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S. 373 (93rd)

A bill to insure the separation of Federal powers and to protect the legislative function by requiring the President to notify the Congress whenever he impounds or authorizes the impounding of funds, and to provide a procedure under which the Senate and House of Representatives may approve the President's action or require the President to cease such action.

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Introduced

16 January 1973

Last action

1 August 1973 · ResolvingDifferences

Status

Conference scheduled in House.

Sponsors

Sen. Ervin, Sam J., Jr. [D-NC], Sen. Mansfield, Mike [D-MT], Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV], Sen. Eastland, James O. [D-MS], Sen. Church, Frank [D-ID], Sen. Jackson, Henry M. [D-WA], Sen. Fulbright, James [D-AR], Sen. Mondale, Walter F. [D-MN], Sen. Randolph, Jennings [D-WV], Sen. McGovern, George [D-SD], Sen. Bible, Alan [D-NV], Sen. Williams, Harrison A., Jr. [D-NJ], Sen. Sparkman, John J. [D-AL], Sen. Eagleton, Thomas F. [D-MO], Sen. Talmadge, Herman E. [D-GA], Sen. Magnuson, Warren G. [D-WA], Sen. Hartke, Vance [D-IN], Sen. Metcalf, Lee [D-MT], Sen. Hughes, Harold E. [D-IA], Sen. Humphrey, Hubert H. [D-MN], Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA], Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC], Sen. Pell, Claiborne [D-RI], Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV], Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND], Sen. McIntyre, Thomas J. [D-NH], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME], Sen. Hart, Philip A. [D-MI], Sen. McGee, Gale W. [D-WY], Sen. Chiles, Lawton [D-FL], Sen. Haskell, Floyd K. [D-CO], Sen. Hatfield, Mark O. [R-OR], Sen. Muskie, Edmund S. [D-ME], Sen. Brooke, Edward W. [R-MA], Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD], Sen. Bayh, Birch [D-IN], Sen. Symington, Stuart [D-MO], Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY], Sen. Ribicoff, Abraham A. [D-CT], Sen. Gravel, Mike [D-AK], Sen. Moss, Frank E. [D-UT], Sen. Weicker, Lowell P., Jr. [R-CT], Sen. Clark, Dick [D-IA], Sen. Nelson, Gaylord [D-WI], Sen. McClellan, John L. [D-AR], Sen. Tunney, John V. [D-CA], Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA]

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10 August 2026

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Summary

Requires the President, when he impounds funds appropriated or otherwise obligated for a specific purpose or project, within ten days thereafter transmit to the Senate and the House of Representatives a special message specifying: (1) the amount of the funds impounded; (2) the date on which the funds were ordered to be impounded; (3) the date the funds were impounded; (4) any account, department, or establishment of the Government to which such impounded funds would have been available for obligation except for such impoundment; (5) the period of time during which the funds are to be impounded; (6) the reasons for the impoundment; and (7) to the maximum extent practicable, the estimated fiscal, economic, and budgetary effect of the impoundment. Requires the President to cease the impounding of funds set forth in each special message within sixty calendar days of continuous session after the message is received by the Congress unless the specific impoundment shall have been ratified by the Congress by passage of a resolution. Establishes rules of debate for such resolutions.

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Timeline

  1. 16 January 1973

    Introduced

    Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 16 January 1973

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 23 January 1973

    Introduced

    Referred to Senate Committee Government Operations.

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 17 April 1973

    Reported

    Reported to Senate from the Committee on Government Operations with amendment, S. Rept. 93-121.

    Source: Committee

  5. 17 April 1973

    Reported

    Reported to Senate from the Committee on Government Operations with amendment, S. Rept. 93-121.

    Source: Committee

  6. 2 May 1973

    Vote

    Tabled motion to proceed to consideration of bill in Senate, roll call #113 (59-25).

    Source: Floor

  7. 10 May 1973

    Vote

    Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #133 (66-24)-Title I, roll call #134 (86-4)-Title II.

    Source: Floor

  8. 10 May 1973

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #133 (66-24)-Title I, roll call #134 (86-4)-Title II.

    Source: Floor

  9. 14 May 1973

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Rules.

    Source: IntroReferral

  10. 25 July 1973

    Passed

    Measure passed House, amended in lieu of H.R. 8480.

    Source: Floor

  11. 25 July 1973

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House, amended in lieu of H.R. 8480.

    Source: Floor

  12. 25 July 1973

    Discharge

    Committee on Rules discharged in House.

    Source: Discharge

  13. 25 July 1973

    Committee

    Committee on Rules discharged in House.

    Source: Committee

  14. 31 July 1973

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference scheduled in Senate.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

  15. 1 August 1973

    ResolvingDifferences

    Conference scheduled in House.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

Votes

· Official source

Yes 0 · No 0 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 0

    · Official source

    Yes 0 · No 0 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 0

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      • Passed House amended

        summary · EN · 25 July 1973

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      • Introduced in Senate

        summary · EN · 16 January 1973

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