CONTENTS I. The Budget and Accounting Act, amendments, and related statutes- A. The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 (June 10, 1921)__ B. Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950 (Septem- C. To amend section 303 of the Budget and Accounting Act of D. To simplify accounting, facilitate the payment of obliga- tions, and for other purposes (July 25, 1956) – - E. To improve governmental budgeting and accounting meth- F. To provide for improved methods of stating budget esti- mates and estimates for deficiency and supplemental ap- propriations (August 25, 1958). G. To provide for payment of annuities to widows and depend- ent children of Comptrollers General (July 13, 1959)-- H. To permit the use of statistical sampling procedures in the examination of vouchers (August 30, 1964)-- I. To make further provision for the retirement of the Comp- troller General (July 26, 1966) _ _ _ II. Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and amendments.. A. Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (August 2, 1946). B. Amending the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide for the appointment of persons to exercise tem- porarily the duties of certain offices of the House of Repre- C. To amend title VI of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended, with respect to the retirement of em- B. Reorganization Act of 1945 (December 20, 1945). C. Reorganization Act of 1949 (June 20, 1949). D. To amend the Reorganization Act of 1949 so that such act will apply to reorganization plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before April 1, 1955 (February 11, 1953) E. To further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, so that such act will apply to reorganization plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before June F. To further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, so that such act will apply to reorganization plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before June 1, 1959 (September 4, 1957). G. To further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, so that such act will apply to reorganization plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before June 1, 1963 (April 7, 1961).. H. To further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, so that such act will apply to reorganization plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before June 1, 1965 (July 2, 1964) – – I. To further amend the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, so that such act will apply to reorganization plans transmitted to the Congress at any time before December 31, 1968 (June 18, 1965). J. To amend chapter 9 of title 5, United States Code, so that it (V) 121 IV. Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 and amendments.. A. The Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (August 2, 1946). B. To amend the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (Sep- D. To amend section 1 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (February 12, 1958) __ -- F. To amend section 7 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, relating to travel expenses of civilian H. To add, inter alia, section 22 to the Administrative Ex- penses Act of 1946, as amended (September 6, 1960)... J. To eliminate the requirements for certain detailed estimates in the annual budgets (Administrative Expenses Act) K. To amend the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, to provide a more reasonable allowance for transportation of house trailers or mobile dwellings by certain governmental officers and employees upon their transfer from one official station to another (October 9, 1962) - L. To amend the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended, to provide for reimbursement of certain mov- ing expenses of employees, and to authorize payment of expenses for storage of household goods and personal effects of employees assigned to isolated duty stations within the continental United States (July 21, 1966). 173 C. To amend section 3 of the Travel Expense Act of 1949, as amended, to provide increased maximum per diem allow- ance for subsistence and travel expenses, and for other VI. Employment Act of 1946 and amendments_ A. Employment Act of 1946 (February 20, 1946)- B. To amend the Employment Act of 1946 with respect to the Joint Committee on the Economic Report (October 6, 1949) 192 C. To amend the Employment Act of 1946, as amended, with VII. Hoover Commission acts and amendments_ Page 198 A. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of 198 B. To extend for 60 days the time within which the Com- 1948). C. For the establishment of a Commission on Governmental D. To provide for the continuation in office of certain members E. Relating to the extension and the final liquidation of the VIII. Federal reports statutes__ A. The Federal Reports Act of 1942 (December 24, 1942) - C. To repeal certain provisions of law requiring the submission D. To discontinue or modify certain reporting requirements of IX. Presidential Transition Statutes___ A. To promote the orderly transfer of the executive power in B. To authorize direct assistance to the Inaugural Committee X. Automatic Data Processing Act (October 30, 1965). A. To amend R.S. 161, with respect to the authority of Federal B. To amend section 3 of the Administrative Procedure Act, C. To amend section 552 of title 5, United States Code, to XII. Intergovernmental relations statutes.. A. To establish an Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental B. An act to amend the act establishing the Advisory Com- 202 204 208 210 212 212 216 221 228 233 233 237 239 243 243 245 249 253 253 258 16, 1968)_ 261 XIII. Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (September 9, 1965). 271 XIV. Department of Transportation Act (October 15, 1966). 279 C. The Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968 (October I. THE BUDGET AND ACCOUNTING ACT, AMENDMENTS, AND RELATED SUBJECTS A. The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 (42 Stat. 20) This act was the result of the enactment of S. 1084, 67th Congress. It was approved on June 10, 1921, as Public Law 13, 67th Congress. The text of this public law appears in volume 42, Statutes at Large, pages 20-27. The provisions of this act are codified as 31 United States Code, section 1 et seq. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF PUBLIC LAW 13, 67TH CONGRESS 1. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD REFERENCES TO DEBATES, ETC. (Page references are to vol. 61, Congressional Record) S. 1084: To provide a national budget system and an independent audit of Government accounts, and for other purposes. Mr. McCormick; Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, 595. Reported back, 595. No written report. Debated, 657. Amended and passed Senate, 662. Made special order (see H. Res. 74), 974. Debated, 980-999, 1074, 8217. Amended and passed House, 1093. House insists upon its amendments to the Senate bill and asks for conference, 1093. Conferees appointed, 1093, 1122. Senate disagrees to House amendment, agrees to conference, 1122. Conference report submitted in Senate (S. Doc. 15), 1723, 1783. And agreed to, 1783. Conference report submitted in House (S. Doc. 15), 1768, 1851. Debated and agreed to, 1851-1859. Examined and signed, 1932, 1940. Approved by the President (Public Law 13), 2500. 2. SERIAL NUMBERS TO BOUND VOLUMES OF CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS RELATING TO PUBLIC LAW 13, 67TH CONGRESS |