2 U.S.C. § 601
The Director shall appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the duties and functions of the Office. All personnel of the Office shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of their fitness to perform their duties. The Director may prescribe the duties and responsibilities of the personnel of the Office, and delegate to them authority to perform any of the duties, powers, and functions imposed on the Office or on the Director. For purposes of pay (other than pay of the Director and Deputy Director) and employment benefits, rights, and privileges, all personnel of the Office shall be treated as if they were employees of the House of Representatives.
In carrying out the duties and functions of the Office, the Director may procure the temporary (not to exceed one year) or intermittent services of experts or consultants or organizations thereof by contract as independent contractors, or, in the case of individual experts or consultants, by employment at rates of pay not in excess of the daily equivalent of the highest rate of basic pay payable under the General Schedule of section 5332 of title 5.
In carrying out the duties and functions of the Office, and for the purpose of coordinating the operations of the Office with those of other congressional agencies with a view to utilizing most effectively the information, services, and capabilities of all such agencies in carrying out the various responsibilities assigned to each, the Director is authorized to obtain information, data, estimates, and statistics developed by the Government Accountability Office,1 and the Library of Congress, and (upon agreement with them) to utilize their services, facilities, and personnel with or without reimbursement. The Comptroller General,1 and the Librarian of Congress are authorized to provide the Office with the information, data, estimates, and statistics, and the services, facilities, and personnel, referred to in the preceding sentence.
For the purposes of revenue legislation which is income, estate and gift, excise, and payroll taxes (i.e., Social Security), considered or enacted in any session of Congress, the Congressional Budget Office shall use exclusively during that session of Congress revenue estimates provided to it by the Joint Committee on Taxation. During that session of Congress such revenue estimates shall be transmitted by the Congressional Budget Office to any committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate requesting such estimates, and shall be used by such Committees in determining such estimates. The Budget Committees of the Senate and House shall determine all estimates with respect to scoring points of order and with respect to the execution of the purposes of this Act.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Office for each fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its duties and functions. Until sums are first appropriated pursuant to the preceding sentence, but for a period not exceeding 12 months following the effective date of this subsection, the expenses of the Office shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate, in accordance with section 6503 of this title, and upon vouchers approved by the Director.
1So in original. Comma probably should not appear.
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EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis Act, referred to in subsec. (f), means Pub. L. 93-344, July 12, 1974, 88 Stat. 297, known as the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which enacted chapters 17, 17A and 17B, and section 190a-3 of this title and sections 11a, 11c, 11d, 1020a of former Title 31, Money and Finance, amended sections 11, 665, 701, 1020, 1151, 1152, 1153, and 1154 of former Title 31, section 105 of Title 1, General Provisions, sections 190b and 190d of this title, repealed sections 571 and 581c-1 of former Title 31, and sections 66 and 81 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 190a-1, 621, 632, and 682 of this title, section 105 of Title 1, and section 1020 of former Title 31. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 621 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATION Pub. L. 101-508, §12302(b), transferred section 273 of Pub. L. 99-177 which was classified to section 921 of this title, to subsec. (g) (now (f)) of this section, relating to revenue estimates.
AMENDMENTS2024-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 118-89 designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted "(with or without written agreement) provided that the Director maintains the level of confidentiality required by law of the department, agency, establishment, or regulatory agency or commission from which it is obtained in accordance with section 603(e) of this title" for "(other than material the disclosure of which would be a violation of law)", and added par. (2).2019-Subsec. (a)(5)(A). Pub. L. 116-94 substituted "the maximum rate of pay in effect under section 4575(f) of this title." for "the lower of-"(i) the highest annual rate of compensation of any officer of the Senate; or "(ii) the highest annual rate of compensation of any officer of the House of Representatives."2004-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 108-271 substituted "Government Accountability Office" for "General Accounting Office".1999-Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 106-113 amended par. (5) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (5) read as follows: "The Director shall receive compensation at a per annum gross rate equal to the rate of basic pay, as in effect from time to time, for level III of the Executive Schedule in section 5314 of title 5. The Deputy Director shall receive compensation at a per annum gross rate equal to the rate of basic pay, as so in effect, for level IV of the Executive Schedule in section 5315 of such title."1997-Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 105-33, §10102(a), substituted "The term of office of the Director shall be 4 years and shall expire on January 3 of the year preceding each Presidential election." for "The term of office of the Director first appointed shall expire at noon on January 3, 1979, and the terms of office of Directors subsequently appointed shall expire at noon on January 3 of each fourth year thereafter." Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105-33, §10102(b), inserted "and" before "the Library", struck out "and the Office of Technology Assessment," after "Library of Congress,", inserted "and" before "the Librarian", and struck out ",and the Technology Assessment Board" after "Librarian of Congress". Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 105-33, §10102(c), redesignated subsec. (g), relating to revenue estimates, as (f). 1990-Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101-508, §13202(a), redesignated subsec. (f), relating to authorization of appropriations, as (g).Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101-508, §13202(a), redesignated subsec. (f), relating to authorization of appropriations, as (g). Pub. L. 101-508, §12302(b), (c), redesignated section 921 of this title as subsec. (g) of this section, inserted heading "Revenue estimates" and substituted "this Act" for "this title and the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2019 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 116-94 effective on the later of the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2020, or the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after Dec. 20, 2019, see section 212(c) of Pub. L. 116-94 set out as a note under section 282b of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE Subsec. (a) effective July 12, 1974, see section 905(a) of Pub. L. 93-344 and subsecs. (b) to (f) effective on day on which first Director of Congressional Budget Office is appointed under subsec. (a), see section 905(a), (b) of Pub. L. 93-344 formerly set out as a note under section 621 of this title.
SHORT TITLE OF 2024 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 118-89, §1, Sept. 30, 2024, 138 Stat. 1557, provided that: "This Act [amending this section] may be cited as the 'Congressional Budget Office Data Sharing Act'."
SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 93-344 which enacted this chapter, to be cited in its entirety as the "Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974", with titles I through IX thereof to be cited as the "Congressional Budget Act of 1974", see section 1(a) of Pub. L. 93-344 set out as a note under section 621 of this title.
REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS TO GS-16, 17, OR 18 PAY RATESReferences in laws to the rates of pay for GS-16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, §101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509 set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.