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§008. BPLA §185. ICA Sec. 1013 (PAR)(381-384) – Budget Counsel
§008. BPLA §185. ICA Sec. 1013 (PAR)(381-384)
[PAGES 381-384]
proposed deferrals of budget authority1027
Sec. 1013.1028 (a) Transmittal of Special Message.—Whenever the President, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the head or any department or agency of the United States, or any officer or employee of the United State. proposes to defer any budget authority1029 provided for a specific purpose or project, the President shall transmit to the House of Representatives and the Senate a special message specifying—
(6) all facts, circumstances, and considerations relating to or bearing upon the proposed deferral and the decision to effect the proposed deferral, including an analysis or such facts, circumstances, and considerations in terms of their application to any legal authority, including specific elements of legal authority, invoked to justify such proposed deferral, and to the maximum extent practicable, the estimated effect of the proposed deferral upon the objects, purposes, and programs for which the budget authority is provided. A special message may include one or more proposed deferrals of budget authority. A deferral may not be proposed for any period of time extending beyond the end of the fiscal year in which the special message proposing the deferral is transmitted to the House and the Senate.
(b)1030 Consistency With Legislative Policy.—Deferrals1031 shall be permissible only.—
No officer or employee of the United States may defer any budget authority1032 for any other purpose.1033
(c) Exception.—The provisions of this section do not apply to any budget authority1034 proposed to be rescinded or that is to be reserved as set forth in a special message required to be transmitted under section 1012.1035
1027. Section 1011(1) defines “deferral of budget authority”. See supra p. 375. Section 3(2) defines “budget authority”. See supra pp. 11-13.
1028. Section 1013 is codified as amended at 2 U.S.C. § 684 (1988).
1029. Section 1011(1) defines “deferral of budget authority”. See supra p. 375. Section 3(2) defines “budget authority”. See supra pp. 11-13.
1030. Section 206 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987, entitled “Codification of Law Regarding Deferral Authority,” revised subsection (b) to read as it currently does, Pub. L. 100-119, §206, 101 Stat. 754, 785-86 (1987). Compare the similar provisions of 31 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(1) (1988).[1] For legislative history of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987, see infra note 1033.
1031. Section 1011(1) defines “deferral of budget authority”. See supra p. 375.
1032. Section 3(2) defines “budget authority”. See supra pp. 11-13.
1033. Section 206 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987, entitled “Codification of Law Regarding Deferral Authority,” revised subsection (b) to read as it currently does. Pub. L. No. 100-119, §206, 101 Stat. 754, 785- 86 (1987). The Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 patterned its revision on the similar provisions of 31 U.S.C.§1512(c)(1) (1988).[1] The joint statement of managers accompanying the conference report on the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Reaffirmation Act of 1987 explained:
The Supreme Court in Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983), held legislative vetoes unconstitutional. Applying Chadha, the Court of Appeals in City of New Haven v. United States, 809 F. 2d 900 (D.C. Cir. 1987), struck down Section 1013 of the 1974 Impoundment Control Act, dealing with deferrals, [thereby denying the President his sole statutory authority to make deferrals for policy reasons. The Court noted its view that the Executive’s power to defer was now limited to so-call programmatic deferrals under the Antideficiency Act, which it characterized as dealing with “routine” and “trivial” matters “relating to the normal and orderly operation of the Government that Congress expected to present little controversy”. The reporting requirements of Section 1013 have continued in force by virtue of other statutory reference to that section.][2]
The Senate amendment (Section 229) enacts a new Section 1013 that codifies the New Haven decision and General Accounting Office administrative interpretations by prohibiting policy deferrals and providing that deferrals will be permissible only: (1) for contingencies, (2) for efficiency, or (3) as specifically provided for by law. [Programmatic deferrals must be reported to the Congress and be accompanied by a detailed description and justification of the proposal. Deferrals may not be proposed for any period extending beyond the end of the fiscal year in which the proposal is reported.][3]
1034. Section 3(2) defines “budget authority”. See supra pp. 11-13.
1035. See supra pp. 378-380.
[1] This link is the House Law Revision Counsel Website: (31 U.S.C. 1512). For the internal link (Budget Counsel), see: 31 U.S.C. 1512.
[3] Text in brackets included here is omitted from the BPLA.
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