-CITE- 2 USC CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS -HEAD- CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS -MISC1- Sec. 621. Congressional declaration of purpose. 622. Definitions. 623. Continuing study of additional budget reform proposals. SUBCHAPTER I - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS 631. Timetable. 632. Annual adoption of concurrent resolution on the budget. 633. Committee allocations. 634. Concurrent resolution on the budget must be adopted before budget-related legislation is considered. 635. Permissible revisions of concurrent resolutions on the budget. 636. Provisions relating to consideration of concurrent resolutions on the budget. 637. Legislation dealing with Congressional budget must be handled by Budget Committees. 638. House Committee action on all appropriation bills to be completed by June 10. 639. Reports, summaries, and projections of Congressional budget actions. 640. House approval of regular appropriation bills. 641. Reconciliation. 642. Budget-related legislation must be within appropriate levels. 643. Determinations and points of order. 644. Extraneous matter in reconciliation legislation. 645. Adjustments. 645a. Effect of adoption of special order of business in House of Representatives. SUBCHAPTER II - FISCAL PROCEDURES PART A - GENERAL PROVISIONS 651. Budget-related legislation not subject to appropriations. 652. Repealed. 653. Analysis by Congressional Budget Office. 654. Study by Government Accountability Office of forms of Federal financial commitment not reviewed annually by Congress. 655. Off-budget agencies, programs, and activities. 656. Member User Group. PART B - FEDERAL MANDATES 658. Definitions. 658a. Exclusions. 658b. Duties of Congressional committees. 658c. Duties of Director; statements on bills and joint resolutions other than appropriations bills and joint resolutions. 658d. Legislation subject to point of order. 658e. Provisions relating to House of Representatives. 658f. Requests to Congressional Budget Office from Senators. 658g. Clarification of application. SUBCHAPTER III - CREDIT REFORM 661. Purposes. 661a. Definitions. 661b. OMB and CBO analysis, coordination, and review. 661c. Budgetary treatment. 661d. Authorizations. 661e. Treatment of deposit insurance and agencies and other insurance programs. 661f. Effect on other laws. SUBCHAPTER IV - BUDGET AGREEMENT ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS 665 to 665e. Repealed. -End- -CITE- 2 USC Sec. 621 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS -HEAD- Sec. 621. Congressional declaration of purpose -STATUTE- The Congress declares that it is essential - (1) to assure effective congressional control over the budgetary process; (2) to provide for the congressional determination each year of the appropriate level of Federal revenues and expenditures; (3) to provide a system of impoundment control; (4) to establish national budget priorities; and (5) to provide for the furnishing of information by the executive branch in a manner that will assist the Congress in discharging its duties. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 93-344, Sec. 2, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 298.) -COD- CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1301 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. -MISC1- EFFECTIVE DATE Section 905 of Pub. L. 93-344 provided effective dates for Pub. L. 93-344 prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-33, title X, Sec. 10120(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 696. SHORT TITLE OF 1999 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 106-141, Sec. 1, Dec. 7, 1999, 113 Stat. 1699, provided that: "This Act [amending sections 658b and 658c of this title] may be cited as the 'State Flexibility Clarification Act'." SHORT TITLE OF 1981 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 97-108, Sec. 1, Dec. 23, 1981, 95 Stat. 1510, provided: "That this Act [amending section 653 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 653 of this title] may be cited as the 'State and Local Government Cost Estimate Act of 1981'." SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 93-344, Sec. 1(a), July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 297, as amended by Pub. L. 104-130, Sec. 4(a), Apr. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 1211, provided that: "This Act [enacting chapters 17, 17A and 17B, and section 190a-3 of this title, and sections 11a, 11c, 11d, and 1020a of former Title 31, amending section 105 of Title 1, General Provisions, sections 190b and 190d of this title, and sections 11, 665, 701, 1020, and 1151, 1152, 1153, and 1154 of former Title 31, repealing sections 66 and 81 of this title, and sections 571 and 581c-1 of former Title 31, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 190a-1, 621, 632, and 682 of this title, section 105 of Title 1, General Provisions, and 1020 of former Title 31] may be cited as the 'Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974'. Titles I through IX may be cited as the 'Congressional Budget Act of 1974', and title X [enacting chapter 17B of this title] may be cited as the 'Impoundment Control Act of 1974'." [Amendment of section 1(a) of Pub. L. 93-344, set out above, by Pub. L. 104-130 was reversed pursuant to section 5 of Pub. L. 104- 130, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 691 of this title.] Pub. L. 93-344, title V, Sec. 500, as added Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, Sec. 13201(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-609, provided that: "This title [enacting subchapter III of this chapter] may be cited as the 'Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990'." FINANCIAL SAFETY AND SOUNDNESS OF GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED ENTERPRISES Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, Sec. 13501, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-628, provided that: "(a) Definition. - For purposes of this section, the terms 'Government-sponsored enterprise' and 'GSE' mean the Farm Credit System (including the Farm Credit Banks, Banks for Cooperatives, and Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation), the Federal Home Loan Bank System, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association, and the Student Loan Marketing Association. "(b) Treasury Department Study and Proposed Legislation. - "(1) The Department of the Treasury shall prepare and submit to Congress no later than April 30, 1991, a study of GSEs and recommended legislation. "(2) The study shall include an objective assessment of the financial soundness of GSEs, the adequacy of the existing regulatory structure for GSEs, the financial exposure of the Federal Government posed by GSEs, and the effects of GSE activities on Treasury borrowing. "(c) Congressional Budget Office Study. - "(1) The Congressional Budget Office shall prepare and submit to Congress no later than April 30, 1991, a study of GSEs. "(2) The study shall include an analysis of the financial risks each GSE assumes, how Congress may improve its understanding of those risks, the supervision and regulation of GSEs' risk management, the financial exposure of the Federal Government posed by GSEs, and the effects of GSE activities on Treasury borrowing. The study shall also include an analysis of alternative models for oversight of GSEs and of the costs and benefits of each alternative model to the Government and to the markets and beneficiaries served by GSEs. "(d) Access to Relevant Information. - "(1) For the studies required by this section, each GSE shall provide full and prompt access to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to its books and records and other information requested by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. "(2) In preparing the studies required by this section, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office may request information from, or the assistance of, any Federal department or agency authorized by law to supervise the activities of a GSE. "(e) Confidentiality of Relevant Information. - "(1) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall determine and maintain the confidentiality of any book, record, or information made available by a GSE under this section in a manner consistent with the level of confidentiality established for the material by the GSE involved. "(2) The Department of the Treasury shall be exempt from section 552 of title 5, United States Code, for any book, record, or information made available under subsection (d) and determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be confidential under this subsection. "(3) Any officer or employee of the Department of the Treasury shall be subject to the penalties set forth in section 1906 of title 18, United States Code, if - "(A) by virtue of his or her employment or official position, he or she has possession of or access to any book, record, or information made available under and determined to be confidential under this section; and "(B) he or she discloses the material in any manner other than - "(i) to an officer or employee of the Department of the Treasury; or "(ii) pursuant to the exception set forth in such section 1906. "(4) The Congressional Budget Office shall be exempt from section 203 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 [2 U.S.C. 603] with respect to any book, record, or information made available under this subsection and determined by the Director to be confidential under paragraph (1). "(f) Requirement to Report Legislation. - (1) The committees of jurisdiction in the House shall prepare and report to the House no later than September 15, 1991, legislation to ensure the financial soundness of GSEs and to minimize the possibility that a GSE might require future assistance from the Government. "(2) It is the sense of the Senate that the committees of jurisdiction in the Senate shall prepare and report to the Senate no later than September 15, 1991, legislation to ensure the financial safety and soundness of GSEs and to minimize the possibility that a GSE might require future assistance from the Government. "(f) [sic] President's Budget. - The President's annual budget submission shall include an analysis of the financial condition of the GSEs and the financial exposure of the Government, if any, posed by GSEs." MULTIYEAR AUTHORIZATIONS AND 2-YEAR APPROPRIATIONS FOR SELECTED AGENCIES AND ACCOUNTS Pub. L. 100-119, title II, Sec. 201, Sept. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 784, provided that: "It is the sense of the Congress that the Congress should undertake an experiment with multiyear authorizations and 2-year appropriations for selected agencies and accounts. An evaluation of the efficacy and desirability of such experiment should be conducted at the end of the 2-year period. The appropriate committees are directed to develop a plan in consultation with the leadership of the House and Senate to implement this experiment." FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REFORM Pub. L. 100-119, title II, Sec. 203, Sept. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 784, provided that: "It is the sense of the Congress that the Congress should undertake a coordinated effort to identify problems and develop specific recommendations to reform the financial management systems of the United States Government, including consideration of the use of generally accepted accounting principles." EXERCISE OF CONGRESSIONAL RULEMAKING POWER Pub. L. 93-344, title IX, Sec. 904, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 331, as amended by Pub. L. 99-177, title II, Sec. 271(a), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1094; Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, Secs. 13112(a)(11), 13208(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-608, 1388-619; Pub. L. 104- 130, Sec. 4(c), Apr. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 1212; Pub. L. 105-33, title X, Sec. 10119, Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 695, provided that: "(a) The provisions of this title and of titles I, III, IV, and V and the provisions of sections 701, 703, and 1017 [enacting this chapter (except subchapter IV) and sections 190a-3 and 688 of this title, amending the Rules of the House of Representatives and the Standing Rules of the Senate, and sections 190b and 190d of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 190a-1 and 632 of this title] are enacted by the Congress - "(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of that House to which they specifically apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and "(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of such House. "(b) Any provision of title III or IV [enacting subchapters I and II of this chapter] may be waived or suspended in the Senate by a majority vote of the Members voting, a quorum being present, or by the unanimous consent of the Senate. "(c) Waivers. - "(1) Permanent. - Sections 305(b)(2), 305(c)(4), 306, 310(d)(2), 313, 904(c), and 904(d) of this Act [sections 636(b)(2), (c)(4), 637, 641(d)(2), and 644 of this title and subsecs. (c) and (d) of this note] may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. "(2) Temporary. - Sections 301(i), 302(c), 302(f), 310(g), 311(a), 312(b), and 312(c) of this Act [sections 632(i), 633(c), (f), 641(g), 642(a), and 643(b), (c) of this title] and sections 258(a)(4)(C), 258A(b)(3)(C)(I) [(i)], 258B(f)(1), 258B(h)(1), 258(h)(3) [258B(h)(3)], 258C(a)(5), and 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 [sections 907a(a)(4)(C), 907b(b)(3)(C)(i), 907c(f)(1), (h)(1), (3), and 907d(a)(5), (b)(1) of this title] may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three- fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. "(d) Appeals. - "(1) Procedure. - Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of title III or IV [enacting subchapters I and II of this chapter] or section 1017 [section 688 of this title] shall, except as otherwise provided therein, be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the resolution, concurrent resolution, reconciliation bill, or rescission bill, as the case may be. "(2) Permanent. - An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under sections 305(b)(2), 305(c)(4), 306, 310(d)(2), 313, 904(c), and 904(d) of this Act [sections 636(b)(2), (c)(4), 637, 641(d)(2), 644 of this title and subsecs. (c) and (d) of this note]. "(3) Temporary. - An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under sections 301(i), 302(c), 302(f), 310(g), 311(a), 312(b), and 312(c) of this Act and sections 258(a)(4)(C), 258A(b)(3)(C)(I) [(i)], 258B(f)(1), 258B(h)(1), 258(h)(3) [258B(h)(3)], 258C(a)(5), and 258C(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. "(e) Expiration of Certain Supermajority Voting Requirements. - Subsections (c)(2) and (d)(3) shall expire on September 30, 2002." [Amendment of section 904 of Pub. L. 93-344, set out above, by Pub. L. 104-130 was reversed pursuant to section 5 of Pub. L. 104- 130, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 691 of this title.] -End- -CITE- 2 USC Sec. 622 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS -HEAD- Sec. 622. Definitions -STATUTE- For purposes of this Act - (1) The terms "budget outlays" and "outlays" mean, with respect to any fiscal year, expenditures and net lending of funds under budget authority during such year. (2) Budget authority and new budget authority. - (A) In general. - The term "budget authority" means the authority provided by Federal law to incur financial obligations, as follows: (i) provisions of law that make funds available for obligation and expenditure (other than borrowing authority), including the authority to obligate and expend the proceeds of offsetting receipts and collections; (ii) borrowing authority, which means authority granted to a Federal entity to borrow and obligate and expend the borrowed funds, including through the issuance of promissory notes or other monetary credits; (iii) contract authority, which means the making of funds available for obligation but not for expenditure; and (iv) offsetting receipts and collections as negative budget authority, and the reduction thereof as positive budget authority. (B) Limitations on budget authority. - With respect to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, the Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, the Unemployment Trust Fund, and the railroad retirement account, any amount that is precluded from obligation in a fiscal year by a provision of law (such as a limitation or a benefit formula) shall not be budget authority in that year. (C) New budget authority. - The term "new budget authority" means, with respect to a fiscal year - (i) budget authority that first becomes available for obligation in that year, including budget authority that becomes available in that year s (!1) a result of a reappropriation; or (ii) a change in any account in the availability of unobligated balances of budget authority carried over from a prior year, resulting from a provision of law first effective in that year; and includes a change in the estimated level of new budget authority provided in indefinite amounts by existing law. (3) The term "tax expenditures" means those revenue losses attributable to provisions of the Federal tax laws which allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or which provide a special credit, a preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability; and the term "tax expenditures budget" means an enumeration of such tax expenditures. (4) The term "concurrent resolution on the budget" means - (A) a concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for a fiscal year as provided in section 632 of this title; and (B) any other concurrent resolution revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for a fiscal year as described in section 635 of this title. (5) The term "appropriation Act" means an Act referred to in section 105 of title 1. (6) The term "deficit" means, with respect to a fiscal year, the amount by which outlays exceeds (!2) receipts during that year. (7) The term "surplus" means, with respect to a fiscal year, the amount by which receipts exceeds (!2) outlays during that year. (8) The term "government-sponsored enterprise" means a corporate entity created by a law of the United States that - (A)(i) has a Federal charter authorized by law; (ii) is privately owned, as evidenced by capital stock owned by private entities or individuals; (iii) is under the direction of a board of directors, a majority of which is elected by private owners; (iv) is a financial institution with power to - (I) make loans or loan guarantees for limited purposes such as to provide credit for specific borrowers or one sector; and (II) raise funds by borrowing (which does not carry the full faith and credit of the Federal Government) or to guarantee the debt of others in unlimited amounts; and (B)(i) does not exercise powers that are reserved to the Government as sovereign (such as the power to tax or to regulate interstate commerce); (ii) does not have the power to commit the Government financially (but it may be a recipient of a loan guarantee commitment made by the Government); and (iii) has employees whose salaries and expenses are paid by the enterprise and are not Federal employees subject to title 5. (9) The term "entitlement authority" means - (A) the authority to make payments (including loans and grants), the budget authority for which is not provided for in advance by appropriation Acts, to any person or government if, under the provisions of the law containing that authority, the United States is obligated to make such payments to persons or governments who meet the requirements established by that law; and (B) the food stamp program. (10) The term "credit authority" means authority to incur direct loan obligations or to incur primary loan guarantee commitments. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 93-344, Sec. 3, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 299; Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, Sec. 302(c), as added Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, Sec. 1, as added Pub. L. 95-110, Sec. 1, Sept. 20, 1977, 91 Stat. 884, renumbered title I, Pub. L. 102-486, title IX, Sec. 902(a)(8), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944; Pub. L. 99-177, title II, Secs. 201(a), 232(b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1039, 1062; Pub. L. 99-514, Sec. 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 100-119, title I, Sec. 106(a), Sept. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 780; Pub. L. 100-203, title VIII, Sec. 8003(c), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-282; Pub. L. 101- 508, title XIII, Secs. 13112(a)(2), 13201(b)(1), 13211(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-607, 1388-614, 1388-620; Pub. L. 105-33, title X, Sec. 10101, Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 678.) -REFTEXT- REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 93-344, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 297, as amended, known as the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which enacted chapters 17, 17A and 17B, and section 190a-3 of this title and sections 11a, 11c, 11d, 1020a of former Title 31, Money and Finance, amended sections 11, 665, 701, 1020, 1151, 1152, 1153, and 1154 of former Title 31, section 105 of Title 1, General Provisions, sections 190b and 190d of this title, repealed sections 571 and 581c-1 of former Title 31, and sections 66 and 81 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 190a-1, 621, 632, and 682 of this title, section 105 of Title 1, and section 1020 of former Title 31. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 621 of this title and Tables. -COD- CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1302 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1997 - Par. (9). Pub. L. 105-33 amended par. (9) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (9) read as follows: "The term 'entitlement authority' means spending authority described by section 651(c)(2)(C) of this title." 1990 - Par. (2). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13211(a), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: "The term 'budget authority' means authority provided by law to enter into obligations which will result in immediate or future outlays involving Government funds or to collect offsetting receipts., except that such term does not include authority to insure or guarantee the repayment of indebtedness incurred by another person or government. The term includes the cost for direct loan and loan guarantee programs, as those terms are defined by subchapter III of this chapter". Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13201(b)(1), inserted at end: "The term includes the cost for direct loan and loan guarantee programs, as those terms are defined by subchapter III of this chapter". Pars. (6) to (8). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13112(a)(2), added pars. (6) to (8) and struck out former par. (6) which defined "deficit" and contained provisions relating to calculation of the deficit, former par. (7) which defined "maximum deficit amount", and former par. (8) which defined "off-budget Federal entity". 1987 - Par. (7)(C). Pub. L. 100-203, Sec. 8003(c)(1), (2), redesignated subpar. (D) as (C). Former subpar. (C), which provided for maximum deficit amount of $108,000,000,000 for fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 1987, was struck out. Par. (7)(D) to (I). Pub. L. 100-203, Sec. 8003(c)(2)-(7), redesignated subpars. (E) to (I) as (D) to (H), respectively. Former subpar. (D) redesignated (C). Pub. L. 100-119 inserted subpars. (D) to (I) and struck out former subpars. (D) to (F) which read as follows: "(D) with respect to the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1988, $72,000,000,000; "(E) with respect to the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1989, $36,000,000,000; and "(F) with respect to the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1990, zero." 1986 - Par. (6). Pub. L. 99-514 substituted "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954", which for purposes of codification was translated as "title 26" thus requiring no change in text. 1985 - Par. (2). Pub. L. 99-177, Sec. 201(a)(2), inserted reference to the collection of offsetting receipts, effective Apr. 15, 1986. Par. (4). Pub. L. 99-177, Sec. 232(b), struck out subpar. (B) relating to concurrent resolutions as provided in section 641 of this title, and redesignated subpar. (C) as (B). Pars. (6) to (10). Pub. L. 99-177, Sec. 201(a)(1), added pars. (6) to (10). 1977 - Pub. L. 95-110 struck out designation "(a)" before "For the purpose of this chapter" and struck out subsec. (b) which provided that Members of the respective Houses of Congress who were members of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy were to be treated as standing committees of their respective Houses of Congress. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT Section 13211(b) of Pub. L. 101-508 provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective for fiscal year 1992 and subsequent fiscal years." EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT Amendment by sections 201(a)(1) and 232(b) of Pub. L. 99-177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, and amendment by section 201(a)(2) of Pub. L. 99-177 effective Apr. 15, 1986, see section 275(a)(1), (2)(A) of Pub. L. 99-177, as amended, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title. -FOOTNOTE- (!1) So in original. Probably should be "as". (!2) So in original. Probably should be "exceed". -End- -CITE- 2 USC Sec. 623 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS -HEAD- Sec. 623. Continuing study of additional budget reform proposals -STATUTE- (a) The Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall study on a continuing basis proposals designed to improve and facilitate methods of congressional budgetmaking. The proposals to be studied shall include, but are not limited to, proposals for - (1) improving the information base required for determining the effectiveness of new programs by such means as pilot testing survey research, and other experimental and analytical techniques; (2) improving analytical and systematic evaluation of the effectiveness of existing programs; (3) establishing maximum and minimum time limitations for program authorization; and (4) developing techniques of human resource accounting and other means of providing noneconomic as well as economic evaluation measures. (b) The Committee on the Budget of each House shall, from time to time, report to its House the results of the study carried on by it under subsection (a) of this section, together with its recommendations. (c) Nothing in this section shall preclude studies to improve the budgetary process by any other committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate or any joint committee of the Congress. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 93-344, title VII, Sec. 703, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 326.) -COD- CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1303 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. -End- -CITE- 2 USC SUBCHAPTER I - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS SUBCHAPTER I - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS -HEAD- SUBCHAPTER I - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS -End- -CITE- 2 USC Sec. 631 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS SUBCHAPTER I - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS -HEAD- Sec. 631. Timetable -STATUTE- The timetable with respect to the congressional budget process for any fiscal year is as follows: On or before: Action to be completed: -------------------------------------------------------------------- First Monday in Februa President submits his budget. February 15 Congressional Budget Office submits report to Budget Committees. Not later than 6 Committees submit views and estimates weeks after President to Budget Committees. submits budget April 1 Senate Budget Committee reports concurrent resolution on the budget. April 15 Congress completes action on concurrent resolution on the budget. May 15 Annual appropriation bills may be considered in the House. June 10 House Appropriations Committee reports last annual appropriation bill. June 15 Congress completes action on reconciliation legislation. June 30 House completes action on annual appropriation bills. October 1 Fiscal year begins. -------------------------------------------------------------------- -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 93-344, title III, Sec. 300, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 306; Pub. L. 99-177, title II, Sec. 201(b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1040; Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, Sec. 13112(a)(4), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-608; Pub. L. 105-33, title X, Sec. 10104(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 679.) -COD- CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1321 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1997 - Pub. L. 105-33 substituted "Not later than 6 weeks after President submits budget" for "February 25". 1990 - Pub. L. 101-508 substituted "First Monday in February" for "First Monday after January 3". 1985 - Pub. L. 99-177 amended section generally. Prior to the amendment the timetable was on or before: November 10 - President submits current services budget; 15th day after Congress meets - President submits his budget; March 15 - Committees and joint committees submit reports to Budget Committees; April 1 - Congressional Budget Office submits reports to Budget Committees; April 15 - Budget Committees report first concurrent resolution on the budget to their Houses; May 15 - Committees report bills and resolutions authorizing new budget authority; May 15 - Congress completes action on first concurrent resolution on the budget; 7th day after Labor Day - Congress completes action on bills and resolutions providing new budget authority and new spending authority; September 15 - Congress completes action on second required concurrent resolution on the budget; September 25 - Congress completes action on reconciliation bill or resolution, or both, implementing second required concurrent resolution; October 1 - Fiscal year begins. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 99-177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, see section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99-177, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE Subchapter applicable with respect to the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 1976, and succeeding fiscal years, except as section 906 of Pub. L. 93-344, formerly set out as a note under section 632 of this title, makes provision for possible application of this section to the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1975, see section 905(c) of Pub. L. 93-344, formerly set out as an Effective Date note under section 621 of this title. -End- -CITE- 2 USC Sec. 632 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS SUBCHAPTER I - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS -HEAD- Sec. 632. Annual adoption of concurrent resolution on the budget -STATUTE- (a) Content of concurrent resolution on the budget On or before April 15 of each year, the Congress shall complete action on a concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year. The concurrent resolution shall set forth appropriate levels for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year and for at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years for the following - (1) totals of new budget authority and outlays; (2) total Federal revenues and the amount, if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be increased or decreased by bills and resolutions to be reported by the appropriate committees; (3) the surplus or deficit in the budget; (4) new budget authority and outlays for each major functional category, based on allocations of the total levels set forth pursuant to paragraph (1); (5) the public debt; (6) For (!1) purposes of Senate enforcement under this subchapter, outlays of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program established under title II of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.] for the fiscal year of the resolution and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years; and (7) For (!1) purposes of Senate enforcement under this subchapter, revenues of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program established under title II of the Social Security Act (and the related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.]) for the fiscal year of the resolution and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. The concurrent resolution shall not include the outlays and revenue totals of the old age,(!2) survivors, and disability insurance program established under title II of the Social Security Act or the related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in the surplus or deficit totals required by this subsection or in any other surplus or deficit totals required by this subchapter. (b) Additional matters in concurrent resolution The concurrent resolution on the budget may - (1) set forth, if required by subsection (f) of this section, the calendar year in which, in the opinion of the Congress, the goals for reducing unemployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Employment Act of 1946 [15 U.S.C. 1022a(b)] should be achieved; (2) include reconciliation directives described in section 641 of this title; (3) require a procedure under which all or certain bills or resolutions providing new budget authority or new entitlement authority for such fiscal year shall not be enrolled until the Congress has completed action on any reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution or both required by such concurrent resolution to be reported in accordance with section 641(b) of this title; (4) set forth such other matters, and require such other procedures, relating to the budget, as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act; (5) include a heading entitled "Debt Increase as Measure of Deficit" in which the concurrent resolution shall set forth the amounts by which the debt subject to limit (in section 3101 of title 31) has increased or would increase in each of the relevant fiscal years; (6) include a heading entitled "Display of Federal Retirement Trust Fund Balances" in which the concurrent resolution shall set forth the balances of the Federal retirement trust funds; (7) set forth procedures in the Senate whereby committee allocations, aggregates, and other levels can be revised for legislation if that legislation would not increase the deficit, or would not increase the deficit when taken with other legislation enacted after the adoption of the resolution, for the first fiscal year or the total period of fiscal years covered by the resolution; (8) set forth procedures to effectuate pay-as-you-go in the House of Representatives; and (9) set forth direct loan obligation and primary loan guarantee commitment levels. (c) Consideration of procedures or matters which have effect of changing any rule of House If the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives reports any concurrent resolution on the budget which includes any procedure or matter which has the effect of changing any rule of the House of Representatives, such concurrent resolution shall then be referred to the Committee on Rules with instructions to report it within five calendar days (not counting any day on which the House is not in session). The Committee on Rules shall have jurisdiction to report any concurrent resolution referred to it under this paragraph with an amendment or amendments changing or striking out any such procedure or matter. (d) Views and estimates of other committees Within 6 weeks after the President submits a budget under section 1105(a) of title 31, or at such time as may be requested by the Committee on the Budget, each committee of the House of Representatives having legislative jurisdiction shall submit to the Committee on the Budget of the House and each committee of the Senate having legislative jurisdiction shall submit to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate its views and estimates (as determined by the committee making such submission) with respect to all matters set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section which relate to matters within the jurisdiction or functions of such committee. The Joint Economic Committee shall submit to the Committees on the Budget of both Houses its recommendations as to the fiscal policy appropriate to the goals of the Employment Act of 1946 [15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.]. Any other committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate may submit to the Committee on the Budget of its House, and any joint committee of the Congress may submit to the Committees on the Budget of both Houses, its views and estimates with respect to all matters set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section which relate to matters within its jurisdiction or functions. Any Committee (!3) of the House of Representatives or the Senate that anticipates that the committee will consider any proposed legislation establishing, amending, or reauthorizing any Federal program likely to have a significant budgetary impact on any State, local, or tribal government, or likely to have a significant financial impact on the private sector, including any legislative proposal submitted by the executive branch likely to have such a budgetary or financial impact, shall include its views and estimates on that proposal to the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House. (e) Hearings and report (1) In general In developing the concurrent resolution on the budget referred to in subsection (a) of this section for each fiscal year, the Committee on the Budget of each House shall hold hearings and shall receive testimony from Members of Congress and such appropriate representatives of Federal departments and agencies, the general public, and national organizations as the committee deems desirable. Each of the recommendations as to short-term and medium-term goals set forth in the report submitted by the members of the Joint Economic Committee under subsection (d) of this section may be considered by the Committee on the Budget of each House as part of its consideration of such concurrent resolution, and its report may reflect its views thereon, including its views on how the estimates of revenues and levels of budget authority and outlays set forth in such concurrent resolution are designed to achieve any goals it is recommending. (2) Required contents of report The report accompanying the resolution shall include - (A) a comparison of the levels of total new budget authority, total outlays, total revenues, and the surplus or deficit for each fiscal year set forth in the resolution with those requested in the budget submitted by the President; (B) with respect to each major functional category, an estimate of total new budget authority and total outlays, with the estimates divided between discretionary and mandatory amounts; (C) the economic assumptions that underlie each of the matters set forth in the resolution and any alternative economic assumptions and objectives the committee considered; (D) information, data, and comparisons indicating the manner in which, and the basis on which, the committee determined each of the matters set forth in the resolution; (E) the estimated levels of tax expenditures (the tax expenditures budget) by major items and functional categories for the President's budget and in the resolution; and (F) allocations described in section 633(a) of this title. (3) Additional contents of report The report accompanying the resolution may include - (A) a statement of any significant changes in the proposed levels of Federal assistance to State and local governments; (B) an allocation of the level of Federal revenues recommended in the resolution among the major sources of such revenues; (C) information, data, and comparisons on the share of total Federal budget outlays and of gross domestic product devoted to investment in the budget submitted by the President and in the resolution; (D) the assumed levels of budget authority and outlays for public buildings, with a division between amounts for construction and repair and for rental payments; and (E) other matters, relating to the budget and to fiscal policy, that the committee deems appropriate. (f) Achievement of goals for reducing unemployment (1) If, pursuant to section 4(c) of the Employment Act of 1946 [15 U.S.C. 1022a(c)], the President recommends in the Economic Report that the goals for reducing unemployment set forth in section 4(b) of such Act [15 U.S.C. 1022a(b)] be achieved in a year after the close of the five-year period prescribed by such subsection, the concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year beginning after the date on which such Economic Report is received by the Congress may set forth the year in which, in the opinion of the Congress, such goals can be achieved. (2) After the Congress has expressed its opinion pursuant to paragraph (1) as to the year in which the goals for reducing unemployment set forth in section 4(b) of the Employment Act of 1946 [15 U.S.C. 1022a(b)] can be achieved, if, pursuant to section 4(e) of such Act [15 U.S.C. 1022a(e)], the President recommends in the Economic Report that such goals be achieved in a year which is different from the year in which the Congress has expressed its opinion that such goals should be achieved, either in its action pursuant to paragraph (1) or in its most recent action pursuant to this paragraph, the concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year beginning after the date on which such Economic Report is received by the Congress may set forth the year in which, in the opinion of the Congress, such goals can be achieved. (3) It shall be in order to amend the provision of such resolution setting forth such year only if the amendment thereto also proposes to alter the estimates, amounts, and levels (as described in subsection (a) of this section) set forth in such resolution in germane fashion in order to be consistent with the economic goals (as described in sections 3(a)(2) and 4(b) of the Employment Act of 1946 [15 U.S.C. 1022(a)(2), 1022a(b)]) which such amendment proposes can be achieved by the year specified in such amendment. (g) Economic assumptions (1) It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year, or any amendment thereto, or any conference report thereon, that sets forth amounts and levels that are determined on the basis of more than one set of economic and technical assumptions. (2) The joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report on a concurrent resolution on the budget shall set forth the common economic assumptions upon which such joint statement and conference report are based, or upon which any amendment contained in the joint explanatory statement to be proposed by the conferees in the case of technical disagreement, is based. (3) Subject to periodic reestimation based on changed economic conditions or technical estimates, determinations under titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 [2 U.S.C. 631 et seq., 651 et seq.] shall be based upon such common economic and technical assumptions. (h) Budget Committee's consultation with committees The Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall consult with the committees of its House having legislative jurisdiction during the preparation, consideration, and enforcement of the concurrent resolution on the budget with respect to all matters which relate to the jurisdiction or functions of such committees. (i) Social security point of order It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget (or amendment, motion, or conference report on the resolution) that would decrease the excess of social security revenues over social security outlays in any of the fiscal years covered by the concurrent resolution. No change in chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.] shall be treated as affecting the amount of social security revenues unless such provision changes the income tax treatment of social security benefits. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 93-344, title III, Sec. 301, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 306; Pub. L. 95-523, title III, Secs. 303(a), 304, Oct. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 1905, 1906; Pub. L. 99-177, title II, Sec. 201(b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1040; Pub. L. 100-119, title I, Sec. 106(d), title II, Sec. 208(a), Sept. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 781, 786; Pub. L. 100- 418, title V, Sec. 5302, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1462; Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, Secs. 13112(a)(5), 13203, 13204, 13301(b), 13303(a), (b), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-608, 1388-615, 1388- 616, 1388-623, 1388-625; Pub. L. 104-4, title I, Sec. 102(2), Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 62; Pub. L. 105-33, title X, Sec. 10105(a)- (f)(1), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 679, 680.) -REFTEXT- REFERENCES IN TEXT The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, as amended. Title II of the Social Security Act is classified generally to subchapter II (Sec. 401 et seq.) of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (i), is classified generally to Title 26, Internal Revenue Code. This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(4), means Pub. L. 93-344, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 297, as amended, known as the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which enacted chapters 17, 17A and 17B, and section 190a-3 of this title and sections 11a, 11c, 11d, 1020a of former Title 31, Money and Finance, amended sections 11, 665, 701, 1020, 1151, 1152, 1153 and 1154 of former Title 31, section 105 of Title 1, General Provisions, sections 190b and 190d of this title, repealed sections 571 and 581c-1 of former Title 31 and sections 66 and 81 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 190a-1, 621, 632, and 682 of this title, section 105 of Title 1, and section 1020 of former Title 31. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 621 of this title and Tables. The Employment Act of 1946, referred to in subsec. (d), is act Feb. 20, 1946, ch. 33, 60 Stat. 23, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 21 (Sec. 1021 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1021 of Title 15 and Tables. The Congressional Budget Act of 1974, referred to in subsec. (g)(3), is titles I through IX of Pub. L. 93-344, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 297, as amended. Titles III and IV of the Act are classified generally to this subchapter (Sec. 631 et seq.) and subchapter II (Sec. 651 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 621 of this title and Tables. -COD- CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1322 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1997 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10105(a), in introductory provisions, substituted "and for at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years" for ", and planning levels for each of the two ensuing fiscal years,". Subsec. (a)(1), (4). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10105(b), substituted "and outlays" for ", budget outlays, direct loan obligations, and primary loan guarantee commitments". Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10105(c)(1), added par. (7) and struck out former par. (7) which related to setting forth pay- as-you-go procedures for the Senate. Subsec. (b)(9). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10105(c)(2), (3), added par. (9). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10105(d), in first sentence, inserted "or at such time as may be requested by the Committee on the Budget," after "title 31,". Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10105(e), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. heading, added pars. (2) and (3), and struck out former last sentence consisting of pars. (1) to (9) which contained requirements for contents of report to accompany the concurrent resolution on the budget. Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10105(f)(1), inserted heading and substituted "(or amendment, motion, or conference report on the resolution)" for "as reported to the Senate". 1995 - Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-4 inserted at end "Any Committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate that anticipates that the committee will consider any proposed legislation establishing, amending, or reauthorizing any Federal program likely to have a significant budgetary impact on any State, local, or tribal government, or likely to have a significant financial impact on the private sector, including any legislative proposal submitted by the executive branch likely to have such a budgetary or financial impact, shall include its views and estimates on that proposal to the Committee on the Budget of the applicable House." 1990 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13301(b), inserted at end: "The concurrent resolution shall not include the outlays and revenue totals of the old age, survivors, and disability insurance program established under title II of the Social Security Act or the related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in the surplus or deficit totals required by this subsection or in any other surplus or deficit totals required by this subchapter." Subsec. (a)(6), (7). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13303(a), added pars. (6) and (7). Subsec. (b)(5), (6). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13203, added pars. (5) and (6). Subsec. (b)(7), (8). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13204, added pars. (7) and (8). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13112(a)(5), substituted "Within 6 weeks after the President submits a budget under section 1105(a) of title 31" for "On or before February 25 of each year". Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13303(b), amended subsec. (i) generally, substituting present provisions for former provisions relating to maximum deficit amounts. 1988 - Subsec. (e)(10). Pub. L. 100-418 temporarily added par. (10). See Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendment note below. 1987 - Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 100-119, Sec. 208(a), amended subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (g) read as follows: "The joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report on a concurrent resolution on the budget shall set forth the common economic assumptions upon which such joint statement and conference report are based, or upon which any amendment contained in the joint explanatory statement to be proposed by the conferees in the case of technical disagreement is based." Subsec. (i)(2). Pub. L. 100-119, Sec. 106(d), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpars. (B) and (C). 1985 - Pub. L. 99-177 substituted "Adoption of concurrent resolution on the budget" for "Adoption of first concurrent resolution" in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-177 amended subsec. (a) generally, substituting provisions relating to content of concurrent resolution on the budget, for provisions relating to action required to be completed by May 15 of each year. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-177 amended subsec. (b) generally, inserting provisions relating to achievement of goals for reducing unemployment and provisions relating to reconciliation directives described in section 641 of this title. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-177 amended subsec. (c) generally, substituting provisions relating to consideration of procedures or matters which have the effect of changing any rule of the House of Representatives, for provisions relating to submission on or before March 15 of each year of the views and estimates of other committees. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99-177 amended subsec. (d) generally, substituting provisions relating to views and estimates of other committees, for provisions relating to hearings and report in developing the first concurrent resolution on the budget. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 99-177 amended subsec. (e) generally, substituting provisions relating to hearings and report in developing the concurrent resolution on the budget, for provisions relating to achievement of goals for reducing unemployment. Subsecs. (f) to (i). Pub. L. 99-177, Secs. 201(b), 275(b)(2)(B), in amending section generally, added subsecs. (f) to (i). 1978 - Subsec. (a)(6), (7). Pub. L. 95-523, Sec. 304(a), added par. (6) and redesignated former par. (6) as (7). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95-523, Sec. 303(a), which directed insertion in subsec. (c) provisions relating to consideration by the Committee on the Budget of each House respecting short-term and medium-term goals set forth in the Joint Economic Committee report and the reflection of its views in its report and insertion of "also" after "concurrent resolution shall" was executed to subsec. (d) to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 95-523, Sec. 304(b), added subsec. (e). EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1995 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 104-4 effective Jan. 1, 1996, or on the date 90 days after appropriations are made available as authorized under section 1516 of this title, whichever is earlier, and applicable to legislation considered on and after such date, see section 110 of Pub. L. 104-4, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1511 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT Section 13306 of Pub. L. 101-508 provided that: "Sections 13301, 13302, and 13303 and any amendments made by such sections [amending this section and sections 633 and 642 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section] shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1990. Section 13304 [amending section 401 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare] shall be effective for annual reports of the Board of Trustees issued in or after calendar year 1991." EFFECTIVE AND TERMINATION DATES OF 1988 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 100-418 effective for fiscal years 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1992, see section 5303 of Pub. L. 100-418, set out as a note under section 1105 of Title 31, Money and Finance. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 99-177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, see section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99-177, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title. EXCLUSION OF SOCIAL SECURITY FROM ALL BUDGETS Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, Sec. 13301(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-623, provided that: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund shall not be counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of - "(1) the budget of the United States Government as submitted by the President, "(2) the congressional budget, or "(3) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 [see Short Title note set out under section 900 of this title]." PROTECTION OF OASDI TRUST FUNDS IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Section 13302 of Pub. L. 101-508 provided that: "(a) In General. - It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider any bill or joint resolution, as reported, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, if, upon enactment - "(1)(A) such legislation under consideration would provide for a net increase in OASDI benefits of at least 0.02 percent of the present value of future taxable payroll for the 75-year period utilized in the most recent annual report of the Board of Trustees provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 401(c)(2)], and (B) such legislation under consideration does not provide at least a net increase, for such 75-year period, in OASDI taxes of the amount by which the net increase in such benefits exceeds 0.02 percent of the present value of future taxable payroll for such 75-year period, "(2)(A) such legislation under consideration would provide for a net increase in OASDI benefits (for the 5-year estimating period for such legislation under consideration), (B) such net increase, together with the net increases in OASDI benefits resulting from previous legislation enacted during that fiscal year or any of the previous 4 fiscal years (as estimated at the time of enactment) which are attributable to those portions of the 5-year estimating periods for such previous legislation that fall within the 5-year estimating period for such legislation under consideration, exceeds $250,000,000, and (C) such legislation under consideration does not provide at least a net increase, for the 5-year estimating period for such legislation under consideration, in OASDI taxes which, together with net increases in OASDI taxes resulting from such previous legislation which are attributable to those portions of the 5-year estimating periods for such previous legislation that fall within the 5-year estimating period for such legislation under consideration, equals the amount by which the net increase derived under subparagraph (B) exceeds $250,000,000; "(3)(A) such legislation under consideration would provide for a net decrease in OASDI taxes of at least 0.02 percent of the present value of future taxable payroll for the 75-year period utilized in the most recent annual report of the Board of Trustees provided pursuant to section 201(c)(2) of the Social Security Act, and (B) such legislation under consideration does not provide at least a net decrease, for such 75-year period, in OASDI benefits of the amount by which the net decrease in such taxes exceeds 0.02 percent of the present value of future taxable payroll for such 75-year period, or "(4)(A) such legislation under consideration would provide for a net decrease in OASDI taxes (for the 5-year estimating period for such legislation under consideration), (B) such net decrease, together with the net decreases in OASDI taxes resulting from previous legislation enacted during that fiscal year or any of the previous 4 fiscal years (as estimated at the time of enactment) which are attributable to those portions of the 5-year estimating periods for such previous legislation that fall within the 5-year estimating period for such legislation under consideration, exceeds $250,000,000, and (C) such legislation under consideration does not provide at least a net decrease, for the 5-year estimating period for such legislation under consideration, in OASDI benefits which, together with net decreases in OASDI benefits resulting from such previous legislation which are attributable to those portions of the 5- year estimating periods for such previous legislation that fall within the 5-year estimating period for such legislation under consideration, equals the amount by which the net decrease derived under subparagraph (B) exceeds $250,000,000. "(b) Application. - In applying paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (a), any provision of any bill or joint resolution, as reported, or any amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, the effect of which is to provide for a net decrease for any period in taxes described in subsection (c)(2)(A) shall be disregarded if such bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report also includes a provision the effect of which is to provide for a net increase of at least an equivalent amount for such period in medicare taxes. "(c) Definitions. - For purposes of this subsection: "(1) The term 'OASDI benefits' means the benefits under the old- age, survivors, and disability insurance programs under title II of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.]. "(2) The term 'OASDI taxes' means - "(A) the taxes imposed under sections 1401(a), 3101(a), and 3111(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [26 U.S.C. 1401(a), 3101(a), 3111(a)], and "(B) the taxes imposed under chapter 1 of such Code [26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.] (to the extent attributable to section 86 of such Code [26 U.S.C. 86]). "(3) The term 'medicare taxes' means the taxes imposed under sections 1401(b), 3101(b), and 3111(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. "(4) The term 'previous legislation' shall not include legislation enacted before fiscal year 1991. "(5) The term '5-year estimating period' means, with respect to any legislation, the fiscal year in which such legislation becomes or would become effective and the next 4 fiscal years. "(6) No provision of any bill or resolution, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, involving a change in chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be treated as affecting the amount of OASDI taxes referred to in paragraph (2)(B) unless such provision changes the income tax treatment of OASDI benefits." BALANCED FEDERAL BUDGETS; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET COMMITTEE REPORTS BY APRIL 15, 1979, 1980, AND 1981, OF BALANCED FISCAL YEAR BUDGETS FOR 1981 AND 1982 Pub. L. 96-5, Sec. 5, Apr. 2, 1979, 93 Stat. 8, which provided that Congress shall balance the Federal budget, that the Budget Committees were to report, by April 15, 1979, a fiscal year budget for 1981 that would be in balance, and also a fiscal year budget for 1982 that would be in balance, and by April 15, 1980, a fiscal year budget for 1981 that would be in balance, and by April 15, 1981, a fiscal year budget for 1982 that would be in balance, and that the Budget Committees were to show the consequences of each budget on each budget function and on the economy, setting forth the effects on revenues, spending, employment, inflation, and national security, was repealed by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1068. APPLICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS TO FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1975 Section 906 of Pub. L. 93-344 provided for application of provisions of this subchapter and sections 602(f), 651, and 652 of this title with respect to the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1975, to the extent agreed to by the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-33, title X, Sec. 10120(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 696. -FOOTNOTE- (!1) So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. (!2) So in original. Probably should be "old-age,". (!3) So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. -End- -CITE- 2 USC Sec. 633 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS SUBCHAPTER I - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS -HEAD- Sec. 633. Committee allocations -STATUTE- (a) Committee spending allocations (1) Allocation among committees The joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report on a concurrent resolution on the budget shall include an allocation, consistent with the resolution recommended in the conference report, of the levels for the first fiscal year of the resolution, for at least each of the ensuing 4 fiscal years, and a total for that period of fiscal years (except in the case of the Committee on Appropriations only for the fiscal year of that resolution) of - (A) total new budget authority; and (B) total outlays; among each committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate that has jurisdiction over legislation providing or creating such amounts. (2) No double counting In the House of Representatives, any item allocated to one committee may not be allocated to another committee. (3) Further division of amounts (A) In the Senate In the Senate, the amount allocated to the Committee on Appropriations shall be further divided among the categories specified in section 900(c)(4) of this title and shall not exceed the limits for each category set forth in section 901(c) of this title. (B) In the House In the House of Representatives, the amounts allocated to each committee for each fiscal year, other than the Committee on Appropriations, shall be further divided between amounts provided or required by law on the date of filing of that conference report and amounts not so provided or required. The amounts allocated to the Committee on Appropriations shall be further divided - (i) between discretionary and mandatory amounts or programs, as appropriate; and (ii) consistent with the categories specified in section 900(c)(4) of this title. (4) Amounts not allocated In the House of Representatives or the Senate, if a committee receives no allocation of new budget authority or outlays, that committee shall be deemed to have received an allocation equal to zero for new budget authority or outlays. (5) Adjusting allocation of discretionary spending in the House of Representatives (A) If a concurrent resolution on the budget is not adopted by April 15, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall submit to the House, as soon as practicable, an allocation under paragraph (1) to the Committee on Appropriations consistent with the discretionary spending levels in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for the appropriate fiscal year covered by that resolution. (B) As soon as practicable after an allocation under paragraph (1) is submitted under this section, the Committee on Appropriations shall make suballocations and report those suballocations to the House of Representatives. (b) Suballocations by Appropriations Committees As soon as practicable after a concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed to, the Committee on Appropriations of each House (after consulting with the Committee on Appropriations of the other House) shall suballocate each amount allocated to it for the budget year under subsection (a) of this section among its subcommittees. Each Committee on Appropriations shall promptly report to its House suballocations made or revised under this subsection. The Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall further divide among its subcommittees the divisions made under subsection (a)(3)(B) of this section and promptly report those divisions to the House. (c) Point of order After the Committee on Appropriations has received an allocation pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for a fiscal year, it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report within the jurisdiction of that committee providing new budget authority for that fiscal year, until that committee makes the suballocations required by subsection (b) of this section. (d) Subsequent concurrent resolutions In the case of a concurrent resolution on the budget referred to in section 635 of this title, the allocations under subsection (a) of this section and the subdivisions under subsection (b) of this section shall be required only to the extent necessary to take into account revisions made in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget. (e) Alteration of allocations At any time after a committee reports the allocations required to be made under subsection (b) of this section, such committee may report to its House an alteration of such allocations. Any alteration of such allocations must be consistent with any actions already taken by its House on legislation within the committee's jurisdiction. (f) Legislation subject to point of order (1) In the House of Representatives After the Congress has completed action on a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year, it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider any bill, joint resolution, or amendment providing new budget authority for any fiscal year, or any conference report on any such bill or joint resolution, if - (A) the enactment of such bill or resolution as reported; (B) the adoption and enactment of such amendment; or (C) the enactment of such bill or resolution in the form recommended in such conference report, would cause the applicable allocation of new budget authority made under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for the first fiscal year or the total of fiscal years to be exceeded. (2) In the Senate After a concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed to, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would cause - (A) in the case of any committee except the Committee on Appropriations, the applicable allocation of new budget authority or outlays under subsection (a) of this section for the first fiscal year or the total of fiscal years to be exceeded; or (B) in the case of the Committee on Appropriations, the applicable suballocation of new budget authority or outlays under subsection (b) of this section to be exceeded. (g) Pay-as-you-go exception in the House (1) In general (A) Subsection (f)(1) of this section and, after April 15, section 634(a) of this title shall not apply to any bill or joint resolution, as reported, amendment thereto, or conference report thereon if, for each fiscal year covered by the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget - (i) the enactment of that bill or resolution as reported; (ii) the adoption and enactment of that amendment; or (iii) the enactment of that bill or resolution in the form recommended in that conference report, would not increase the deficit, and, if the sum of any revenue increases provided in legislation already enacted during the current session (when added to revenue increases, if any, in excess of any outlay increase provided by the legislation proposed for consideration) is at least as great as the sum of the amount, if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be increased as set forth in that concurrent resolution and the amount, if any, by which revenues are to be increased pursuant to pay-as-you-go procedures under section 632(b)(8) of this title, if included in that concurrent resolution. (B) Section 642(a) of this title, as that section applies to revenues, shall not apply to any bill, joint resolution, amendment thereto, or conference report thereon if, for each fiscal year covered by the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget - (i) the enactment of that bill or resolution as reported; (ii) the adoption and enactment of that amendment; or (iii) the enactment of that bill or resolution in the form recommended in that conference report, would not increase the deficit, and, if the sum of any outlay reductions provided in legislation already enacted during the current session (when added to outlay reductions, if any, in excess of any revenue reduction provided by the legislation proposed for consideration) is at least as great as the sum of the amount, if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal outlays should be reduced as required by that concurrent resolution and the amount, if any, by which outlays are to be reduced pursuant to pay-as-you-go procedures under section 632(b)(8) of this title, if included in that concurrent resolution. (2) Revised allocations (A) As soon as practicable after Congress agrees to a bill or joint resolution that would have been subject to a point of order under subsection (f)(1) of this section but for the exception provided in paragraph (1)(A) or would have been subject to a point of order under section 642(a) of this title but for the exception provided in paragraph (1)(B), the chairman of the committee (!1) on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall file with the House appropriately revised allocations under subsection (a) of this section and revised functional levels and budget aggregates to reflect that bill. (B) Such revised allocations, functional levels, and budget aggregates shall be considered for the purposes of this Act as allocations, functional levels, and budget aggregates contained in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 93-344, title III, Sec. 302, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 308; Pub. L. 99-177, title II, Sec. 201(b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1044; Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, Secs. 13112(a)(6), (7), 13201(b)(2), (3), 13207(a)(1)(A), (B), (2), 13303(c), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-608, 1388-614, 1388-617, 1388-618, 1388-625; Pub. L. 105-33, title X, Sec. 10106, Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 680.) -REFTEXT- REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in subsec. (g)(2)(B), means Pub. L. 93-344, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 297, as amended, known as the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which enacted chapters 17, 17A, and 17B and section 190a-3 of this title and sections 11a, 11c, 11d, 1020a of former Title 31, Money and Finance, amended sections 11, 665, 701, 1020, 1151, 1152, 1153, and 1154 of former Title 31, section 105 of Title 1, General Provisions, and sections 190b and 190d of this title, repealed sections 571 and 581c-1 of former Title 31, and sections 66 and 81 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 190a-1, 621, 632, and 682 of this title, section 105 of Title 1, and section 1020 of former Title 31. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 621 of this title and Tables. -COD- CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1323 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1997 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10106(a), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which required inclusion of certain allocations to committees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate in the joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report on a concurrent resolution on the budget. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10106(a), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which required committees of each House to subdivide among their subcommittees the allocations of budget outlays and new budget authority allocated to them in joint explanatory statement accompanying conference report on concurrent resolution on budget and required further subdivisions of such allocations by subcommittees. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10106(b), reenacted heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, providing - "(1) new budget authority for a fiscal year; or "(2) new spending authority as described in section 651(c)(2) of this title for a fiscal year; within the jurisdiction of any committee which has received an appropriate allocation of such authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for such fiscal year, unless and until such committee makes the allocation or subdivisions required by subsection (b) of this section, in connection with the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year." Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10106(c)(1), substituted "providing new budget authority for any fiscal year" for "providing new budget authority for such fiscal year or new entitlement authority effective during such fiscal year" in introductory provisions and "applicable allocation of new budget authority made under subsection (a) or (b) of this section for the first fiscal year or the total of fiscal years to be exceeded." for "appropriate allocation made pursuant to subsection (b) of this section for such fiscal year of new discretionary budget authority or new entitlement authority to be exceeded." in concluding provisions. Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10106(c)(2), reenacted heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text provided that consideration in the Senate was not in order for certain bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that provided for budget outlays, new budget authority, or new spending authority in excess of certain allocations. Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10106(d), amended heading and text of subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "For purposes of this section, the levels of new budget authority, spending authority as described in section 651(c)(2) of this title, outlays, and new credit authority for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may be." 1990 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13201(b)(3)(A), substituted "and total entitlement authority" for "total entitlement authority, and total credit authority", "or such entitlement authority" for "such entitlement authority, or such credit authority", and "and entitlement authority" for "entitlement authority, and credit authority". Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13303(c)(1), inserted "social security outlays for the fiscal year of the resolution and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years," after "appropriate levels of". Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13201(b)(3)(B), substituted "total budget outlays and total new budget authority" for "total budget outlays, total new budget authority and new credit authority". Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13112(a)(6), struck out "the House of Representatives and" after "among each committee of". Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13201(b)(3)(C), substituted "budget outlays and new budget authority" for "budget outlays, new budget authority, and new credit authority". Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13207(a)(1)(A), substituted "bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report" for "bill or resolution, or amendment thereto". Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13201(b)(3)(D), struck out par. (3) which read as follows: "new credit authority for a fiscal year;". Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13207(a)(1)(B), inserted "joint" before "resolution" the second and third places appearing in introductory provisions. Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13201(b)(3)(E), substituted "year or new entitlement authority effective during such fiscal year," for "year, new entitlement authority effective during such fiscal year, or new credit authority for such fiscal year," in introductory provisions and "authority or new entitlement authority" for "authority, new entitlement authority, or new credit authority" in closing provisions. Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13303(c)(3), inserted three sentences at end beginning with "In applying this paragraph - ". Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13303(c)(2), which directed the insertion of "or provides for social security outlays in excess of the appropriate allocation of social security outlays under subsection (a) of this section for the fiscal year of the resolution or for the total of that year and the 4 succeeding fiscal years" before the period, was executed by making the insertion before the period at end of first sentence, as the probable intent of Congress, in view of the applicability of the amendment. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1990 Amendment note below. Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13207(a)(2), substituted "outlays, new budget authority, or new spending authority (as defined in section 651(c)(2) of this title)" for "outlays or new budget authority". Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13207(a)(1)(B), substituted "bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report" for "bill or resolution (including a conference report thereon), or any amendment to a bill or resolution". Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13201(b)(2), temporarily inserted "or new credit authority" after "new budget authority". See Effective and Termination Dates of 1990 Amendment note below. Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13112(a)(7), inserted "(A)" after "in excess of", substituted "under subsection (a) of this section, or (B) the appropriate allocation (if any) of such outlays or authority reported under subsection (b) of this section" for "under subsection (b) of this section", and inserted after first sentence "Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations." 1985 - Pub. L. 99-177 substituted "Committee allocations" for "Matters to be included in joint statement of managers; reports by committees" in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-177 amended subsec. (a) generally, providing for separate provisions relating to allocations of totals for the House of Representatives and for the Senate, with respect to the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on a concurrent resolution on the budget. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-177 amended subsec. (b) generally, inserting applicability to new credit authority. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-177 amended subsec. (c) generally, substituting provisions relating to point of order for provisions relating to subsequent concurrent resolutions. Subsecs. (d) to (g). Pub. L. 99-177, in amending section generally, added subsecs. (d) to (g). EFFECTIVE AND TERMINATION DATES OF 1990 AMENDMENT Section 13201(b)(2) of Pub. L. 101-508 provided that the amendment made by that section is effective Jan. 1, 1991, for fiscal year 1991 only. Section 13201(b)(3) of Pub. L. 101-508 provided that the amendment made by that section is effective for fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1991. Amendment by section 13303(c) of Pub. L. 101-508 applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1990, see section 13306 of Pub. L. 101-508, set out as an Effective Date of 1990 Amendment note under section 632 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 99-177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, except that such amendment, insofar as it relates to subsecs. (c), (f), and (g) of this section, to become effective Apr. 15, 1986, see section 275(a)(1), (2)(A) of Pub. L. 99-177, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title. -FOOTNOTE- (!1) So in original. Probably should be capitalized. -End- -CITE- 2 USC Sec. 634 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS SUBCHAPTER I - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS -HEAD- Sec. 634. Concurrent resolution on the budget must be adopted before budget-related legislation is considered -STATUTE- (a) In general Until the concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year has been agreed to, it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives, with respect to the first fiscal year covered by that resolution, or the Senate, with respect to any fiscal year covered by that resolution, to consider any bill or joint resolution, amendment or motion thereto, or conference report thereon that - (1) first provides new budget authority for that fiscal year; (2) first provides an increase or decrease in revenues during that fiscal year; (3) provides an increase or decrease in the public debt limit to become effective during that fiscal year; (4) in the Senate only, first provides new entitlement authority for that fiscal year; or (5) in the Senate only, first provides for an increase or decrease in outlays for that fiscal year. (b) Exceptions in House In the House of Representatives, subsection (a) of this section does not apply - (1)(A) to any bill or joint resolution, as reported, providing advance discretionary new budget authority that first becomes available for the first or second fiscal year after the budget year; or (B) to any bill or joint resolution, as reported, first increasing or decreasing revenues in a fiscal year following the fiscal year to which the concurrent resolution applies; (2) after May 15, to any general appropriation bill or amendment thereto; or (3) to any bill or joint resolution unless it is reported by a committee. (c) Application to appropriation measures in Senate (1) In general Until the concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year has been agreed to and an allocation has been made to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate under section 633(a) of this title for that year, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any appropriation bill or joint resolution, amendment or motion thereto, or conference report thereon for that year or any subsequent year. (2) Exception Paragraph (1) does not apply to appropriations legislation making advance appropriations for the first or second fiscal year after the year the allocation referred to in that paragraph is made. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 93-344, title III, Sec. 303, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 99-177, title II, Sec. 201(b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1046; Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, Secs. 13205, 13207(a)(1)(C), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-616, 1388-617; Pub. L. 105-33, title X, Sec. 10107(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 683.) -COD- CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1324 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1997 - Pub. L. 105-33 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text provided that concurrent resolution on the budget must be adopted before legislation providing new budget authority, new spending authority, new credit authority, or changes in revenues or public debt limit could be considered. 1990 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13207(a)(1)(C), substituted "bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report" for "bill or resolution (or amendment thereto)". Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13205(a)(4), inserted "(or, in the Senate, a concurrent resolution on the budget covering such fiscal year)" after "fiscal year" in closing provisions. Subsec. (a)(5), (6). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13205(a)(1)-(3), added pars. (5) and (6) and struck out former par. (5) which read as follows: "new credit authority for a fiscal year,". Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13205(b), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and substituted "In the House of Representatives, subsection (a)" for "Subsection (a)", redesignated former pars. (1) and (2) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, and added par. (2). 1985 - Pub. L. 99-177 inserted reference to new credit authority in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-177 amended subsec. (a) generally, substituting provisions respecting new entitlement authority or new credit authority, for provisions respecting new spending authority. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-177 amended subsec. (b) generally, inserting provisions relating to applicability of subsec. (a) after May 15 of any calendar year. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-177 amended subsec. (c) generally, inserting references to amendments of bills or resolutions wherever appearing. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 99-177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, see section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99-177, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title. -End- -CITE- 2 USC Sec. 635 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS SUBCHAPTER I - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS -HEAD- Sec. 635. Permissible revisions of concurrent resolutions on the budget -STATUTE- At any time after the concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year has been agreed to pursuant to section 632 of this title, and before the end of such fiscal year, the two Houses may adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget which revises or reaffirms the concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year most recently agreed to. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 93-344, title III, Sec. 304, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 310; Pub. L. 99-177, title II, Sec. 201(b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1047; Pub. L. 100-119, title II, Sec. 208(b), Sept. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 786; Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, Sec. 13112(a)(8), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-608; Pub. L. 105-33, title X, Sec. 10108, Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 684.) -COD- CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1325 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1997 - Pub. L. 105-33 designated subsec. (a) as entire section and struck out subsec. (a) heading "In general" and subsec. (b) heading and text. Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (b) read as follows: "The provisions of section 632(g) of this title shall apply with respect to concurrent resolutions on the budget under this section (and amendments thereto and conference reports thereon) in the same way they apply to concurrent resolutions on the budget under such section 632(g) of this title (and amendments thereto and conference reports thereon)." 1990 - Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 101-508 redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: "The provisions of section 632(i) of this title shall apply with respect to concurrent resolutions on the budget under this section (and amendments thereto and conference reports thereon) in the same way they apply to concurrent resolutions on the budget under such section 632(i) of this title (and amendments thereto and conference reports thereon)." 1987 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-119 added subsec. (c). 1985 - Pub. L. 99-177, in amending section generally, inserted "Permissible" before "revisions" in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), struck out "first" after "after the", and added subsec. (b). EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 99-177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, see section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99-177, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title. -End- -CITE- 2 USC Sec. 636 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS SUBCHAPTER I - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS -HEAD- Sec. 636. Provisions relating to consideration of concurrent resolutions on the budget -STATUTE- (a) Procedure in House after report of Committee; debate (1) When a concurrent resolution on the budget has been reported by the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives and has been referred to the appropriate calendar of the House, it shall be in order on any day thereafter, subject to clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI (!1) of the Rules of the House of Representatives, to move to proceed to the consideration of the concurrent resolution. The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable. An amendment to the motion is not in order and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to. (2) General debate on any concurrent resolution on the budget in the House of Representatives shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally between the majority and minority parties, plus such additional hours of debate as are consumed pursuant to paragraph (3). A motion further to limit debate is not debatable. A motion to recommit the concurrent resolution is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the concurrent resolution is agreed to or disagreed to. (3) Following the presentation of opening statements on the concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget of the House, there shall be a period of up to four hours for debate on economic goals and policies. (4) Only if a concurrent resolution on the budget reported by the Committee on the Budget of the House sets forth the economic goals (as described in sections 1022(a)(2) and 1022a(b) of title 15) which the estimates, amounts, and levels (as described in section 632(a) of this title) set forth in such resolution are designed to achieve, shall it be in order to offer to such resolution an amendment relating to such goals, and such amendment shall be in order only if it also proposes to alter such estimates, amounts, and levels in germane fashion in order to be consistent with the goals proposed in such amendment. (5) Consideration of any concurrent resolution on the budget by the House of Representatives shall be in the Committee of the Whole, and the resolution shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule in accordance with the applicable provisions of rule XXIII (!1) of the Rules of the House of Representatives. After the Committee rises and reports the resolution back to the House, the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution and any amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion; except that it shall be in order at any time prior to final passage (notwithstanding any other rule or provision of law) to adopt an amendment (or a series of amendments) changing any figure or figures in the resolution as so reported to the extent necessary to achieve mathematical consistency. (6) Debate in the House of Representatives on the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget shall be limited to not more than 5 hours, which shall be divided equally between the majority and minority parties. A motion further to limit debate is not debatable. A motion to recommit the conference report is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the conference report is agreed to or disagreed to. (7) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the procedure relating to any concurrent resolution on the budget shall be decided without debate. (b) Procedure in Senate after report of Committee; debate; amendments (1) Debate in the Senate on any concurrent resolution on the budget, and all amendments thereto and debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 50 hours, except that with respect to any concurrent resolution referred to in section 635(a) (!1) of this title all such debate shall be limited to not more than 15 hours. The time shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees. (2) Debate in the Senate on any amendment to a concurrent resolution on the budget shall be limited to 2 hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the concurrent resolution, and debate on any amendment to an amendment, debatable motion, or appeal shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the concurrent resolution, except that in the event the manager of the concurrent resolution is in favor of any such amendment, motion, or appeal, the time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the minority leader or his designee. No amendment that is not germane to the provisions of such concurrent resolution shall be received. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from the time under their control on the passage of the concurrent resolution, allot additional time to any Senator during the consideration of any amendment, debatable motion, or appeal. (3) Following the presentation of opening statements on the concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, there shall be a period of up to four hours for debate on economic goals and policies. (4) Subject to the other limitations of this Act, only if a concurrent resolution on the budget reported by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate sets forth the economic goals (as described in sections 1022(a)(2) and 1022a(b) of title 15) which the estimates, amounts, and levels (as described in section 632(a) of this title) set forth in such resolution are designed to achieve, shall it be in order to offer to such resolution an amendment relating to such goals, and such amendment shall be in order only if it also proposes to alter such estimates, amounts, and levels in germane fashion in order to be consistent with the goals proposed in such amendment. (5) A motion to further limit debate is not debatable. A motion to recommit (except a motion to recommit with instructions to report back within a specified number of days, not to exceed 3, not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session) is not in order. Debate on any such motion to recommit shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the concurrent resolution. (6) Notwithstanding any other rule, an amendment or series of amendments to a concurrent resolution on the budget proposed in the Senate shall always be in order if such amendment or series of amendments proposes to change any figure or figures then contained in such concurrent resolution so as to make such concurrent resolution mathematically consistent or so as to maintain such consistency. (c) Action on conference reports in Senate (1) A motion to proceed to the consideration of the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget (or a reconciliation bill or resolution) may be made even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to. (2) During the consideration in the Senate of the conference report (or a message between Houses) on any concurrent resolution on the budget, and all amendments in disagreement, and all amendments thereto, and debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, debate shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader and minority leader or their designees. Debate on any debatable motion or appeal related to the conference report (or a message between Houses) shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the conference report (or a message between Houses). (3) Should the conference report be defeated, debate on any request for a new conference and the appointment of conferees shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the manager of the conference report and the minority leader or his designee, and should any motion be made to instruct the conferees before the conferees are named, debate on such motion shall be limited to one-half hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the conference report. Debate on any amendment to any such instructions shall be limited to 20 minutes, to be equally divided between and controlled by the mover and the manager of the conference report. In all cases when the manager of the conference report is in favor of any motion, appeal, or amendment, the time in opposition shall be under the control of the minority leader or his designee. (4) In any case in which there are amendments in disagreement, time on each amendment shall be limited to 30 minutes, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the manager of the conference report and the minority leader or his designee. No amendment that is not germane to the provisions of such amendments shall be received. (d) Concurrent resolution must be consistent in Senate It shall not be in order in the Senate to vote on the question of agreeing to - (1) a concurrent resolution on the budget unless the figures then contained in such resolution are mathematically consistent; or (2) a conference report on a concurrent resolution on the budget unless the figures contained in such resolution, as recommended in such conference report, are mathematically consistent. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 93-344, title III, Sec. 305, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 310; Pub. L. 95-523, title III, Sec. 303(b), (c), Oct. 27, 1978, 92 Stat. 1905, 1906; Pub. L. 99-177, title II, Sec. 201(b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1047; Pub. L. 100-119, title II, Sec. 209, Sept. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 787; Pub. L. 100-203, title VIII, Sec. 8003(d), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-282; Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, Secs. 13209, 13210(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-619, 1388-620; Pub. L. 105-33, title X, Sec. 10109(a), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 684.) -REFTEXT- REFERENCES IN TEXT The Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Sixth Congress were adopted and amended generally by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999. Provisions formerly appearing in clause 2(l)(6) of rule XI, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), are now contained in clause 4 of rule XIII. Provisions formerly appearing in rule XXIII, referred to in subsec. (a)(5), are now contained in rule XVIII. Section 635(a) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was redesignated section 635 of this title by Pub. L. 105-33, title X, Sec. 10108(1), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 684. This Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(4), means Pub. L. 93-344, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 297, as amended, known as the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which enacted chapters 17, 17A and 17B, and section 190a-3 of this title and sections 11a, 11c, 11d, 1020a of former Title 31, Money and Finance, amended sections 11, 665, 701, 1020, 1151, 1152, 1153, and 1154 of former Title 31, section 105 of Title 1, General Provisions, sections 190b and 190d of this title, repealed sections 571 and 581c-1 of former Title 31 and sections 66 and 81 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 190a-1, 621, 632, and 682 of this title, section 105 of Title 1, and section 1020 of former Title 31. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 621 of this title and Tables. -COD- CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1326 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1997 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105-33 amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: "When the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives has reported any concurrent resolution on the budget, it is in order at any time after the fifth day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) following the day on which the report upon such resolution by the Committee on the Budget has been available to Members of the House and, if applicable, after the first day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) following the day on which a report upon such resolution by the Committee on Rules pursuant to section 632(c) of this title has been available to Members of the House (even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) to move to proceed to the consideration of the concurrent resolution. The motion is highly privileged and is not debatable. An amendment to the motion is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to." 1990 - Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13209(1), struck out at beginning "The conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget shall be in order in the Senate at any time after the third day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) following the day on which such conference report is reported and is available to Members of the Senate." and inserted "on any concurrent resolution on the budget (or a reconciliation bill or resolution)" after "consideration of the conference report". Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13209(2), inserted "(or a message between Houses)" after "conference report" wherever appearing. Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 101-508, Sec. 13210(1), redesignated subsec. (e) as (d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which read as follows: "If at the end of 7 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after the conferees of both Houses have been appointed to a committee of conference on a concurrent resolution on the budget, the conferees are unable to reach agreement with respect to all matters in disagreement between the two Houses, then the conferees shall submit to their respective Houses, on the first day thereafter on which their House is in session - "(1) a conference report recommending those matters on which they have agreed and reporting in disagreement those matters on which they have not agreed; or "(2) a conference report in disagreement, if the matter in disagreement is an amendment which strikes out the entire text of the concurrent resolution and inserts a substitute text." 1987 - Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 100-203, Sec. 8003(d), inserted a comma after "therewith". Pub. L. 100-119 inserted "and all amendments in disagreement, and all amendments thereto, and debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith" after "budget,". 1985 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-177, in amending subsec. (a) generally, in par. (1) inserted provisions relating to applicability of report after first day and substituted "fifth day" for "tenth day", in par. (3) struck out "first" before "concurrent", in par. (5) substituted "considered for" for "read for", struck out par. (7) relating to motions to postpone, and redesignated par. (8) as (7). Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-177, in amending subsec. (b) generally, in par. (1) substituted "any concurrent" for "the second required concurrent" and "635(a)" for "641(a)", in par. (3) struck out "first" before "concurrent", and in par. (4) inserted provisions relating to applicability of other limitations of this Act. Subsecs. (c) to (e). Pub. L. 99-177, in amending section generally, reenacted subsecs. (c) to (e) without change. 1978 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-523, Sec. 303(b), inserted in par. (2) ", plus such additional hours of debate as are consumed pursuant to paragraph (3)" after "and minority parties", added pars. (3) and (4) and redesignated existing pars. (3) to (6) as (6) to (9), respectively. Existing pars. (3) to (6) were renumbered (5) to (8), respectively, as the probable intent of Congress, notwithstanding the language of section 303(b)(2) of Pub. L. 95-523 directing that existing pars. (3) to (6) be redesignated (6) to (9), respectively. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-523, Sec. 303(c), added pars. (3) and (4) and redesignated existing pars. (3) and (4) as (6) and (7), respectively. Existing pars. (3) and (4) were renumbered (5) and (6), respectively, as the probable intent of Congress, notwithstanding the language of section 303(c)(1) of Pub. L. 95-523 directing that existing pars. (3) and (4) be redesignated (6) and (7), respectively. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 99-177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, see section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99-177, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title. -FOOTNOTE- (!1) See References in Text note below. -End- -CITE- 2 USC Sec. 637 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS SUBCHAPTER I - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS -HEAD- Sec. 637. Legislation dealing with Congressional budget must be handled by Budget Committees -STATUTE- No bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, dealing with any matter which is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget of either House shall be considered in that House unless it is a bill or resolution which has been reported by the Committee on the Budget of that House (or from the consideration of which such committee has been discharged) or unless it is an amendment to such a bill or resolution. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 93-344, title III, Sec. 306, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 313; Pub. L. 99-177, title II, Sec. 201(b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1050; Pub. L. 101-508, title XIII, Sec. 13207(a)(1)(D), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-617.) -COD- CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1327 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1990 - Pub. L. 101-508 substituted "bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report" for "bill or resolution, and no amendment to any bill or resolution". 1985 - Pub. L. 99-177 reenacted section without change. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 99-177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, see section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99-177, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title. -End- -CITE- 2 USC Sec. 638 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS SUBCHAPTER I - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS -HEAD- Sec. 638. House committee action on all appropriation bills to be completed by June 10 -STATUTE- On or before June 10 of each year, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall report annual appropriation bills providing new budget authority under the jurisdiction of all of its subcommittees for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that year. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 93-344, title III, Sec. 307, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 313; Pub. L. 99-177, title II, Sec. 201(b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1051.) -COD- CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 1328 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. -MISC1- AMENDMENTS 1985 - Pub. L. 99-177 substituted "by June 10" for "before first appropriation bill is reported" in section catchline, and amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: "Prior to reporting the first regular appropriation bill for each fiscal year, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall, to the extent practicable, complete subcommittee markup and full committee action on all regular appropriation bills for that year and submit to the House a summary report comparing the committee's recommendations with the appropriate levels of budget outlays and new budget authority as set forth in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for that year." EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1985 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 99-177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, see section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99-177, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title. -End- -CITE- 2 USC Sec. 639 01/03/2007 -EXPCITE- TITLE 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 17A - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS SUBCHAPTER I - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS -HEAD- Sec. 639. Reports, summaries, and projections of Congressional budget actions -STATUTE- (a) Rep