[20061228]RS21993_国会预算决议中对参议院财政委员会的支出调节指令.pdf

Order Code RS21993Updated December 28, 2006Spending Reconciliation Directives to theSenate Finance Committee in CongressionalBudget ResolutionsRobert KeithSpecialist in American National GovernmentGovernment and Finance DivisionBill Heniff Jr.Analyst in American National GovernmentGovernment and Finance DivisionSummaryDuring the more than 30 years that the congressional budget process has been ineffect, the Senate Finance Committee has been subject to spending reconciliationdirectives in a budget resolution on 16 occasions. Fourteen instances involved directivesto reduce spending, while the remaining two, for FY2002 and FY2004, instructed thecommittee to increase outlays (to accommodate related tax policy changes). In everyinstance but one, for FY1982, spending reconciliation directives to the committee wereaccompanied by revenue reconciliation directives. The spending reconciliation directives varied in their time frame, from single-yearcoverage (in the FY1981 and FY1990 budget resolutions) to 11-year coverage (in theFY2002 and FY2004 budget resolutions). Further, the amount of required spendingchanges ranged from about $100 million for a single year to about $530 billion overseve