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Title 31 — Money and Finance

Chapter 11 — The Budget and Fiscal, Budget, and Program Information

§ 1109. Current programs and activities estimates

Statutory text

(a)

On or before the first Monday after January 3 of each year (on or before February 5 in 1986), the President shall submit to both Houses of Congress the estimated budget outlays and proposed budget authority that would be included in the budget for the following fiscal year if programs and activities of the United States Government were carried on during that year at the same level as the current fiscal year without a change in policy. The President shall state the estimated budget outlays and proposed budget authority by function and subfunction under the classifications in the budget summary table under the heading “Budget Authority and Outlays by Function and Agency”, by major programs in each function, and by agency. The President also shall include a statement of the economic and program assumptions on which those budget outlays and budget authority are based, including inflation, real economic growth, and unemployment rates, program caseloads, and pay increases.

(b)

The Joint Economic Committee shall review the estimated budget outlays and proposed budget authority and submit an economic evaluation of the budget outlays and budget authority to the Committees on the Budget of both Houses before March 1 of each year.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 97–258 · 96 Stat. 913

    Enacted · 31 U.S.C. § 1109

    Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 913

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 913

  2. Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

    Pub. L. 99–177 § 222(a) · 99 Stat. 1037

    Substituted · 31 U.S.C. § 1109(a)

    Pub. L. 99–177, § 222(a), substituted “On or before the first Monday after January 3 of each year (on or before February 5 in 1986)” for “Before November 11 of each year”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–177, § 222(a), substituted “On or before the first Monday after January 3 of each year (on or before February 5 in 1986)” for “Before November 11 of each year”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Current Services Budget.— The first sentence of section 1109(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking out “Before November 11 of each year” and inserting in lieu thereof “On or before the first Monday after January 3 of each year (on or before February 5 in 1986)”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 99–177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, see section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99–177, formerly set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of Title 2, The Congress, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 112–25, title I, § 104(a), Aug. 2, 2011, 125 Stat. 246.

  3. Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

    Pub. L. 99–177 § 222(b) · 99 Stat. 1037

    Substituted · 31 U.S.C. § 1109(b)

    Pub. L. 99–177, § 222(b), substituted “March 1” for “January 1”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–177, § 222(b), substituted “March 1” for “January 1”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Joint Economic Committee Review.— Section 1109(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking out “January 1” and inserting in lieu thereof “March 1”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 99–177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, see section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99–177, formerly set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of Title 2, The Congress, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 112–25, title I, § 104(a), Aug. 2, 2011, 125 Stat. 246.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
1109(a)31:11a(a).July 12, 1974, Pub. L. 93–344, § 605, 88 Stat. 325.
1109(b)31:11a(b).

In the section, the words “budget outlays” are substituted for “outlays” for consistency in the revised title.

In subsection (a), the words “Before November 11” are substituted for “On or before November 10”, the words “both Houses of Congress” are substituted for “the Senate and the House of Representatives”, the word “following” is substituted for “ensuing”, and the word “current” is substituted for “in progress”, for consistency. The words “(beginning with 1975)” are omitted as executed. The words “of the United States Government” are added for clarity. The words “in such programs and activities” are omitted as surplus. The words “The President shall state” are substituted for “shall be shown”, and the words “The President also shall include” are substituted for “Accompanying these estimates shall be”, because of the restatement.

In subsection (b), the words “so submitted” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “before January 1” are substituted for “on or before December 31” for consistency.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1985—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–177, § 222(a), substituted “On or before the first Monday after January 3 of each year (on or before February 5 in 1986)” for “Before November 11 of each year”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–177, § 222(b), substituted “March 1” for “January 1”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 99–177 effective , and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after , see section 275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99–177, formerly set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of Title 2, The Congress, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 112–25, title I, § 104(a), , 125 Stat. 246.

Credits

1982–1985 · 2 acts
  1. 1982Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 913
  2. 1985Pub. L. 99–177, title II, § 222, , 99 Stat. 1060.
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(Pub. L. 97–258, , 96 Stat. 913; Pub. L. 99–177, title II, § 222, , 99 Stat. 1060.)

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