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(d) ADJUSTMENTS. -- (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, concurrent resolutions on the budget for fiscal years 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 under section 301852 or 304853 set forth levels consistent with allocations increased by -

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(A) amounts not to exceed the budget authority amounts in section 251(b) (2) (E) (i) 855 and (ii) 85% of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the composite outlays857 per category consistent with them; and

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(B) the budget authority 859 and outlay860 amounts in section 251(b) (1) 861 of that Act.

(2) For purposes of congressional consideration of provi

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Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or of the
Senate, as the case may be.

See supra pp. 46-69.

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Section 3(2) defines "budget authority." See supra pp. 11-13.

See infra p. 427. Section 251(b)(2)(E)(i) of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings provides the special allowance for discretionary new budget authority for the domestic category.

856 See infra p. 427. Section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings provides the special allowance for discretionary new budget authority for the international category.

857 Section 250(c)(20) of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings defines "composite outlay rate." See infra p. 378.

858 Section 250(c)(4) of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings defines "category." See infra p. 373. 899 Section 3(2) defines "budget authority." See supra pp. 11-13.

860 Section 3(1) defines "outlays." See supra p. 11.

861 See infra pp. 418-421. Section 251(b)(1) of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits for changes in concepts and definitions,

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sions described in sections 251(b)(2)(A),862 251(b)(2)(B), 251(b)(2) (C),84 251(b)(2) (D),' 866 865 and 252(e), determinations under sections 302,867 303,868 and 311869 shall not take into account any new budget authority, new entitlement authority, outlays,872 receipts, or deficit effects in any fiscal year of those provisions.

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862 See infra p. 421. Section 251(b)(2)(A) of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits for the Internal Revenue Service compliance initiative.

863 See infra p. 422. Section 251(b)(2)(B) of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits for debt forgiveness for the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Government of Poland.

864 See infra p. 423. Section 251(b)(2)(C) of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits for the United States quota as part of the International Monetary Fund Ninth General Review of Quotas.

865 See infra p. 423. Section 251(b)(2)(D) of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits for emergency requirements (including the costs for operation Desert Shield).

866 See infra p. 454. Section 252(e) of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings provides for direct spending or receipts legislation that the President and Congress designate as emergency requirements.

867 See supra pp. 70-82.

868 See supra pp. 83-92.

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See supra pp. 147-158. This listing of sections should also include the new points of order that title VI added to the Congressional Budget Act in sections 601(b), 602(c), and 605(b). Congress intended that the Budget Committees not count these items for any Congressional Budget Act purposes.

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Section 3(2) defines "budget authority." See supra pp. 11-13.

Section 3(9) (see supra p. 18) defines "entitlement authority" to mean that authority described in section 401(c)(2)(C) (see supra p. 204).

SEC. 607. EFFECTIVE DATE."

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This title shall take effect upon its date of enactment and shall apply to fiscal years 1991 to 1995.

873 Section 13111 of the Budget Enforcement Act added what is now section 607. See infra p. 623. For excerpts from the statement of managers accompanying the conference report on the Budget Enforcement Act, see supra note 805 (at the beginning of title VI).

Public Law 97-258 repealed the section 607 originally enacted in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. See An Act to Revise, Codify, and Enact Without Substantive Change Certain General and Permanent Laws, Related to Money and Finance, as title 31, United States Code, "Money and Finance," Pub. L. No. 97-258, § 5(b), 96 Stat. 877, 1082 (Sept. 13, 1982). The original sections 601-605 and 607 were codified in sections 1105, 1106, and 1108-1110 of title 31. As originally enacted in 1974, section 607 read as follows:

YEAR-AHEAD REQUESTS FOR AUTHORIZATION OF NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY

SEC. 607. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any request for the enactment of legislation authorizing the enactment of new budget authority to continue a program or activity for a fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year commencing October 1, 1976) shall be submitted to the Congress not later than May 15 of the year preceding the year in which the fiscal year begins. In the case of a request for the enactment of legislation authorizing the enactment of new budget authority for a new program or activity which is to continue for more than one fiscal year, such request shall be submitted for

TITLE VII

PROGRAM

REVIEW

AND EVALUATION

REVIEW AND EVALUATION BY STANDING COMMITTEES

SEC. 701. Section 136(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190d) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: "Such committees may carry out the required analysis, appraisal, and evaluation themselves, or by contract, or may require a Government agency to do so and furnish a report thereon to the Congress. Such committees may rely on such techniques as pilot testing, analysis of costs in comparison with benefits, or provision for evaluation after a defined period of time."874

874 Public Law 97-258 repealed section 702. See An Act to Revise, Codify, and Enact Without Substantive Change Certain General and Permanent Laws, Related to Money and Finance, as title 31, United States Code, "Money and Finance," Pub. L. No. 97-258, 96 Stat. 877, 1082 (Sept. 13, 1982). Section 702 was codified in sections 702, 717, 719, and 731 of title 31. As originally enacted in 1974, section 702 read as follows:

REVIEW AND EVALUATION BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL

SEC. 702. (a) Section 204 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (31 U.S.C. 1154) is amended to read as follows:

"REVIEW AND EVALUATION

"SEC. 204. (a) The Comptroller General shall review and evaluate the results of Government programs and activities carried on under existing law when ordered by either House of Congress, or upon his own initiative, or when requested by any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate, or any joint committee of the two Houses, having jurisdiction over such programs and activities.

"(b) The Comptroller General, upon request of any committee of either House or any joint committee of the two

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