Budget Laws

Budget Laws & Process

  • Updated 8/2012Compilation of Budget Laws and Rules Relating to the Congressional Budget Process, August 2012
     
  • Congressional Budget Process: A Brief Overview, CRS Report for Congress (RS20095), August 11, 2011 PDF
     
  • Introduction to the Federal Budget Process, CRS Report for Congress (98-721), Updated December 10, 2010  PDF 
     
  • PAYGO - Statutory Pay-As-You-Go 
     
  • Glossary of Terms Used in the Federal Budget Process, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), September 2005, GAO-05-734SP
  • The Congressional Budget Process Timetable, CRS Report for Congress (98-472), Updated March 20, 2008, PDF

Budget Points of Order

  • House Rules Changes Affecting the Congressional Budget Process Made at the Beginning of the 110th Congress, CRS Report for Congress (RL34149), August 2007,  PDF
  • The Budget Reconciliation Process: The Senate’s “Byrd Rule”, CRS Report for Congress (RL30862), Updated Spetember 13, 2010,  PDF

House Committee on the Budget

  • Jurisdiction of the House Budget Committee (excerpt from House Rule X) 
    (Included as a pdf)