In what ways can Congress influence the structure and composition of the federal bureaucracy?

What will be an ideal response?

Lots of possible answers here; students should identify and discuss some of the following: enact statutes that establish or abolish executive agencies/departments, instructing agencies/departments to reorganize themselves, establishing outside commissions to make recommendations, authorizing the president to reorganize agencies/departments subject to congressional review, confirming presidential appointments of high-level officials, authorizing personnel systems, granting rule-making authority, and setting funding levels.