---
kind: "unit"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
key: "ch20"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 20"
heading: "Emergency Powers to Eliminate Budget Deficits"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/ch20"
sections_count: 17
---

# Chapter 20 — Emergency Powers to Eliminate Budget Deficits

Title 2 — The Congress

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Elimination of Deficits in Excess of Maximum Deficit Amount](/usc/2/ch20-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Operation and Review](/usc/2/ch20-schII.md)