2 USC § 931 - Purpose

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title: "2 USC § 931 - Purpose"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "931"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 20
chapter_name: "STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–139, title I, § 2, Feb. 12, 2010, 124 Stat. 8.)"
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# § 931. Purpose

The purpose of this chapter is to reestablish a statutory procedure to enforce a rule of budget neutrality on new revenue and direct spending legislation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–139, title I, § 2, Feb. 12, 2010, 124 Stat. 8.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of , , , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This title [enacting this chapter and amending sections 639, 900, 905, and 906 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010’.”

, , , provided that: