2 USC 685 - Transmission of messages; publication

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 685.

Transmission of messages; publication

(a)

Delivery to House and Senate

(b)

Delivery to Comptroller General

A copy of each special message transmitted under section 683 or 684 of this title, shall be transmitted to the Comptroller General on the same day it is transmitted to the House of Representatives and the Senate. In order to assist the Congress in the exercise of its functions under section 683 or 684 of this title, the Comptroller General shall review each such message and inform the House of Representatives and the Senate as promptly as practicable with respect to—

(1)

in the case of a special message transmitted under section 683 of this title, the facts surrounding the proposed rescission or the reservation of budget authority (including the probable effects thereof); and

(2)

in the case of a special message transmitted under section 684 of this title, (A) the facts surrounding each proposed deferral of budget authority (including the probable effects thereof) and (B) whether or not (or to what extent), in his judgment, such proposed deferral is in accordance with existing statutory authority.

(c)

Transmission of supplementary messages

(d)

Printing in Federal Register

(e)

Cumulative reports of proposed rescissions, reservations, and deferrals of budget authority

(1)

The President shall submit a report to the House of Representatives and the Senate, not later than the 10th day of each month during a fiscal year, listing all budget authority for that fiscal year with respect to which, as of the first day of such month—

(A)

he has transmitted a special message under section 683 of this title with respect to a proposed rescission or a reservation; and

(B)

he has transmitted a special message under section 684 of this title proposing a deferral.

Such report shall also contain, with respect to each such proposed rescission or deferral, or each such reservation, the information required to be submitted in the special message with respect thereto under section 683 or 684 of this title.

(2)

Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be printed in the first issue of the Federal Register published after its submission.

(Pub. L. 93–344, title X, § 1014, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 335.)

cite as: 2 USC 685

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