Reconciliation procedure
The reconciliation process is a legislative process in the United States Senate . It was introduced in 1974 to create a legislative process in which filibusters are not allowed. The name of Reconciliation ( English therefore. For "reconciliation") is that the method was originally designed for bills, government spending and government revenues with the budget planning "reconcile" should.
Procedure
The reconciliation process was introduced with the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 1974. It is triggered when both the Senate and the House of Representatives pass a consensus resolution mandating one or more committees to report on legislative changes that affect the budget. If several committees have been commissioned, they send their recommendations to the Budget Committee of their house, in the case of the Senate, to the United States Senate Committee on the Budget . The Budget Committee then puts together a collective bill (omnibus bill) from the recommendations. This bill is then voted on by the House of Representatives and the Senate. However, the Senate votes in the reconciliation process. In this case, MEPs speaking time is limited to a total of 20 hours and the opportunity to table amendments is limited.
The Byrd's rule
The Byrd Rule, named after Democratic Senator Robert Byrd , was passed in 1985 and amended in 1990. It determines for which bills the reconciliation procedure can be used. According to this, the reconciliation procedure is in particular not applicable if the draft law does not cause any changes in expenditure or income or if the draft law provides for changes in the social security system .
Voting in the reconciliation process
Important bills that were voted on in the reconciliation process are, for example:
- Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1982
- Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA)
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1983
- Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 (DEFRA)
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA)
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
- Balanced Budget Act of 1995, (rejected)
- Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, (1996)
- Balanced Budget Act of 1997
- Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
- Taxpayer Refund and Relief Act of 1999, (rejected)
- Marriage Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2000, (rejected)
- Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA)
- Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003
- Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (TIPRA)
- Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
- College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007
- Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010
Individual evidence
- ^ The New York Times : Thomas E. Mann, Norman J. Ornstein, Raffaela Wakeman and Fogelson-Lubliner: Reconciling With the Past (accessed March 14, 2010)
- ↑ United States Senate: reconciliation process (accessed March 10, 2010)
- ↑ Cornell University Collection of Laws : US Code : Title 2, Chapter 17A, Subchapter I, Section 641
- ↑ Cornell University Collection of Laws : US Code : Title 2, Chapter 17A, Subchapter I, Section 644
- ↑ Robert Keith: The Budget Reconciliation Process: The Senate's “Byrd Rule” (pdf; 115 kB) ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, 2005 (accessed March 14, 2010)
