Title 2 › CHAPTER 17A — CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — FISCAL PROCEDURES › Part B — Federal Mandates › § 658g
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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2 U.S.C. § 658g
Title 2, The Congress
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Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110