Ill STAT. 678 PUBLIC LAW 105-33 —AUG. 5, 1997 Sec. 10209. The baseline. Sec. 10210. Technical correction. Sec. 10211. Judicial review. Sec. 10212. Effective date. Sec. 10213. Reduction of preexisting balances and exclusion of effects of this Act from paygo scorecard. Subtitle A—Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 SEC. 10101. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3. Section 3(9) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 2 USC 622. Control Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows: "(9) The term 'entitlement authority' means— "(A) the authority to make pa3niients (including loans and grants), the budget authority for which is not provided for in advance by appropriation Acts, to any person or government if, under the provisions of the law containing that authority, the United States is obligated to make such payments to persons or governments who meet the requirements established by that law; and "(B) the food stamp program.". SEC. 10102. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 201. (a) TERM OF OFFICE. —The first sentence of section 201(a)(3) 2 USC 601. of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows: 'The term of office of the Director shall be 4 years and shall expire on January 3 of the year preceding each Presidential election.. (b) CONFORMING CHANGE. —Section 201(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting "and" before "the Librar}^", by striking "and the Office of Technology Assessment,", by inserting "and" before "the Librarian", and by striking ", and the Technology Assessment Board". (c) REDESIGNATION OF EXECUTED PROVISION.— Section 201 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by redesignating subsection (g) (relating to revenue estimates) as subsection (f). SEC. 10103. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 202. (a) ASSISTANCE TO BUDGET COMMITTEES.— The first sentence 2 USC 602. of section 202(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting "primary" before "duty". (b) ELIMINATION OF EXECUTED PROVISION. —Section 202 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking subsection (e) and by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively. (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT. — The first sentence of section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as redesignated) is amended by— (1) striking "and" before "(B)"; and (2) inserting before the period the following: ", and (C) a statement of the levels of budget authority and outlays for each program assumed to be extended in the baseline, as provided in section 257(b)(2)(A) and for excise taxes assumed to be extended under section 257(b)(2)(C) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985".
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