II 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7249 
To require submission of the National Security Strategy and the budget 
of the President before the President may deliver the State of the 
Union address. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 
Mr. CARTER of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Rules and Administration, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Budget, and Rules, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require submission of the National Security Strategy and 
the budget of the President before the President may 
deliver the State of the Union address. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Send Us Budget Mate-
rials and International Tactics In Time Act’’ or the 
‘‘SUBMIT IT Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
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(1) the term ‘‘National Security Strategy’’ 
means the report described in section 108 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043); and 
(2) the term ‘‘President’s Budget Request’’ 
means the materials that are described in section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, and are re-
quired to be submitted to Congress on or before the 
first Monday in February under section 300 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631). 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Article II, section 3 of the Constitution of 
the United States states that the President ‘‘shall 
from time to time give to the Congress Information 
of the State of the Union’’. 
(2) Though not constitutionally required, it has 
become customary for the President to deliver a 
State of the Union Address to a joint session of the 
Congress assembled in the Hall of the House. 
(3) The President is statutorily required to 
transmit to Congress certain information that sup-
ports congressional deliberations on annual budget, 
appropriations, and security legislation, and those 
reports are due around the time the President cus-
tomarily delivers a State of the Union Address. 
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(4) Section 300 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631) requires that the ‘‘Presi-
dent submits his budget’’ on or before the ‘‘First 
Monday in February’’. Section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, sets other requirements for the 
President’s Budget Request. 
(5) Section 108 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043) states that ‘‘The President 
shall transmit to Congress each year a comprehen-
sive report on the national security strategy of the 
United States’’, which ‘‘shall be transmitted on the 
date on which the President submits to Congress the 
budget for the next fiscal year’’. The National Secu-
rity Strategy proposal provides a framework for de-
fense, military, intelligence, nuclear, diplomacy, and 
development strategies. 
(6) Congress has received budget requests from 
President Joseph Biden 116, 49, and 31 days late 
for fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 2024, respectively, 
from President Donald Trump 38, 7, 35, and 7 days 
late for fiscal years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, re-
spectively, from President Barack Obama an average 
of 17.5 days late and ranging from on time twice to 
65 days late, and from President George W. Bush 
on time except, for the fiscal year 2002 request. 
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