straightforward, with a single section that simply states the complete elimination of the 1974 law from the United States Code.

Budget and Finance

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/515/all-info