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College Board, Advanced Placement, AP, AP Central, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of College Board. Visit College Board on the web: [collegeboard.org](collegeboard.org).  \n[AP Central is the official online home for the AP Program: apcentral.collegeboard.org](AP Central is the official online home for the AP Program: apcentral.collegeboard.org).  \nAP® United States Government and Politics 2024 Free-Response Questions  \nUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS  \nSECTION II  \nTime—1 hour and 40 minutes  \n4 Questions  \nDirections: You have 1 hour and 40 minutes to answer all four of the following questions. It is suggested that you spend approximately 20 minutes each on Questions 1, 2, and 3 and 40 minutes on Question 4. Unless directions indicate otherwise, respond to all parts of all four questions. In your response, use substantive examples where appropriate. It is recommended that you take a few minutes to plan each answer. You may plan your answers in this orange booklet, but no credit will be given for anything written in this booklet. You will only earn credit for what you write in the separate Free Response booklet.  \n© 2024 College Board.  \nVisit College Board on the web: [collegeboard.org](collegeboard.org).  \n2 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.  \nAP® United States Government and Politics 2024 Free-Response Questions  \n1. In 1970, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established in order to more effectively enforce federal environmental protection laws. As an independent agency within the federal bureaucracy, the EPA’s mission is “to protect human health and the environment.” Throughout its history, the EPA has supported the executive branch by enforcing legislation intended to regulate automobile emissions, increase household recycling, and ban the use of harmful pesticides.  \nAmericans have debated how much flexibility the EPA should have to enforce and interpret existing law. Some prefer the EPA to have more flexibility in implementing laws so that it can better protect common interests like clean water and biodiversity. On the other hand, others claim that the EPA has too much flexibility in implementing laws, allowing the agency to impose unnecessary and burdensome regulations that hurt business, and that its flexibility in implementing policy should be limited.  \nRecent actions are consistent with this debate. For example, under one administration, the EPA interpreted existing environmental laws in new ways, further limiting toxic emissions from automobiles and power plants. However, under the following administration, the EPA implemented a narrower interpretation, which led to the rollback of recent restrictions in the name of free enterprise and limited government.  \nAfter reading the scenario, please respond to A, B, and C below.  \nA. Describe the power that the EPA used in the scenario to change how it implemented environmental laws under different administrations.  \nB. Explain how the power described in part A could be affected by the president.  \nC. Explain how Congress could attempt to influence the actions of the bureaucratic agency in the scenario.  \nBegin your response to this question at the top of a new page in the separate Free Response booklet and fill in the appropriate circle at the top of each page to indicate the question number.  \n© 2024 College Board.  \nVisit College Board on the web: [collegeboard.org](collegeboard.org).  \n3 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.  \nAP® United States Government and Politics 2024 Free-Response Questions  \nCOMPOSITION OF FEDERAL SPENDING FOR FISCAL YEARS  \n1962–2019  \nSource: Tax Policy Center, 2020  \n2. Use the line graph to answer the questions.  \nA. Identify the type of spending that comprised the greatest percentage of the federal budget in 2016.  \nB. 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