BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT

Amendments

Budget: increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), H542, H544, H545 [7FE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2648 [10MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (H. Res. 648), H2581 [10MY]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (H.R. 3578), consideration (H. Res. 534), H393 [2FE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), consideration (H. Res. 778), H5946 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: cap Federal spending (see H.R. 4060), H901 [16FE]

——— eliminate adjustment for disaster funding (see H.R. 4386), H1976 [18AP]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), consideration (see H. Res. 539), H511 [6FE]

——— modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and extending the Federal employee pay freeze (see S. 2065), S323 [2FE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (see H.R. 5652), H2565 [9MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (see H. Res. 648), H2565 [9MY]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (H.R. 3578), consideration (see H. Res. 534), H373 [1FE]

——— repeal sequestration (see H.R. 6535), H6276 [21SE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (see H.R. 4966), H2266 [27AP] (see H.R. 6365), H5765 [10SE] (see H.R. 6716), H7469 [30DE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), consideration (see H. Res. 778), H5922 [12SE]

——— subject the pay of the President, Vice-President, and Members of Congress to any sequestration order (see H.R. 6438), H6151 [19SE]

Dept. of HHS: exempt Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration from sequestration (see H.R. 6692), H7424 [20DE]

Members of Congress: include pay within coverage of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act provisions to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 6499), H6274 [21SE]

Veterans: exempt health care programs from sequestration (see S. 2128), S909 [17FE] (see H.R. 3895), H475 [3FE]

Letters

Budget and Accounting Transparency Act: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, American Action Forum (organization), H537 [7FE]

——— Robert D. Reischauer, CBO, H535 [7FE]

Replace sequester established by the Budget Control Act: several Democratic Representatives, H7534 [1JA]

Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Fire Fighters, H2621 [10MY]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), E825 [17MY]

——— Representative Lungren, Committee on House Administration (House), E825 [17MY]

——— Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House), E825, E826 [17MY]

——— Stephen E. Blaire, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, H2580, H2613 [10MY]

Motions

Budget: increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), H547 [7FE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2630 [10MY]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (H.R. 3578), H456 [3FE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), H5967 [13SE]

Remarks in House

Budget: ensure that any changes to accounting standards for Federal loan programs do not adversely affect veterans and students, H547 [7FE]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), H534–H549 [7FE], H644 [9FE], E164 [8FE]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), consideration (H. Res. 539), H523–H529 [7FE]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (H.R. 3581), motion to recommit, H547 [7FE]

——— modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and apply savings to defense and non-defense categories (H.R. 3662), H162 [25JA], H4871 [17JY]

——— provide for conditional replacement of fiscal year 2013 sequester established by the Budget Control Act, H3072, H3073 [17MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2455 [9MY], H2583–H2633 [10MY], H2702–H2705 [15MY], H2783 [16MY], H3135 [18MY], H3392 [1JN], H3586 [7JN], H4922–H4925 [18JY], H5295 [26JY], H5521 [31JY], H5958 [13SE], H6575 [30NO], H6751 [12DE], E755 [9MY], E802 [15MY], E823 [16MY], E825 [17MY], E908 [30MY], E2018 [31DE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (H. Res. 648), H2573–H2583 [10MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), motion to recommit, H2631 [10MY]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (H.R. 3578), H402, H419–H426, H429 [2FE], H456–H458, H465–H468 [3FE], E135 [3FE], E175 [9FE]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (H.R. 3578), consideration (H. Res. 534), H387–H395 [2FE]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (H.R. 3578), motion to recommit, H456, H457 [3FE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act by eliminating certain taxpayer subsidies, H4921–H4925 [18JY]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), H5956–H5969 [13SE], H6575 [30NO], E1522 [13SE], E1541 [14SE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), consideration (H. Res. 778), H5939–H5948 [13SE]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 6365), motion to recommit, H5967, H5968 [13SE]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: clarify procedures of sequester established by the Budget Control Act, S5923 [2AU]

——— modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and extending the Federal employee pay freeze (S. 2065), S323 [2FE], S3758 [6JN], S3938 [12JN]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), S2989–S2991 [9MY], S3110, S3133 [14MY], S3137 [15MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), unanimous-consent request, S3615 [24MY]

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act, S3671 [4JN], S3756–S3758 [6JN]

Dept. of Defense: economic impact of the budget sequester established by the Budget Control Act upon the defense industry, S3757 [6JN]

Reports filed

Baseline Reform Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 3578) (H. Rept. 112–378), H218 [31JA]

Budget and Accounting Transparency Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 3581) (H. Rept. 112–380), H218 [31JA]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 117, Continuing Appropriations and H.R. 6365, National Security and Job Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 778) (H. Rept. 112–667), H5922 [12SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3578, Baseline Reform Act and H.R. 3582, Pro-Growth Budgeting Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 534) (H. Rept. 112–383), H373 [1FE]

Consideration of H.R. 3581, Budget and Accounting Transparency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 539) (H. Rept. 112–388), H511 [6FE]

Consideration of H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 648) (H. Rept. 112–472), H2565 [9MY]

Sequester Replacement Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 4966) (H. Rept. 112–469), H2565 [9MY]

Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 5652) (H. Rept. 112–470), H2565 [9MY]

Statements

Fair Market Values and the Budgetary Treatment of Federal Credit—Comment on Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ Release on H.R. 3581: Marvin Phaup, H539 [7FE]

Texts of

H. Res. 534, consideration of H.R. 3578, Baseline Reform Act and H.R. 3582, Pro-Growth Budgeting Act, H387 [2FE]

H. Res. 539, consideration of H.R. 3581, Budget and Accounting Transparency Act, H523 [7FE]

H. Res. 648, consideration of H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, H2573 [10MY]

H. Res. 778, consideration of H.J. Res. 117, continuing appropriations and consideration of H.R. 6365, National Security and Job Protection Act, H5939 [13SE]

H.R. 3578, Baseline Reform Act, H419 [2FE]

H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, H2583–H2600 [10MY]

H.R. 6365, National Security and Job Protection Act, H5957 [13SE]

S. 2065, Down Payment To Protect National Security Act, S324 [2FE]