Korean Journal of Policy Studies

Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University

Korean J. Policy Stud. 2017; 32(2):1-21

pISSN: 1225-5017, eISSN: 2765-2807

Article

How the Budget Process Works in the U.S. House Appropriations Committee and Its Implications for the Korean Government

Jae Young Lim¹

¹Jae Young Lim is a limited-term visiting assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia in Athens. E-mail: jylim@uga.edu. I want to thank three KJPS reviewers for their thoughtful and comprehensive comments.

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Received: Mar 08, 2017; Revised: May 15, 2017; Revised: Jul 14, 2017; Accepted: Aug 01, 2017

Published Online: Aug 31, 2017

Abstract

The recent recession and subsequent rescue efforts along with snowballing annual deficits and national debts in the United States have made it urgent for scholars to examine national budget processes across countries. The House Appropriations Committee is a key cog in the annual appropriations process in the United States and understanding how it behaves offers a clue for what to do with central government deficits. I offer a comprehensive review of scholarly contributions on the behavior of House Appropriation Committee since Fenno’s seminal works in 1962 and 1966. Then, I note potential lessons that these studies and U.S experiences can offer for the Korean government.

Keywords: House Appropriation Committee; appropriations process; lessons for the Korean government