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2 U.S.C. 900: Statement of budget enforcement through sequestration; definitions

Created in 1990 by Public Law 99-177. Changed by 10 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

14 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 2 U.S.C. 622, 2 U.S.C. 633, 2 U.S.C. 661a, 2 U.S.C. 932, 12 U.S.C. 2250.

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2013

    • Pub. L. 113–67 added subpars. (D) to (F). Law text · (c)

    2011

    • Pub. L. 112–25, §102(1), added par. (4) and struck out former par. (4) which defined the terms "category", "highway category", "mass transit category", "conservation spending category", "Federal and State Land and Water Conservation Fund sub-category", "State and Other Conservation … (Budget Control Act of 2011) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 112–25, §102(2), substituted "the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program" for "the food stamp program". (Budget Control Act of 2011) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 112–25, §102(3), added par. (14) and struck out former par. (14) which read as follows: "The term 'outyear' means, with respect to a budget year, any of the first 4 fiscal years that follow the budget year." (Budget Control Act of 2011) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 112–25, §102(4), added pars. (20) and (21). (Budget Control Act of 2011) Law text · (c), (21)

    2010

    • Pub. L. 111–139 substituted "the expenses of the Federal deposit insurance agencies" for "the expenses the Federal deposit insurance agencies". Law text · (c)

    2005

    • Pub. L. 109–59, §8001(b)(1)(A), substituted "the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users:" for "the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V and the Surface Transportat… (Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 109–59, §8001(b)(1)(B), added cls. (v) to (vii). (Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 109–59, §8001(b)(2), added heading and text of subpar. (C) and struck out former subpar. (C) which provided that the term "mass transit category" referred to the budget accounts as listed in cls. (i) to (vi) that were subject to the obligation limitations on contract auth… (Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users) Law text · (c)

    2004

    • Pub. L. 108–310, §10(c)(1), inserted "and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V" after "Century". (Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 108–310, §10(c)(2)(A), inserted "and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V" after "provided in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century". (Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 108–310, §10(c)(2)(B), which directed the substitution of "those Acts" for "that Act", could not be executed because the words "that Act" did not appear subsequent to amendment by Pub. L. 108–88. See 2003 Amendment note below. (Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2004, Part V) Law text · (c)

    2003

    • Pub. L. 108–88, §10(c)(1), inserted "and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003" after "Century". (Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 108–88, §10(c)(2), inserted "and the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003" after "Century" the first place it appears and substituted "those Acts" for "that Act". (Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2003) Law text · (c)

    2000

    • Pub. L. 106–291 added subpars. (E) to (K). Law text · (c)

    1998

    • Pub. L. 105–178, §8101(c), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and added subpars. (B) to (D). (Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–178, §8101(f), as added by Pub. L. 105–206, §9013(b), in introductory provisions, substituted "Century or" for "Century and" and "as amended by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century" for "as amended by this section", and inserted concluding provisions. (Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century) Law text · (c)

    1997

    • Pub. L. 105–33, §§10204(a)(2), 10208(a)(2), amended table of contents. See Codification note above. (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10202(a), substituted present text for former text which read as follows: "This subchapter provides for the enforcement of the deficit reduction assumed in House Concurrent Resolution 310 (101st Congress, second session) and the applicable deficit targets for fiscal ye… (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10202(b)(1), struck out "(but including the treatment specified in section 907(b)(3) of this title of the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund) and the terms 'maximum deficit amount' " before "and 'discretionary" and substituted "section 901" for "section 601 of that Act a… (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10202(b)(2), added par. (4) and struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: "The term 'category' means: (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10202(b)(3), added par. (6) and struck out former par. (6) which read as follows: "The term 'budgetary resources' means— (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10202(b)(4), substituted "that budget submission that are not included with it" for "submission of the fiscal year 1992 budget that are not included with a budget submission". (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10202(b)(5), inserted "first 4" before "fiscal years" and struck out "through fiscal year 1995" after "the budget year". (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10202(b)(6), (7), redesignated par. (18) as (17), substituted "Balanced Budget Act of 1997" for "Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990", and struck out former par. (17) which read as follows: "For purposes of sections 902 and 903 of this title, legislation enac… (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10202(b)(6), (8), redesignated par. (19) as (18) and substituted "the Federal deposit insurance agencies, and other Federal agencies supervising insured depository institutions, resulting from full funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance guarantee co… (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10202(b)(9), added par. (19) and struck out former par. (19) which read as follows: "The sale of an asset means the sale to the public of any asset, whether physical or financial, owned in whole or in part by the United States. The term 'prepayment of a loan' means… (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10202(b)(6), redesignated par. (21) as (19). Former par. (19) redesignated (18). (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10202(b)(6), struck out par. (20) which read as follows: "The term 'composite outlay rate' means the percent of new budget authority that is converted to outlays in the fiscal year for which the budget authority is provided and subsequent fiscal years, as follows: (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 105–33, §10202(b)(6), redesignated par. (21) as (19). (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)

    1990

    • Pub. L. 101–508, §13101(b), redesignated section 907(12) of this title as par. (21). · (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.