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§654 Study by Government Accountability Office of Forms of Federal Financial Commitment Not Reviewed Annually by Congress
Title 2 › CHAPTER 17A — CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — FISCAL PROCEDURES › Part A — General Provisions › § 654
Summary
The Government Accountability Office must study laws that create mandatory spending. Not later than eighteen months after December 12, 1985, it must give Congress recommendations on the proper way to finance the programs covered by those laws and update that report from time to time.
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Title 2, §654
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The Government Accountability Office shall study those provisions of law which provide mandatory spending and report to the Congress its recommendations for the appropriate form of financing for activities or programs financed by such provisions not later than eighteen months after December 12, 1985. Such report shall be revised from time to time.
Legislative History
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 404 of Pub. L. 93–344, which is not classified to the Code, was renumbered section 403 by Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10116(c)(1), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 692.
Amendments
2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in section catchline and text. 1997—Pub. L. 105–33, § 10116(c)(2), substituted “mandatory spending” for “spending authority as described by section 651(c)(2) of this title and which provide permanent appropriations,”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section 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 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. § 654
Title 2, The Congress
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Aug 21, 2026
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