INDEPENDENT BUDGET AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIAT1ONS.

SEC. 175. INDEPENDENT BUDGET AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIAT1ONS. (a) (1) Effective with respect to the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1976, for purposes of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (31 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations for the United States International Trade Commission shall be transmitted to the President on or before October 15 of the year preceding the beginning of each fiscal year and shall be included by him in the Budget without revision, and the Commission shall not be considered to be a department or establishment for purposes of such Act. (2) Section 3679 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 665) is amended by inserting “the United States International Trade Commission,” before “, or the District, of Columbia” each place it appears in subsections (d) and (g). (b) Section 33(1 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1330) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(e) Authorization of Appropriations.— For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1976, and each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission only such sums as may hereafter be provided by law.” (c) (1) Paragraph (2) is enacted as an exercise, of the rulemaking power of the Senate and with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change its rules at any time. (2) Paragraph 6(a) of rule XVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding at the end of the table, contained therein the following: “Committee on Finance For the International Trade Commission.”.