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L. 103-413) authorized the Departments to jointly promulgate regulations limited solely to self-determination contracts or the approval, award or declination of such contract regarding the Federal Tort Claims Act, the Contract Disputes Act, declination and waiver procedures, appeal procedures, reassumption procedures, discretionary grant procedures, property donation procedures, internal agency procedures relating to implementation of the Act, retrocession and tribal organization relinquishment procedures, contract proposal contents, conflicts of interest, construction, programmatic reports and data requirements, procurement standards, property management standards and financial management standards.
Given all these favorable factors, it might be possible to devise a credible balanced-budget plan that involves only minor cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, and discretionary spending--were it not for the tax cuts desired by both the president and the Republicans.
Although the cut is billed as across-the-board, it affects only "discretionary" spending, which is less than half of the estimated $1.
But the people should also be able to spend their money on public goods such as public schools, highways, and stealth fighters, and they can't do that if the share of the federal budget devoted to discretionary spending keeps getting smaller and smaller.
In addition, IT funds may be contained within the appropriations for a specific program or an overall administrative budget, making them less visible and, if part of discretionary spending, more subject to volatile changes in the federal budget.