HR1180119th CongressWALLET

To repeal the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

Sponsored By: Representative Clyde

Introduced

Summary

Repeal of the Impoundment Control Act. This bill would repeal the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and remove the statutory rules governing presidential impoundments and related budgetary adjustments. It sets no replacement framework, transition rules, or new funding authorities.

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  • Congress: Removes the specific statutory framework Congress relied on for addressing impoundments, shifting oversight to existing laws and practices outside the repealed statute.
  • Executive branch and President: Eliminates the statute that guided how the executive could defer or rescind funds. The bill does not create new authorities or funding mechanisms for the executive.
  • Federal agencies and budget managers: Leaves no statutory process in this bill for handling deferrals, rescissions, or reprogrammings that previously fell under the Act.

Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Repeal rules on withholding federal funds

If enacted, this bill would repeal the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. That law sets the process for the President and agencies to delay or cancel budgeted money, and for Congress to review those moves. Without it, those process rules would go away. This could change when programs get money and when benefit or grant payments go out. The bill provides no replacement process and no transition rules; it would take effect on enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Clyde

GA • R

Cosponsors

  • Self

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Biggs (AZ)

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Miller (IL)

    IL • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Donalds

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Boebert

    CO • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Moore (AL)

    AL • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Higgins (LA)

    LA • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Burlison

    MO • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Burchett

    TN • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Roy

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Nehls

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Crane

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Hunt

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Steube

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Harris (NC)

    NC • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Tiffany

    WI • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Greene (GA)

    GA • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Weber (TX)

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Harris (MD)

    MD • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Gosar

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Gill (TX)

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Amodei (NV)

    NV • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Cline

    VA • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Mills

    FL • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

  • Spartz

    IN • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2025

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