[19980611]98-521EPW_联邦预算： Social Spending Targets in the FY 1999 House Budget Resolution.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS Web98-521 EPWUpdated June 11, 1998Federal Budget: Social Spending Targets in the FY1999 House Budget ResolutionDawn NuschlerAnalyst in Social LegislationEducation and Public Welfare DivisionEach year Congress adopts a concurrent resolution on the budget specifyingaggregate budget totals (revenues, budget authority, outlays, and deficits/surpluses) overa 5-year period. The congressional budget resolution is a spending plan; it carries nostatutory authority. It provides a framework for the 13 regular appropriations bills(discretionary spending allocations) and budget reconciliation measures (direct spendinglegislation). As required under Section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,the resolution provides total spending allocations for the Appropriations Committee(known as 302(a) allocations) to be divided among the 13 subcommittees (known as302(b) allocations). The resolution may instruct authorizing committees to submitlegislation making changes to existing law or pending legislation to comply with directspending, revenue, and deficit reduction levels outlined by the Budg