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2 U.S.C. § 474 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 474. Director of Office of Technology Assessment
(a) Appointment; term; compensation
The Director of the Office of Technology Assessment shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve for a term of six years unless sooner removed by the Board. He shall receive basic pay at the rate provided for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5.
(b) Powers and duties
In addition to the powers and duties vested in him by this chapter, the Director shall exercise such powers and duties as may be delegated to him by the Board.
(c) Deputy Director; appointment; functions; compensation
The Director may appoint with the approval of the Board, a Deputy Director who shall perform such functions as the Director may prescribe and who shall be Acting Director during the absence or incapacity of the Director or in the event of a vacancy in the office of Director. The Deputy Director shall receive basic pay at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5.
(d) Restrictions on outside employment activities of Director and Deputy Director
Neither the Director nor the Deputy Director shall engage in any other business, vocation, or employment than that of serving as such Director or Deputy Director, as the case may be; nor shall the Director or Deputy Director, except with the approval of the Board, hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Office makes any contract or other arrangement under this chapter.
(Pub. L. 92–484, § 5, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 799.)
2 U.S.C. § 477 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 477. Utilization of services of Library of Congress
(a) Authority of Librarian to make available services and assistance of Congressional Research Service
To carry out the objectives of this chapter, the Librarian of Congress is authorized to make available to the Office such services and assistance of the Congressional Research Service as may be appropriate and feasible.
(b) Scope of services and assistance
Such services and assistance made available to the Office shall include, but not be limited to, all of the services and assistance which the Congressional Research Service is otherwise authorized to provide to the Congress.
(c) Services or responsibilities performed by Congressional Research Service for Congress not altered or modified; authority of Librarian to establish within Congressional Research Service additional divisions, etc.
Nothing in this section shall alter or modify any services or responsibilities, other than those performed for the Office, which the Congressional Research Service under law performs for or on behalf of the Congress. The Librarian is, however, authorized to establish within the Congressional Research Service such additional divisions, groups, or other organizational entities as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
(d) Reimbursement for services and assistance
Services and assistance made available to the Office by the Congressional Research Service in accordance with this section may be provided with or without reimbursement from funds of the Office, as agreed upon by the Board and the Librarian of Congress.
(Pub. L. 92–484, § 8, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 801.)
2 U.S.C. § 478 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 478. Utilization of the Government Accountability Office
(a) Authority of Government Accountability Office to furnish financial and administrative services
Financial and administrative services (including those related to budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, personnel, and procurement) and such other services as may be appropriate shall be provided the Office by the Government Accountability Office.
(b) Scope of services and assistance
Such services and assistance to the Office shall include, but not be limited to, all of the services and assistance which the Government Accountability Office is otherwise authorized to provide to the Congress.
(c) Services or responsibilities performed by Government Accountability Office for Congress not altered or modified
Nothing in this section shall alter or modify any services or responsibilities, other than those performed for the Office, which the Government Accountability Office under law performs for or on behalf of the Congress.
(d) Reimbursement for services and assistance
Services and assistance made available to the Office by the Government Accountability Office in accordance with this section may be provided with or without reimbursement from funds of the Office, as agreed upon by the Board and the Comptroller General.
(Pub. L. 92–484, § 9, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 802; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)
heading: Amendments
text: 2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in section catchline and wherever appearing in text.
2 U.S.C. § 479 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 479. Coordination of activities with National Science Foundation
The Office shall maintain a continuing liaison with the National Science Foundation with respect to—
(1) grants and contracts formulated or activated by the Foundation which are for purposes of technology assessment; and
(2) the promotion of coordination in areas of technology assessment, and the avoidance of unnecessary duplication or overlapping of research activities in the development of technology assessment techniques and programs.
(Pub. L. 92–484, § 10(a), Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 802.)
2 U.S.C. § 480 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 480. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, Pub. L. 92–484, § 11, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 802, which required the Office of Technology Assessment to submit an annual report to Congress on technology assessment and technological areas and programs requiring future analysis, terminated, effective May 15, 2000, pursuant to section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. See, also, page 10 of House Document No. 103–7.
2 U.S.C. § 481 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 481. Authorization of appropriations; availability of appropriations
(a) To enable the Office to carry out its powers and duties, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Office, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate for the two fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, and June 30, 1974, and thereafter such sums as may be necessary.
(b) Appropriations made pursuant to the authority provided in subsection (a) of this section shall remain available for obligation, for expenditure, or for obligation and expenditure for such period or periods as may be specified in the Act making such appropriations.
(Pub. L. 92–484, § 12, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 803.)
2 U.S.C. § 604 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 604. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, Pub. L. 94–440, title V, § 500, Oct. 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 1452, the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1977, which authorized the Congressional Budget Office to contract without regard to section 5 of former Title 41, Public Contracts, applied to fiscal year 1977 and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation acts. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation act:
Pub. L. 94–157, title I, Dec. 18, 1975, 89 Stat. 834.
2 U.S.C. § 605 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 605. Sale or lease of property, supplies, or services
(a) Any sale or lease of property, supplies, or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be deemed to be a sale or lease to the Congress subject to section 111b of this title.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1996.
(Pub. L. 104–197, title I, § 104, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2404.)
heading: References in Text
text: Section 111b of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original a reference to section 903 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983, Pub. L. 98–63, title I, July 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 336, which is classified to section 111b of this title and in part as a note set out under section 111b of this title.
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the appropriation act cited as the credit to this section, and not as part of title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Prior Provisions
text: Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 104–53, title I, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 527.
Pub. L. 103–283, title I, July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1433.
Pub. L. 103–69, title I, Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 701.
Pub. L. 102–392, title I, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1713.
Pub. L. 102–90, title I, Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 458.
Pub. L. 101–520, title I, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2266.
Pub. L. 101–163, title I, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1054.
Pub. L. 100–458, title I, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2169.
Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(i) [title I], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–290, 1329–300.
Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(j) [H.R. 5203, title I], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–287, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(j), Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–287.
Pub. L. 99–151, title I, Nov. 13, 1985, 99 Stat. 800.
Pub. L. 98–367, title I, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 482.
2 U.S.C. § 606 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 606. Disposition of surplus or obsolete property
(a) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority, within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or discarding. Amounts received for the sale or trade-in of personal property shall be credited to funds available for the operations of the Congressional Budget Office and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or similar property. Such funds shall be available for such purposes during the fiscal year in which received and the following fiscal year.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1996.
(Pub. L. 104–197, title I, § 105, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2404; Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 126, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 577.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the appropriation act cited as the credit to this section, and not as part of title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Prior Provisions
text: Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 104–53, title I, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 527.
Pub. L. 103–283, title I, July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1433.
Pub. L. 103–69, title I, Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 701.
heading: Amendments
text: 2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–68 substituted “sale, trade-in, or discarding” for “or discarding” and inserted at end “Amounts received for the sale or trade-in of personal property shall be credited to funds available for the operations of the Congressional Budget Office and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or similar property. Such funds shall be available for such purposes during the fiscal year in which received and the following fiscal year.”
2 U.S.C. § 607 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 607. Lump-sum payments for annual leave to separated employees
(a) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority to make lump-sum payments to separated employees of the Congressional Budget Office for unused annual leave.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1996.
(Pub. L. 104–197, title I, § 106, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2404.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997, and not as part of title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
2 U.S.C. § 608 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 608. Lump-sum payments to enhance staff recruitment and to reward exceptional performance
(a) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority to make lump-sum payments to enhance staff recruitment and to reward exceptional performance by an employee or a group of employees.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1999.
(Pub. L. 106–57, title I, § 106, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 418.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2000, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000, and not as part of title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
2 U.S.C. § 609 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 609. Employee training
(a) In general
The Director of the Congressional Budget Office may, by regulation, make applicable such provisions of chapter 41 of title 5 as the Director determines necessary to provide on and after November 12, 2001, for training of individuals employed by the Congressional Budget Office.
(b) Regulations
The implementing regulations shall provide for training that, in the determination of the Director, is consistent with the training provided by agencies subject to chapter 41 of title 5.
(c) Recovery of debt
Any recovery of debt owed to the Congressional Budget Office under this section and its implementing regulations shall be credited to the appropriations account available for salaries and expenses of the Office at the time of recovery.
(d) Applicability
This section shall apply to fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter.
(Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 125, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 577.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2002, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002, and not as part of title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
2 U.S.C. § 610 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 610. Repayment of student loan on behalf of employee
(a) Authorization
The Director of the Congressional Budget Office may, in order to recruit or retain qualified personnel, establish and maintain on and after November 12, 2001, a program under which the Office may agree to repay (by direct payments on behalf of the employee) all or a portion of any student loan previously taken out by such employee.
(b) Regulations
The Director may, by regulation, make applicable such provisions of section 5379 of title 5 as the Director determines necessary to provide for such program.
(c) Maximum amount
The regulations shall provide the amount paid by the Office may not exceed—
(1) $6,000 for any employee in any calendar year; or
(2) a total of $40,000 in the case of any employee.
(d) Limitation
The Office may not reimburse an employee for any repayments made by such employee prior to the Office entering into an agreement under this section with such employee.
(e) Accounting
Any amount repaid by, or recovered from, an individual under this section and its implementing regulations shall be credited to the appropriation account available for salaries and expenses of the Office at the time of repayment or recovery.
(f) Applicability
This section shall apply to fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter.
(Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 127, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 577.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2002, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002, and not as part of title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
2 U.S.C. § 611 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 611. Employee development program
(a) Establishment
The Director of the Congressional Budget Office may, by regulation, make applicable such provisions of section 3396 of title 5 as the Director determines necessary to establish a program providing opportunities for employees of the Office to engage in details or other temporary assignments in other agencies, study, or uncompensated work experience which will contribute to the employees’ development and effectiveness.
(b) Effective date
This section shall apply to fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal year thereafter.
(Pub. L. 108–7, div. H, title I, § 1101, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 370.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was enacted as part of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003, which is div. H of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, and not as part of title II of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
heading: Executive Exchange Program for the Congressional Budget Office
text: Pub. L. 110–161, div. H, title I, § 1201, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2238, as amended by Pub. L. 111–68, div. A, title I, § 1201, Oct. 1, 2009, 123 Stat. 2032, which established an executive exchange program and was formerly set out as a note under this section, was transferred to section 612 of this title.
2 U.S.C. § 623 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 623. Continuing study of additional budget reform proposals
(a) The Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall study on a continuing basis proposals designed to improve and facilitate methods of congressional budgetmaking. The proposals to be studied shall include, but are not limited to, proposals for—
(1) improving the information base required for determining the effectiveness of new programs by such means as pilot testing, survey research, and other experimental and analytical techniques;
(2) improving analytical and systematic evaluation of the effectiveness of existing programs;
(3) establishing maximum and minimum time limitations for program authorization; and
(4) developing techniques of human resource accounting and other means of providing noneconomic as well as economic evaluation measures.
(b) The Committee on the Budget of each House shall, from time to time, report to its House the results of the study carried on by it under subsection (a) of this section, together with its recommendations.
(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude studies to improve the budgetary process by any other committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate or any joint committee of the Congress.
(Pub. L. 93–344, title VII, § 703, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 326.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1303 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
2 U.S.C. § 635 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 635. Permissible revisions of concurrent resolutions on the budget
At any time after the concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year has been agreed to pursuant to section 632 of this title, and before the end of such fiscal year, the two Houses may adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget which revises or reaffirms the concurrent resolution on the budget for such fiscal year most recently agreed to.
(Pub. L. 93–344, title III, § 304, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 310; Pub. L. 99–177, title II, § 201(b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1047; Pub. L. 100–119, title II, § 208(b), Sept. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 786; Pub. L. 101–508, title XIII, § 13112(a)(8), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–608; Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10108, Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 684.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1325 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
heading: Amendments
text: 1997—Pub. L. 105–33 designated subsec. (a) as entire section and struck out subsec. (a) heading “In general” and subsec. (b) heading and text. Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (b) read as follows: “The provisions of section 632(g) of this title shall apply with respect to concurrent resolutions on the budget under this section (and amendments thereto and conference reports thereon) in the same way they apply to concurrent resolutions on the budget under such section 632(g) of this title (and amendments thereto and conference reports thereon).”
1990—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 101–508 redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which read as follows: “The provisions of section 632(i) of this title shall apply with respect to concurrent resolutions on the budget under this section (and amendments thereto and conference reports thereon) in the same way they apply to concurrent resolutions on the budget under such section 632(i) of this title (and amendments thereto and conference reports thereon).”
1987—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–119 added subsec. (c).
1985—Pub. L. 99–177, in amending section generally, inserted “Permissible” before “revisions” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), struck out “first” after “after the”, and added subsec. (b).
heading: Effective Date of 1985 Amendment
text: 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, formerly set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 112–25, title I, § 104(a), Aug. 2, 2011, 125 Stat. 246.
2 U.S.C. § 637 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 637. Legislation dealing with Congressional budget must be handled by Budget Committees
No bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, dealing with any matter which is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget of either House shall be considered in that House unless it is a bill or resolution which has been reported by the Committee on the Budget of that House (or from the consideration of which such committee has been discharged) or unless it is an amendment to such a bill or resolution.
(Pub. L. 93–344, title III, § 306, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 313; Pub. L. 99–177, title II, § 201(b), Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1050; Pub. L. 101–508, title XIII, § 13207(a)(1)(D), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–617.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 1327 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
heading: Amendments
text: 1990—Pub. L. 101–508 substituted “bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report” for “bill or resolution, and no amendment to any bill or resolution”.
1985—Pub. L. 99–177 reenacted section without change.
heading: Effective Date of 1985 Amendment
text: 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, formerly set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under section 900 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 112–25, title I, § 104(a), Aug. 2, 2011, 125 Stat. 246.