§ 682. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC682]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 17B--IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL AND LINE ITEM VETO
SUBCHAPTER II--CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED RESCISSIONS,
RESERVATIONS, AND DEFERRALS OF BUDGET AUTHORITY
Sec. 682. Definitions
For purposes of sections 682 to 688 of this title--
(1) ``deferral of budget authority'' includes--
(A) withholding or delaying the obligation or expenditure of
budget authority (whether by establishing reserves or otherwise)
provided for projects or activities; or
(B) any other type of Executive action or inaction which
effectively precludes the obligation or expenditure of budget
authority, including authority to obligate by contract in
advance of appropriations as specifically authorized by law;
(2) ``Comptroller General'' means the Comptroller General of the
United States;
(3) ``rescission bill'' means a bill or joint resolution which
only rescinds, in whole or in part, budget authority proposed to be
rescinded in a special message transmitted by the President under
section 683 of this title, and upon which the Congress completes
action before the end of the first period of 45 calendar days of
continuous session of the Congress after the date on which the
President's message is received by the Congress;
(4) ``impoundment resolution'' means a resolution of the House
of Representatives or the Senate which only expresses its
disapproval of a proposed deferral of budget authority set forth in
a special message transmitted by the President under section 684 of
this title; and
(5) continuity of a session of the Congress shall be considered
as broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die, and the
days on which either House is not in session because of an
adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain shall be excluded
in the computation of the 45-day period referred to in paragraph (3)
of this section and in section 683 of this title, and the 25-day
periods referred to in sections 687 and 688(b)(1) of this title. If
a special message is transmitted under section 683 of this title
during any Congress and the last session of such Congress adjourns
sine die before the expiration of 45 calendar days of continuous
session (or a special message is so transmitted after the last
session of the Congress adjourns sine die), the message shall be
deemed to have been retransmitted on the first day of the succeeding
Congress and the 45-day period referred to in paragraph (3) of this
section and in section 683 of this title (with respect to such
message) shall commence on the day after such first day.
(Pub. L. 93-344, title X, Sec. 1011, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 333.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 1401 of Title 31 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by
Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 45 sections 721, 726.
