...pan as follows: Deferrals shall be permissible only 1l) to provide for contingencies; (2) to achieve savings made possible by or through changes in requirements or greater efficiency of operations; or (3) as specifically provided by law. No officer or employee of the United States may defer any budget...

...were to 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" (88 Stat. 332). Under the 1974 law, reserves were to be considered as a type of deferral, or temporary...

...the reasons set forth in the Antideficiency Act, including to provide for contingencies, to achieve savings made possible by or through changes in requirements or greater efficiency of operations, and as specifically provided by law. He may not defer funds for policy reasons (for example, to curtail...

...transmitted to the Congress. On the «.ther hand, reserves may be established under the Antideficiency Act to provide for contingencies or to effect savings...greater efficiency of operations. Amounts may also I* withheld for policy or other reasons, but only under specific procedures «-?tal>lis<hed by the...

...legislative policy. Deferrals shall be permissible only — (1) to provide for contingencies; (2) to achieve savings made possible by or through changes in requirements or greater efficiency of operations; or (3) as specifically provided by law. No officer or employee of the United States may defer any budget...

...establish budget reserves "to provide for contingencies, or to effect savings whenever savings are made possible by or through changes in requirements or greater efficiency of operations."56 The President's choices of programs to target for impoundment did not reflect efforts...