Budget of the United States Government

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Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, 1978 - Budget

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Page 276 - President determines that all or part of any budget authority will not be required to carry out the full objectives or scope of programs for which it is provided or that such budget authority should be rescinded for fiscal policy or other reasons...
Page 188 - Established in 1908 as Division of Militia Affairs, Office of the Secretary of War. Superseded in 1933 by National Guard Bureau. Mine Health and Safety Academy, National Transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Labor by act of July 25, 1979 (93 Stat.
Page 66 - In short, both the United States and its allies, and the Soviet Union and its allies, have a mutually deep interest in a just and genuine peace and in halting the arms race.
Page 276 - USC 665) , is amended to read as follows : "(2) In apportioning any appropriation, reserves may be established solely to provide for contingencies, or to effect savings whenever savings are made possible by or through changes in requirements or greater efficiency of operations.
Page 282 - ... or by the issuance of bonds or notes (or increases in the redemption value of bonds outstanding). Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
Page 284 - This is generally done by deducting the amounts involved from both the outlays and the budget authority for the agency receiving the payment. However, in a few cases where the payment is in the nature of a transfer of receipts, the deduction is made instead from the...
Page 285 - Government as agent for others (for example, savings accounts for military personnel, State and local income taxes withheld from Federal employees' salaries, and payroll deductions for the purchase of savings bonds by civilian employees of the Government).
Page 135 - Growth has emerged on the 50th anniversary of the nation's 1949 National Housing Act, the landmark bill in which Congress first set forth the national goal of "providing a decent home in a suitable living environment for every American family.
Page 275 - Senate, where a similar review process is followed. In case of disagreement between the two Houses of the Congress, a conference committee (consisting of Members of both bodies) meets to resolve the issues. The report of the conference committee is returned to both Houses for approval. When the...
Page 272 - During the period when a budget is being formulated in the executive branch, there is a continuous exchange of information, proposals, evaluations, and policy determinations among the President, the Office of Management and Budget, and the various Government agencies.

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