Links to:
- Joint Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform
- Budget Process in a Nutshell
- Budget Functions
- Glossary of Terms Used in the Budget Process
- Budget Execution: Apportionment
No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of Appropriations
made by law. — Art. 1, Sec. 9 of the U.S. Constitution
Overview: Appropriations Process and Amendments
- CRS: Appropriations Process
- CRS: Limitations in Appropriations Measures – An Overview of Procedural Issues
- House Rules Committee: Amending Appropriation Bills – A Basic Guide
- House Rules Committee: Amendment Submission Form
Apportionment: Budget Execution after Enactment of Appropriations
CHIMPs
Continuing Resolutions (CRs)
- Link to our Continuing Resolutions webpage
- Government Shutdown
- CRS: House Offset Amendments to Appropriations Bills – Procedural Considerations
Deeming Resolutions: Enforcing Spending Levels in the Absence of a Budget Resolution
Earmarks
Omnibus Appropriations
Rescissions and Deferrals
Spending Caps
- Spending Caps
- Cap Exemptions: Emergencies, Disasters, OCO
- Raising the Caps: Bipartisan Budget Acts
- Enforcing the Caps – Sequestration
Terms Used in the Budget Process
General Budget Process:
- Budget Process in a Nutshell
- Joint Committee and Budget Process Reform
- Budget Functions
- Budget Process Laws
- Capital Budgeting
- PAYGO
- Performance-based Budgeting
- Reconciliation, Germaneness, and the Byrd Rule