§ 190f. — General appropriation bills.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC190f]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 6--CONGRESSIONAL AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS
Sec. 190f. General appropriation bills
(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 91-510, title I, Sec. 108(d), Oct. 26, 1970, 84
Stat. 1149
(b) Standard appropriation classification schedule
The Committees on Appropriations of the two Houses are authorized
and directed, acting jointly, to develop a standard appropriation
classification schedule which will clearly define in concise and uniform
accounts the subtotals of appropriations asked for by agencies in the
executive branch of the Government. That part of the printed hearings
containing each such agency's request for appropriations shall be
preceded by such a schedule.
(c) Nonconsideration if a provision reappropriates unexpended balances
No general appropriation bill or amendment thereto shall be received
or considered in either House if it contains a provision reappropriating
unexpended balances of appropriations; except that this provision shall
not apply to appropriations in continuation of appropriations for public
works on which work has commenced.
(Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, Sec. 139(a), (b), (c), 60 Stat. 833;
Pub. L. 91-510, title I, Sec. 108(d), Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1149.)
Partial Repeal
Section 2(a), S. Res. 274, Ninety-sixth Congress, Nov. 14, 1979,
provided in part that this section, insofar as it relates to the
Senate, is repealed. See Standing Rules of the Senate.
Codification
Section constitutes subsections (a) to (c) of section 139 of act
Aug. 2, 1946. Subsection (d) of section 139, which required the two
Houses of Congress to make a study of existing permanent appropriations
with a view to limiting the number thereof and to recommending what
permanent appropriations should be discontinued, and of the disposition
of funds resulting from the sale of Government property or services by
all departments and agencies in the executive branch of the Government
with a view to recommending a uniform system of control with respect to
those funds, was omitted from the Code as being of a temporary
character.
Amendments
1970--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-510 repealed prohibition against
consideration of any general appropriation bill in either House unless
prior to such consideration printed committee hearings and reports on
the bill have been available for at least three calendar days for the
Members of the House considering the bill, which was incorporated in
section 190a(f) of this title.
Effective Date of 1970 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 91-510 effective immediately prior to noon on
Jan. 3, 1971, see section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91-510, set out as a note
under section 72a of this title.
Effective Date
Section effective Jan. 2, 1947, see section 142 of act Aug. 2, 1946.
