Politics

The 6 Parts of the Byrd Rule

By Sunlight Foundation & Participatory Politics Foundation

The Byrd Rule, which governs which legislative provisions are eligible for passage using the budget reconciliation process, has six parts. Provisions are not eligible if they fall under one or more of the parts of the rule.

According to the Congressional Research Service, a provision can be ruled ineligible for budget reconciliation under the Byrd Rule if —

(1) it does not produce a change in outlays or revenues;

(2) it produces an outlay increase or revenue decrease when the instructed committee is not in compliance with its instructions;

(3) it is outside of the jurisdiction of the committee that submitted the title or provision for inclusion in the reconciliation measure;

(4) it produces a change in outlays or revenues which is merely incidental to the non-budgetary components of the provision;

(5) it would increase the deficit for a fiscal year beyond those covered by the reconciliation measure; and

(6) it recommends changes in Social Security.

…I’ll be providing more context for this shortly.

Full post as published by Open Congress on March 02, 2010 (boomark / email).