§686 — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

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Comptroller General must tell both Houses of Congress if the President, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, a department or agency head, or any other federal official plans to set aside funds or delay budget authority that needs a special message under section 683 or 684, or if they have ordered, allowed, or approved such a set‑aside or delay. If the President sends a special message under section 683 or 684 and the Comptroller General thinks the President should have used the other section, the Comptroller General must report to both Houses and explain why.

Title 2, §686

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(a)If the Comptroller General finds that the President, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the head of any department or agency of the United States, or any other officer or employee of the United States—

(1)is to establish a reserve or proposes to defer budget authority with respect to which the President is required to transmit a special message under section 683 or 684 of this title; or

(2)has ordered, permitted, or approved the establishment of such a reserve or a deferral of budget authority;

(b)If the President has transmitted a special message to both Houses of Congress in accordance with section 683 or 684 of this title, and the Comptroller General believes that the President so transmitted the special message in accordance with one of those sections when the special message should have been transmitted in accordance with the other of those sections, the Comptroller General shall make a report to both Houses of the Congress setting forth his reasons.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 1405 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.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Reaffirmation Pub. L. 100–119, title II, § 206(c), Sept. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 786, provided that: “section 1015 and 1016 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 [2 U.S.C. 686, 687] are reaffirmed.”

§686 Reports by Comptroller General

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Title 2, §686

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