BPLA (Contents)

Budget Process Law Annotated (1993)

Section 309

Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of  1974

[Page 157]

house approval of regular appropriation bills ⁴²⁵

Sec. 309.⁴²⁶ It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider any resolution providing for an adjournment period of more than three calendar days during the month of July until the House of Representatives has approved annual appropriation bills⁴²⁷ providing new budget authority⁴²⁸ under the jurisdiction of all the subcommittees of the Committee on Appropriations for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year. For purposes of this section, the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall periodically advise the Speaker as to changes in jurisdiction among its various subcommittees.

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[Notes to Section 309]

425. Compare the parallel point of order in the House in connection with completion of reconciliation in section 310(f). See infra p. 174.^[1]

426. Section 309 is codified, as amended, at 2 U.S.C. §640 (1988).

427. Section 3(5) defines “appropriation Act” by reference to 1 U.S.C. § 105. See supra p. 16.^[2] For the text of 1 U.S.C. § 105 (1988). See supra note 36.^[3]

428. Section 3(2) defines “budget authority”. See supra pp. 11-13. ^[4]

Counsel Notes

SECTION 309 (CBA), IN CURRENT LAW

Section 309, as in the current Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 97-344).

SECTION 309 (CBA, As Enacted)

Section 309 (CBA, as Enacted), as originally enacted by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-344).

Endnotes

[1] Page 174 of the Budget Process Law Annotated includes statutory text for section 310(f), which provides: “It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider any resolution providing for an adjournment period of more than three calendar days during the month of July until the House of Representatives has completed action on the reconciliation legislation for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of the calendar year to which the adjournment resolution pertains, if reconciliation legislation is required to be reported by the concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year.”

[2]  Page 16 of the Budget Law Process Annotated sets out the statutory text for section 3(5) for “appropriation Act”.

[3] Section 105 of title 1 of the United States Code provides: “The style and title of all Acts making appropriations for the support of Government shall be as follows: ‘An Act making appropriations (here insert object) for the year ending September 30 (here insert the calendar year).’”

[4] Pages 11-13 of the Budget Process Law Annotated sets out the statutory definition, included in section 3(2) (CBA) for  “Budget Authority and New Budget Authority”.

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