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Homeland Security Department: FY2009 Appropriations
Congressional Research Service · 2009-03-04 · Reports · 48,794 words
This report describes the FY2009 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Administration requested a net appropriation of $38,849 million in budget authority for FY2009. The H...
Securing General Aviation
Congressional Research Service · 2009-03-03 · Reports · 27,170 words
General aviation (GA)—a catch-all category that includes about 54% of all civilian aviation activity within the United States—encompasses a wide range of airports, aircraft, and flight operations. Bec...
An Abbreviated Sketch of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-457): Criminal Law Provisions
Congressional Research Service · 2009-02-04 · Reports · 3,413 words
The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (H.R. 7311), passed both the House and the Senate on December 10, 2008. The President signed it into law on December ...
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD): FY2009 Appropriations
Congressional Research Service · 2008-09-09 · Reports · 10,001 words
The FY2009 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies appropriations bill (THUD) provides funding for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urb...
Congressional Budget Act Points of Order
Congressional Research Service · 2008-08-19 · Reports · 1,078 words
Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Titles I-IX of P.L. 93-344, 2 U.S.C. 601-688), as amended, contains several points of order that are used to enforce congressional budget procedures ...
Functional Categories of the Federal Budget
Congressional Research Service · 2008-08-19 · Reports · 825 words
The President’s budget and the congressional budget resolution classify federal budgetary activities into functional and subfunctional categories that represent the major purposes of the federal gover...
Revenue Legislation in the Congressional Budget Process
Congressional Research Service · 2008-08-19 · Reports · 1,062 words
Most of the laws establishing the federal government’s revenue sources are permanent and continue year after year without any additional legislative action. Congress, however, typically enacts revenue...
Budget Resolution Enforcement
Congressional Research Service · 2008-08-12 · Reports · 1,074 words
The annual budget resolution sets forth Congress’s budget plan for a period of at least five fiscal years. It includes total levels of new budget authority, outlays, revenues, the deficit, and the pub...
Overview of the Congressional Budget Process
Congressional Research Service · 2008-03-20 · Reports · 784 words
The congressional budget process, in the broadest sense, consists of the consideration and adoption of spending, revenue, and debt-limit legislation within the framework of an annual concurrent resolu...
Homeland Security Department: FY2008 Appropriations
Congressional Research Service · 2008-02-15 · Reports · 50,143 words · PDF available
This report describes the FY2008 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Administration requested a net appropriation of $35.5 billion in net budget authority for FY2008. The...
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD): FY2008 Appropriations
Congressional Research Service · 2008-02-14 · Reports · 12,739 words
The FY2008 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies appropriations bill (THUD) provides funding for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urb...
Senate Committee Reports: Required Contents
Congressional Research Service · 2008-01-22 · Reports · 976 words
When a Senate committee reports a measure to the Senate, it usually prepares a written report that describes the purposes and provisions of the measure. Senate rules and statutes specify items that mu...
Reporting a Measure from a Senate Committee
Congressional Research Service · 2007-09-14 · Reports · 882 words
Senate rules require a majority of a committee to be physically present in order to vote to report a measure, although smaller quorums are allowed for voting on amendments and for other committee busi...
Markup in Senate Committee: Considering Amendments
Congressional Research Service · 2007-09-11 · Reports · 1,047 words
Senate rules pertaining to amending measures on the floor apply generally to a Senate committee markup as well. Within the confines of Senate rules, some committees have adopted their own rules govern...
Markup in Senate Committee: Choosing a Text
Congressional Research Service · 2007-09-10 · Reports · 810 words
Although a bill may be subsequently amended on the Senate floor, committees have the prerogative of shaping legislation before consideration by the full chamber. Shaping legislation in committee forma...
Preparation for Senate Committee Markup
Congressional Research Service · 2007-08-30 · Reports · 919 words
Markup is the legislative stage during which a committee chooses the language of a measure it expects to report to the Senate. Markups are carefully planned in advance to insure that the requirements ...
Consideration of the Budget Resolution
Congressional Research Service · 2007-05-01 · Reports · 993 words
Consideration of a concurrent budget resolution is governed by special procedures in the House and Senate. Although the procedures of each chamber differ, they serve generally to expedite consideratio...
Formulation and Content of the Budget Resolution
Congressional Research Service · 2007-05-01 · Reports · 920 words
The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Titles I-IX of P.L. 93-344, 88 Stat. 297-332) established the concurrent budget resolution as the centerpiece of the congressional budget process. The annual budg...
How Special Rules Regulate Calling up Measures for Consideration in the House
Congressional Research Service · 2005-12-05 · Reports · 944 words
A special rule is a House resolution that regulates consideration of a specific legislative measure named in the resolution. Members and staff commonly refer to a resolution of this kind simply as “th...
Floor Consideration of Conference Reports in the House
Congressional Research Service · 2004-11-05 · Reports · 985 words
When a committee of conference approves its report, the next step in the legislative process is for the report, along with a joint explanatory statement of the managers, to be presented to the House a...