budget reconciliation act

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United States federal statute budget reconciliation bill legislative instrument

A budget reconciliation act is a U.S. federal law used to align tax and spending levels with the budget resolution, passed through an expedited process that limits debate and amendments in the Senate.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.	1
United States budget reconciliation process	1
budget reconciliation act canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ budget reconciliation bill ⓘ legislative instrument ⓘ
amendmentRestriction	only germane amendments allowed in the Senate ⓘ
appliesTo	United States federal budget NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	United States budget law ⓘ United States public finance ⓘ United States tax law ⓘ
contrastWith	regular order appropriations bills ⓘ standalone tax legislation under normal Senate rules ⓘ
decisionRule	majority vote in each chamber of Congress ⓘ
effect	can increase or decrease the federal deficit ⓘ changes federal revenue levels ⓘ changes mandatory spending levels ⓘ
feature	cannot be filibustered in the Senate in the usual way ⓘ limits debate time in the Senate ⓘ restricts amendments in the Senate ⓘ
geographicScope	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
governmentBranch	legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
hasProcessType	expedited legislative process ⓘ
hasPurpose	align federal spending levels with the congressional budget resolution ⓘ align federal tax levels with the congressional budget resolution ⓘ implement budgetary policies set in a budget resolution ⓘ
isPartOf	United States federal budget process NERFINISHED ⓘ congressional budget reconciliation process ⓘ
legalBasis	Congressional Budget Act of 1974 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalForm	public law after presidential signature or veto override ⓘ
mayInclude	changes to discretionary spending levels ⓘ changes to entitlement programs ⓘ changes to federal tax law ⓘ
precondition	adoption of a concurrent budget resolution by Congress ⓘ
relatedConcept	Byrd Rule NERFINISHED ⓘ concurrent budget resolution ⓘ federal deficit ⓘ filibuster ⓘ mandatory spending ⓘ
requires	simple majority vote in the Senate ⓘ
requiresApprovalBy	President of the United States ⓘ
scope	budgetary provisions ⓘ debt limit provisions ⓘ spending provisions ⓘ tax provisions ⓘ
subjectToRule	Byrd Rule in the Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
temporalContext	typically used once per budget resolution per category (spending, revenue, debt limit) ⓘ
timeLimit	limited floor debate in the Senate ⓘ
usedBy	United States Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Public Law 99-272 → legislativeType → budget reconciliation act ⓘ

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 → relatedTo → budget reconciliation act ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States budget reconciliation process

H.R.1 (115th Congress) → finalEnactedTitle → budget reconciliation act ⓘ

this entity surface form: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.