1) Congress gives federal agencies discretion in executing federal laws because it is too time consuming and congress lacks the practical expertise to carry them out effectively. For example, congress would be inept when trying to create extremely technical prohibitions while regulating high tech.
2) a. The environmental protection agency exercises policy-making discretion over areas having to do with clean water and clean air. It actually exercises this power by doing things like launching investigations into violators of laws under their realm of expertise.
3) Congress can make sure that agencies follow legislative intent by punishing them by cutting their budget if the intent is not met or by launching formal investigations into them. An example of this is if there are missing funds and an investigation is launched.
2006-3 The United States congress and the president together have the power to enact federal law. Federal bureaucratic agencies have the responsibility to execute federal law. However, in the carrying out of these laws, federal agencies have policy making discretion.
(1) Explain two reasons why Congress gives federal agencies policy making discretion in executing federal laws.
(2) Choose one of the bureaucratic agencies listed below. Identify the policy area over which it exercises policy-making discretion and give one specific example of how it exercises that discretion.
a. Environmental Protection Agency
b. Federal Communications Commission
c. Federal Reserve board
(3) Describe two ways in which Congress ensures that federal agencies follow legislative intent.
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