§ 1109. — Current programs and activities estimates.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 31USC1109]
TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
SUBTITLE II--THE BUDGET PROCESS
CHAPTER 11--THE BUDGET AND FISCAL, BUDGET, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION
Sec. 1109. Current programs and activities estimates
(a) On or before the first Monday after January 3 of each year (on
or before February 5 in 1986), the President shall submit to both Houses
of Congress the estimated budget outlays and proposed budget authority
that would be included in the budget for the following fiscal year if
programs and activities of the United States Government were carried on
during that year at the same level as the current fiscal year without a
change in policy. The President shall state the estimated budget outlays
and proposed budget authority by function and subfunction under the
classifications in the budget summary table under the heading ``Budget
Authority and Outlays by Function and Agency'', by major programs in
each function, and by agency. The President also shall include a
statement of the economic and program assumptions on which those budget
outlays and budget authority are based, including inflation, real
economic growth, and unemployment rates, program caseloads, and pay
increases.
(b) The Joint Economic Committee shall review the estimated budget
outlays and proposed budget authority and submit an economic evaluation
of the budget outlays and budget authority to the Committees on the
Budget of both Houses before March 1 of each year.
(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 913; Pub. L. 99-177, title II,
Sec. 222, Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1060.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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1109(a).............................. 31:11a(a). July 12, 1974, Pub. L. 93-344, Sec. 605,
88 Stat. 325.
1109(b).............................. 31:11a(b).
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In the section, the words ``budget outlays'' are substituted for
``outlays'' for consistency in the revised title.
In subsection (a), the words ``Before November 11'' are substituted
for ``On or before November 10'', the words ``both Houses of Congress''
are substituted for ``the Senate and the House of Representatives'', the
word ``following'' is substituted for ``ensuing'', and the word
``current'' is substituted for ``in progress'', for consistency. The
words ``(beginning with 1975)'' are omitted as executed. The words ``of
the United States Government'' are added for clarity. The words ``in
such programs and activities'' are omitted as surplus. The words ``The
President shall state'' are substituted for ``shall be shown'', and the
words ``The President also shall include'' are substituted for
``Accompanying these estimates shall be'', because of the restatement.
In subsection (b), the words ``so submitted'' are omitted as
unnecessary. The words ``before January 1'' are substituted for ``on or
before December 31'' for consistency.
Amendments
1985--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99-177, Sec. 222(a), substituted ``On or
before the first Monday after January 3 of each year (on or before
February 5 in 1986)'' for ``Before November 11 of each year''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-177, Sec. 222(b), substituted ``March 1''
for ``January 1''.
Effective Date of 1985 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 99-177 effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable
with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, see section
275(a)(1) of Pub. L. 99-177, set out as an Effective and Termination
Dates note under section 900 of Title 2, The Congress.
