---
kind: "unit"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
key: "ch20/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Elimination of Deficits in Excess of Maximum Deficit Amount"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/ch20-schI"
sections_count: 15
---

# Subchapter I — Elimination of Deficits in Excess of Maximum Deficit Amount

Title 2 — The Congress › Chapter 20 — Emergency Powers to Eliminate Budget Deficits

## Sections

- [§900. Statement of budget enforcement through sequestration; definitions](/usc/2/900.md)
- [§901. Enforcing discretionary spending limits](/usc/2/901.md)
- [§901a. Enforcement of budget goal](/usc/2/901a.md)
- [§902. Enforcing pay-as-you-go](/usc/2/902.md)
- [§903. Enforcing deficit targets](/usc/2/903.md)
- [§904. Reports and orders](/usc/2/904.md)
- [§905. Exempt programs and activities](/usc/2/905.md)
- [§906. General and special sequestration rules](/usc/2/906.md)
- [§907. The baseline](/usc/2/907.md)
- [§907a. Suspension in event of war or low growth](/usc/2/907a.md)
- [§907b. Modification of Presidential order](/usc/2/907b.md)
- [§907c. Flexibility among defense programs, projects, and activities](/usc/2/907c.md)
- [§907d. Special reconciliation process](/usc/2/907d.md)
- [§908. Repealed.](/usc/2/908.md)
- [§909. Repealed.](/usc/2/909.md)