2 U.S.C. § 623 : US Code - Section 623: Continuing study of additional budget reform proposals

Search 2 U.S.C. § 623 : US Code - Section 623: Continuing study of additional budget reform proposals

(a) The Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives
and the Senate shall study on a continuing basis proposals designed
to improve and facilitate methods of congressional budgetmaking.
The proposals to be studied shall include, but are not limited to,
proposals for - 
(1) improving the information base required for determining the
effectiveness of new programs by such means as pilot testing
survey research, and other experimental and analytical
techniques;
(2) improving analytical and systematic evaluation of the
effectiveness of existing programs;
(3) establishing maximum and minimum time limitations for
program authorization; and
(4) developing techniques of human resource accounting and
other means of providing noneconomic as well as economic
evaluation measures.
(b) The Committee on the Budget of each House shall, from time to
time, report to its House the results of the study carried on by it
under subsection (a) of this section, together with its
recommendations.
(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude studies to improve the
budgetary process by any other committee of the House of
Representatives or the Senate or any joint committee of the
Congress.