Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 6 — Congressional and Committee Procedure; Investigations
§ 190f. General appropriation bills
Statutory text
Repealed. Pub. L. 91–510, title I, § 108(d), , 84 Stat. 1149
Standard appropriation classification schedule
The Committees on Appropriations of the two Houses 1 are authorized and directed, acting jointly, to develop a standard appropriation classification schedule which will clearly define in concise and uniform accounts the subtotals of appropriations asked for by agencies in the executive branch of the Government. That part of the printed hearings containing each such agency’s request for appropriations shall be preceded by such a schedule.
Nonconsideration if a provision reappropriates unexpended balances
No general appropriation bill or amendment thereto shall be received or considered in either House 1 if it contains a provision reappropriating unexpended balances of appropriations; except that this provision shall not apply to appropriations in continuation of appropriations for public works on which work has commenced.
Footnotes
- 1 See Partial Repeal note below.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
“Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946”
Pub. L. 79–753 · 60 Stat. 812
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 190f
Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 139(a), (b), (c), 60 Stat. 833
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 139(a), (b), (c), 60 Stat. 833Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970
Pub. L. 91–510 title I § 108(d) · 84 Stat. 1140
Repealed · 2 U.S.C. § 190f(a)
Pub. L. 91–510 repealed prohibition against consideration of any general appropriation bill in either House unless prior to such consideration printed committee hearings and reports on the bill have been available for at least three calendar days for the Members of the House considering the bill, which was incorporated in section 190a(f) of this title
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–510 repealed prohibition against consideration of any general appropriation bill in either House unless prior to such consideration printed committee hearings and reports on the bill have been available for at least three calendar days for the Members of the House considering the bill, which was incorporated in section 190a(f) of this title.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(d) Section 139(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 Repeal. 60 Stat. 833. (2 U.S.C. 190f(a)) is repealed.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 91–510 effective immediately prior to noon on Jan. 3, 1971, see section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section constitutes subsections (a) to (c) of section 139 of act . Subsection (d) of section 139, which required the two Houses of Congress to make a study of existing permanent appropriations with a view to limiting the number thereof and to recommending what permanent appropriations should be discontinued, and of the disposition of funds resulting from the sale of Government property or services by all departments and agencies in the executive branch of the Government with a view to recommending a uniform system of control with respect to those funds, was omitted from the Code as being of a temporary character.
Amendments
1970—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91–510 repealed prohibition against consideration of any general appropriation bill in either House unless prior to such consideration printed committee hearings and reports on the bill have been available for at least three calendar days for the Members of the House considering the bill, which was incorporated in section 190a(f) of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 91–510 effective immediately prior to noon on , see section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective , see section 142 of act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, 60 Stat. 834.
Partial Repeal
Section 2(a), S. Res. 274, Ninety-sixth Congress, , provided in part that this section, insofar as it relates to the Senate, is repealed. See Standing Rules of the Senate.
Credits
1946–1970 · 2 acts
- 1946Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 139(a), (b), (c), 60 Stat. 833
- 1970Pub. L. 91–510, title I, § 108(d), , 84 Stat. 1149.
Show as published
(Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 139(a), (b), (c), 60 Stat. 833; Pub. L. 91–510, title I, § 108(d), , 84 Stat. 1149.)