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Defense Spending in the House and SBC Versions of the 2002 Congressional Budget Resolution
Update By Steven Kosiak

Compares the treatment of funding for national defense in the House and SBC versions of the CBR

04/12/2002
CBR, congressional budget resolution, SBC, Senate Budget Committee, defense spending

CBR Adds $4.6 Billion for Defense
Update By Steven Kosiak and Elizabeth Heeter

The 2000 CBR passed by the House and Senate would add $4.6 billion to the Clinton Administration's $305.3 billion defense request.

04/14/2000
Congressional budget resolution for FY 2001, CBR, defense funding

Congressional Budget Resolution Would Include Small Increase for Defense
Update By Steve Kosiak and Elizabeth Heeter

Comparison of Clinton plan to House and Senate Budget Committee plans for defense

03/30/2000
Congressional Budget Resolution, CBR, defense funding

Congressional Budget Resolution: Final Action
Update By Steven Kosiak and Elizabeth Heeter

Analysis of the final CBR

04/27/1999
congressional budget resolution, FY 2000 Congressional Budget Resolution

Congressional Budget Resolution: Mixed News For Defense
Update By Steven Kosiak and Elizabeth Heeter

The CBR increased the budget authority for national defense in FY 2000, but provided only $500 million more in FY 2000 outlays and less for future outlays than did the administration proposal

03/22/1999
Congressional Budget Resolution, FY 2000 Congressional Budget Resolution

Defense Budget Process

Congressional Budget Resolution

Since 1974, Congress has annually passed a congressional budget resolution (CBR), which sets topline figures for federal spending, including the national defense budget function.

The CBR serves as a fiscal guide for all congressional committees and is supposed to be completed by April 15. A resolution, the CBR must be passed by both the House and Senate, but it is not signed by the president and does not have the force of law. The budget goals outlined in the CBR are implemented through the 13 annual appropriations bills (for discretionary spending) and changes in the law affecting mandatory spending. The House and Senate budget committees each develop a version of the CBR.

Once each chamber passes its version of the budget resolution, a “conference” of representatives from each chamber’s budget committee meets to resolve any differences. The resulting “conference bill” is then submitted to each chamber for a final vote.