ANWR and FY2006 Budget Reconciliation Legislation (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Oct. 19, 2005 |
| Report Number |
RS22304 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Bill Heniff, Jr., Government and Finance Division; and M. Lynne Corn, Resources, Science, and Industry Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
Summary:
The FY2006 budget resolution (H.Con.Res. 95, H.Rept. 109-61) containsreconciliation directives to the House Committee on Resources and the SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources to reduce direct spending by $2.4 billionfor the period covering FY2006-FY2010. The Senate Energy and Natural ResourcesCommittee has voted to transmit legislative recommendations to open the ArcticNational Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to development in order to meet its reconciliationtargets. The Chairman of the House Resources Committee has also indicated supportfor this approach. The projected proceeds from such ANWR provisions would becounted as direct spending reductions.Budget reconciliation legislation, which implements some of the direct spendingand revenue policy changes assumed in the congressional budget resolution, isconsidered under expedited procedures that, in particular, limit debate and amendmentsin the Senate. The debate limitation makes a reconciliation measure an attractivevehicle for legislative initiatives that otherwise might be subject to a filibuster.
