§ 1112. — Fiscal, budget, and program information.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 31USC1112]
TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
SUBTITLE II--THE BUDGET PROCESS
CHAPTER 11--THE BUDGET AND FISCAL, BUDGET, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION
Sec. 1112. Fiscal, budget, and program information
(a) In this section, ``agency'' means a department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States Government except a mixed-ownership
Government corporation.
(b) In cooperation with the Comptroller General, the Secretary of
the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall establish and maintain standard data processing and information
systems for fiscal, budget, and program information for use by agencies
to meet the needs of the Government, and to the extent practicable, of
State and local governments.
(c) The Comptroller General--
(1) in cooperation with the Secretary, the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office, shall establish, maintain, and publish
standard terms and classifications for fiscal, budget, and program
information of the Government, including information on fiscal
policy, receipts, expenditures, programs, projects, activities, and
functions;
(2) when advisable, shall report to Congress on those terms and
classifications, and recommend legislation necessary to promote the
establishment, maintenance, and use of standard terms and
classifications by the executive branch of the Government; and
(3) in carrying out this subsection, shall give particular
consideration to the needs of the Committees on Appropriations and
on the Budget of both Houses of Congress, the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and the
Congressional Budget Office.
(d) Agencies shall use the standard terms and classifications
published under subsection (c)(1) of this section in providing fiscal,
budget, and program information to Congress.
(e) In consultation with the President, the head of each executive
agency shall take actions necessary to achieve to the extent possible--
(1) consistency in budget and accounting classifications;
(2) synchronization between those classifications and
organizational structure; and
(3) information by organizational unit on performance and
program costs to support budget justifications.
(f) In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office, the Comptroller General, and appropriate representatives of
State and local governments, the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget (to the extent practicable) shall provide State and local
governments with fiscal, budget, and program information necessary for
accurate and timely determination by those governments of the impact on
their budgets of assistance of the United States Government.
(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 913.)
Historical and Revision Notes
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1112(a).............................. 31:1157. Oct. 26, 1970, Pub. L. 91-510, Sec. 207,
84 Stat. 1168.
1112(b).............................. 31:1151. Oct. 26, 1970, Pub. L. 91-510, Secs.
201, 202(a), (b), 203(d), 84 Stat. 1167,
1168; restated July 12, 1974, Pub. L. 93-
344, Sec. 801(a), 88 Stat. 327, 328,
329.
1112(c).............................. 31:1152(a)(1)(1st, 2d
sentences), (2), (b).
1112(d).............................. 31:1152(a)(1)(last sentence).
1112(e).............................. 31:18c. Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, 64 Stat. 832,
Sec. 106; added Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 814,
Sec. 2(a), 70 Stat. 782; Reorg. Plan
No. 2 of 1970, eff. July 1, 1970, Sec.
102(a), 84 Stat. 2085.
1112(f).............................. 31:1153(d).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In the section, the words ``program information'' are substituted
for ``program-related data and information'' to eliminate unnecessary
words.
In subsection (a), the words `` `agency' . . . of the United States
Government except a mixed-ownership Government corporation'' are
substituted for `` `Federal agency' . . . wholly owned Government
corporation'' for clarity and consistency in the revised title and with
other titles of the United States Code. The word ``establishment'' is
omitted as surplus. The words ``government of the District of Columbia''
are omitted as superseded by sections 441-455, 501, and 736 of the
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act
(Pub. L. 93-198, 87 Stat. 798, 812, 823).
In subsections (b) and (c)(1), the word ``develop'' is omitted as
being included in ``establish''.
In subsection (b), the words ``The development, establishment, and
maintenance of such systems shall be carried out so as'' are omitted as
unnecessary because of the restatement.
In subsection (c)(1) and (2), the words ``terms and
classifications'' are substituted for ``terminology, definitions,
classifications, and codes'' to eliminate unnecessary words. In clause
(1), the words ``The authority contained in this section shall include,
but not be limited to'' are omitted as surplus. In clause (2), the words
``After June 30, 1975'' are omitted as executed. The word ``additional''
is omitted as surplus. The words ``establishment, maintenance, and use
of'' are substituted for ``development, establishment, and maintenance,
modification . . . implementation'' to eliminate unnecessary words and
for consistency in the revised section. The words ``by the executive
branch of the Government'' are substituted for ``executive'' for
clarity. The text of 31:1152(a)(2)(1st sentence) is omitted as executed.
In clause (3), the words ``this subsection'' are substituted for ``this
responsibility'' because of the restatement.
In subsection (c)(1), the word ``revenues'' is omitted as being
included in ``receipts''. The word ``spending'' is substituted for
``expenditures'' for consistency in the revised title.
In subsection (e), the word ``President'' is substituted for
``Director of the Office of Management and Budget'' because sections 101
and 102(a) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970 (eff. July 1, 1970, 84
Stat. 2085) designated the Bureau of the Budget as the Office of
Management and Budget and transferred all functions of the Bureau to the
President.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 719, 1113 of this title.
