2 USC § 654 - Study by Government Accountability Office of forms of Federal financial commitment not reviewed annually by Congress

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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–344, title IV, § 404, formerly § 405, as added Pub. L. 99–177, title II, § 214, Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1059; renumbered § 404 and amended Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10116(c)(1), (2), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 692; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)"
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# § 654. Study by Government Accountability Office of forms of Federal financial commitment not reviewed annually by Congress

December 12, 1985

The Government Accountability 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 . Such report shall be revised from time to time.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–344, title IV, § 404, formerly § 405, as added Pub. L. 99–177, title II, § 214, Dec. 12, 1985, 99 Stat. 1059; renumbered § 404 and amended Pub. L. 105–33, title X, § 10116(c)(1), (2), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 692; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior , which is not classified to the Code, was renumbered section 403 by , , .

### Amendments

2004— substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in section catchline and text.

1997—, substituted “mandatory spending” for “spending authority as described by  and which provide permanent appropriations,”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after , see , formerly set out as an Effective and Termination Dates note under  prior to repeal by , , .