CBA (Contents)
Congressional Budget Act of 1974
Section 801
[Repealed]
TITLE VIII. FISCAL AND BUDGETARY INFORMATION CONTROLS[1]
amendment to legislative reorganization act of 1970
Sec. 801. (a) So much of title II of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (31 U.S.C. chapter 22) as precedes section 204 thereof is amended to read as follows:
“TITLE II—FISCAL AND BUDGETARY INFORMATION AND CONTROLS
“Part 1—Fiscal, Budgetary, and Program-Related Data and Information
“FEDERAL FISCAL, BUDGETARY, AND PROGRAM-RELATED DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
“Sec. 201. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the Comptroller General of the United States, shall develop, establish, and maintain, for use by all Federal agencies, standardized data processing and information systems for fiscal, budgetary, and program-related data and information. The development, establishment, and maintenance of such systems shall be carried out so as to meet the needs of the various branches of the Federal Government and, insofar as practicable, of governments at the State and local level.
“STANDARDIZATION OF TERMINOLOGY, DEFINITIONS, CLASSIFICATIONS, AND CODES FOR FISCAL, BUDGETARY, AND PROGRAM-RELATED DATA AND INFORMATION
“Sec. 202. (a)(1) The Comptroller General of the United States, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, shall develop, establish, maintain, and publish standard terminology, definitions, classifications, and codes for Federal fiscal, budgetary, and program-related data and information. The authority contained in this section shall include, but not be limited to, data and information pertaining to Federal fiscal policy, revenues, receipts, expenditures, functions, programs, projects, and activities. Such standard terms, definitions, classifications, and codes shall be used by all Federal agencies in supplying to the Congress fiscal, budgetary, and program-related data and information.
“(2) The Comptroller General shall submit to the Congress, on or before June 30,1975, a report containing the initial standard terminology, definitions, classifications, and codes referred to in paragraph (1), and shall recommend any legislation necessary to implement them. After June 30, 1975, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Congress additional reports as he may think advisable, including any recommendations for any legislation he may deem necessary to further the development, establishment, and maintenance, modification, and executive implementation of such standard terminology, definitions, classifications, and codes.
“(b) In carrying out this responsibility, the Comptroller General of the United States shall give particular consideration to the needs of the Committees on the Budget of the House and Senate, the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and the Congressional Budget Office.
“(c) The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a continuing program to identify and specify the needs of the committees and Members of the Congress for fiscal, budgetary, and program-related information to support the objectives of this part.
“(d) The Comptroller General shall assist committees in developing their information needs, including such needs expressed in legislative requirements, and shall monitor the various recurring reporting requirements of the Congress and committees and make recommendations to the Congress and committees for changes and improvements in their reporting requirements to meet congressional information needs ascertained by the Comptroller General, to enhance their usefulness to the congressional users and to eliminate duplicative or unneeded reporting.
“(e) On or before September 1, 1974, and each year thereafter, the Comptroller General shall report to the Congress on needs identified and specified under subsection (c); the relationship of these needs to the existing reporting requirements; the extent to which the executive branch reporting presently meets the identified needs; the specification of changes to standard classifications needed to meet congressional needs; the activities, progress and results of his activities under subsection (d); and the progress that the executive branch has made during the past year.
“(f) On or before March 1, 1975, and each year thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the Congress on their plans for addressing the needs identified and specified under subsection (c), including plans for implementing changes to classifications and codes to meet the information needs of the Congress as well as the status of prior year system and classification implementations.
“AVAILABILITY TO AND USE BY THE CONGRESS AND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF FEDERAL FISCAL, BUDGETARY, AND PROGRAM-RELATED DATA AND INFORMATION
“Sec. 203. (a) Upon request of any committee of either House, of any joint committee of the two Houses, of the Comptroller General, or of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the heads of the various executive agencies shall—
“(1) furnish to such committee or joint committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office information as to the location and nature of available fiscal, budgetary, and program-related data and information;
“(2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables of such data and information and any related information deemed necessary by such committee or joint committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office; and
“(3) furnish to such committee or joint committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office any program evaluations conducted or commissioned by any executive agency.
“(b) The Comptroller General, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall—
“(1) develop, establish, and maintain an up-to-date inventory and directory of sources and information systems containing fiscal, budgetary, and program-related data and information and a brief description of their content;
“(2) provide, upon request, assistance to committees, joint committees, and Members of Congress in securing Federal fiscal, budgetary, and program-related data and information from the sources identified in such inventory and directory; and“(3) furnish, upon request, assistance to committees and joint committees of Congress and, to the extent practicable, to Members of Congress in appraising and analyzing fiscal, budgetary, and program-related data and information secured from the sources identified in such inventory and directory,
“(c) The Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent they deem necessary, develop, establish, and maintain a central file or files of the data and information required to carry out the purposes of this title. Such a file o files shall be established to meet recurring requirements of the Congress for fiscal, budgetary, and program-related data and information and shall include, but not be limited to, data and information pertaining to budget requests, congressional authorizations to obligate and spend, apportionment and reserve actions, and obligations and expenditures. Such file or files and their indexes shall be maintained in such a manner as to facilitate their use by the committees of both Houses, joint committees, and other congressional agencies through modern data processing and communications techniques.
“(d) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Comptroller General, and appropriate representatives of State and local governments, shall provide, to the extent practicable. State and local governments such fiscal, budgetary, and program-related data and information as may be necessary for the accurate and timely determination by these governments of the impact of Federal assistance upon their budgets.”
(b) The table of contents of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 is amended by striking out—
“TITLE II—FISCAL CONTROLS
“Part 1—Budgetary and Fiscal Information and Data
“Sec. 201. Budgetary and fiscal data processing system.
“Sec. 202. Budget standard classifications.
“Sec. 203. Availability to Congress of budgetary, fiscal, and related data.”
and inserting in lieu thereof—
“TITLE II—FISCAL AND BUDGETARY INFORMATION AND CONTROLS
“Part 1—Fiscal, Budgetary, and Program-Related Data and Information
“Sec. 201. Federal fiscal, budgetary, and program-related data and information systems.
“Sec. 202. Standardization of terminology, definitions, classifications, and codes for fiscal, budgetary, and program-related data and information.
“Sec. 203. Availability to and use by the Congress and State and local governments of Federal fiscal, budgetary, and program-related data and information.”
[Section 801 was repealed by 97-258, An Act “To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, as title 31, United Slates Code, ‘Money and Finance’.”]
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Counsel Notes
Codification
This section has been repealed insofar as it was removed from the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, effectively, by Pub. L. 97-258. This law transferred many budget-related provisions, including those in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, to the Title 31 of the U.S. Code. It made these transfers without substantive revision, so in this sense this section was transferred rather than repealed. See the Revision and Codification of Title 31 of the U.S. Code made by Pub. L. 97-258 to see the sections transferred.
Endnotes
[1] Public Law 97-258; “A bill to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to money and finance, as title 31, United States Code, ‘Money and Finance’.” This Act was enacted on September 13, 1982, and repealed sections 801 and 801 of Title VIII of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Sections 801 and 802 were codified in sections 1104, 1112, and 1113 of title 31 of the United States Code.
Section 801 (CBA, as Enacted)
See also section 801 (CBA, as Enacted). This section shows the legislative text as the same since it was never amended before being repealed by Pub. L. 97-258 but gives additional Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970.
SECTION 801 (CBA) FROM THE BPLA
Section 801 (BPLA), as set out in the Budget Process Law Annotated (1993).
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY NOTES
PUBLIC LAWS
Pub. L. 93–344, title III, §801, 88 Stat. 327, July 12, 1974. The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 enacted this section into law.
Repeal
Section 801 Repealed and Recodified by Pub. L. 97-258 (96 Stat. 877, 1082; September 13, 1982)
Title 31 Revision and Codification Law of 1982
Public Law 97-258 generally revised (“without substantive change” provisions of law related to money and finance and codified them in Title 31 of the U.S. Code.
Public Law 97-258 repealed sections 801 and 802. See “An Act to Revise, Codify, and Enact Without Substantive Change Certain General and Permanent Laws, Related to Money and Finance, as title 31, United States Code, Money and Finance”, Pub. L. No. 97-258, 96 Stat. 877, 1082 (1982). Sections 801 and 802 were codified in sections 1104, 1112, and 1113 of title 31.
Section 1112 and Section 1113 in Title 31, Money and Finance, U.S. Code
§1112. Fiscal, budget, and program information
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(b) In cooperation with the Comptroller General, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall establish and maintain standard data processing and information systems for fiscal, budget, and program information for use by agencies to meet the needs of the Government, and to the extent practicable, of State and local governments.
Applicable Historical and Revision Notes for Section 1112
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1112(b) | 31:1151. | Oct. 26, 1970, Pub. L. 91–510, §§201, 202(a), (b), 203(d), 84 Stat. 1167 , 1168; restated July 12, 1974, Pub. L. 93–344, §801(a), 88 Stat. 327 , 328, 329. |
§1113. Congressional information […]
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(b) When requested by a committee of Congress, by the Comptroller General, or by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each executive agency shall-
(1) provide information on the location and kind of available fiscal, budget, and program information;
(2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables of that fiscal, budget, and program information and related information the committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office considers necessary; and
(3) provide a program evaluation carried out or commissioned by an executive agency.
(c) In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General shall—
(1) establish and maintain a current directory of sources of, and information systems for, fiscal, budget, and program information and a brief description of the contents of each source and system;
(2) when requested, provide assistance to committees of Congress and members of Congress in obtaining information from the sources in the directory; and
(3) when requested, provide assistance to committees and, to the extent practicable, to members of Congress in evaluating the information obtained from the sources in the directory.
(d) To the extent they consider necessary, the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office individually or jointly shall establish and maintain a file of information to meet recurring needs of Congress for fiscal, budget, and program information to carry out this section and sections 717 and 1112 of this title. The file shall include information on budget requests, congressional authorizations to obligate and expend, apportionment and reserve actions, and obligations and expenditures. The Comptroller General and the Director shall maintain the file and an index to the file so that it is easier for the committees and agencies of Congress to use the file and index through data processing and communications techniques.
(e)(1) The Comptroller General shall—
(A) carry out a continuing program to identify the needs of committees and members of Congress for fiscal, budget, and program information to carry out this section and section 1112 of this title;
(B) assist committees of Congress in developing their information needs;
(C) monitor recurring reporting requirements of Congress and committees; and
(D) make recommendations to Congress and committees for changes and improvements in those reporting requirements to meet information needs identified by the Comptroller General, to improve their usefulness to congressional users, and to eliminate unnecessary reporting.
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Applicable Historical and Revision Notes for Section 1113
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 1113(b)–(d) | 31:1153(a)–(c). | Oct. 26, 1970, Pub. L. 91–510, §203(a)–(c), 84 Stat. 1168; restated July 12, 1974, Pub. L. 93–344, §801(a), 88 Stat. 328 . |
| 1113(e)(1) | 31:1152(c), (d). | Oct. 26, 1970, Pub. L. 91–510, §202(c)–(f), 84 Stat. 1167 ; restated July 12, 1974, Pub. L. 93–344, §801(a), 88 Stat. 328 . |
| 1113(e)(2) | 31:1152(e). | |
| 1113(e)(3) | 31:1152(f). |
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