SPENDING CONTROL ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 4663), H4972, H4975, H4978, H4980, H4986, H4991, H4997, H4998, H5001, H5003, H5006, H5015, H5044 [24JN]

———consideration (H. Res. 692), H4906 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 4663), H4893 [23JN]

Enact (H.R. 4663): consideration (see H. Res. 692), H4892 [23JN]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 4663), H5064 [24JN]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: allow the President to propose elimination of wasteful spending through recissions in appropriations bills, H5004-H5006 [24JN]

Budget: consolidate budget functions into a one-page budget with spending divided into certain categories, H4977, H4978 [24JN]

———convert current nonbinding resolution into joint budget resolution that if signed by the President would have the force of law, H4998-H5001 [24JN]

———eliminate requirement of providing budget authority and outlays for all the functional categories in the budget resolution, H4978-H4980 [24JN]

———establish budget protection accounts allowing Congress to reduce spending and redirect it towards tax cuts or deficit reduction, H5002, H5003 [24JN]

———impose an entitlement cap to limit increases in total direct spending to increases in inflation and growth in a given program's beneficiary population, H4984-H4986 [24JN]

———improve forecasting for entitlement spending programs, H4997 [24JN]

———reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs, H5040-H5044, H5059-H5063 [24JN]

Enact (H.R. 3973): amendment process, H4562 [18JN]

Enact (H.R. 4663), H4769 [23JN], H4961-H5066 [24JN], E1289 [25JN], E1297 [7JY]

———consideration (H. Res. 692), H4898-H4908 [24JN]

———motion to recommit, H5064 [24JN]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies, H4974, H4975 [24JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4663, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 692) (H. Rept. 108-566), H4892 [23JN]

Provisions: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 3973) (H. Rept. 108-442), H1326 [22MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 692, consideration of H.R. 4663, provisions, H4898 [24JN]

H.R. 4663, provisions, H4970-H4972 [24JN]