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2 U.S.C. 639: Reports, summaries, and projections of Congressional budget actions

Created in 1974 by Public Law 93-344. Changed by 5 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 2 U.S.C. 933, 38 U.S.C. 324.

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2013

    • Pub. L. 113–67 made technical amendment to heading in original Act. Law text · (d)

    2010

    • Pub. L. 111–139, §4(b)(1)(B), struck out "Reports on" before "Legislation" in heading. Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 111–139, §4(b)(1)(A), added par. (3). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 111–139, §4(b)(2), added subsec. (d). Law text · (d)

    1997

    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10110(1)(A), struck out ", new spending authority, or new credit authority," after "new budget authority" in heading. (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10110(4), in introductory provisions, substituted "bill or joint resolution" for "bill or resolution" in two places. (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10110(1)(D), in introductory provisions, struck out ", new spending authority described in section 651(c)(2) of this title, or new credit authority," after "continuing appropriations)". (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10110(1)(C), substituted "revenues, or tax expenditures" for "spending authority, revenues, tax expenditures, direct loan obligations, or primary loan guarantee commitments". (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10110(1)(B), redesignated subpar. (C) as (B) and struck out former subpar. (B) which read as follows: "including an identification of any new spending authority described in section 651(c)(2) of this title which is contained in such measure and a justification for the use of such f… (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10110(1)(B), redesignated subpars. (C) and (D) as (B) and (C), respectively. (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (a), (D)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10110(4), substituted "bill or joint resolution" for "bill or resolution". (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10110(1)(D), struck out ", new spending authority described in section 651(c)(2) of this title, or new credit authority," after "continuing appropriations)". (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10110(4), substituted "bills and joint resolutions" for "bills and resolutions" in two places. (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10110(2), struck out ", new spending authority described in section 651(c)(2) of this title, or new credit authority," after "new budget authority". (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10110(3), inserted "and" at end of par. (3), substituted a period for "; and" at end of par. (4), and struck out par. (5) which read as follows: "credit authority for each fiscal year in such period." (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)

    1990

    • Pub. L. 101–508, §13206(a)(1), inserted "(or fiscal years)" after "fiscal year" in introductory provisions and in subpars. (A) and (C). · (a)
    • Pub. L. 101–508, §13206(b), inserted "(or fiscal years)" after "fiscal year". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 101–508, §13206(c), substituted "for each fiscal year covered by a concurrent resolution on the budget" for "for a fiscal year" in first sentence, and "the first fiscal year covered by the appropriate concurrent resolution" for "such fiscal year" in second sentence. · (b)

    1985

    • Pub. L. 99–177, in amending subsec. (a) generally, designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted provisions relating to reports on legislation providing new budget authority, new spending authority, or new credit authority, or providing an increase or decrease in revenues or … · (a)
    • Pub. L. 99–177, in amending subsec. (b) generally, designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted provisions relating to issuance of reports on a monthly basis and contents of such reports, for provisions relating to issuance of reports on a periodic basis and contents of such… · (b)
    • Pub. L. 99–177 amended subsec. (c) generally, adding pars. (4) and (5). · (c)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.