US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

2 U.S.C. § 190f

General appropriation bills

(a)

Pub. L. 91–510, title I, § 108(d)84 Stat. 1149 Repealed. , ,

(b)

Standard appropriation classification schedule

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1 See Partial Repeal note below.
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

1No 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. 75360 Stat. 833Pub. L. 91–510, title I, § 108(d)84 Stat. 1149(, title I, § 139(a), (b), (c), ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section constitutes subsections (a) to (c) of section 139 of act . 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

Pub. L. 91–510section 190a(f) of this title1970—Subsec. (a). repealed prohibition against consideration of any general appropriation bill in either House unless prior to such consideration printed committee hearings and reports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 .

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

Pub. L. 91–510section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510section 4301 of this titleAmendment by effective immediately prior to noon on , see , set out as a note under .

Effective Date

act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I60 Stat. 834Section effective , see section 142 of , .

Partial Repeal

Section 2(a), S. Res. 274, Ninety-sixth Congress, , provided in part that this section, insofar as it relates to the Senate, is repealed. See Standing Rules of the Senate.