[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 2 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E36]
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               RULES PACKAGE/MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

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                          HON. JOHN R. KASICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 4, 1995
  Mr. KASICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the Rules package and 
wish to take this opportunity to thank my colleagues on the Committee 
on Rules and the Committee on Oversight and Reform for their 
cooperation in providing the Committee on the Budget legislative 
jurisdiction in the area of the budget process reform. I submit today 
the following Memorandum of Understanding between the distinguished 
chairman of the Committee on Rules, Gerald B.H. Solomon, and I on the 
intent of subparagraph (1)(d)(3) as it pertains to the Committee on 
Rules and the Committee on the Budget. The distinguished chairman of 
the Committee on Government Reform, and Oversight, William F. Clinger, 
shall submit a similar Memorandum of Understanding on budget process 
reform as it pertains to the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight and the Committee on the Budget.
Statement of Understanding Between the Committee on the Budget and the 
   Committee on Rules on Jurisdiction over the Congressional Budget 
                                Process


                                     House of Representatives,

                                                   Washington, DC.
       This statement addresses the intent of subparagraph 
     (1)(d)(3) as it pertains to the Committee on the Budget and 
     the Committee on Rules.
       Subparagraph (1)(d)(3) relating to the Congressional Budget 
     process is intended to provide the Committee on the Budget 
     primary jurisdiction over budgetary terminology and the 
     discretionary spending limits that are set forth in the 
     Congressional Budget Act. It is also understood that the 
     Committee on the Budget shall have secondary jurisdiction 
     over the other elements of the Congressional budget process 
     that are under the primary jurisdiction of the Committee on 
     Rules. Such jurisdiction shall include the budget timetable, 
     the budget resolution and its report, committee allocations, 
     the reconciliation process, and related enforcement 
     procedures. It is understood that the Committee on Rules will 
     remain the Committee of primary jurisdiction over all aspects 
     of the Congressional budget process that are within the joint 
     rule-making authority of Congress except for budgetary 
     terminology and the discretionary spending limits.

     Gerald B.H. Solomon,
       Chairman, Committee on Rules.
     John R. Kasich,
       Chairman, Committee on the Budget.
       

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