BBEDCA (Contents)
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
Section 213
Title II—Deficit Reduction Procedures
PART A—CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS
SUBPART II—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE IV OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974
Sec. 213. Description by Congressional Budget Office.
(a) Congressional Budget Office Analysis.—Section 403(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (2), by striking out the period and inserting “; and” at the end of paragraph (3), and by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
“(4) a description of each method for establishing a Federal financial commitment contained. in such bill or resolution.”.
(b) Conforming Amendment.—The second sentence of section 403(a) of such Act is amended. by striking out “estimates and comparison” and inserting in lieu thereof “estimates, comparison, and description”.
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Counsel Notes
Section 213 (BBEDCA) amended section 403 (CBA). Section 403, though, was later redesignated as section 402 (CBA) by section 10116(c) (Conforming Amendments) of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1997. The links in the text above are to section 403 (CBA) as enacted and not the current section 402, which is operative law.
The Joint Explanatory Statement of the Managers of Conference on the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 included this description:
Section 213. Description by Congressional Budget Office
The House amendment contained amendments to section 403 of the Congressional Budget Act.
The Senate amendment contained no amendments to section 403 of that Act.
The conference agreement contains the House amendments to section 403 of the Budget Act. Section 403 currently requires the Congressional Budget Office to prepare cost analyses of all legislation “of public character” reported from committees other than the Committees on Appropriations. The conference agreement amends section 403 of the Act to require the Congressional Budget Office to also provide a description of each method for establishing a Federal financial commitment contained in that legislation. This new requirement is intended to provide information on backdoor financing mechanisms and to ensure that Members are aware that such mechanisms are contained in the legislation when the measure is under consideration.
U.S. House of Representatives, Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Conference Report to Accompany H. J. Res. 372, House Report 99-433 (December 10, 1985).
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY NOTES
Public Laws
Pub. L. 99–177, title II, §213, Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1059 (Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985).
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