Congressional Budget Office

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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 59

Congressional Research Service

101 Independence Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20540

Phone, 202–707–5000. Internet, http://www.loc.gov.

Director, Congressional Research Service DANIEL P. MULHOLLAN

The Congressional Research Service

(CRS) provides conf‌idential and

nonpartisan policy analysis exclusively

to the United States Congress. CRS

assists Congress in the legislative process

by identifying and clarifying current

policy problems, exploring potential

implications of proposed policies,

monitoring and assessing program

implementation and oversight, and

helping congressional staff understand

legislative procedures and processes.

For further information, call 202–707–5700.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

Second and D Streets SW., Washington,DC 20515

Phone, 202–226–2600. Internet, http://www.cbo.gov.

Director DOUGLASS W. ELMENDORF

Deputy Director ROBERT A. SUNSHINE

Associate Director for Communications MELISSA MERSON

Associate Director of Economic Analysis JEFFREY KLING

Associate Director for Legislative Affairs EDWARD DAVIS

General Counsel MARK P. HADLEY

Deputy General Counsel T.J. MCGRATH

Assistant Director for Budget Analysis PETE FONTAINE

Assistant Director for Financial Analysis DEBORAH LUCAS

Assistant Director for Health and Human

Resources

BRUCE VAVRICHEK

Assistant Director for Macroeconomic Analysis ROBERT A. DENNIS

Assistant Director for Management, Business,

and Information Services

RODERICK GOODWIN

Assistant Director for Microeconomic Studies JOSEPH KILE

Assistant Director for National Security DAVID MOSHER

Assistant Director for Tax Analysis FRANK SAMMARTINO

The Congressional Budget Off‌ice provides the Congress with economic and budgetary

analyses and with information and estimates required for the Congressional budget

process.

The Congressional Budget Off‌ice (CBO)

was established by the Congressional

Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601), which

also created a procedure by which the

United States Congress considers and

acts upon the annual Federal budget.

This process enables the Congress to

have an overview of the Federal budget

and to make overall decisions regarding

spending and taxing levels and the def‌icit

or surplus these levels incur.

Activities

The Congressional Budget Off‌ice’s chief

responsibility under the Budget Act

is to assist the Congressional budget

committees with drafting and enforcing

the annual budget resolution, which

serves as a blueprint for total levels of

Government spending and revenues in a

f‌iscal year. Once completed, the budget

resolution guides the action of other

Congressional committees in drafting