Pub. L. 102-484, div. D, tit. XLV, sec. 4501

BUDGET DETERMINATION BY THE DIRECTOR OF OMB.

EnactedYear: 1992Length: 330 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 4501. BUDGET DETERMINATION BY THE DIRECTOR OF OMB. (a) Requirement for Determination.—An amount made available under this Act for a program described in subsection (b) may be obligated for that program only if expenditures for that program have been determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to be counted against the defense category of the discretionary spending limits for fiscal year 1993 (as defined in section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act 106 STAT. 2770of 1974) for purposes of part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. (b) Covered Programs.—The programs referred to in subsection (a) are the programs under title XLIII and subtitles D through G of title XLIV. (c) Effect on Appropriations for Programs Not Counted Against Defense Category.— (1) Not later than the third day after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make a determination as to the classification by discretionary spending limit category for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 of amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1993 for each of the programs described in subsection (b). If the Director determines that any such amount shall not classify against the defense category, then the President shall submit to Congress a report listing all such amounts that the Director has determined will not classify against the defense category (as described in subsection (a)). Such report shall contain an explanation for each such determination. (2) All amounts listed in the report under paragraph (1) may be transferred only to the programs under titles XLII, XLIII, and XLIV that are classified against the defense category by virtue of the report of the President submitted under paragraph (1) pursuant to amounts specified in appropriation Acts. Any such transfer shall be taken into account for purposes of calculating all reports under section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.