Agency Mission (CongressionalGlossary.com)

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Agency Mission

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Agency Mission: Term used in section 1105(a)(22) of title 31 of the United States Code, which outlines content requirements for the President’s budget submission to Congress. Section 1105 requires that the President’s budget contain a statement of agency budget authority in terms of agency missions, but this section offers no definition. The term is generally accepted to refer to the purpose of the programs of the agency and its component organizations. In the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) budget functional classification system, agency missions are distinguished from national needs. National needs are generally described as major functions, while agency missions are generally described in the context of subfunctions. (See also Functional Classification.)

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• DEA – mission
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement – mission
• FBI – mission
• EPA – mission
• State – mission
• HUD – mission
• Missile Defense Agency – mission
• CIA – mission
• Dept. of Education – mission
• USMC – mission
• Federal Reserve – mission
• Civil Asset Forfeiture

• “Earned Value Management (EVM) as an Oversight Tool for Major Capital Investments,” CRS Report RL34257 (27-page PDF)
• “The U.S. Secret Service: History and Missions,” CRS Report RL34603 (25-page PDF)
• “FEMA’s Mission: Policy Directives for the Federal Emergency Management Agency,” CRS Report RL31285 (28-page PDF)
• “Cooperative Research and Development Agreements,” CRS Report 95-150 (8-page PDF)
• “Federal Prize Competitions,” CRS Report R45271 (21-page PDF)
• “Banking Policy Issues in the 115th Congress,” CRS Report R44855 (50-page PDF)
• “Minority Business Development Agency: An Overview of Its History and Current Issues,” CRS Report R45015 (24-page PDF)
• “Ethics Pledges and Other Executive Branch Appointee Restrictions Since 1993: Historical Perspective, Current Practices, and Options for Change,” CRS Report R44974 (34-page PDF)

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