Budget Reconciliation Process: House and Senate Procedures (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Aug. 10, 2005 |
| Report Number |
RL330308 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Keith, Robert;Heniff, Bill |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
The budget reconciliation process is an optional procedure that operates as an adjunct to the budget resolution process established by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The chief purpose of the reconciliation process is to enhance Congressâs ability to change current law in order to bring revenue, spending, and debt-limit levels into conformity with the policies of the annual budget resolution. [...] Following an introduction that provides an overview of the reconciliation process and discusses its historical development, the report explains the process in sections dealing with the underlying authorities, reconciliation directives in budget resolutions, initial consideration of reconciliation measures in the House and Senate, resolving House-Senate differences on reconciliation measures, and presidential approval or disapproval of such measures. The text of two relevant sections of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Sections 310 and 313) is set forth in the appendices, along with a list of other Congressional Research Service products pertaining to reconciliation procedures.
