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The mid-session review for FY2017 is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/MSR. \nPursuant to 31 U.S.C. \u00a71106, the mid-session review must include, in part, (1) any substantial changes to estimated receipts or expenditures, (2) changes resulting from enacted or pending appropriations, and (3) estimated end-of-year Treasury figures. Presidents also have some discretion regarding additional content and overall structure of the mid-session review. For example, in addition to the required elements, some Presidents have included updates to their original budget request or discussion of the potential effects that pending legislative proposals may have on their budgetary estimates.\nSince the first year the mid-session review was required, each President has submitted at least one mid-session review on time and at least one late. Controversy has occasionally surfaced regarding the timing of its submission to Congress. 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