                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
         CHAPTER 17A--CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND FISCAL OPERATIONS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--FISCAL PROCEDURES
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 654. Study by General Accounting Office of forms of Federal 
        financial commitment not reviewed annually by Congress
        
    The General Accounting Office shall study those provisions of law 
which provide mandatory spending and report to the Congress its 
recommendations for the appropriate form of financing for activities or 
programs financed by such provisions not later than eighteen months 
after December 12, 1985. Such report shall be revised from time to time.

(Pub. L. 93-344, title IV, Sec. 404, formerly Sec. 405, as added Pub. L. 
99-177, title II, Sec. 214, Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1059; renumbered 
Sec. 404 and amended Pub. L. 105-33, title X, Sec. 10116(c)(1), (2), 
Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 692.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 404 of Pub. L. 93-344, which is not classified to 
the Code, was renumbered section 403 by Pub. L. 105-33, title X, 
Sec. 10116(c)(1), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 692.


                               Amendments

    1997--Pub. L. 105-33, Sec. 10116(c)(2), substituted ``mandatory 
spending'' for ``spending authority as described by section 651(c)(2) of 
this title and which provide permanent appropriations,''.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Dec. 12, 1985, and applicable with respect to 
fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1985, see section 275(a)(1) of 
Pub. L. 99-177, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under 
section 900 of this title.
