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2 U.S.C. 622: Definitions

Created in 1974 by Public Law 93-344. Changed by 8 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

5 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 2 U.S.C. 900, 2 U.S.C. 932, 2 U.S.C. 1602, 31 U.S.C. 1105, 50 U.S.C. 3506.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2011

    • Pub. L. 112–25 added par. (11). (Budget Control Act of 2011) Law text · (11)

    1997

    • 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." (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (9)

    1990

    • Pub. L. 101–508, §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… · (2)
    • Pub. L. 101–508, §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". · (2)
    • Pub. L. 101–508, §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 Feder… · (6), (7), (8)

    1987

    • Pub. L. 100–203, §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. · (7)
    • Pub. L. 100–203, §8003(c)(2)–(7), redesignated subpars. (E) to (I) as (D) to (H), respectively. Former subpar. (D) redesignated (C). · (7)
    • Pub. L. 100–119 inserted subpars. (D) to (I) and struck out former subpars. (D) to (F) which read as follows: · (7)

    1986

    • 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. · (6)

    1985

    • Pub. L. 99–177, §201(a)(2), inserted reference to the collection of offsetting receipts, effective Apr. 15, 1986. · (2)
    • Pub. L. 99–177, §232(b), struck out subpar. (B) relating to concurrent resolutions as provided in section 641 of this title, and redesignated subpar. (C) as (B). · (4)
    • Pub. L. 99–177, §201(a)(1), added pars. (6) to (10). · (6), (7), (8), (9), (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 Hou…

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