Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

Budget Act of 1974
Long title	An Act to establish a new congressional budget process; to establish Committees on the Budget in each House; to establish a Congressional Budget Office; to establish a procedure providing congressional control over the impoundment of funds by the executive branch; and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 93rd United States Congress
Effective	July 12, 1974
Citations
Public law	93-344
Statutes at Large	88 Stat. 297
Codification
Titles amended	2 U.S.C.: Congress
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 7130 by Al Ullman (D-OR) on April 18, 1973; Committee consideration by House Rules; Passed the House on December 5, 1973 (386-23); Passed the Senate on March 22, 1974 (80-0, in lieu of S. 1541); Reported by the joint conference committee on June 11, 1974; agreed to by the House on June 18, 1974 (401-6) and by the Senate on June 21, 1974 (75-0); Signed into law by President Richard Nixon on July 12, 1974;
Major amendments
	Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act; Budget Control Act of 2011
United States Supreme Court cases
	Train v. City of New York

The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA) is a United States federal law that governs the role of the Congress in the United States budget process.

Titles I through IX of the law are also known as the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.