Title 2, United States Code section 622

Compiled January, 2015

Our review of the annotated history for Title 2, United States Code section 622 reveals the following legislative history.  Each public law (hereinafter referred to as Pub.L.) represents a separate congressional enactment or bill.

Added: Pub.L. 93–344, § 3, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 299
Amended:
•  August 1, 1946, ch. 724, title I, § 302(c), as added Pub. L. 95–110, §1, September 20, 1977, 91 Stat. 884, [renumbered title I, Pub.L. 102–486, title IX, §902(a)(8), October 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2944]:  struck out designation “(a)” before “For the purpose of this chapter” and struck out subsec. (b) which provided that Members of the respective Houses of Congress who were members of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy were to be treated as standing committees of their respective Houses of Congress.
•  Pub.L. 99–177, title II, §§ 201(a) and 232(b), December 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1039, 1062: Pub.L. 99–177, § 201(a)(2), inserted reference to the collection of offsetting receipts, effective April 15, 1986.  Par. (4). struck out designation “(a)” before “For the purpose of this chapter” and struck out subsec. (b) which provided that Members of the respective Houses of Congress who were members of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy were to be treated as standing committees of their respective Houses of Congress.  Pub.L. 99‑177, § 201(a)(1), added Pars. (6) to (10).
•  Pub.L. 99–514, § 2, October 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095:  substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “title 26” thus requiring no change in text.
•  Pub.L. 100–119, title I, § 106(a), September 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 780: inserted subpars. (D) to (I) and struck out former subpars. (D) to (F).
•  Pub.L. 100–203, title VIII, § 8003(c), December 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–282:  § 8003(c)(2)–(7), redesignated subpars. (E) to (I) as (D) to (H), respectively. Former subpar. (D) redesignated (C).  § 8003(c)(1), (2), redesignated subpar. (D) as (C). Former subpar. (C), which provided for maximum deficit amount of $108,000,000,000 for fiscal year beginning October 1, 1987, was struck out.
•  Pub.L. 101–508, title XIII, §§ 13112(a)(2), 13201(b)(1), 13211(a), November 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–607 , 1388-614, 1388-620:  Par. (2). Pub.L. 101–508, § 13211(a), amended Par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, Par. (2) read as follows: “The term ‘budget authority’ means authority provided by law to enter into obligations which will result in immediate or future outlays involving Government funds or to collect offsetting receipts., except that such term does not include authority to insure or guarantee the repayment of indebtedness incurred by another person or government. The term includes the cost for direct loan and loan guarantee programs, as those terms are defined by subchapter III of this chapter”.  Pub. L. 101–508, §13201(b)(1), inserted at end: “The term includes the cost for direct loan and loan guarantee programs, as those terms are defined by subchapter III of this chapter”.  Pars. (6) to (8). Pub.L. 101–508, § 13112(a)(2), added Pars. (6) to (8) and struck out former Par. (6) which defined “deficit” and contained provisions relating to calculation of the deficit, former Par. (7) which defined “maximum deficit amount”, and former Par. (8) which defined “off-budget Federal entity”.
•  Pub.L. 105–33, title X, § 10101, August 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 678:  Par. (9). Pub.L. 105–33 amended Par. (9) generally. Prior to amendment, Par. (9) read as follows: “The term ‘entitlement authority’ means spending authority described by § 651(c)(2)(C) of this title.”
•  Pub.L. 112–25, title I, § 105(b), August. 2, 2011, 125 Stat. 247: Par. (11). Pub.L. 112–25 added Par. (11)

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