{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s1022","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1022.","heading":"Economic Report of President; coverage; supplementary reports; reference to Congressional joint committee; percentage rate of unemployment; definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f1022.\nEconomic Report of President; coverage; supplementary reports; reference to Congressional joint committee; percentage rate of unemployment; definitions\n(a)\nTime of submission; contents\nThe President shall annually transmit to the Congress not later than 10 days after the submission of the budget under\n(1) the current and foreseeable trends in the levels of employment, unemployment, production, capital formation, real income, Federal budget outlays and receipts, productivity, international trade and payments, and prices, and a review and analysis of recent domestic and international developments affecting economic trends in the Nation;\n(2)\n(A) annual numerical goals for employment and unemployment, production, real income, productivity, Federal outlays as a proportion of gross national product, and prices for the calendar year in which the Economic Report is transmitted and for the following calendar year, designated as short-term goals, which shall be consistent with achieving as rapidly as feasible the goals of full employment and production, increased real income, balanced growth, fiscal policies that would establish the share of an expanding gross national product accounted for by Federal outlays at the lowest level consistent with national needs and priorities, a balanced Federal budget, adequate productivity growth, price stability, achievement of an improved trade balance, and proper attention to national priorities; and\n(B) annual numerical goals as specified in subparagraph (A) for the three successive calendar years, designated as medium term goals;\n(3) employment objectives for certain significant subgroups of the labor force, including youth, women, minorities, handicapped persons, veterans, and middle-aged and older persons; and\n(4) a program for carrying out the policy declared in\nsection 1021 of this title\n(b)\nSupplementary reports\nThe President may transmit from time to time to the Congress reports supplementary to the Economic Report, each of which shall include such supplementary or revised recommendations as he may deem necessary or desirable to achieve the policy declared in\nsection 1021 of this title\n(c)\nReferral to joint committee\nThe Economic Report, and all supplementary reports transmitted under subsection (b), shall, when transmitted to Congress, be referred to the joint committee created by\nsection 1024 of this title\n(d)\nRate of unemployment\nFor the purposes of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 [\n15 U.S.C. 3101\n1\n1 So in original. Probably should be \u201cis\u201d.\nOctober 27, 1978\n(e)\n\u201cInflation\u201d; \u201cprices\u201d; \u201creasonable price stability\u201d defined\nFor the purpose of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 [\n15 U.S.C. 3101","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s1022.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1022","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1022."},{"t":"heading","text":"Economic Report of President; coverage; supplementary reports; reference to Congressional joint committee; percentage rate of unemployment; definitions"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1022/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Time of submission; contents"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The President shall annually transmit to the Congress not later than 10 days after the submission of the budget under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1105(a) of title 31","href":"/us/usc/t31/s1105/a","tail":", with copies transmitted to the Governor of each State and to other appropriate State and local officials, an economic report (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the \u201cEconomic Report\u201d) together with the annual report of the Council of Economic Advisers submitted in accord with "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 1023(c) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t15/s1023/c","tail":", setting forth\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1022/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the current and foreseeable trends in the levels of employment, unemployment, production, capital formation, real income, Federal budget outlays and receipts, productivity, international trade and payments, and prices, and a review and analysis of recent domestic and international developments affecting economic trends in the Nation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1022/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1022/a/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" annual numerical goals for employment and unemployment, production, real income, productivity, Federal outlays as a proportion of gross national product, and prices for the calendar year in which the Economic Report is transmitted and for the following calendar year, designated as short-term goals, which shall be consistent with achieving as rapidly as feasible the goals of full employment and production, increased real income, balanced growth, fiscal policies that would establish the share of an expanding gross national product accounted for by Federal outlays at the lowest level consistent with national needs and priorities, a balanced Federal budget, adequate productivity growth, price stability, achievement of an improved trade balance, and proper attention to national priorities; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1022/a/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" annual numerical goals as specified in subparagraph (A) for the three successive calendar years, designated as medium term goals;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1022/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" employment objectives for certain significant subgroups of the labor force, including youth, women, minorities, handicapped persons, veterans, and middle-aged and older persons; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1022/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" a program for carrying out the policy declared in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1021 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t15/s1021","tail":", together with such recommendations for legislation as the President may deem necessary or desirable."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1022/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Supplementary reports"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The President may transmit from time to time to the Congress reports supplementary to the Economic Report, each of which shall include such supplementary or revised recommendations as he may deem necessary or desirable to achieve the policy declared in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1021 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t15/s1021","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1022/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Referral to joint committee"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Economic Report, and all supplementary reports transmitted under subsection (b), shall, when transmitted to Congress, be referred to the joint committee created by ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1024 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t15/s1024","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1022/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Rate of unemployment"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"For the purposes of the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"15 U.S.C. 3101","href":"/us/usc/t15/s3101","tail":" et seq.] the percentage rate of unemployment as\u202f"},{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. 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