§010.24 Fiscal Year 1999 – None (105th Congress)

§10. Budget Resolutions

Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 1999 

None (105th CONGRESS)

(No budget resolution was adopted by Congress)

Legislative History

Fiscal year 1999 was the first year since the enactment of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 a budget resolution had not been formally adopted by the Congress. It would not be the last. The reasons for a failure to come to agreement between the House and Senate are not entirely clear, but the primary reason is likely the disagreement between the Budget Chairmen.

In 1997, the two Committees spearheaded the balanced budget agreement between Congress and President William Clinton that led to the enactment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (which carried the Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 in title X). Since the agreement had just been reached the previous year, and it had been accomplished through the use of reconciliation procedures, Senator Pete Domenici believed that the deal should remain in force for a period of time before another reconciliation bill should be employed. Chairman Kasich felt that the budget required constant attention and that another attempt should be made immediately.

As a result, the House and Senate could not reach an agreement on a conference report. Instead a resolution was adopted that “deemed” an amount in force for the discretionary spending amount, tantamount to a 302(a) allocation under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. When the 106th Congress was convened, the House included the authority for Budget Chairman Kasich to include in the record a full set of allocations and aggregate levels to serve as a more complete “deeming resolution”.

Legislative Activity
House
Date Actions Overview
05/27/1998 Introduced in House
05/27/1998 The House Committee on The Budget reported an original measure, H. Rept. 105-555, by Mr. Kasich.
06/05/1998 Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 216 – 204, 1 Present (Roll No. 210).
06/15/1998 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6348)
Senate
All Actions Except Amendments
03/18/1998 Committee on Budget ordered to be reported an original measure.
Action By: Committee on the Budget
03/20/1998 Committee on Budget. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Domenici. With written report No. 105-170. Additional and minority views filed.
Action By: Committee on the Budget
03/20/1998 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 330.
Action By: Senate
03/27/1998 Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2704-2709, S2711-2713)
Action By: Senate
03/27/1998 Star Print ordered on report 105-170.
Action By: Senate
03/30/1998 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2733-2759)
Action By: Senate
03/31/1998 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2781-2826, S2828-2847)
Action By: Senate
04/01/1998 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2879-2964)
Action By: Senate
04/02/1998 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3023-3028, S3031-3107)
Action By: Senate
04/02/1998 Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 57-41. Record Vote No: 84.
Action By: Senate
04/22/1998 The amendment (SP 2180) as previously agreed to was modified by Unanimous Consent.
Action By: Senate
06/15/1998 Senate incorporated this measure in H.Con. Res. 284 as an amendment. (consideration: CR S6348)
Action By: Senate
06/15/1998 Senate agreed to companion measure H. Con. Res. 284 in lieu of this measure by Unanimous Consent.
Action By: Senate

 

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