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Public Law 93-344 AN ACT To establish a new congressional budget process; to establish Committees on the Budget in each H o u s e; to establish a Congressional Budget Office; to establish a procedure providing congressional control over the impoundment of funds by the executive branch; and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Conqress assembled, • ^

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July 12, 1974 [H. R. 7 1 3 0 ]

of the

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

1974.

31 USC 1301

1. (a) SHORT TITLES.—This Act may be cited as the "Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974". Titles I through IX may be cited as the "Congressional Budget Act of 1974", and title X may be cited as the "Impoundment Control Act of 1974". SECTION

(b) Sec. 1. Sec. 2. Sec. 3.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.— Short titles; table of contents. Declaration of purposes. Definitions. TITLE I — ESTABLISHMENT OF HOUSE AND SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEES

Sec. 101. Budget Committee of the House of Representatives. Sec. 102. Budget Committee of the Senate. TITLE II—CONGRESSIONAL B U D G E T OFFICE See. 201. Establishment of Office. Sec. 202. Duties and functions. Sec. 203. Public access to budget data. TITLE III—CONGRESSIONAL B U D G E T PROCESS Sec. 300. Timetable. Sec. 301. Adoption of first concurrent resolution. Sec. 302. Matters to be included in joint statement of m a n a g e r s; reports by committees. Sec. 303. F i r s t concurrent resolution on the budget must be adopted before legislation providing new budget authority, new spending authority, or changes in revenues or public debt limit is considered. Sec. 304. Permissible revisions of concurrent resolutions on the budget. Sec. 305. Provisions relating to the consideration of concurrent resolutions on the budget. Sec. 306. Legislation dealing with congressional budget must be handled by budget committees. Sec. 307. House committee action on all appropriation bills to be completed before first appropriation bill is reported. Sec. 308. Reports, summaries, and projections of congressional budget actions. Sec. 309. Completion of action on bills providing new budget authority and certain new spending authority. Sec. 310. Second required concurrent resolution and reconciliation process. Sec. 311. New budget authority, new spending authority, and revenue legislation must be within appropriate levels. TITLE IV—ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS TO IMPROVE FISCAL PROCEDURES Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

401. 402. 403. 404.

Bills providing new spending authority. Reporting of authorizing legislation. Analyses by Congressional Budget Office. Jurisdiction of Appropriations Committees.

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