Budget Act

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The term Budget Act is a commonly used colloquialism for the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, which is the first nine titles of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. In ordinary usage, the tenth title of that Act is termed “The Impoundment Control Act” or more simply, the “Impoundment Act”. 

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 GAO Glossary of Terms and Definition (September 2005)

Budget Act

The common name of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. (See under Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.)

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