Reprogramming farm and food money needs committee approval thirty days ahead
What the document says“unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such authority.”
Section 716 of division B is the reprogramming control. Money may not be moved to create a new program, end one, relocate an office, reorganize offices, or contract out work now done by federal employees without thirty days notice and the approval of both Appropriations Committees, and a lower threshold of $500,000 or ten percent applies to enlarging or cutting existing activities.
What the document actually says“unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such authority.”
First the Secretary must tell the money committees in writing. Then those committees must agree. That has to happen thirty days ahead.
Congress says what money is for. Agencies sometimes want to shift it. This part says they need to ask first.
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