tified by the Comptroller General, to improve their usefulness to congressional users, and to eliminate unnecessary reporting.

(2) Before September 2 of each year, the Comptroller General shall report to Congress on -

(A) the needs identified under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection;

(B) the relationship of those needs to existing reporting requirements;

(C) the extent to which reporting by the executive branch of the United States Government currently meets the identified needs;

(D) the changes to standard classifications necessary to meet congressional needs;

(E) activities, progress, and results of the program of the Comptroller General under paragraph (1)(B)-(D) of this subsection; and

year.

(F) progress of the executive branch in the prior

(3) Before March 2 of each year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary shall report to Congress on plans for meeting the needs identified under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, including -

(A) plans for carrying out changes to classifications to meet information needs of Congress;

(B) the status of information systems in the prior year; and

§ 1114. Budget information on consulting services

(a) The head of each agency shall include in the budget justification for the agency submitted each year to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress

(1) amounts requested for consulting services;

(2) the appropriation accounts from which the amounts are to be paid; and

(3) a description of the need for the consulting services, including a list of the major programs requiring those services.

(b) The Inspector General or comparable official of each agency shall submit to Congress each year, with the budget justification for the agency, an evaluation of the progress of the agency in establishing effective management controls and improving the accuracy and completeness of the information provided to the Federal Procurement Data System on contracts for consulting services. If the agency does not have an Inspector General or comparable official, the head of the agency or officer or employee designated by the head of the agency shall submit the evaluation.

INDEX

appeal

.. 91, 92, 99, 100, 108, 112, 113, 160, 165, 166, 169, 174,
182, 185, 188, 189, 191, 213, 302, 303, 330-332, 549,
556, 559, 563, 570, 576, 592, 603, 605, 643
16, 34, 44, 62, 90, 122, 129, 200, 203-206,
212, 248, 259, 359, 377, 381, 526, 531, 588, 589

appropriation Act

defined

Armstrong, Senator William L.
automatic spending increases

Baker, Senator Howard H.
baseline

16

85, 174, 313

435, 459, 491, 493-495, 508,

509, 519, 603, 619, 620
97, 99, 106, 110, 137, 183

119, 154, 272, 276, 370, 373, 374, 380, 403, 419-422,
436, 437, 460, 461, 464, 471, 473, 482, 486, 487,
488, 490, 494, 529, 534, 537, 538, 541, 584, 621,

Chiles, Senator Lawton
Cohen, Senator William S.
commodity credit corporation
Comptroller General

credit authority

defined

546-548, 614, 655, 656

84, 89, 148, 149

515

42, 84, 116, 179, 185, 298, 548

160, 209, 225, 229, 232, 242,

416, 436, 460, 520, 521, 524, 538

8, 9, 32, 281, 282, 285-288, 309, 319,

320, 323-326, 338, 343, 471, 484, 606, 664, 679, 680,
707, 718-722

6, 19, 38, 70-72, 74, 76-78, 82, 83, 85, 123,
125, 126, 128, 131, 137-139, 211, 212, 221, 226, 229,
343, 348, 352, 362, 363, 629-631

DeConcini, Senator Dennis
defer

deferral of budget authority

defined

19

13, 15, 97, 106

309, 315, 317, 323

309, 310, 315, 316, 320, 321,

323, 327, 328

309

deficit

xxix, 8, 9, 16, 17, 22, 32, 37, 45, 47, 51, 55, 56, 62,
67-69, 73, 84, 88, 93, 98, 107, 111, 112, 116, 119,
128, 132, 136, 139, 146, 148, 151-154, 160, 162, 163,
167, 169-171, 173, 183, 190-194, 200, 201, 210, 211,
251-254, 256, 257, 265, 268, 270-278, 295, 298,
299, 301-303, 314, 316, 317, 323-325, 335, 337-341,
343, 363, 365, 369-372, 375, 376, 379, 380, 381, 409,
412, 426, 433-435, 438-441, 445, 450, 451, 455, 457,
458, 461-479, 482, 483, 486-491, 494, 495, 529,
532-534, 537, 538, 541, 545, 546, 548, 550,
552-554, 557, 567, 573, 574, 579-581, 583, 584, 588,
589, 592, 593, 605, 611, 612, 614, 617, 626, 627,
632-634, 642-644, 649-651, 653-655, 659, 660, 662,
663, 664, 677-680, 708
470-473, 487, 488, 538

deficit excess
Dole, Senator Robert

Domenici, Senator Pete V.

97, 105, 106, 132, 160, 185, 191,

192, 194, 297, 313, 547, 548, 568
116, 160, 167, 174, 179,

183, 185, 187, 189-191, 193, 194, 204, 297, 298

Eagleton, Senator Thomas F.
earned income tax credit
East, Senator John P.
entitlement authority

defined

191

491, 493

112, 386, 424, 544

18, 19, 53, 70-72, 74-76, 78, 84-86, 128,
131, 141, 148, 151, 157, 158, 183, 200-202, 204, 242,
261, 263, 272, 278, 376, 378, 521, 530, 630, 631
18, 202, 204

Evans, Senator Daniel J.
foster care

190
415, 435, 459, 510, 620
66, 92, 96, 100-109, 113, 136, 137, 163-166, 188,
301, 328, 331, 333, 559, 563, 568, 570, 575, 576,

Harkin, Senator Tom
Haskell, Senator Floyd K.
Hatfield, Senator Mark O.
Helms, Senator Jesse A.
Hollings, Senator Ernest F.
Humphrey, Senator Gordon J.
impoundment resolution

581, 584
100

105, 194

228, 683-689

108, 297, 298, 569

153

47, 130, 191

101, 132

97

47, 130, 148, 313

310, 327-331
310, 327-331

4, 14, 28, 50, 64, 111, 118, 229, 232-234, 244, 247,
325, 387, 412, 416-418, 450, 491, 493, 499, 501,
594-599, 613, 660, 683, 703, 704, 711
164-167, 188, 189

Johnston, Senator J. Bennett