Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 1.djvu/955

 PUBLIC LAW 97-258—SEPT. 13, 1982

96 STAT. 913

(g) Amounts available under law are available for field examinations of appropriation estimates. The use of the amounts is subject only to regulations prescribed by the appropriate standing committees of Congress. § 1109. Current programs and activities estimates (a) Before November 11 of each year, the President shall submit to both Houses of Congress the estimated budget outlays and proposed budget authority that would be included in the budget for the following fiscal year if programs and activities of the United States Government were carried on during that year at the same level as the current fiscal year without a change in policy. The President shall state the estimated budget outlays and proposed budget authority by function and subfunction under the classifications in the budget summary table under the heading "Budget Authority and Outlays by Function and Agency", by major programs in each function, and by agency. The President also shall include a statement of the economic and program assumptions on which those budget outlays and budget authority are based, including inflation, real economic growth, and unemployment rates, program caseloads, and pay increases. (b) The Joint Economic Committee shall review the estimated budget outlays and proposed budget authority and submit an economic evaluation of the budget outlays and budget authority to the Committees on the Budget of both Houses before January 1 of each year. § 1110. Year-ahead requests for authorizing legislation A request to enact legislation authorizing new budget authority to continue a program or activity for a fiscal year shall be submitted to Congress before May 16 of the year before the year in which the fiscal year begins. If a new program or activity will continue for more than one year, the request must be submitted for at least the first and 2d fiscal years. § 1111. Improving economy and efficiency To improve economy and efficiency in the United States Government, the President shall— (1) make a study of each agency to decide, and may send Study. Congress recommendations, on changes that should be made in— (A) the organization, activities, and business methods of agencies; (B) agency appropriations; (C) the assignment of particular activities to particular services; and (D) regrouping of services; and (2) evaluate and develop improved plans for the organization, coordination, and management of the executive branch of the Government. § 1112. Fiscal, budget, and program information (a) In this section, "agency" means a department, agency, or "Agency." instrumentality of the United States Government except a mixedownership Government corporation. (b) In cooperation with the Comptroller General, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and

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