1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21084Updated May 23, 2002Budget Enforcement for FY2002:An Overview of Procedural DevelopmentsRobert KeithSpecialist in American National GovernmentGovernment and FinanceSummaryCongre
2、ssional action on budgetary legislation for FY2002 is subject to constraintsimposed by the 1974 Congressional Budget Act and the 1985 Balanced Budget Act, asamended. The 1974 act requires that spending and revenue legislation adhere to policiesset forth in the annual budget resolution, while the 198
3、5 act imposes limits ondiscretionary spending and a “pay-as-you-go” (PAYGO) requirement on direct spendingand revenue legislation. Budget resolution policies are enforced by points of order andreconciliation; the discretionary spending limits and PAYGO requirement are enforcedby sequestration, which
4、 involves automatic, largely across-the-board spending cuts.The FY2002 budget resolution called for over $100 billion more discretionaryspending than the then-existing limits would have allowed, as well as large tax cuts andsignificant increases in direct spending that would have caused a PAYGO viol
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