2 U.S.C. § 685: Transmission of messages; publication

Each special message transmitted under section 683 or 684 of this title shall be transmitted to the House of Representatives and the Senate on the same day, and shall be delivered to the Clerk of the House of Representatives if the House is not in session, and to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is not in session. Each special message so transmitted shall be referred to the appropriate committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each such message shall be printed as a document of each House. in the case of a special message transmitted under section 683 of this title , the facts surrounding the proposed rescission or the reservation of budget authority (including the probable effects thereof); and in the case of a special message transmitted under section 684 of this title , (A) the facts surrounding each proposed deferral of budget authority (including the probable effects thereof) and (B) whether or not (or to what extent), in his judgment, such proposed deferral is in accordance with existing statutory authority. If any information contained in a special message transmitted under section 683 or 684 of this title is subsequently revised, the President shall transmit to both Houses of Congress and the Comptroller General a supplementary message stating and explaining such revision. Any such supplementary message shall be delivered, referred, and printed as provided in subsection (a). The Comptroller General shall promptly notify the House of Representatives and the Senate of any changes in the information submitted by him under subsection (b) which may be necessitated by such revision. Any special message transmitted under section 683 or 684 of this title, and any supplementary message transmitted under subsection (c), shall be printed in the first issue of the Federal Register published after such transmittal. he has transmitted a special message under section 683 of this title with respect to a proposed rescission or a reservation; and he has transmitted a special message under section 684 of this title proposing a deferral. Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall be printed in the first issue of the Federal Register published after its submission.