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§633 Committee allocations

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 17A— - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS › § 633

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The joint explanatory statement that comes with a budget conference report must give dollar amounts for each committee. It must show, for the first fiscal year of the plan, for at least each of the next 4 fiscal years, and for the total of those years, the amounts of new budget authority (money programs are allowed to promise) and total outlays (money expected to be spent). For the Appropriations Committee only, the statement needs an allocation just for the fiscal year covered by the resolution. In the House, an item given to one committee cannot be given to another. If a committee gets no allocation, it is treated as having zero. In the Senate, the Appropriations Committee’s share must be split into the categories and limits set in sections 900(c)(4) and 901(c). In the House, most committees’ amounts must be split into money already required by law on the report date and money not so required; the House Appropriations Committee must also divide its work between discretionary and mandatory programs and follow the 900(c)(4) categories. After the budget is agreed, each Appropriations Committee must quickly divide its allocation among its subcommittees and report those suballocations. No House or Senate action that would give new budget authority for a fiscal year may be considered until those suballocations are made. Once Congress finishes the budget, bills, amendments, or conference reports that would make a committee exceed its allocation or suballocation are out of order. An exception lets a bill proceed if its enactment would fit the budget levels for every fiscal year covered; if that happens, the House Budget Committee chair must file revised allocations and budget totals to reflect the bill, and those revisions count as part of the most recent budget.

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(a)(1)The joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report on a concurrent resolution on the budget shall include an allocation, consistent with the resolution recommended in the conference report, of the levels for the first fiscal year of the resolution, for at least each of the ensuing 4 fiscal years, and a total for that period of fiscal years (except in the case of the Committee on Appropriations only for the fiscal year of that resolution) of—
(A)total new budget authority; and
(B)total outlays;
(2)In the House of Representatives, any item allocated to one committee may not be allocated to another committee.
(3)(A)In the Senate, the amount allocated to the Committee on Appropriations shall be further divided among the categories specified in section 900(c)(4) of this title and shall not exceed the limits for each category set forth in section 901(c) of this title.
(B)In the House of Representatives, the amounts allocated to each committee for each fiscal year, other than the Committee on Appropriations, shall be further divided between amounts provided or required by law on the date of filing of that conference report and amounts not so provided or required. The amounts allocated to the Committee on Appropriations shall be further divided—
(i)between discretionary and mandatory amounts or programs, as appropriate; and
(ii)consistent with the categories specified in section 900(c)(4) of this title.
(4)In the House of Representatives or the Senate, if a committee receives no allocation of new budget authority or outlays, that committee shall be deemed to have received an allocation equal to zero for new budget authority or outlays.
(5)(A)If a concurrent resolution on the budget is not adopted by April 15, the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall submit to the House, as soon as practicable, an allocation under paragraph (1) to the Committee on Appropriations consistent with the discretionary spending levels in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for the appropriate fiscal year covered by that resolution.
(B)As soon as practicable after an allocation under paragraph (1) is submitted under this section, the Committee on Appropriations shall make suballocations and report those suballocations to the House of Representatives.
(b)As soon as practicable after a concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed to, the Committee on Appropriations of each House (after consulting with the Committee on Appropriations of the other House) shall suballocate each amount allocated to it for the budget year under subsection (a) among its subcommittees. Each Committee on Appropriations shall promptly report to its House suballocations made or revised under this subsection. The Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall further divide among its subcommittees the divisions made under subsection (a)(3)(B) and promptly report those divisions to the House.
(c)After the Committee on Appropriations has received an allocation pursuant to subsection (a) for a fiscal year, it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report within the jurisdiction of that committee providing new budget authority for that fiscal year, until that committee makes the suballocations required by subsection (b).
(d)In the case of a concurrent resolution on the budget referred to in section 635 of this title, the allocations 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.
(e)At any time after a committee reports the allocations required to be made under subsection (b), such committee may report to its House an alteration of such allocations. Any alteration of such allocations must be consistent with any actions already taken by its House on legislation within the committee’s jurisdiction.
(f)(1)After the Congress has completed action on a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year, it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider any bill, joint resolution, or amendment providing new budget authority for any fiscal year, or any conference report on any such bill or joint resolution, if—
(A)the enactment of such bill or resolution as reported;
(B)the adoption and enactment of such amendment; or
(C)the enactment of such bill or resolution in the form recommended in such conference report,
(2)After a concurrent resolution on the budget is agreed to, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would cause—
(A)in the case of any committee except the Committee on Appropriations, the applicable allocation of new budget authority or outlays under subsection (a) for the first fiscal year or the total of fiscal years to be exceeded; or
(B)in the case of the Committee on Appropriations, the applicable suballocation of new budget authority or outlays under subsection (b) to be exceeded.
(g)(1)(A)Subsection (f)(1) and, after April 15, section 634(a) of this title shall not apply to any bill or joint resolution, as reported, amendment thereto, or conference report thereon if, for each fiscal year covered by the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget—
(i)the enactment of that bill or resolution as reported;
(ii)the adoption and enactment of that amendment; or
(iii)the enactment of that bill or resolution in the form recommended in that conference report,
(B)section 642(a) of this title, as that section applies to revenues, shall not apply to any bill, joint resolution, amendment thereto, or conference report thereon if, for each fiscal year covered by the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget—
(i)the enactment of that bill or resolution as reported;
(ii)the adoption and enactment of that amendment; or
(iii)the enactment of that bill or resolution in the form recommended in that conference report,
(2)(A)As soon as practicable after Congress agrees to a bill or joint resolution that would have been subject to a point of order under subsection (f)(1) but for the exception provided in paragraph (1)(A) or would have been subject to a point of order under section 642(a) of this title but for the exception provided in paragraph (1)(B), the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall file with the House appropriately revised allocations under subsection (a) and revised functional levels and budget aggregates to reflect that bill.
(B)Such revised allocations, functional levels, and budget aggregates shall be considered for the purposes of this Act as allocations, functional levels, and budget aggregates contained in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in subsec. (g)(2)(B), means Pub. L. 93–344, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 297, known as the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which enacted chapters 17, 17A, and 17B and section 190a–3 of this title and section 11a, 11c, 11d, 1020a of former Title 31, Money and Finance, amended section 11, 665, 701, 1020, 1151, 1152, 1153, and 1154 of former Title 31, section 105 of Title 1, General Provisions, and section 190b and 190d of this title, repealed section 571 and 581c–1 of former Title 31, and section 66 and 81 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 190a–1, 621, 632, and 682 of this title, section 105 of Title 1, and section 1020 of former Title 31. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 621 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1323 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.

Amendments

2013—Subsec. (g)(2)(A). Pub. L. 113–67 substituted “Committee on the Budget” for “committee on the Budget”. 1997—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–33, § 10106(a), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which required inclusion of certain allocations to committees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate in the joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report on a concurrent resolution on the budget. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–33, § 10106(a), added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which required committees of each House to subdivide among their subcommittees the allocations of budget outlays and new budget authority allocated to them in joint explanatory statement accompanying conference report on concurrent resolution on budget and required further subdivisions of such allocations by subcommittees. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–33, § 10106(b), reenacted heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, providing— “(1) new budget authority for a fiscal year; or “(2) new spending authority as described in section 651(c)(2) of this title for a fiscal year; within the jurisdiction of any committee which has received an appropriate allocation of such authority pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for such fiscal year, unless and until such committee makes the allocation or subdivisions required by subsection (b) of this section, in connection with the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year.” Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 105–33, § 10106(c)(1), substituted “providing new budget authority for any fiscal year” for “providing new budget authority for such fiscal year or new entitlement authority effective during such fiscal year” in introductory provisions and “applicable allocation of new budget authority made under subsection (a) or (b) for the first fiscal year or the total of fiscal years to be exceeded.” for “appropriate allocation made pursuant to subsection (b) of this section for such fiscal year of new discretionary budget authority or new entitlement authority to be exceeded.” in concluding provisions. Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 105–33, § 10106(c)(2), reenacted heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text provided that consideration in the Senate was not in order for certain bills, joint resolutions,

Amendments

, motions, or conference reports that provided for budget outlays, new budget authority, or new spending authority in excess of certain allocations. Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 105–33, § 10106(d), amended heading and text of subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “For purposes of this section, the levels of new budget authority, spending authority as described in section 651(c)(2) of this title, outlays, and new credit authority for 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.” 1990—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101–508, § 13201(b)(3)(A), substituted “and total entitlement authority” for “total entitlement authority, and total credit authority”, “or such entitlement authority” for “such entitlement authority, or such credit authority”, and “and entitlement authority” for “entitlement authority, and credit authority”. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 101–508, § 13303(c)(1), inserted “social security outlays for the fiscal year of the resolution and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years,” after “appropriate levels of”. Pub. L. 101–508, § 13201(b)(3)(B), substituted “total budget outlays and total new budget authority” for “total budget outlays, total new budget authority and new credit authority”. Pub. L. 101–508, § 13112(a)(6), struck out “the House of Representatives and” after “among each committee of”. Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 101–508, § 13201(b)(3)(C), substituted “budget outlays and new budget authority” for “budget outlays, new budget authority, and new credit authority”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–508, § 13207(a)(1)(A), substituted “bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report” for “bill or resolution, or amendment thereto”. Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 101–508, § 13201(b)(3)(D), struck out par. (3) which read as follows: “new credit authority for a fiscal year;”. Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 101–508, § 13207(a)(1)(B), inserted “joint” before “resolution” the second and third places appearing in introductory provisions. Pub. L. 101–508, § 13201(b)(3)(E), substituted “year or new entitlement authority effective during such fiscal year,” for “year, new entitlement authority effective during such fiscal year, or new credit authority for such fiscal year,” in introductory provisions and “authority or new entitlement authority” for “authority, new entitlement authority, or new credit authority” in closing provisions. Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 101–508, § 13303(c)(3), inserted three sentences at end beginning with “In applying this paragraph—”. Pub. L. 101–508, § 13303(c)(2), which directed the insertion of “or provides for social security outlays in excess of the appropriate allocation of social security outlays under subsection (a) of this section for the fiscal year of the resolution or for the total of that year and the 4 succeeding fiscal years” before the period, was executed by making the insertion before the period at end of first sentence, as the probable intent of Congress, in view of the applicability of the amendment. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1990 Amendment note below. Pub. L. 101–508, § 13207(a)(2), substituted “outlays, new budget authority, or new spending authority (as defined in section 651(c)(2) of this title)” for “outlays or new budget authority”. Pub. L. 101–508, § 13207(a)(1)(B), substituted “bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report” for “bill or resolution (including a conference report thereon), or any amendment to a bill or resolution”. Pub. L. 101–508, § 13201(b)(2), temporarily inserted “or new credit authority” after “new budget authority”. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1990 Amendment note below. Pub. L. 101–508, § 13112(a)(7), inserted “(A)” after “in excess of”, substituted “under subsection (a) of this section, or (B) the appropriate allocation (if any) of such outlays or authority reported under subsection (b) of this section” for “under subsection (b) of this section”, and inserted after first sentence “Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations.” 1985—Pub. L. 99–177 substituted “Committee allocations” for “Matters to be included in joint statement of managers; reports by committees” in section catchline. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–177 amended subsec. (a) generally, providing for separate provisions relating to allocations of totals for the House of Representatives and for the Senate, with respect to the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on a concurrent resolution on the budget. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–177 amended subsec. (b) generally, inserting applicability to new credit authority. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–177 amended subsec. (c) generally, substituting provisions relating to point of order for provisions relating to subsequent concurrent resolutions. Subsecs. (d) to (g). Pub. L. 99–177, in amending section generally, added subsecs. (d) to (g).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective and Termination Dates of 1990 Amendment Pub. L. 101–508, title XIII, § 13201(b)(2), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–614, provided that the amendment made by section 13201(b)(2) is effective Jan. 1, 1991, for fiscal year 1991 only. Pub. L. 101–508, title XIII, § 13201(b)(3), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–614, provided that the amendment made by section 13201(b)(3) is effective for fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1991. Amendment by section 13303(c) of Pub. L. 101–508 applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after Oct. 1, 1990, see section 13306 of Pub. L. 101–508, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1990 Amendment note under section 632 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1985 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99–177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, except that such amendment, insofar as it relates to subsecs. (c), (f), and (g) of this section, to become effective Apr. 15, 1986, see section 275(a)(1), (2)(A) of Pub. L. 99–177, formerly set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 112–25, title I, § 104(a), Aug. 2, 2011, 125 Stat. 246.

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2 U.S.C. § 633

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