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handle is hein.crs/crsmthaahkf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code 98-815 GOV Updated March 5, 2001 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Budget Resolution Enforcement Bill Heniff Jr. Consultant in American National Government Government and Finance Division The annual budget resolution sets forth Congress's budget plan for a period of at least five fiscal years. It includes total levels of spending, revenues, and the debt limit for each of the fiscal years covered. While the budget resolution does not become law, the Congressional Budget Act (CBA) of 1974 (titles I-IX of P.L. 93-344), as amended, provides for the enforcement of its provisions as they are implemented in subsequent annual appropriations bills, revenue measures, and other budgetary legislation. Under section 303(a) of the CBA, the House and Senate are prohibited from considering any budgetary legislation for the upcoming fiscal year before a budget resolution has been adopted. The House may, however, consider appropriations bills after May 15 if a budget resolution has not been adopted by that date. In addition, the House and Senate may waive this provision by a simple majority at any time. Once the budget resolution is adopted, Congress may, through points of order, enforce its provisions at several levels: the aggregate levels of spending and revenue, the level of resources allocated to committees, and the level of resources allocated to the appropriations subcommittees. Congress also may use reconciliation legislation to enforce the direct spending and revenue provisions of a budget resolution. At the aggregate level, section 311 (a) of the CBAprohibitsthe House or Senate from considering any measure that would cause the spending or revenue totals for the first fiscal year or for the full period covered by the budget resolution to be breached. In the House, however, any measure that would not also cause the relevant committee allocation to be exceeded is exempt from this point of order by section 31 l(c) of the CBA. While Congress sets budget priorities by allocating spending among each major functional category in a budget resolution, these amounts are not binding or enforceable in subsequent budgetary legislation. The functional category amounts are allocated to the relevant House and Senate committees with jurisdiction over spending under section 302(a) of the CBA, and are published in thejoint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on a budget resolution. Section 302(a) allocations of new budget authority and outlays may not exceed the total new budget authority and outlays set forth in the budget resolution. Committee allocations are enforceable by points of order on the floor of each house, under the provisions of section 302(f) of the CBA. Any measure that would cause a committee's section 302(a) allocation to be exceeded is prohibited from being considered in either house. Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress

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