Title 31 › SUBTITLE II — THE BUDGET PROCESS › CHAPTER 11 — THE BUDGET AND FISCAL, BUDGET, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION › § 1104
The President must prepare the United States government budget and any proposed extra or emergency spending requests. The President should use the same terms when saying what money is for, when possible. The President sets what budget papers must show and how they are organized, including staff and spending details shown the same way they were in the 1950 budget. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees, acting together, can change that format. If the President makes a big change in the budget’s form, the President must show where last year’s items appear now and must consult and promptly tell the Appropriations and Budget Committees of both Houses about changes. The President must also make programs and rules to help agencies collect, analyze, publish, and share statistics, done through the Administrator for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at OMB. Agencies must give the information the President requires and allow inspection of their records.
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31 U.S.C. § 1104
Title 31, Money and Finance
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102