Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

Budget Act of 1974

Long title	An Act to establish a new congressional budget process; to establish Committees on the Budget in each House; to establish a Congressional Budget Office; to establish a procedure providing congressional control over the impoundment of funds by the executive branch; and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 93rd United States Congress
Effective	July 12, 1974
Citations
Public law	93-344
Statutes at Large	88 Stat. 297
Codification
Titles amended	2 U.S.C.: Congress
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 7130 by Al Ullman (D-OR) on April 18, 1973 Committee consideration by House Rules Passed the House on December 5, 1973 (386-23) Passed the Senate on March 22, 1974 (80-0, in lieu of S. 1541) Reported by the joint conference committee on June 11, 1974; agreed to by the House on June 18, 1974 (401-6) and by the Senate on June 21, 1974 (75-0) Signed into law by President Richard Nixon on July 12, 1974
Major amendments
Budget Control Act of 2011
United States Supreme Court cases
Train v. City of New York

The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 93–344, 88 Stat. 297, 2 U.S.C. §§ 601–688) is a United States federal law that governs the role of the Congress in the United States budget process.