To amend the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require prior approval from Congress before the Comptroller General may pursue a civil action under such Act, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4229 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4229

To amend the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require prior approval 
from Congress before the Comptroller General may pursue a civil action 
                under such Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2025

   Mr. Harris of Maryland (for himself, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. 
 Clyde, Ms. Boebert, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Gill of Texas, and Mr. Higgins of 
  Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require prior approval 
from Congress before the Comptroller General may pursue a civil action 
                under such Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL BEFORE PURSUING CIVIL ACTION UNDER 
              IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974.

    Section 1016 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 687) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``If,'' and inserting ``(a) In General.--
        If,'';
            (2) by striking ``is hereby expressly empowered'' and 
        inserting ``may, subject to approval by the Congress under 
        subsection (b),''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Prior Congressional Approval Required.--The Comptroller 
General may not bring a civil action under subsection (a) unless the 
Congress has enacted a concurrent resolution authorizing the 
Comptroller General to bring such civil action.''.
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