Title 31, Money and FinanceRelease 119-102
§1110 Year-ahead Requests for Authorizing Legislation
Title 31 › SUBTITLE II — THE BUDGET PROCESS › CHAPTER 11 — THE BUDGET AND FISCAL, BUDGET, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION › § 1110
Summary
Ask Congress for new spending authority to keep a program or activity running for a fiscal year by sending the request before May 16 of the year before that fiscal year starts. If the new program or activity will last more than one year, the request must cover at least the first and second fiscal years.
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Title 31, §1110
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A request to enact legislation authorizing new budget authority to continue a program or activity for a fiscal year shall be submitted to Congress before May 16 of the year before the year in which the fiscal year begins. If a new program or activity will continue for more than one year, the request must be submitted for at least the first and 2d fiscal years.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 111031:11c.July 12, 1974, Pub. L. 93–344, § 607, 88 Stat. 325. The words “Notwithstanding any other provision of law” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “the enactment of” before “new” are omitted as surplus. The words “(beginning with the fiscal year commencing October 1, 1976)” are omitted as executed. The words “a request for the enactment of legislation authorizing the enactment of new budget authority for” are omitted for consistency in the chapter.
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31 U.S.C. § 1110
Title 31, Money and Finance
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102