May 12, 1975
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET DETERMINATION
Mr. MUSKIE. Mr. President, last Friday the Senate and House Budget Committees concluded their conference on the first concurrent resolution on the budget and filed a conference report and
statement of managers in each House. The Budget Act requires that this first concurrent resolution on the budget be adopted by May 15, which is Thursday of this week. Inasmuch as the House requested the conference and the Senate agreed to it, the Senate is required under normal procedures to act first on the conference report. We are advised that the schedule of the House of Representatives will be accommodated if we are able to dispose of this conference report in the Senate on Wednesday, May 14. Therefore, in consultation with the majority and minority leaders, we have requested that the Senate take up the matter of the conference report on House Concurrent Resolution 218, the first concurrent resolution on the budget, early Wednesday so that the House can complete action on the same day.