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2 U.S.C. 902: Enforcing pay-as-you-go
Created in 1985 by Public Law 99-177. Changed by 7 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. 639, 2 U.S.C. 903, 2 U.S.C. 904, 7 U.S.C. 1446, 19 U.S.C. 3624.
- past change
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
2013
1997
- Pub. L. 105–33, §10205(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (a). Text read as follows: "The purpose of this section is to assure that any legislation (enacted after November 5, 1990) affecting direct spending or receipts that increases the deficit in … (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 105–33, §10205(1), added subsec. (b) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (b) which required sequestrations at the end of a session of Congress to offset amount of any net deficit increase in that fiscal year and prior fiscal year caused by all direct spending and … (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 105–33, §10205(2), inserted "and direct" after "guaranteed". (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 105–33, §10205(3), amended heading and text of subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "As soon as practicable after Congress completes action on any direct spending or receipts legislation enacted after November 5, 1990, after consultation with the Com… (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (d)
- Pub. L. 105–33, §10205(4), struck out ", for any fiscal year from 1991 through 1998," after "If" and "through 1995" after "receipts in all fiscal years". (Balanced Budget Act of 1997) Law text · (e)
1994
- Pub. L. 103–354 inserted at end "This subsection shall not apply to direct spending provisions to cover agricultural crop disaster assistance." · (e)
1993
- Pub. L. 103–66, §14003(a)(1), which directed the substitution of "Fiscal year 1992–1998 enforcement" for "Fiscal year 1992–1995 enforcement" in heading, was executed by substituting "Fiscal years 1992–1998 enforcement" for "Fiscal years 1992–1995 enforcement", to reflect the probable i… · (a)
- Pub. L. 103–66, §14003(a)(2), substituted "through fiscal year 1998" for "through fiscal year 1995" in two places. · (d)
- Pub. L. 103–66, §14003(a)(3), substituted "for any fiscal year from 1991 through 1998" for "for fiscal year 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, or 1995". · (e)
1990
- Pub. L. 101–508 amended section generally, substituting subsecs. (a) to (e) relating to enforcement of pay-as-you-go for former subsecs. (a) to (g) relating to Presidential order.
1987
- Pub. L. 100–119 amended section generally to reflect substitution of Director of OMB for Comptroller General as official submitting reports under section 901 of this title and to revise provisions relating to content of Presidential orders issued in accordance with those reports.
- Pub. L. 100–203, §8003(e), substituted "proposed" for "made". · (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.