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The United States Senate Committee on Budget was established by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. It is responsible for drafting Congress's annual budget plan and monitoring action on the budget for the Federal Government. The committee has jurisdiction over the Congressional Budget Office. The Budget Committee is often confused with the Finance Committee and the Appropriations Committee, both of which have different jurisdictions. The Finance Committee (like the Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives) has legislative jurisdiction in the areas of taxes, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and some other entitlements. The Appropriations Committee has legislative jurisdiction over appropriations bills, which provide funding for government programs. While the budget resolution prepared by the Budget Committee sets out a broad blueprint for the Congress with respect to the total levels of revenues and spending for the government as a whole, these other Committees prepare the legislation that actually enacts specific tax and spending policies.

Subcategories

• Congressional Budget Office
• Financial Managment Service

Resources in This Category

• Committee Resource Guide: Senate Budget Committee

  http://www.archives.gov/legislative/finding-aids/reference/senate/budget/
  From the National Archives and Records Administration displayed is the history of the Committee and resources.

• GovTrack - Senate Committee on the Budget

  https://www.govtrack.us/congress/committees/SSBU
  Displayed are Committee members and bills that are assigned to this Committee in this legislative session.

• U.S. Senate Budget Committee

  http://budget.senate.gov/
  Deals with matters related to the federal budget. This committee's responsibilities include studying the effect on the budget of existing and proposed legislation, and reviewing the conduct of the Congressional Budget Office.

• Wikipedia - United States Senate Committee on the Budget

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_the_Budget
  Encyclopedia article describing the Committee history, differences between this Committee and others, members and chairmen list.

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