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Who is not a member of Congress, but is reviewing your Program for the House Appropriations Committee and has some questions about you Budget Exhibits?
House Appropriations Committee Staff Member
or
Committee Staffer / Professional Staffer
Which two committees within the Congressional authorization and appropriation processes do not normally receive DoD appeals to congressional marks to the President’s budget request?
What are the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and the House Appropriations Committee (HAC)
What is provided via the appropriation Acts that gives permission to enter into transactions that legally obligate the government and eventually pay cash from the U.S. Treasury?
Budget Authority
What document’s submittal to Congress on the first Monday in February begins the Congressional Budget Enactment Process?
The President’s Budget
What document sets spending ceilings for each government function, such as national defense.
The Concurrent Budget Resolution (CBR)
What is the name of a joint meeting attended by House and Senate members whose task is to reconcile differences between each chamber’s proposed budget legislation.
A Conference Committee
The President’s Budget requested $110M for your program. The House Armed Services Committee marked your program to 10M and the Senate Armed Services Committee marked it to $105M. DoD may appeal to this group for this level of funding.
The Authorization Conference for $105M
In the ‘planned’ enactment process, by what date should all appropriation bills be passed into law?
1 October
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What type of bill allows programs to exist and provides recommended funding levels, once signed into law.
What two committees craft this bill?
The Authorization Bill
The House Armed Services Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee
What percent of the total membership is required to change the ceilings set in the Concurrent Budget Resolution.
60%
What congressional staff office acts as Congress' field investigator and program auditor?
The Government Accountability Office (GAO)
The President’s Budget requested $110M for your program. The House Armed Services Committee marked your program to $120M. DoD may appeal to this group for this level of funding.
The Senate Armed Services Committee for $110M
What OSD organization conducts liaison with the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and any other congressional body concerned with budgetary matters.
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
Which DoD organization conducts liaison with the Senate Armed Services Committee, the House Armed Services Committee, and the other committees interacting with DoD, except those concerned with budgetary matters?
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
or
Legislative Affairs
What is the date that if the Concurrent Budget Resolution is not passed by this date, Authorization and Appropriations bills may be considered despite the lack of top-line budget guidance?
May 15th
What organization was created by the Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974? It is the legislative equivalent of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
The President’s Budget requested $110M for your program. The Authorization Conference marked your program to 100M. The House Appropriations Committee marked your program to $90M. DoD may appeal to this group for this level of funding.
The Senate Appropriations Committee for $110M
Name two of the three Appropriations Acts that provide almost all of DoD’s budget authority.
(1) Defense
(2) Energy & Water Development
(3) Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Acts
What Congressional Committees give New Start approval?
The House Armed Services Committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee
What Congressional act instituted the requirement for a Concurrent Budget Resolution?
The Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
What agency provides each member of Congress with data and analytical assistance?
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
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In addition to funding levels in committee markup reports, these three things can also be addressed in DoD appeals.
Manpower levels, procurement quantities and report language
Traditionally, revenue and spending legislation originate in what chamber of Congress.
House of Representatives
Name the six Congressional committees relevant to the DoD in the budget enactment process?
The House and Senate Budget Committees
The House and Senate Armed Services Committees
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees
Name the three steps in the budget enactment process.
The Budget Resolution process, the Authorization process, and the Appropriations process