§102e. Sec. 2. Declaration of purposes. (As Enacted)

CBA, as Enacted (Contents)

Congressional Budget Act of 1974

Section 2, as Enacted

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Declaration of Purposes

Sec. 2. The Congress declares that it is essential—

(1) to assure effective congressional control over the budgetary process;

(2) to provide for the congressional determination each year of the appropriate level of Federal revenues and expenditures;

(3) to provide a system of impoundment control;

(4) to establish national budget priorities; and

(5) to provide for the furnishing of information by the executive branch in a manner that will assist the Congress in discharging its duties.

 

 

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COUNSEL NOTES
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

The managers on the part of the House and the Senate of the conference of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 7130) issued an explanatory statement of the legislation. This was included in a House Budget Committee print in 1975 after the bill’s enactment. It included the following description of this section:

Section 2. Declaration of Purposes

The House bill did not contain a statement of purposes. The Senate amendment declared as the purposes of the legislation: the establishment of national goals and priorities; the annual determination of appropriate levels of revenues and expenditures; assuring the most effective use of Federal revenues; and assuring effective control of the budget process. The Senate amendment also stated various means of accomplishing these purposes. The conference substitute declares that it is essential to: assure congressional budget control; provide for the congressional determination of the appropriate level of Federal revenues and expenditures; provide a system of impoundment control; establish national budget priorities; and provide for the furnishing or information to Congress by the executive branch.

Joint Explanatory Statement on the Committee of Conference on H.R. 7130; (Committee Print), Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, 93d Congress, 2d Session, Washington D.C. 1975.

CURRENT SECTION

Section 2. Declaration of Purposes.

CLASSIFICATION TO THE U.S. CODE

This section was formerly classified to 31 U.S.C. 1301.

Legislative History Notes
Public Laws

The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–344, §3, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 298) enacted this section into law. 

Revision of title 31 of the u.s. code

Most of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was classified to Title 31 of the U.S. Code but has since been transferred either to title 2 (The Congress) or to a revised Title 31. See the following for more information: 

 

 

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