Public Law 67-13

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Public Law 67-13 is the 1921 U.S. federal statute known as the Budget and Accounting Act, which established the executive budget system and created the Bureau of the Budget and the General Accounting Office.

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Pub.L. 67–13 1
Public Law 67-13 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
budget law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
amendedBy Reorganization Act of 1939 ⓘ
appliesTo executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
federal agencies of the United States ⓘ
assignedFunction centralized budget preparation ⓘ
independent audit for Congress ⓘ
post-audit of federal expenditures ⓘ
review of agency budget estimates ⓘ
assignedTo Bureau of the Budget ⓘ
General Accounting Office ⓘ
classification budget and accounting legislation ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 31 of the United States Code (in part) ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
created Bureau of the Budget ⓘ
General Accounting Office ⓘ
office of the Comptroller General of the United States ⓘ
dateEnacted 1921-06-10 ⓘ
dateSigned 1921-06-10 ⓘ
effect created an independent legislative auditing agency ⓘ
institutionalized the presidential budget submission ⓘ
enactedBy 67th United States Congress ⓘ
established executive budget system of the United States ⓘ
historicalPeriod Progressive Era reforms in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
limited ability of executive departments to submit budget estimates directly to Congress ⓘ
madeGAOAgentOf United States Congress ⓘ
officialName Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 ⓘ
placeOfSigning Washington, D.C. ⓘ
predecessorOf Office of Management and Budget ⓘ
modern federal budget process ⓘ
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 67–13 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 67-13
purpose to centralize federal budget preparation in the executive branch ⓘ
to strengthen congressional oversight of federal expenditures ⓘ
relatedTo Government Accountability Office ⓘ
Office of Management and Budget ⓘ
requires President of the United States to submit an annual budget to Congress ⓘ
separated budget preparation from auditing functions ⓘ
shortName Budget and Accounting Act ⓘ
signedBy Warren G. Harding ⓘ
signingPresident Warren G. Harding ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 42 Stat. 20 ⓘ
subject federal budget process ⓘ
federal financial management ⓘ
government accountability ⓘ
transferredFunction budget preparation responsibility to the President ⓘ

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Public Law 67-13 → publicLawNumber → Pub.L. 67–13 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 67-13