Reintroduce administrative pay-as-you-go
What the document says“the President should reintroduce the concept of administrative pay-as-you-go, or administrative PAYGO.”
Administrative PAYGO requires that discretionary agency actions be budget neutral, so that a new cost must be offset. The chapter says the President should reintroduce it regardless of whether Congress adopts his budget, and that it may occasionally yield to other requirements such as a presidential regulatory budget.
What the document actually says“the President should reintroduce the concept of administrative pay-as-you-go, or administrative PAYGO.”
The president should bring back a rule. It is called administrative pay-as-you-go.
Agencies can make choices that cost money. This rule says they must find savings first. If they add a cost, they must cut one. The book wants that rule back.
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