[Deschler's Precedents] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access] [DOCID:52093c17_txt-35] [Page 2845-2847] CHAPTER 17 Committees C. COMMITTEE PROCEDURE Sec. 34. Committee on the Budget The Committee on the Budget was established effective July 12, 1974, by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (11 H.R. 7130),(14) and its jurisdiction and composition provided as follows: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. H.R. 7130 was reported from the Committee on Rules on Nov. 20, 1973, H. Rept. No. 93-658. Pub. L. No. 93-344, Sec. 101. Effective Jan. 14, 1975, 121 Cong. Rec. 20-32, 94th Cong. 1st Sess. [H. Res. 5], the membership of the committee was increased from 23 to 25, with 13 rather than 11 members to be elected pursuant to Rule X clause 1(e)(1)(C). The language cited from Rule X clause 1(e) also reflects amendments contained in H. Res. 5, 96th Congress, Jan. 15, 1979. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (e)(1) Committee on the Budget, to consist of twenty-five Members as follows: (A) five Members who are members of the Committee on Appropriations; (B) five Members who are members of the Committee on Ways and Means; (C) thirteen Members who are members of other standing committees; (D) one Member from the leadership of the majority party; and (E) one Member from the leadership of the minority party. No member other than the representative from the leadership of the majority party and the representative from the leadership of the minority party, shall serve as a member of the Committee on the Budget during more than three Congresses in any period of five successive Congresses beginning after 1974 (disregarding for this purpose any service performed as a member of such committee for less than a full session in any Congress) except that an incumbent chairman having served on the committee for three Congresses and having served as chairman of the committee for not more than one Congress shall be eligible for reelection to the committee as chairman for one additional Congress. All selections of Members to serve on the committee shall be made without regard to seniority. (2) All concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in section 3(a)(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) and other matters required to be referred to the committee under titles III and IV of that Act. (3) The committee shall have the duty-- (A) to report the matters required to be reported by it under titles III and IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; (B) to make continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed legislation and to report the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis; (C) to request and evaluate continuing studies of tax expenditures, to [[Page 2846]] devise methods of coordinating tax expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget outlays, and to report the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis; and (D) to review, on a continuing basis, the conduct by the Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties. Also effective on that date, Rule X clause 3(b) was added relative to the special oversight functions of the committee and as later perfected by the Committee Reform Amendments of 1974,(15) reads as follows: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. Pub. L. No. 93-344, Sec. 101(c), incorporated into the rules as Rule X clause 3(b), House Rules and Manual Sec. 693 (1975), by H. Res. 988, 120 Cong. Rec. 34447-70, 93d Cong. 2d Sess., Oct. 8, 1974. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (b) The Committee on the Budget shall have the function of-- (1) making continuing studies of the effect on budget outlays of relevant existing and proposed legislation, and reporting the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis; and (2) requesting and evaluating continuing studies of tax expenditures, devising methods of coordinating tax expenditures, policies, and programs with direct budget outlays, and reporting the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis. Rule X clause 4(b), as added by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and as later perfected by the Committee Reform Amendments of of 1974,(16) reads as follows: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. Pub. L. No. 93-344, Sec. 101(c), incorporated into the rules as Rule X clause 4(b)(1), House Rules and Manual Sec. 695 (1975), by H. Res. 988, 120 Cong. Rec. 34447-70, 93d Cong. 2d Sess., Oct. 8, 1974. Paragraph (2), contained in Sec. 301 (d) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, paragraph (3), paragraph (4), contained in Sec. 606 of that act, and paragraph (5), contained in Sec. 703 of that act, all were made part of the rules effective Jan. 3, 1975, by H. Res. 988. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (b) The Committee on the Budget shall have the duty-- (1) to review on a continuing basis the conduct by the Congressional Budget Office of its functions and duties; (2) to hold hearings, and receive testimony from Members of Congress and such appropriate representatives of Federal departments and agencies, the general public, and national organizations as it deems desirable, in developing the first concurrent resolution on the budget for each fiscal year; (3) to make all reports required of it by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including the reporting of reconciliation bills and resolutions when so required; (4) to study on a continuing basis those provisions of law which exempt Federal agencies or any of their activities or outlays from inclusion in the Budget of the United States Government, and to report to the House from time to time its recommendations for terminating or modifying such provisions; and (5) to study on a continuing basis proposals designed to improve and facilitate methods of congressional budget-making, and to report to the House from time to time the results of such [[Page 2847]] study together with its recommendations. Pursuant to section 906 of the Congressional Budget Act, the House Committee on the Budget reported to the House its recommendations for implementation of the budget procedures for fisca] year 1976; (17) the House and Senate completed final action on the first concurrent resolution on the budget considered under the Act by adopting a conference report thereon on May 14, 1975.(18) On May 13, 1976, the House and Senate completed final action on the first concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1976, the first year of full implementation of the Budget Act procedures.(19) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. H. Rept. No. 94-25, 94th Cong. 1st Sess., Mar. 3, 1975. 18. H. Con. Res. 218, H. Jour. 739-743, 94th Cong. 1st Sess. 19. S. Con. Res. 109, H. Jour. 768, 769, 94th Cong. 2d Sess. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------