Budget Enforcement Act of 1990

Budget Enforcement Act of 1990
Long title	An Act to enforce the deficit reduction accomplished by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 by revising federal budget control procedures, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	BEA
Enacted by	the 101st United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 101–508, title XIII
Statutes at Large	104 Stat. 1388
Codification
Acts amended	Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; Congressional Budget Act of 1974
U.S.C. sections created	Scattered sections of 2 U.S.C. & 15 U.S.C. § 1022
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 5835 by Rep. Leon Panetta (D–CA) on October 15, 1990; Committee consideration by House Budget Committee; Passed the House on October 16, 1990 (227–203); Passed the Senate on October 19, 1990 (54–46 (in lieu of S. 3209)); Reported by the joint conference committee on October 27, 1990; agreed to by the House on October 27, 1990 (228–200) ; Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on November 5, 1990;
Major amendments
	Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, Balanced Budget Act of 1997

The Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (BEA) (Pub. L. 101–508, title XIII; 104 Stat. 1388-573; codified as amended at scattered sections of 2 U.S.C. & 15 U.S.C. § 1022) was enacted by the United States Congress as title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, to enforce the deficit reduction accomplished by that law by revising the federal budget control procedures originally enacted by the Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act. The BEA created two new budget control processes: a set of caps on annually-appropriated discretionary spending, and a "pay-as-you-go" or "PAYGO" process for entitlements and taxes.