APPENDIX C SENATE REFERRAL OF BUDGET-RELATED The Senate requires joint referral to the Budget and Governmental Affairs Committees of all legislation to change or modify the budget and impoundment control process. The following order was adopted at page S13553 of the Congressional Record of August 4, 1977. Legislation affecting the congressional budget process, as described below, [must] be referred jointly to the Committees on the Budget and on Governmental Affairs. If one committee acts to report a jointly referred measure, the other must act within 30 calendar days of continuous possession, or be automatically discharged. Legislative proposals affecting the congressional budget process to which this order applies are: First. The functions, duties, and powers of the Budget Committee-as described in title I of the act; Second. The functions, duties, and powers of the Congressional Budget Office-as described in titles II and IV of the act; Third. The process by which Congress annually establishes the appropriate levels of budget authority, outlays, revenues, deficits or surpluses, and public debt-including subdivisions thereof. That process includes the establishment of: mandatory ceilings on spending and appropriations; a floor on revenues; timetables for congressional action on concurrent resolutions, on the reporting of authorization bills, and on the enactment of appropriation bills; and enforcement mechanisms for the limits and timetables, all as described in titles III and IV of the act; Fourth. The limiting of backdoor spending devices-as described in title IV of the act; Fifth. The timetables for Presidential submission of appropriations and authorization requests-as described in title VI of the act; Sixth. The definitions of what constitutes impoundment-such as "rescissions" and "deferrals," as provided in the Impoundment Control Act, title X; Seventh. The process and determination by which impoundments must be reported to and considered by Congress-as provided in the Impoundment Control Act, title X; 1 So in original. Probably should be "session". 55 Eighth. The mechanisms to ensure Executive compliance with the provisions of the Impoundment Control Act, title X-such as GAO review and lawsuits; and Ninth. The provisions which affect the content or determination of amounts included in or excluded from the congressional budget or the calculation of such amounts, including the definition of terms provided by the Budget Act-as set forth in title I thereof. APPENDIX D SENATE REFERRAL OF IMPOUNDMENT The Senate requires joint referral to the Budget and Appropriations Committees of all special messages from the President on recommended rescissions and deferrals and all bills and resolutions introduced with respect to such messages. The following resolution appears on page S1280 and was adopted by reference at page S1302 of the Congressional Record of January 30, 1975. Resolved, S. RES. 45 1. That messages received pursuant to title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act be referred concurrently to the Appropriations Committee, to the Budget Committee, and to any other appropriate authorizing committee. 2. That bills and resolutions introduced with respect to such messages shall be referred to the Appropriations Committee, the Budget Committee, and pending implementations of section 401 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act and subject to sec. 401(d), to any other committee exercising jurisdiction over contract and borrowing authority programs as defined by sec. 401(c)(2) (A) and (B). The Budget Committee and such other committees shall report their views, if any, to the Appropriations Committee within 20 days following referral of such messages, bill, or resolutions. The Budget Committee's consideration shall extend only to macroeconomic implications, impact on priorities and aggregate spending levels, and the legality of the President's use of the deferral and rescission mechanism under title X. The Appropriations and authorizing committees shall exercise their normal responsibilities over programs and priorities. 3. If any committee to which a bill or resolution has been referred recommends its passage, the Appropriations Committee shall report that bill or resolution together with its views and reports of the Budget and any appropriate authorizing committees to the Senate within: A. the time remaining under the Act in the case of rescissions, or B. within 20 days in the case of deferrals. 4. The 20-day period referred to herein means 20 calendar days; and for the purposes of computing the 20 days, recesses or adjournments of the Senate for more than 3 days to a day certain shall not be counted; and for recesses and adjournments of more than 30 cal |