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§658g Clarification of Application

Title 2 › CHAPTER 17A — CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — FISCAL PROCEDURES › Part B — Federal Mandates › § 658g

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Applies only to a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that reauthorizes or changes funding or that changes a law when the change would either cut federal money that helps state, local, or tribal governments or private businesses meet federal rules without cutting the rules by the same amount, or would raise the total direct costs of federal mandates. Direct costs means the net increase in costs caused by the measure. You find it by subtracting the total direct costs that would happen if the measure is not passed from the total direct costs that would happen if it is passed. When a bill just extends an authorization of funding, compare the new authorization level to the last year that authorization was in effect.

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Title 2, §658g

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(a)In general
This part applies to any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that reauthorizes appropriations, or that amends existing authorizations of appropriations, to carry out any statute, or that otherwise amends any statute, only if enactment of the bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report—
(1)would result in a net reduction in or elimination of authorization of appropriations for Federal financial assistance that would be provided to State, local, or tribal governments for use for the purpose of complying with any Federal intergovernmental mandate, or to the private sector for use to comply with any Federal private sector mandate, and would not eliminate or reduce duties established by the Federal mandate by a corresponding amount; or
(2)would result in a net increase in the aggregate amount of direct costs of Federal intergovernmental mandates or Federal private sector mandates other than as described in paragraph (1).
(b)Direct costs
(1)In general
For purposes of this part, the direct cost of the Federal mandates in a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that reauthorizes appropriations, or that amends existing authorizations of appropriations, to carry out a statute, or that otherwise amends any statute, means the net increase, resulting from enactment of the bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, in the amount described under paragraph (2)(A) over the amount described under paragraph (2)(B).
(2)Amounts
The amounts referred to under paragraph (1) are—
(A)the aggregate amount of direct costs of Federal mandates that would result under the statute if the bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report is enacted; and
(B)the aggregate amount of direct costs of Federal mandates that would result under the statute if the bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report were not enacted.
(3)Extension of authorization of appropriations
For purposes of this section, in the case of legislation to extend authorization of appropriations, the authorization level that would be provided by the extension shall be compared to the authorization level for the last year in which authorization of appropriations is already provided.

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Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1996, or on the date 90 days after appropriations are made available as authorized under section 1516 of this title, whichever is earlier, and applicable to legislation considered on and after such date, see section 110 of Pub. L. 104–4, set out as a note under section 1511 of this title.

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2 U.S.C. § 658g

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Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110