2 USC Ch. 17A: Front Matter
From Title 2-THE CONGRESSCHAPTER 17A-CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS
CHAPTER 17A-CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS
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.
(a)
Content of concurrent resolution on the budget.
(b)
Additional matters in concurrent resolution.
(c)
Consideration of procedures or matters which have effect of changing any rule of House.
(d)
Views and estimates of other committees.
(e)
Hearings and report.
(f)
Achievement of goals for reducing unemployment.
(g)
Economic assumptions.
(h)
Budget Committee's consultation with committees.
(i)
Social Security revenues; excess over outlays; prohibition on decrease.
633.
Committee allocations.
(a)
Allocation of totals.
(b)
Reports by committees.
(c)
Point of order.
(d)
Subsequent concurrent resolutions.
(e)
Alteration of allocations.
(f)
Legislation subject to point of order.
(g)
Determinations by Budget Committees.
634.
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 the public debt limit is considered.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Exceptions.
(c)
Waiver in Senate.
635.
Permissible revisions of concurrent resolutions on the budget.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Economic assumptions.
636.
Provisions relating to consideration of concurrent resolutions on the budget.
(a)
Procedure in House after report of Committee; debate.
(b)
Procedure in Senate after report of Committee; debate; amendments.
(c)
Action on conference reports in Senate.
(d)
Concurrent resolution must be consistent in Senate.
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.
(a)
Reports on legislation providing new budget authority, new spending authority, or new credit authority, or providing increase or decrease in revenues or tax expenditures.
(b)
Up-to-date tabulations of Congressional budget action.
(c)
Five-year projection of Congressional budget action.
640.
House approval of regular appropriation bills.
641.
Reconciliation.
(a)
Inclusion of reconciliation directives in concurrent resolutions on the budget.
(b)
Legislative procedure.
(c)
Compliance with reconciliation directions.
(d)
Limitation on amendments to reconciliation bills and resolutions.
(e)
Procedure in Senate.
(f)
Completion of reconciliation process.
(g)
Limitation on changes to Social Security Act.
642.
New budget authority, new spending authority, and revenue legislation to be within appropriate levels.
(a)
Legislation subject to point of order.
(b)
Exception in House.
(c)
Determination of budget levels.
643.
Effects of points of order.
(a)
Points of order in Senate against amendments between Houses.
(b)
Effect of a point of order on a bill in Senate.
644.
Extraneous matter in reconciliation legislation.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Extraneous provisions.
(c)
Point of order.
(c)
Extraneous materials.
(d)
General point of order.
(e)
Determination of levels.
SUBCHAPTER II-FISCAL PROCEDURES
651.
Bills providing new spending authority.
(a)
Controls on legislation providing spending authority.
(b)
Legislation providing entitlement authority.
(c)
Definitions.
(d)
Exceptions.
652.
Legislation providing new credit authority.
(a)
Controls on legislation providing new credit authority.
(b)
"New credit authority" defined.
653.
Analysis by Congressional Budget Office.
654.
Study by General Accounting Office of forms of Federal financial commitment not reviewed annually by Congress.
655.
Off-budget agencies, programs, and activities.
656.
Member User Group.
SUBCHAPTER III-CREDIT REFORM
661.
Purposes.
661a.
Definitions.
661b.
OMB and CBO analysis, coordination, and review.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Delegation.
(c)
Coordination with Congressional Budget Office.
(d)
Improving cost estimates.
(e)
Historical credit program costs.
(f)
Administrative costs.
661c.
Budgetary treatment.
(a)
President's budget.
(b)
Appropriations required.
(c)
Exemption for mandatory programs.
(d)
Budget accounting.
(e)
Modifications.
(f)
Reestimates.
(g)
Administrative expenses.
661d.
Authorizations.
(a)
Authorization of appropriations for costs.
(b)
Authorization for financing accounts.
(c)
Treasury transactions with financing accounts.
(d)
Authorization for liquidating accounts.
(e)
Authorization of appropriations for implementation expenses.
(f)
Reinsurance.
(g)
Eligibility and assistance.
661e.
Treatment of Deposit Insurance and agencies and other insurance programs.
661f.
Effect on other laws.
(a)
Effect on other laws.
(b)
Crediting of collections.
SUBCHAPTER IV-BUDGET AGREEMENT ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
665.
Definitions and point of order.
(a)
Definitions.
(b)
Point of order in Senate on aggregate allocations for defense, international, and domestic discretionary spending.
665a.
Committee allocations and enforcement.
(a)
Committee spending allocations.
(b)
Suballocations by committees.
(c)
Application of section 633(f) of this title to this section.
(d)
Application of subsections (a) and (b) to fiscal years 1992 to 1995.
(e)
Pay-as-you-go exception in House.
665b.
Consideration of legislation before adoption of budget resolution for that fiscal year.
665c.
Reconciliation directives regarding pay-as-you-go requirements.
(a)
Instructions to effectuate pay-as-you-go in House of Representatives.
(b)
Consideration of pay-as-you-go reconciliation legislation in House of Representatives.
665d.
Application of section 642 of this title; point of order.
(a)
Application of section 642(a) of this title.
(b)
Maximum deficit amount point of order in Senate.
665e.
5-year budget resolutions; budget resolutions must conform to Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(a)
5-year budget resolutions.
(b)
Point of order in House of Representatives.
(c)
Point of order in Senate.
(d)
Adjustments.