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AN ACT To amend title 5 of the United States Code (relating to Government organization and employees) to assist Federal employees in meeting their tax obligations under city ordinances.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the pZyteT.^ ^'"' United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) subchapter Withholding II of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding certain city at the end thereof the following new section: taxes "§ 5520. Withholding of city income or employment taxes " (a) When a city ordinance— " (1) provides for the collection of a tax by imposing on employers generally the duty of withholding sums from the pay of employees and making returns of the sums to the city; and "(2) imposes the duty to withhold generally on the payment of compensation earned within the jurisdiction of the city in the case of employees whose regular place of employment is within such jurisdiction; the Secretary of the Treasury, under regulations prcocribed by the Agreement with Prcsidcut, shall cutcr into an agreement with the city within 120 days city of a request for agreement by the proper city official. The agreement shall provide that the head of each agency of the United States shall comply with the requirements of the city ordinance in the case of employees of the agency who are subject to the tax and whose regular place of Federal employment is within the jurisdiction of the city with which the agreement is made. The agreement may not apply to pay for service as a member of the Armed Forces. The agreement may not permit withholding of a city tax from the pay of an employee who is not a resident of the State in which that city is located unless the employee consents to the withholding. " (b) This section does not give the consent of the United States to the application of an ordinance which imposes more burdensome requirements on the United States than on other employers or which subjects the United States or its employees to a penalty or, liability because of this section. An agency of the United States may not accept pay from a city for services performed in withholding city income or employment taxes from the pay of employees of the agency. "(c) For the purpose of this section— "City." "(1) 'city' means a city which is duly incorporated under the laws of a State and within the political boundaries of which 500 or more persons are regularly employed by all agencies of the Federal Government; and "Agency." a^g) 'agency'meaus— " (A) an Executive agency; " (B) the judicial branch; and " (C) the United States Postal Service." (b) The analysis of subchapter II of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof— "5520. Withholding of city income or employment taxes.".

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SEC. 2. Section 410(b) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out the words "and section 5532 (dual p a y) " and inserting in lieu thereof "section 5520 (withholding city income or employment taxes), and section 5532 (dual p a y) ".

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SEC. 3. This section shall become effective on the date of enactment ^usc*'552'o"^^' of this Act. The provisions of the first section and section 2 of this Act note. shall become effective on the ninetieth day following the date of enactment. Approved July 10, 1974. Public Law 93-341 AN ACT To establish in the State of Florida the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge

juXy 10, 1974 [H. R. 8977]

Be it enacted by the 8,enate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Egmont Key of the Interior shall establish the Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge^ Fia. Refuge (hereafter referred to in this Act as the "refuge") as part of Establishment. the national wildlife refuge system, which shall consist of that area of note."^^ sesdd land and water described in section 2 of this Act. SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior shall designate as the refuge, Description. subject to existing valid rights, the land and water, being approximately two hundred and fifty acres, which are— (1) generally depicted on the map entitled "Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge", dated October 1973, and (2) located within sections 23, 24. 25, and 26 of township 33 south, range 15 east, Tallahassee meridian, but excluding (A) the land therein under the jurisdiction of the United States Coast Guard which lies at the north end of the island north of a line drawn east to west six hundred feet south of the geometric center of the light tower, and (B) the land therein conveyed by the United States to the county of Hillsborough, Florida, by deed dated March 8, 1928, by publication of a precise description of such land and water in the pf^ ^^'i RL"*! \'lr Federal Register. The map referred to in the preceding sentence shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Department of the Interior. SEC. 3. The Secretary of the Interior shall administer the refuge Administration. in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended (80 Stat. 927; 16 U.S.C. 668dd-ee). Approved July 10, 1974.

Public Law 93-342 AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the saline w a t e r program for fiscal year 1975, and for other purposes.

July 10, 1974 [H. R. 13221]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) there is saiine water authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of the Saline ^'Ap'pr'^p/iatfon Water Conversion Act of 1971 (85 Stat. 159) during fiscal year 1975, authorization. the sum of $13,910,000 to remain available until expended as follows: J^l^^^ ^^^^ (1) Research expense, not more than $2,300,000; (2) Development expense, not more than $6,084,000;

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(3) Design, construction, acquisition, modification, operation, and maintenance of saline water conversion test beds and test facilities, not more than $2,626,000; (4) Design, construction, acquisition, modification, operation, and maintenance of saline water conversion modules, not more than $900,000; and (5) Administration and coordination, not more than $2,000,000. (b) Expenditures and obligations under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) of this section may be increased by not more than 10 per centum and expenditures and obligations under paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of this section may be increased by not more than 2 per centum, if any such increase under any paragraph is accompanied by an equal decrease in expenditures and obligations under one or more of the other paragraphs. SEC. 2. I n addition to the sums authorized to be appropriated by section 1 of this Act there are also authorized to be appropriated such additional sums or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, or other employee benefits authorized by law or other nondiscretionary costs. Approved July 10, 1974. Public Law 93-343

July 10, 1974 [H. R. 1 5 2 9 6 ]

Legal education fellowship program, authorization. 20 USC 1134n. 87 Stat. 7 4 6.

Grants to private nonprofit organizations.

20 USC 1134n, 11340, 1134p.

AN ACT To authorize the Commissioner of Education to carry out a program to assist persons from disadvantaged baclsgrounds to undertake training for the legal profession.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That funds appropriated for part D of title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965 by the Department of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974 (Public Law 93-192), shall remain available for obligation through September 15, 1974, for the purpose of supporting a program to assist persons from disadvantaged backgrounds to prepare and be educated for the legal profession. SEC. 2. I n order to carry out the program authorized by this Act, the Commissioner of Education is authorized to make grants to private nonprofit organizations representative of legal education and the legal profession for the purpose of (1) selecting and counseling such persons; (2) paying stipends to such persons and in such amounts as the Commissioner may determine to be appropriate; and (3) paying for any administrative expenses incurred in the carrying out of activities authorized by this Act. SEC. 3. The activities authorized by this Act may be carried out without regard to the requirements and limitations set forth in sections 961, 962, and 963 of part D of title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Approved July 10, 1974.

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Public Law 93-344 AN ACT To establish a new congressional budget process; to establish Committees on the Budget in each H o u s e; to establish a Congressional Budget Office; to establish a procedure providing congressional control over the impoundment of funds by the executive branch; and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives United States of America in Conqress assembled, • ^

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1. (a) SHORT TITLES.—This Act may be cited as the "Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974". Titles I through IX may be cited as the "Congressional Budget Act of 1974", and title X may be cited as the "Impoundment Control Act of 1974". SECTION

(b) Sec. 1. Sec. 2. Sec. 3.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.— Short titles; table of contents. Declaration of purposes. Definitions. TITLE I — ESTABLISHMENT OF HOUSE AND SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEES

Sec. 101. Budget Committee of the House of Representatives. Sec. 102. Budget Committee of the Senate. TITLE II—CONGRESSIONAL B U D G E T OFFICE See. 201. Establishment of Office. Sec. 202. Duties and functions. Sec. 203. Public access to budget data. TITLE III—CONGRESSIONAL B U D G E T PROCESS Sec. 300. Timetable. Sec. 301. Adoption of first concurrent resolution. Sec. 302. Matters to be included in joint statement of m a n a g e r s; reports by committees. Sec. 303. F i r s t concurrent resolution on the budget must be adopted before legislation providing new budget authority, new spending authority, or changes in revenues or public debt limit is considered. Sec. 304. Permissible revisions of concurrent resolutions on the budget. Sec. 305. Provisions relating to the consideration of concurrent resolutions on the budget. Sec. 306. Legislation dealing with congressional budget must be handled by budget committees. Sec. 307. House committee action on all appropriation bills to be completed before first appropriation bill is reported. Sec. 308. Reports, summaries, and projections of congressional budget actions. Sec. 309. Completion of action on bills providing new budget authority and certain new spending authority. Sec. 310. Second required concurrent resolution and reconciliation process. Sec. 311. New budget authority, new spending authority, and revenue legislation must be within appropriate levels. TITLE IV—ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS TO IMPROVE FISCAL PROCEDURES Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

401. 402. 403. 404.

Bills providing new spending authority. Reporting of authorizing legislation. Analyses by Congressional Budget Office. Jurisdiction of Appropriations Committees.

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TITLE V—CHANGE OF F I S C A L YEAR Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec,

501. Fiscal year l;o begin October 1. 502. Transition to new fiscal year. 503. Accounting procedures. 504. Conversion of authorizations of appropriations. 505. Repeals. 506. Technical amendment.

TITLE VI—AMENDMENTS TO B U D G E T A N D ACCOUNTING ACT, 1921 Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

601. Matters to be included in President's budget. 602. Midyear review. 603. Five-year budget projections. 604. Allowances for supplemental budget authority and uncontrollable outlays. Sec. 605. Budget d a t a based on continuation of existing level of services. Sec. 606. Study of off-budget agencies. Sec. 607. Year-ahead requests for authorization of n e w budget authority. TITLE VII—PROGRAM R E VI E W A N D EVALUATION Sec. 701. Review and evaluation by s t and i n g committees. Sec. 702. Review and evaluation by the Comptroller General. Sec. 703. Continuing study of additional budget reform proposals. TITLE VIII — F I S C A L AND BUDGETARY INFORMATION AND CONTROLS Sec. 801. Amendment to Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970. Sec. 802. Changes in functional categories. TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS; EFFECTIVE Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

DATES

901. Amendments to rules of the House. 902. Conforming amendments to standing rules of the Senate. 903. Amendments to Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. 904. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 905. Effective dates. 906. Application of congressional budget process to fiscal year 1976. TITLE X — I M P O U N D M E N T CONTROL PART A — GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1001. Disclaimer. Sec. 1002. Amendment to Antideficiency Act. Sec. 1003. Repeal of existing impoundment reporting provision. PART B—CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED R E S C I S S I O N S, RESERVATIONS, AND DEFFERALS OF BUDGET AUTHORITY

Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

1011. Definitions. 1012. Rescission of budget authority. 1013. Disapproval of proposed deferrals of budget authority. 1014. Transmission of messages; publication. 1015. Reports by Comptroller General. 1016. Suits by Comptroller General. 1017. Procedure i n House and Senate. DECLARATION OF PURPOSES

31 USC 1301.

^yQ^ 2. The C o n g r e s s declares that i t is e s s e n t i a l — (1) to assure effective congressional c o n t r o l over the b u d g e t a r y process; (2) to p r o v i d e for the congressional determination each year of the a p p r o p r i a t e level of Federal revenues and expenditures; (3) to p r o v i d e a system of i m p o u n d m e n t c o n t r o l; (4) to establish national budget priorities; and (5) to p r o v i d e for the furnish i n g of information by the executive b r a n c h i n a m a n n e r that will assist the C o n g r e s s i n discharging its duties.

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SEC. 3. (a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this Act— (1) The terms "budget outlays" and "outlays" mean, with respect to any fiscal year, expenditures and net lending of funds under budget authority during such year. (2) The term "budget authority" means authority provided by law to enter into obligations which will result in immediate or future outlays involving Government funds, except that such term does not include authority to insure or guarantee the repayment of indebtedness incurred by another person or government. (3) The term "tax expenditures" means those revenue losses attributable to provisions of the Federal tax laws which allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or which provide a special credit, a preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability; and the term "tax expenditures budget" means an enumeration of such tax expenditures. (4) The term "concurrent resolution on the budget" means— (A) a concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for a fiscal year as provided in section 301; (B) a concurrent resolution reaiTirming or revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for a fiscal year as provided in section 310; and (C) any other concurrent resolution revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for a fiscal year as described in section 304. (5) The term "appropriation Act" means an Act referred to in section 105 of title 1, United States Code. (b) JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY.—For purposes of titles II, III, and IV of this Act, the Members of the House of Representatives who are members of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy shall be treated as a standing committee of the House, and the Members of the Senate who are members of the Joint Committee shall be treated as a standing committee of the Senate. TITLE I — ESTABLISHMENT OF H O U S E AND S E N A T E BUDGET COMMITTEES

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SEC. 101. (a) Clause 1 of Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs (e) through (u) as paragraphs (f) through (v), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (d) the following new paragraph: "(e) Committee on the Budget, to consist of twenty-three Members Membership. as follows: "(1) five Members who are members of the Committee on Appropriations; " (2) five Members who are members of the Committee on Ways and Means; "(3) eleven Members who are members of other standing committees; "(4) one Member from the leadership of the majority party; and

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"(5) one Member from the leadership of the minority party. No Member shall serve as a member of the Committee on the Budget during more than two Congresses in any period of five successive Congresses beginning after 1974 (disregarding for this purpose any service performed as a member of such committee for less than a full session in any Congress). All selections of Members to serve on the committee shall be made without regard to seniority." (b) Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new clause: "6. For carrying out the purposes set forth in clause 5 of Rule X I, the Committee on the Budget or any subcommittee thereof is authorized to sit and act at such times and places within the United States, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, to require the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books or papers or documents or vouchers by subpena or otherwise, and to take such testimony and records, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued over the signature of the chairman of the committee or of any member of the committee designated by him; and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member. The chairman of the committee, or any member thereof, may administer oaths to witnesses." (c) Rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by redesignating clauses 5 through 33 as clauses 6 through 34, respectively, and by inserting after clause 4 the following new clause: "5. Committee on the Budget " (a) All concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in section 3(a)(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) and other matters required to be referred to the committee under titles III and IV of that Act. " (b) The committee shall have the duty— "(1) to report the matters required to be reported by it under titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; "(2) to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed legislation and to report the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis; " (3) to request and evaluate continuing studies of tax expenditures, to devise methods of coordinating tax expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget outlays, and to report the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis; and "(4) to review, on a continuing basis, the conduct by the Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties." BUDGET COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE

SEC. 102. (a) Paragraph 1 of rule X X V of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: " (r)(1) Committee on the Budget, to which committee shall be referred all concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in section 3(a)(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) and all other matters required to be referred to that committee under titles III and IV of that Act, and messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating thereto.

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"(2) Such committee shall have the duty— " (A) to report the matters required to be reported by it under titles III and IV of the Congessional Budget Act of 1974; " (B) to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed legislation and to report the results of such studies to the Senate on a recurring basis; " (C) to request and evaluate continuing studies of tax expenditures, to devise methods of coordinating tax expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget outlays, and to report the results of such studies to the Senate on a recurring basis; and " (D) to review, on a continuing basis, the conduct by the Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties." (b) The table contained in paragraph 2 of rule X X V of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by inserting after— "Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs

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(c) Paragraph 6 of rule X X V of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraph: " (h) For purposes of the first sentence of subparagraph (a), membership on the Committee on the Budget shall not be taken into account until that date occurring during the first session of the Ninetyfifth Congress, upon which the appointment of the majority and minority party members of the standing committees of the Senate is initially completed." (d) Each meeting of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, ^e^^rngs?"* '^'"'^'^ or any subcommittee thereof, including meetings to conduct hearings, 2 USC i90a-3. shall be open to the public, except that a portion or portions of any such meeting may be closed to the public if the committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, determines by record vote of a majority of the members of the committee or subcommittee present that the matters to be discussed or the testimony to be taken at such portion or portions— (1) will disclose matters necessary to be kept secret in the interests of national defense or the confidential conduct of the foreign relations of the United States; (2) will relate solely to matters of committee staff personnel or internal staff management or procedure; (3) will tend to charge an individual with crime or misconduct, to disgrace or injure the professional standing of an individual, or otherwise to expose an individual to public contempt or obloquy, or will represent a clearly unwarranted invasion of the privacy of an individual; (4) will disclose the identity of any informer or law enforcement agent or will disclose any information relating to the investigation or prosecution of a criminal offense that is required to be kept secret in the interests of effective law enforcement; or (5) will disclose information relating to the trade secrets or financial or commercial information pertaining specifically to a given person if—

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(A) an Act of Congress requires the information to be kept confidential by Government officers and employees; or (B) the information has been obtained by the Government on a confidential basis, other than through an application by such person for a specific Government financial or other benefit, and is required to be kept secret in order to prevent undue injury to the competitive position of such person. (e) Paragraph 7(b) of rule X X V of the Standing Rules of the Senate and section 133A (b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 shall not apply to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. TITLE II—CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE

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(1) There is established an office of the Congress to be known as the Congressional Budget Office (hereinafter in this title referred to as the "Office"). The Office shall be headed by a Director; and there shall be a Deputy Director who shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Director and, during the absence or incapacity of the Director or during a vacancy in that office, shall act as Director. Appointment. (2) The Director shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate after considering recommendations received from the Committees on the Budget of the House and the Senate, without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of his fitness to perform his duties. The Deputy Director shall be appointed by the Director. (3) The term of office of the Director first appointed shall expire at noon on January 3, 1979, and the terms of office of Directors subsequently appointed shall expire at noon on January 3 of each fourth year thereafter. Any individual appointed as Director to fill a vacancy prior to the expiration of a term shall serve only for the unexpired portion of that term. An individual serving as Director at the expiration of a term may continue to serve until his successor is appointed. Any Deputy Director shall serve until the expiration of the term of office of the Director who appointed him (and until his successor is appointed), unless sooner removed by the Director. Removal. (4) The Director may be removed by either House by resolution. Compensation. (5) The Director shall receive compensation at a per annum gross rate equal to the rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, for level III of the Executive Schedule in section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. The Deputy Director shall receive compensation at a per annum gross rate equal to the rate of basic pay, as so in effect, for level IV of the Executive Schedule in section 5315 of such title. Appointment (b) PERSONNEL.—The Director shall appoint and fix the compensaand compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the duties and tion. functions of the Office. All personnel of the Office shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of their fitness to perform their duties. The Director may prescribe the duties and responsibilities of the personnel of the Office, and delegate to them authority to perform any of the duties, powers, and functions imposed

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on the Office or on the Director. For purposes of pay (other than pay of the Director and Deputy Director) and employment benefits, rights, and privileges, all personnel of the Office shall be treated as if they were employees of the House of Representatives. (c) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—In carrying out the duties and functions of the Office, the Director may procure the temporary (not to exceed one year) or intermittent services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof by contract as independent contractors, or, in the case of individual experts or consultants, by employment at rates of pay not in excess of the daily equivalent of the highest rate of basic pay payable under the General Schedule of section 5332 of title 5, United States Code. JJ^^ 5332 (d) RELATIONSHIP TO EXECUTIVE BRANCH.—The Director is author- "°Da'ta, avaiiized to secure information, data, estimates, and statistics directly from ability. the various departments, agencies, and establishments of the executive branch of Government and the regulatory agencies and commissions of the Government. All such departments, agencies, establishments, and regulatory agencies and commissions shall furnish the Director any available material which he determines to be necessary in the performance of his duties and functions (other than material the disclosure of which would be a violation of law). The Director is also authorized, upon agreement with the head of any such department, agency, establishment, or regulatory agency or commission, to utilize its services, facilities, and personnel with or without reimbursement; and the head of each such department, agency, establishment, or regulatory agency or commission is authorized to provide the Office such services, facilities, and personnel. (e)

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out the duties and functions of the Office, and for the purpose of coordinating the operations of the Office with those of other congressional agencies with a view to utilizing most effectively the information, services, and capabilities of all such agencies in carrying out the various responsibilities assigned to each, the Director is authorized to obtain information, data, estimates, and statistics developed by the „ ^'^°' ""'^f/^ "^ /-^

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gE(._ 202. (a) ASSISTANCE TO BUDGET COMMITTEES.—It shall be the duty and function of the Office to provide to the Committees on the Budget of both Houses information which will assist such committees in the discharge of all matters within their jurisdictions, including (1) information with respect to the budget, appropriation bills, and other bills authorizing or providing budget authority or tax expenditures, (2) information with respect to revenues, receipts, estimated future revenues and receipts, and changing revenue conditions, and (3) such related information as such Committees may request. (b) ASSISTANCE TO COMMITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS, WAYS AND

MEANS, AND FINANCE.—At the request of the Committee on Appropriations of either House, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, or the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Office shall provide to such Committee any information which will assist it in the discharge of matters within its jurisdiction, including information described in clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a) and such related information as the Committee may request. (c)

ASSISTANCE TO OTHER COMMITTEES AND MEMBERS.—

(1) At the request of any other committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate or any joint committee of the Congress, the Office shall provide to such committee or joint committee any information compiled in carrying out clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a), and, to the extent practicable, such additional information related to the foregoing as may be requested. (2) At the request of any Member of the House or Senate, the Office shall provide to such Member any information compiled in carrying out clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a), and, to the extent available, such additional information related to the foregoing as may be requested. (d)

ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICE PERSONNEL TO COMMITTEES AND JOINT

COMMITTEES.—At the request of the Committee on the Budget of either House, personnel of the Office shall be assigned, on a temporary basis, to assist such committee. A t the request of any other committee of either House or any joint committee of the Congress, personnel of the Office may be assigned, on a temporary basis, to assist such committee or joint committee with respect to matters directly related to the applicable provisions of subsection (b) or (c). (e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF P^EDERAL EXPENDITURES.—

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(1) The duties, functions, and personnel of the Joint Committee on Reduction of Federal Expenditures are transferred to the Office, and the Joint Committee is abolished. (2) Section 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 726) is repealed. (f)

REPORTS TO BUDGET COMMITTEES.—

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budget authority and budget outlays for such fiscal year among major programs or functional categories, taking into account how such alternative allocations will meet major national needs and affect balanced growth and development of the United States. (2) The Director shall from time to time submit to the Com- ^ut^^'J^f^^^dg^rt mittees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the committees. Senate such further reports (including reports revising the report required by paragraph (1)) as may be necessary or appropriate to provide such Committees with information, data, and analyses for the performance of their duties and functions, (g) U S E OF COMPUTERS AND OTHER TECHNIQUES.—The Director may equip the Office with up-to-date computer capability (upon approval of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate), obtain the services of experts and consultants in computer Experts and technology, and develop techniques for the evaluation of budgetary requirements. P U B L I C ACCESS TO BUDGET DATA

SEC. 203, (a) RIGHT To COPY.—Except as provided in subsections

(c) and (d), the Director shall make all information, data, estimates, and statistics obtained under sections 201(d) and 201(e) available for public copying during normal business hours, subject to reasonable rules and regulations, and shall to the extent practicable, a t the request of any person, furnish a copy of any such information, data, estimates, or statistics upon payment by such person of the cost of making and furnishing such copy. (b) INDEX.—The Director shall develop and maintain filing, coding, and indexing systems that identify the information, data, estimates, and statistics to which subsection (a) applies and shall make such systems available for public use during normal business hours. (c) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to information, data, estimates, and statistics— (1) which are specifically exempted from disclosure by law; or (2) which the Director determines will disclose— (A) matters necessary to be kept secret in the interests of national defense or the confidential conduct of the foreign relations of the United States; (B) information relating to trade secrets or financial or commercial information pertaining specifically to a given person if the information has been obtained by the Government on a confidential basis, other than through an application by such person for a specific financial or other benefit, and is required to be kept secret in order to prevent undue injury to the competitive position of such person; or (C) personnel or medical data or similar data the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; unless the portions containing such matters, information, or data have been excised. (d) INFORMATION OBTAINED FOR COMMITTEES AND MEMBERS.—Sub-

section (a) shall apply to any information, data, estimates, and statistics obtained at the request of any committee, joint committee, or Member unless such committee, joint committee, or Member has instructed the Director not to make such information, data, estimates, or statistics available for public copying.

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TITLE III—CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS TIMETABLE

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gj,(3^ 300. The timetable with respect to the congressional budget process for any fiscal year is as follows: On or before: November 10 15th day after Congress meets— Marehi 15 April 1 April 15 May 15 May 15 7th day after Labor Day September 15 September 25 October 1

Action to be completed: President submits current services budget. President submits his budget. Committees and joint committees submit reports to Budget Committees. Congressional Budget OflBce submits report to Budget Committees. Budget Committees report first concurrent resolution on the budget to their Houses. Committees report bills and resolutions authorizing new budget authority. Congress completes action on first concurrent resolution on the budget. Congress completes action on bills and resolutions providing new budget authority and new spending authority. Congress completes action on second required concurrent resolution on the budget. Congress completes action on reconciliation bill or resolution, or both, implementing second required concurrent resolution. Fiscal year begins.

ADOPTION OF F I R S T CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

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gpc. 301. (a) ACTION TO B E COMPLETED BY MAY 15.—On or before May 15 of each year, the Congress shall complete action on the first concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year. The concurrent resolution shall set forth— (1) the appropriate level of total budget outlays and of total new budget authority; (2) an estimate of budget outlays and an appropriate level of new budget authority for each major functional category, for contingencies, and for undistributed intragovernmental transactions, based on allocations of the appropriate level of total budget outlays and of total new budget authority; (3) the amount, if any, of the surplus or the deficit in the budget which is appropriate in light of economic conditions and all other relevant factors; (4) the recommended level of Federal revenues and the amount, if any, by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be increased or decreased by bills and resolutions to be reported by the appropriate committees; (5) the appropriate level of the public debt, and the amount, if any, by which the statutory limit on the public debt should be increased or decreased by bills and resolutions to be reported by the appropriate committees; and (6) such other matters relating to the budget as may be appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. (b) ADDITIONAL MATTERS I N CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.—The first concurrent resolution on the budget may also require—

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 fungiert haben und die mehr oder weniger vertikale Stellung desselben beim Schwimmen durch die Gelenkverbindungen der übrigen Glieder, besonders diejenigen zwischen dem fünften und sechsten Gliede stattgefunden haben. Das bedeutende Zurückbiegungsvermögen des achten Gliedes hat gewiss zur Verminderung des Widerstandes des Wassers bei der Zuruckführung des Ruderfusses, um einen neuen Schwimmangriff machen zu können, gedient. Hiermit hängt auch die, wie wir schon oben gesehen haben, scharfe, schneideartige Form des Vorderrandes des vierten bis sechsten Gliedes zusammen. Hall hat einen Schwimmfuss eines jetzt lebenden Krustenthieres  [ocellatus], welcher in seinem Baue eine grosse und interessante Aehnlichkeit mit dem Ruderfusse von einem Eurypterus zeigt, abgebildet. [1898, p. 27]

We have to gather our evidence by analogy from the habits of the living relatives of the eurypterids and of similarly built marine animals, comparing the structures in which their habit finds its most distinct expression with the supposedly analogous structural features of the eurypterids. With a view to this end, we may briefly consider the habits of Limulus, the common king crab, and those of crabs with swimming legs as in the eurypterids.

An early and excellent account of the habits of the king crab was given by the Rev. S. Lockwood (cited by Owen [1872]) who says:

It is emphatically a burrowing animal, living literally in the mud, into which it scoops or gouges its way with great facility by means of the anterior edge of its enormous cephalic shield. In the burrowing operation the forward edge of the anterior shield is pressed downwards and shoved forwards, the two shields being inflected, and the sharp point of the tail providing the fulcrum as it pierces the mud, while underneath the feet are incessantly active, scratching up and pushing out the earth on both sides. There is a singular economy of force in this excavating action, for the alternating doubling up or inflecting and straightening out of the two carapaces with the pushing purchase exerted by the tail spine, accomplish both digging and a subterranean progression. Hence the king crab is worthy to be called the "marine mole."

As to the use of the last pair of legs in burrowing and the use of the tail spine in locomotion, Owen also cites the interesting observations of W. A. Lloyd on living Limuli in the aquarium at Hamburg.

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(1) a procedure under which all or certain bills and resolutions providing new budget authority or providing new spending authority described in section 401(c)(2)(C) for such fiscal year shall not be enrolled until the concurrent resolution required to be reported under section 310(a) has been agreed to, and, if a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution, or both, are required to be reported under section 310(c), until Congress has completed action on that bill or resolution, or both; and (2) any other procedure which is considered appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act. Report Not later than the close of the Ninety-fifth Congress, the Committee C o n g r e s s to , on the Budget of each House shall report to its House on the implementation of procedures described in this subsection. to (c) VIEWS AND ESTIMATES OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—On or before c oSubmittaln a l ngressio March 15 of each year, each standing committee of the House of committee s. Representatives shall submit to the Committee on the Budget of the House, each standing committee of the Senate shall submit to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, and the Joint Economic Committee and Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation shall submit to the Committees on the Budget of both Houses— (1) its views and estimates with respect to all matters set forth in subsection (a) which relate to matters within the respective jurisdiction or functions of such committee or joint committee; and (2) except in the case of such joint committees, the estimate of the total amounts of new budget authority, and budget outlays resulting therefrom, to be provided or authorized in all bills and resolutions within the jurisdiction of such committee which such committee intends to be effective during the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year. The Joint Economic Committee shall also submit to the Committees on the Budget of both Houses, its recommendations as to the fiscal policy appropriate to the goals of the Employment Act of 1946. Any n o15. u s e 1021 te other committee of the House or Senate may submit to the Committee on the Budget of its House, and any other joint committee of the Congress may submit to the Committees on the Budget of both Houses, its views and estimates with respect to all matters set forth in subsection (a) which relate to matters within its jurisdiction or functions. (d) HEARINGS AND REPORT.—In developing the first concurrent reso- Concurrent resolution, lution on the budget referred to in subsection (a) for each fiscal year, ment. d e v e l o p the Committee on the Budget of each House shall hold hearings and shall receive testimony from Members of Congress and such appropriate representatives of Federal departments and agencies, the general public, and national organizations as the committee deems desirable. On or before April 15 of each year, the Committee on the Report to Budget of each House shall report to its House the first concurrent C o n g r e s s. resolution on the budget referred to in subsection (a) for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year. The report accompanying such concurrent resolution shall include, but not be limited to— (1) a comparison of revenues estimated by the committee with those estimated in the budget submitted by the President; (2) a comparison of the appropriate levels of total budget outlays and total new budget authority, as set forth in such concurrent resolution, with total budget outlays estimated and total new budget authority requested in the budget submitted by the President;

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(3) with respect to each major functional category, an estimate of budget outlays and an appropriate level of new budget authority for all proposed programs and for all existing programs (including renewals thereof), with the estimate and level for existing programs being divided between permanent authority and funds provided in appropriation Acts, and each such division being subdivided between controllable amounts and all other amounts; (4) an allocation of the level of Federal revenues recommended in the concurrent resolution among the major sources of such revenues; (5) the economic assumptions and objectives which underlie each of the matters set forth in such concurrent resolution and alternative economic assumptions and objectives which the committee considered; (6) projections, not limited to the following, for the period of five fiscal years beginning with such fiscal year of the estimated levels of total budget outlays, total new budget outlays, total new budget authority, the estimated revenues to be received, and the estimated surplus or deficit, if any, for each fiscal year in such period, and the estimated levels of tax expenditures (the tax expenditures budget) by major functional categories; (7) a statement of any significant changes in the proposed levels of Federal assistance to State and local governments; and (8) information, data, and comparisons indicating the manner in which, and the basis on which, the committee determined each of the matters set forth in the concurrent resolution, and the relationship of such matters to other budget categories. MATTERS TO BE I N C L U D E D I N JOINT STATEMENT OF M A N A G E R S; REPORTS BY COMMITTEE S

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the budget shall include an estimated allocation, based upon such concurrent resolution as recommended in such conference report, of the appropriate levels of total budget outlays and total new budget authority among each committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate which has jurisdiction over bills and resolutions providing such new budget authority. ^-[y-^ REPORTS BY COMMITTEES.—As soon as practicable after a concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed to— (1) the Committee on Appropriations of each House shall, after consulting with the Committee on Appropriations of the other House, (A) subdivide among its subcommittees the allocation of budget outlays and new budget authority allocated to it in the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on such concurrent resolution, and (B) further subdivide the amount with respect to each such subcommittee between controllable amounts and all other amounts; and (2) every other committee of the House and Senate to which an allocation was made in such joint explanatory statement shall, after consulting with the committee or committees of the other House to which all or part of its allocation was made, (A) subdivide such allocation among its subcommittees or among programs over which it has jurisdiction, and (B) further subdivide the amount with respect to each subcommittee or program between controllable amounts and all other amounts.
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Each such committee shall promptly report to its House the subdivi- com°r^nees'°"^^ sions made by it pursuant to this subsection. report of sub(c) SUBSEQUENT CONCURBENT RESOLUTIONS.—In the case of a concur- divisions. rent resolution on the budget referred to in section 304 or 310, the allocation under subsection (a) and the subdivisions under subsection (b) shall be required only to the extent necessary to take into account revisions made in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget. F I R S T CONCURRENT RESOLUTION O N THE BUDGET M U S T BE ADOPTED BEFORE LEGISLATION PROVIDING N E W BUDGET AUTHORITY, N E W S P E N D I N G AUTHORITY, OR C H A N G E S I N R E V E N U E S OR P U B L I C DEBT L I M I T I S C O N SIDERED

SEC. 303. (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in either the ^^ "^^ ^^^^• House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or resolution (or amendment thereto) which provides— (1) new budget authority for a fiscal year; (2) an increase or decrease in revenues to become effective during a fiscal year; (3) an increase or decrease in the public debt limit to become effective during a fiscal year; or (4) new spending authority described in section 401(c)(2)(C) to become effective during a fiscal year; until the first concurrent resolution on the budget for such year has been agreed to pursuant to section 301. (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) does not apply to any bill or resolution— (1) providing new budget authority which first becomes available in a fiscal year following the fiscal year to which the concurrent resolution applies; or (2) increasing or decreasing revenues which first become effective in a fiscal year following the fiscal year to which the concurrent resolution applies. (c)

WAIVER I N THE SENATE.—

(1) The committee of the Senate which reports any bill or resolution to which subsection (a) applies may at or after the time it reports such bill or resolution, report a resolution to the Senate (A) providing for the waiver of subsection (a) with respect to such bill or resolution, and (B) stating the reasons why the waiver is necessary. The resolution shall then be referred to the fe^ai°^"*^°" ^^' Committee on the Budget of the Senate. That committee shall report the resolution to the Senate within 10 days after the res- ^ Report to •

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or appeal, the time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the minority leader or his designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from the time under their control on the passage of such resolution, allot additional time to any Senator during the consideration of any debatable motion or appeal. No amendment to the resolution is in order. (3) If, after the Committee on the Budget has reported (or been discharged from further consideration of) the resolution, the Senate agrees to the resolution, then subsection (a) of this section shall not apply with respect to the bill or resolution to which the resolution so agreed to applies. P E R M I S S I B L E REVISIONS OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF THE BUDGET 31 USC 1325.

SEC. 304. At any time after the first concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year has been agreed to pursuant to section 301, and before the end of such fiscal year, the two Houses may adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget which revises the concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year most recently agreed to. PROVISIONS R E L A T I N G TO THE CONSIDERATION OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET

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(4) Debate in the House of Representatives on the conference j.^f^g^/J^ ''""^ report on any concurrent resolution on the budget shall be limited to not more than 5 hours, which shall be divided equally between the majority and minority parties. A motion further to limit debate is not debatable. A motion to recommit the conference report is not in order, and it is not in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the conference report is agreed to or disagreed to. (5) Motions to postpone, made with respect to the consideration of any concurrent resolution on the budget, and motions to proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be decided without debate. (6) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the procedure relating to any concurrent resolution on the budget shall be decided without debate. (b) PROCEDURE I N SENATE AFTER REPORT or COMMTFTEE; DEBATE; AMENDMENTS.—

(1) Debate in the Senate on any concurrent resolution on the budget, and all amendments thereto and debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 50 hours, except that, with respect to the second required concurrent resolution referred to in section 310(a), all such debate shall be limited to not more than 15 hours. The time shall be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees. (2) Debate in the Senate on any amendment to a concurrent resolution on the budget shall be limited to 2 hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the concurrent resolution, and debate on any amendment to an amendment, debatable motion, or appeal shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the concurrent resolution, except that in the event the manager of the concurrent resolution is in favor of any such amendment, motion, or appeal, the time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the minority leader or his designee. No amendment that is not germane to the provisions of such concurrent resolution shall be received. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from the time under their control on the passage of the concurrent resolution, allot additional time to any Senator during the consideration of any amendment, debatable motion, or appeal. (3) A motion to further limit debate is not debatable. A motion to recommit (except a motion to recommit with instructions to report back within a specified number of days, not to exceed 3, not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session) is not in order. Debate on any such motion to recommit shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the concurrent resolution. (4) Notwithstanding any other rule, an amendment, or series of amendments, to a concurrent resolution on the budget proposed in the Senate shall always be in order if such amendment or series of amendments proposes to change any figure or figures then contained in such concurrent resolution so as to make such concurrent resolution mathematically consistent or so as to maintain such consistency-

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(1) The conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget shall be in order iii the Senate at any time after the third day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) following the day on which such a conference report is reported and is available to Members of the Senate. A motion to proceed to the consideration of the conference report may be made even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to. ^2) During the Consideration in the Senate of the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget, debate shall be limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader and minority leader or their designees. Debate on any debatable motion or appeal related to the conference report shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the conference report. (3) Should the conference report be defeated, debate on any T'oquest for a new conference and the appointment of conferees shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the manager of the conference report and the minority leader or his designee, and should any motion be made to instruct the conferees before the conferees are named, debate on such motion shall be limited to one-half hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the conference report. Debate on any amendment to any such instructions shall be limited to 20 minutes, to be equally divided between and controlled by the mover and the manager of the conference report. In all cases when the manager of the conference report is in favor of any motion, appeal, or amendment, the time in opposition shall be under the control of the minority leader or his designee. (4) I n any case in which there are amendments in disagreement, time on each amendment shall be limited to 30 minutes, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the manager of the conference report and the minority leader or his designee. No amendment that is not germane to the provisions of such amendments shall be received. ((J) REQUIRED ACTION BY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.

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ATE.—It shall not be in order in the Senate to vote on the question of agreeing to— (i) a concurrent resolution on the budget unless the figures then contained in such resolution are mathematically consistent; or (2) a conference report on a concurrent resolution on the budget unless the figures contained in such resolution, as recommended in such conference report, are mathematically consistent.

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SEC. 306. No bill or resolution, and no amendment to any bill or resolution, dealing with any matter which is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget of either House shall be considered in that House unless it is a bill or resolution which has been reported by the Committee on the Budget of that House (or from the consideration of which such committee has been discharged) or unless it is an amendment to such a bill or resolution.

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H O U S E COMMITTEE ACTION ON ALL APPROPRIATION BILLS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE F I R S T APPROPRIATION BILL I S REPORTED 31 USC 1328. SEC. 307. Prior to reporting the first regular appropriation bill for each fiscal year, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall, to the extent practicable, complete subcommittee markup and full committee action on all regular appropriation bills for that year and submit to the House a summary report compar- g^^'^^g^t^^^" ing the committee's recommendations with the appropriate levels of House. budget outlays and new budget authority as set forth in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for that year. REPORTS, S U M M A R I E S, A N D P R O J E C T I O N S OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACTIONS SEC. 308. (a) REPORTS ON LEGISLATION PROVIDING N E W BUDGET AUTHORITY OR TAX EXPENDITURES.—Whenever a committee of either

House reports a bill or resolution to its House providing new budget authority (other than continuing appropriations) or new or increased tax expenditures for a fiscal year, the report accompanying that bill or resolution shall contain a statement, prepared after consultation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, detailing— (1) in the case of a bill or resolution providing new budget authority— (A) how the new budget authority provided in that bill or resolution compares with the new budget authority set forth in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year and the reports submitted under section 302; (B) a projection for the period of 5 fiscal years beginning with such fiscal year of budget outlays, associated with the budget authority provided in that bill or resolution, in each fiscal year in such period: and (C) the new budget authority, and budget outlays resulting therefrom, provided by that bill or resolution for financial assistance to State and local governments; and (2) in the case of a bill or resolution providing new or increased tax expenditures— (A) how the new or increased tax expenditures provided in that bill or resolution will affect the levels of tax expenditures under existing law as set forth in the report accompanying the first concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year, or, if a report accompanying a subsequently agreed to concurrent resolution for such year sets forth such levels, then as set forth in that report; and (B) a projection for the period of 5 fiscal years beginning with such fiscal year of the tax expenditures which will result from that bill or resolution in each fiscal year in such period.

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The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall issue periodic reports detailing and tabulating the progress of congressional action on bills and resolutions providing new budget authority and changing reveuucs and the public debt limit for a fiscal year. Such reports shall include, but are not limited to— (1) an up-to-date tabulation comparing the new budget authority for such fiscal year in bills and resolutions on which Congress has completed action and estimated outlays, associated with such new budget authority, during such fiscal year to the new budget authority and estimated outlays set forth in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year and the reports submitted under section 302; (2) an up-to-date status report on all bills and resolutions providing new budget authority and changing revenues and the public debt limit for such fiscal year in both Houses; (3) an up-to-date comparison of the appropriate level of revenues contained in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year with the latest estimate of revenues for such year (including new revenues anticipated during such year under bills and resolutions on which the Congress has completed action); and (4) an up-to-date comparison of the appropriate level of the public debt contained in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year with the latest estimate of the public debt during such fiscal year. (c) FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACTION,—As soon as practicable after the beginning of each fiscal year, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall issue a report projecting for the period of 5 fiscal years beginning with such fiscal year— (1) total new budget authority and total budget outlays for each fiscal year in such period; (2) revenues to be received and the major sources thereof, and the surplus or deficit, if any, for each fiscal year in such period; and (3) tax expenditures for each fiscal year in such period. COMPLETION

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SECOND REQUIRED CONCURRENT RESOLUTION A N D PROCESS

SEC. 310.

(a)

315

RECONCILIATION

REPORTING OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.—The Com-

mittee on the Budget of each House shall report to its House a concurrent resolution on the budget which reaffirms or revises the concurrent resolution on the budget most recently agreed to with respect to the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year. Any such concurrent resolution on the budget shall also, to the extent necessary— (1) specify the total amount by which— (A) new budget authority for such fiscal year; (B) budget authority initially provided for prior fiscal years; and (C) new spending authority described in section 401(c)(2) (C) which is to become effective during such fiscal year, contained in laws, bills, and resolutions within the jurisdiction of a committee, is to be changed and direct that committee to determine and recommend changes to accomplish a change of such total amount; (2) specify the total amount by which revenues are to be changed and direct that the committees having jurisdiction to determine and recommend changes in the revenue laws, bills, and resolutions to accomplish a change of such total amount; (3) specify the amount by which the statutory limit on the public debt is to be changed and direct the committees having jurisdiction to recommend such change; or (4) specify and direct any combination of the matters described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). Any such concurrent resolution may be reported, and the report accompanying it may be filed, in either House notwithstanding that that House is not in session on the day on which such concurrent resolution is reported. (b) COMPLETION or ACTION ON CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.—Not later than September 15 of each year, the Congress shall complete action on the concurrent resolution on the budget referred to in subsection (a). (c) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—If a concurrent resolution is agreed to in accordance with subsection (a) containing directions to one or more committees to determine and recommend changes in laws, bills, or resolutions, and— (1) only one committee of the House or the Senate is directed to determine and recommend changes, that committee shall promptly make such determination and recommendations and report to its House a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution, or both, containing such recommendations; or (2) more than one committee of the House or the Senate is directed to determine and recommend changes, each such committee so directed shall promptly make such determination and recommendations, whether such changes are to be contained in a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution, and submit such recommendations to the Committee on the Budget of its House, which upon receiving all such recommendations, shall report to its House a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution, or both, carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive revision.

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316 Reconciliation resolution.

For purposes of this subsection, a reconciliation resolution is a concurrent resolution directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, as the case may be, to make specified changes in bills and resolutions which have not been enrolled. (d) COMPLETION OF RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—Congress shall complete action on any reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution reported under subsection (c) not later than September 25 of each year. (e)

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PROCEDURE I N THE SENATE.—

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the provisions of section 305 for the consideration in the Senate of concurrent resolutions on the budget and conference reports thereon shall also apply to the consideration in the Senate of reconciliation bills and reconciliation resolutions reported under subsection (c) and conference reports thereon. (2) Debate in the Senate on any reconciliation bill or resolution reported under subsection (c), and all amendments thereto and debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more than 20 hours. (f) CONGRESS MAY NOT ADJOURN U N T I L ACTION I S COMPLETED.—It

shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any resolution providing for the adjournment sine die of either House unless action has been completed on the concurrent resolution on the budget required to be reported under subsection (a) for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year, and, if a reconciliation bill or resolution, or both, is required to be reported under subsection (c) for such fiscal year, unless the Congress has completed action on that bill or resolution, or both. N E W BUDGET AUTHORITY, N E W S P E N D I N G AUTHORITY A N D R E V E N U E LEGISLATION M U S T BE W i T H I N APPROPRIATE LEVELS 31 USC 1332.

SEC. 311. (a)

LEGISLATION SUBJECT TO P O I N T OF ORDER.—After the

Congress has completed action on the concurrent resolution on the budget required to be reported under section 310(a) for a fiscal year, and, if a reconciliation bill or resolution, or both, for such fiscal year are required to be reported under section 310(c), after that bill has been enacted into law or that resolution has been agreed to, it shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, resolution, or amendment providing additional new budget authority for such fiscal year, providing new spending authority described in section 401(c)(2)(C) to become effective during such fiscal year, or reducing revenues for such fiscal year, or any conference report on any such bill or resolution, if— (1) the enactment of such bill or resolution as reported; (2) the adoption and enactment of such amendment; or (3) the enactment of such bill or resolution in the form recommended in such conference report; would cause the appropriate level of total new budget authority or total budget outlays set forth in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year to be exceeded, or would cause revenues to be less than the appropriate level of revenues set forth in such concurrent resolution. (b)

DETERMINATION OF OUTLAYS AND REVENUES.^—For purposes of

subsection (a), the budget outlays to be made during a fiscal year and revenues to be received during a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may be.

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TITLE IV — A D D I T I O N A L PROVISIONS TO I M P K O V E FISCAL PKOCEDURES BILLS PROVIDING NEW SPENDING AUTHORITY SEC.

401.

(a)

LEGISLATION PROVIDING CONTRACT OR BORROWING

31 USC 1351.

AUTHORITY.—It shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or resolution which provides new spending authority described in subsection (c)(2)(A) or (B) (or any amendment which provides such new spending authority), unless that bill, resolution, or amendment also provides that such new spending authority is to be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts. (b)

LEGISLATION PROVIDING ENTITLEMENT AUTHORITY.—

(1) I t shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or resolution which provides new spending authority described in subsection (c)(2)(C) (or any amendment which provides such new spending authority) which is to become effective before the first day of the fiscal year which begins during the calendar year in which such bill or resolution is reported. (2) If any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate reports any bill or resolution which provides new spending authority described in subsection (c)(2)(C) which is to become effective during a fiscal year and the amount of new budget authority which will be required for such fiscal year if such bill or resolution is enacted as so reported exceeds the appropriate allocation of new budget authority reported under section 302(b) in connection with the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year, such bill or resolution shall then be referred to the Committee on Appropriations of that House with instructions to report it, with the committee's recommendations, within 15 calendar days (not counting any day on which that House is not in session) beginning with the day following the day on which it is so referred. If the Committee on Appropriations of either House fails to report a bill or resolution referred to it under this paragraph within such 15-day period, the committee shall automatically be discharged from further consideration of such bill or resolution and such bill or resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. (3) The Committee on Appropriations of each House shall have jurisdiction to report any bill or resolution referred to it under paragraph (2) with an amendment which limits the total amount of new spending authority provided in such bill or resolution. (c)

Referral to Appropriations Committee.

Discharge from consideration.

Placement on calendar. Committee jurisdiction.

DEFINITIONS.—

(1) For purposes of this section, the term "new spending authority" means spending authority not provided by law on the effective date of this section, including any increase in or addition to spending authority provided by law on such date. (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term "spending authority" means authority (whether temporary or permanent) — (A) to enter into contracts under which the United States is obligated to make outlays, the budget authority for which is not provided in advance by appropriation Acts; (B) to incur indebtedness (other than indebtedness incurred under the Second Liberty Bond Act) for the repayment of which the United States is liable, the budget authority for which is not provided in advance by appropriation Acts; and

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(C) to make payments (including loans and grants), the budget authority for which is not provided for in advance by appropriation Acts, to any person or government if, under the provisions of the law containing such authority, the United States is obligated to make such payments to persons or governments who meet the requirements established by such law. Such term does not include authority to insure or guarantee the repayment of indebtedness incurred by another person or government, (d)

42 USC 1305.

26 USC 1 et seq. 31 USC 1221 note.

31 USC 856. 31 USC 846.

EXCEPTIONS.—

(1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to new spending authority if the budget authority for outlays which will result from such new spending authority is derived— (A) from a trust fund established by the Social Security Act (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act); or (B) from any other trust fund, 90 percent or more of the receipts of which consist or will consist of amounts (transferred from the general fund of the Treasury) equivalent to amounts of taxes (related to the purposes for which such outlays are or will be made) received in the Treasury under specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. (2) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to new spending authority which is an amendment to or extension of the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, or a continuation of the program of fiscal assistance to State and local governments provided by that Act, to the extent so provided in the bill or resolution providing such authority. (3) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to new spending authority to the extent that— (A) the outlays resulting therefrom are made by an organization which is (i) a mixed-ownership Government corporation (as defined in section 201 of the Government Corporation Control Act), or (ii) a wholly owned Government corporation (as defined in section 101 of such Act) which is specifically exempted by law from compliance with any or all of the provisions of that Act; or (B) the outlays resulting therefrom consist exclusively of the proceeds of gifts or bequests made to the United States for a specific purpose. REPORTING OF AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION

31 USC 1352.

gj;(._ 402. (a) REQUIRED REPORTING DATE.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or resolution which, directly or indirectly, authorizes the enactment of new budget authority for a fiscal year, unless that bill or resolution is reported in the House or the Senate, as the case may be, on or before May 15 preceding the beginning of such fiscal year. (b) EMERGENCY WAIVER I N THE HOUSE.—If the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives determines that emergency conditions require a waiver of subsection (a) with respect to any bill or resolution, such committee may report, and the House may consider and adopt, a resolution waiving the application of subsection (a) in the case of such bill or resolution.

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(c) WAIVER IN THE SENATE.—

(1) The committee of the Senate which repoits any bill or resolution may, at or after the time it reports such bill or resolution, report a resolution to the Senate (A) providing for the waiver of subsection (a) with respect to such bill or resolution, and (B) stating the reasons why the waiver is necessary. The ^^f^^"co^° • resolution shall then be referred to the Committee on the Budget t e ". ^^ °"™' e of the Senate. That committee shall report the resolution to the Senate, within 10 days after the resolution is referred to it (not senaL"'^' *° counting any day on which the Senate is not in session) beginning with the day following the day on which it is so referred accompanied by that committee's recommendations and reasons for such recommendations with respect to the resolution. If the committee ^ Discharge from does not report the resolution within such 10-day period, it shall """^^ automatically be discharged from further consideration of the resolution and the resolution shall be placed on the calendar. caTinda™^"* °" (2) During the consideration of any such resolution, debate Debate', time shall be limited to one hour, to be equally divided between, and limitation. controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees, and the time on any debatable motion or appeal shall be limited to 20 minutes, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the resolution. In the event the manager of the resolution is in favor of any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the minority leader or his designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from the time under their control on the passage of such resolution, allot additional time to any Senator during the consideration of any debatable motion or appeal. Xo amendment to the resolution is in order. (3) If, after the Committee on the Budget has reported (or been discharged from further consideration of) the resolution, the Senate agrees to the resolution, then subsection (a) of this section shall not apply with respect to that bill or resolution referred to in the resolution. (d)

CERTAIN

BILLS

AND RESOLUTIONS

RECEIVED

FROM

OTHER

HOUSE.—Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), if under that subsection it is in order in the House of Representatives to consider a bill or resolution of the House, then it shall be in order to consider a companion or similar bill or resolution of the Senate; and if under that subsection it is in order in the 'Senate to consider a bill or resolution of the Senate, then it shall be in order to consider a companion or similar bill of the House of Representatives. (e)

EXCEPTIONS.—

(1) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to new spending authority described in section 4 0 1 (c)(2)(C). (2) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to new budget authority authorized in a bill or resolution for any provision of the Social Security Act if such bill or resolution also provides new spending authority described in section 401(c)(2)(C) which, under section 401(d)(1)(A), is excluded from the application of section 401(b). (f)

STUDY OF EXISTING SPENDING AUTHORITY AND PERMANENT

APPROPRIATIONS.—The Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall study on a continuing basis those provisions of law, in effect on the effective date of this section, which provide spending authority or permanent budget authority. Each ^^n^ r^*'° committee shall, from time to time, report to its House its recommendations for terminating or modifying such provisions.

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A N A L Y S I S BY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 31 USC 1353.

Submittal to congressional

commmeesT'

SEC. 403. The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare for each bill or resolution of a public character reported by any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate (except the Committee on Appropriations of each House), and submit to such committee— (1) au cstimatc of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out such bill or resolution in the fiscal year in which it is to become effective and in each of the 4 fiscal years following such fiscal year, together with the basis for each such estimate; and (2) a comparison of the estimate of costs described in paragraph (1) with any available estimate of costs made by such committee or by any Federal agency. The estimate and comparison so submitted shall be included in the report accompanying such bill or resolution if timely submitted to such committee before such report is filed. JURISDICTION OF APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE S

404. (a) AMENDMENT OF HOUSE RULES.—Clause 2 of rule X I of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraph (b) as paragraph (e) and by inserting after paragraph (a) the following new paragraphs: "(b) Rescission of appropriations contained in appropriation Acts preferred to in section 105 of title 1, United States Code). "(c) The amount of new spending authority described in section 401(c)(2)(A) and (B) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 which is to be effective for a fiscal year. " (d) New spending authority described in section 4 0 1 (c)(2)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 provided in bills and resolutions referred to the committee under section 401(b)(2) of that Act (but subject to the provisions of section 401(b)(3) of that Act)." (b) AMENDMENT OF SENATE RULES.—Subparagraph (c) of paragraph 1 of rule X X V of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended to read as follows: "(c) Committee on Appropriations, to which committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects: " 1. Except as provided in subparagraph (r), appropriation of the levenue for the support of the Government. "2. Rescission of appropriations contained in appropriation Acts (referred to in section 105 of title 1, United States Code). "3. The amount of new spending authority described in section 401 (c)(2)(A) and (B) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 provided in bills and resolutions referred to the committee under section 401(b)(2) of that Act (but subject to the provisions of section 401 (b)(3) of that Act). "4. New advance spending authority described in section 401(c) (2)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 provided in bills and resolutions referred to the committee under section 401(b)(2) of that Act (but subject to the provisions of section 401(b)(3) of that Act)." SEC.

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PUBLIC LAW 93-344-JULY 12, 1974 TITLE V—CHANGE OF F I S C A L FISCAL YEAR TO B E G I N OCTOBER

YEAR 1

SEC. 501. Section 237 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 1020) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 237. (a) The fiscal year of the Treasury of the United States, in all matters of accounts, receipts, expenditures, estimates, and appropriations— " (1) shall, through June 30, 1976, commence on July 1 of each year and end on June 30 of the following year; and "(2) shall, beginning on October 1, 1976, commence on October 1 of each year and end on September 30 of the following year. "(b) All accounts of receipts and expenditures required by law to be published annually shall be prepared and published for each fiscal year as established by subsection (a). "

accounts, anal publication.

T R A N S I T I O N TO N E W FISCAL YEAR

SEC. 502. (a) As soon as practicable, the President shall prepare and submit to the Congress— (1) after consultation with the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, budget estimates for the United States Government for the period commencing July 1, 1976, and ending on September 30, 1976, in such form and detail as he may determine; and (2) proposed legislation he considers appropriate with respect to changes in law necessary to provide authorizations of appropriations for that period. (b) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide by regulation, order, or otherwise for the orderly transition by all departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States Government and the government of the District of Columbia from the use of the fiscal year in effect on the date of enactment of this Act to the use of the new fiscal year prescribed by section 237 (a)(2) of the Revised Statutes. The Director shall prepare and submit to the Congress such additional proposed legislation as he considers necessary to accomplish this objective. (c) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office jointly shall conduct a study of the feasibility and advisability of submitting the Budget or portions thereof, and enacting new budget authority or portions thereof, for a fiscal year during the regular session of the Congress which begins in the year preceding the year in which such fiscal year begins. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office each shall submit a report of the results of the study conducted by them, together with his own conclusions and recommendations, to the Congress not later than 2 years after the effective date of this subsection. ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES

SEC. 503. (a) Subsection (a)(1) of the first section of the Act entitled "An Act to simplify accounting, facilitate the payment of obligations, and for other purposes", approved July 25, 1956, as amended (31 U.S.C. 701), is amended to read as follows:

31 USC 1020 note. Budget e s t i mates and proposed legislation, submittal to Congress.

Supra.

Study.

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"(1) The obligated balance shall be transferred, at the time specified in subsection (b)(1) of this section, to an appropriation account of the agency or subdivision thereof responsible for the liquidation of the obligation, in which account shall be merged the amounts so transferred from all appropriation accounts for the same general purposes; and", (b) Subsection (b) of such section is amended to read as follows: "(b)(1) Any obligated balance referred to in subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be transferred as follows: " (A) for any fiscal year or years ending on or before June 30, 1976, on that June 30 which falls in the first month of June which occurs twenty-four months after the end of such fiscal year or years; and " (B) for the period commencing on July 1, 1976, and ending on September 30, 1976, and for any fiscal year commencing on or after October 1, 1976, on September 30 of the second fiscal year following that period or the fiscal year or years, as the case may be, for which the appropriation is available for obligation. "(£) The withdrawals required by subsection (a)(2) of this section shall be made— " (A) for any fiscal year ending on or before June 30, 1976, not later than September 30 of the fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year in which the period of availability for obligation expires; and " (B) for the period commencing on July 1, 1976, and ending on September 30, 1976, and for any fiscal year commencing on or after October 1, 1976, not later than November 15 following such period or fiscal year, as the case may be, in which the period of availability for obligation expires." CONVERSION 01' AUTHORIZATIONS 01' APPROPRIATIONS

31 USC 102 0a.

gj,^. gQ^ ji^^y | ^ ^ providing for an authorization of appropriations commencing on July 1 of a year shall, if that year is any year after 1975, be considered as meaning October 1 of that year. Any law providing for an authorization of appropriations ending on June 30 of a year shall, if that year is any year after 1976, be considered as meaning September '30 of that year. Any law providing for an authorization of appropriations for the fiscal year 1977 or any fiscal year thereafter shall be construed as referring to that fiscal year ending on September 30 of the calendar year having the same calendar year number as the fiscal year number. REPEALS

SEC. 505. The following provisions of law are repealed: (1) the ninth paragraph under the headings "Legislative Establishment", "Senate", of the Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1934 (48 Stat. 1022; 2 U.S.C. 66); and (2) the proviso to the second paragraph under the headings "House of Representatives", "Salaries, Mileage, and Expenses of Members", of the Legislative-Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1955 (68 Stat. 400; 2 U.S.C. 81). TECHNICAL AMENDMENT

SEC. 506. (a) Section 105 of title 1, United States Code, is amended by striking out "June 30" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 30". f^u^s^c'ios^noU (^) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be effective with respect to Acts making appropriations for the support of the Government for any fiscal year commencing on or after October 1, 1976.

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