BUDGET—U.S.
Addresses
State of the Union: President Obama, S277–S281 [20JA], H419–H424 [20JA]
Amendments
Federal agencies and departments: close out expired, empty grant accounts (S. 1115), S8889, S8906, S8907 [18DE]
Federal budget: setting forth for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1930, H1938, H1946, H1963, H1983, H1998 [25MR]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), consideration (H. Res. 163), H1867 [24MR]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1730, S1731, S1732, S1733, S1734, S1735 [23MR], S1741, S1744, S1751, S1757, S1762, S1764, S1765, S1769, S1770, S1773, S1774, S1790, S1791, S1794, S1795, S1796, S1797, S1798, S1799, S1800, S1801, S1802, S1803, S1804, S1805, S1806, S1807, S1808, S1809, S1810, S1811, S1812, S1813, S1814, S1815, S1816, S1817, S1818, S1819, S1820, S1821, S1822, S1823, S1824, S1825, S1826, S1827, S1828, S1829, S1830 [24MR], S1836, S1838, S1844, S1845, S1846, S1847, S1848, S1853, S1856, S1857, S1858, S1862, S1864, S1866, S1868, S1872, S1873, S1874, S1875, S1876, S1877, S1878, S1879, S1880, S1881, S1882, S1883, S1884, S1885, S1901, S1902, S1903, S1904, S1905, S1906, S1907, S1908, S1909, S1910, S1911, S1912, S1913, S1914, S1915, S1916, S1917, S1918, S1919, S1920, S1921, S1922, S1923, S1924, S1925, S1926, S1927, S1928, S1929, S1930, S1931, S1932, S1933, S1934, S1935, S1936, S1937, S1938, S1939, S1940, S1941, S1942, S1943, S1944, S1945, S1946, S1947, S1948, S1949, S1950, S1951, S1952, S1953, S1954, S1955, S1956 [25MR], S1963, S1964, S1965, S1966, S1967, S1968, S1969, S1970, S1971, S1972, S1973, S1975, S1976, S1977, S1978, S1979, S1980, S1981, S1982, S1983, S1984, S1988, S1989, S1991, S1993, S1994, S1995, S1996, S1997, S1998, S2005, S2007, S2012, S2014, S2015, S2016, S2017, S2018, S2019, S2020, S2021, S2022, S2059, S2060, S2061, S2062, S2063, S2064, S2065, S2066, S2067, S2068, S2069, S2070, S2071, S2072, S2073, S2074, S2075, S2076, S2077, S2078, S2079, S2080, S2081, S2082 [26MR]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 231), H2683 [30AP]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), insert H. Con. Res. 27 language in lieu and adopt (H. Res. 189), H2169 [14AP]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8233, S8245 [1DE], S8254, S8308, S8309, S8310, S8311, S8313, S8318 [2DE], S8343, S8344, S8348, S8350, S8351, S8352, S8353, S8354, S8383, S8385, S8387, S8389, S8390, S8392, S8393, S8394, S8395, S8400, S8402, S8403, S8405, S8415, S8420, S8422, S8424 [3DE]
——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), consideration (H. Res. 483), H7107 [22OC]
——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), corrections in engrossment (H. Res. 526), H8257 [17NO]
Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (H.R. 692), consideration (H. Res. 480), H7046 [21OC]
Appointments
Conferees: S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025, S2212 [15AP], H2198 [14AP]
Articles and editorials
Conservatives Question ‘Gimmicks’ in House GOP’s Defense Budget, H1860 [24MR]
Faces of Health Care—Joanne W., H7163 [23OC]
House GOP 2016 Budget Resolution Is DOA, H1860 [24MR]
House GOP Members Threatening To Take Budget Down Over Defense, H1859 [24MR]
John Boehner’s Last Deal Leaves Congress Better Off, H7269 [28OC]
Obama Is Wrong To Hold Defense Funding Hostage, S3890 [9JN]
Bills and resolutions
Appropriations: establish a biennial appropriations process with the exception of defense spending and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (see S. 385), S832 [5FE]
——— increase discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3476), H5941 [10SE] (see H.R. 3708), H6935 [8OC]
——— make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (see H.R. 39, 49), H37 (see H.R. 58), H38 [6JA]
——— making continuing (see H.J. Res. 75), H9205 [9DE] (see H.J. Res. 78), H9374 [16DE]
——— provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see S. 334), S697 [2FE] (see H.R. 1776), H2209 [14AP] (see H.R. 3776), H7088 [21OC]
——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (see H.R. 3186), H5465 [23JY]
——— require greater accountability in discretionary and direct spending programs (see H.R. 405), H429 [20JA]
——— rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use such funds to reduce the Federal debt (see S. 744), S1528 [16MR]
Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay for active service during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3628), H6306 [28SE]
——— provide permanent appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members in the event of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 250), H188 [9JA]
CBO: modernize scoring of preventive health legislation to assess long-term health savings (see H.R. 3660), H6787 [1OC]
——— prepare long-term scoring estimates for reported bills and joint resolutions that could have significant economic and fiscal effects outside normal scoring periods (see S. 2260), S7860 [9NO] (see H.R. 282), H224 [12JA]
——— require preparation of long-term estimates for reported bill and joint resolutions that would have significant fiscal impact (see H.R. 2498), H3558 [21MY]
Commission on Government Transformation: establish (see H.R. 2826), H4541 [18JN]
Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see H.R. 522), H581 [26JA]
Committee on Taxation (Joint): provide a macroeconomic analysis or dynamic scoring of the impact of major revenue legislation (see S. 200), S347 [21JA] (see S. 749), S1585 [17MR]
Congress: establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (see H.R. 1456), H1769 [18MR]
——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2032 [25MR]
——— establish joint resolutions on the budget (see H.R. 3803), H7137 [22OC]
——— prohibit earmarks (see S. 309), S653 [29JA]
Constitutional amendments: balance (see S.J. Res. 2), S11 [6JA] (see S.J. Res. 6), S772 [4FE] (see S.J. Res. 9), S858 [9FE] (see S.J. Res. 18), S4953 [9JY] (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H42 (see H.J. Res. 4, 7), H43 [6JA] (see H.J. Res. 12), H188 [9JA] (see H.J. Res. 17), H224 [12JA] (see H.J. Res. 41), H2111 [26MR] (see H.J. Res. 54), H3309 [18MY] (see H.J. Res. 55), H3506 [20MY] (see H.J. Res. 69), H6936 [8OC]
——— call for constitutional convention and refer for ratification a constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H. Con. Res. 26), H1803 [19MR]
——— require balanced budget, require the President to propose a balanced budget annually, and prohibit debt ceiling increases without congressional approval (see H.J. Res. 79), H9375 [16DE]
——— require balanced budget and approval from a majority of State legislatures for increases in Federal debt (see H.J. Res. 8), H43 [6JA]
——— require balanced budget and that each agency and department’s funding is justified (see H.J. Res. 28), H756 [3FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: permit renegotiation of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement with private companies that administer Federal crop insurance (see S. 1442), S3238 [21MY]
Dept. of Defense: provide for auditable financial statements (see S. 300), S653 [29JA] (see S. 327), S697 [2FE]
——— provide with authority to transfer funds in order to mitigate the effects of a sequestration of available departmental funds (see S. 813), S1660 [19MR]
——— require that overseas contingency operations be paid for (see H.R. 1510), H1803 [19MR]
Dept. of Energy: expand Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Program to include commercial trucks and U.S. flagged vessels and return unspent funds and loan proceeds to reduce the national debt (see S. 1181), S2599 [4MY]
Dept. of HHS: authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service by providing a 2-fiscal-year budget authority (see H.R. 395), H406 [14JA]
Dept. of the Treasury: report on debt levels, proposed debt reduction measures, and impact of increasing the debt ceiling and provide public access to such information (see H.R. 3442), H5847 [8SE]
——— report on reduction measures being used to avoid defaulting on Government obligations in the event the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 1497), H1802 [19MR]
Dept. of Transportation: rescind unused earmarks (see S. 1544), S4021 [10JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify treatment of administrative expenses during sequestration (see H.R. 215), H154 [8JA]
——— submit to Congress a Future-Years Veterans Program and a quadrennial veterans review and establish a Chief Strategy Officer (see H.R. 216), H154 [8JA]
Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H42 [6JA]
——— authorize agreements with States and subdivisions providing for continued operation of public lands during a Government shutdown (see S. 146), S150 [12JA] (see H.R. 1836), H2305 [16AP]
——— sell certain Federal land and direct the proceeds from such sales to be applied to Federal budget deficit reduction (see H.R. 1931), H2415 [22AP]
District of Columbia: eliminate all federally imposed mandates over the local budget process, financial management, and the borrowing of money (see H.R. 552), H638 [27JA]
——— make local funds available during any portion of the fiscal year at the rate of operations provided under the local budget act if no Federal law appropriating local funds is in effect (see H.R. 3633), H6306 [28SE]
Economy: cap noninterest Federal spending as a percentage of potential gross domestic product (GDP) to right-size government, grow the economy, and balance the budget (see H.R. 2471), H3505 [20MY]
——— eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations and require budget estimates to be compared with the prior year’s level (see S. 382), S832 [5FE]
FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (see H.R. 1078), H1163 [25FE]
Federal agencies and departments: close out expired, empty grant accounts (see S. 1115), S2473 [28AP] (see H.R. 3089), H5290 [16JY]
——— consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs (see H.R. 3617), H6260 [25SE]
——— create an expedited procedure to enact GAO recommendations for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication (see S. 236), S420 [22JA] (see H.R. 484), H530 [22JA]
——— modify the Do Not Pay Initiative and improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (see S. 1073), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 2003), H2463 [23AP]
——— promote strategic sourcing principles (see H.R. 1760), H2152 [13AP]
——— reduce deficit by consolidating and selling excess Federal tangible property (see S. 2375), S8494 [8DE]
——— reduce discretionary budget authority of any agency if financial statement for previous fiscal year does not receive a qualified or unqualified audit opinion by an independent auditor (see H.R. 942), H1034 [12FE]
——— reduce duplication and increase efficiency (see H.R. 614), H662 [28JA]
——— reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement (see S. 1888), S6136 [29JY] (see H.R. 3300), H5763 [29JY]
——— require agencies to conform to concurrent resolutions when promulgating rules (see S. 2199), S7470 [22OC]
——— require zero-based budgeting (see H.R. 1591), H1899 [24MR]
Federal Agency Sunset Commission: establish (see H.R. 183), H103 [7JA]
Federal budget: alleviate effects of sequestration by restoring certain cuts, providing offsets, enacting a Chained Consumer Price Index for Social Security and means testing for Medicare, and providing for tax reform (see H. Con. Res. 71), H5782 [31JY]
——— eliminate firewalls between defense and nondefense discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 2884), H4650 [24JN]
——— eliminate sequestration (see H.R. 782), H854 [5FE]
——— provide for relief from sequester and offsets to such relief through reforms in certain revenue and direct spending programs (see H.R. 3777), H7088 [21OC]
——— provide relief from reductions in discretionary spending limits imposed by sequestration (see S. 515), S983 [12FE]
——— require the President to submit a budget to Congress listing current fiscal year spending levels for proposed programs and separate amounts for proposed spending increases (see H.R. 2341), H3212 [14MY]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (see S. Con. Res. 11), S1708 [23MR] (see H. Con. Res. 27), H1847 [23MR]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), consideration (see H. Res. 163), H1847 [23MR]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 231), H2652 [29AP]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), insert H. Con. Res. 27 language in lieu and adopt (see H. Res. 189), H2151 [13AP]
Federal employees: clarify that furloughed Federal employees who receive back pay may not also receive unemployment compensation for the same time period (see H.R. 2512), H3559 [21MY]
——— provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (see S. 554), S1075 [24FE] (see S. 2035), S6651 [15SE] (see H.R. 3635), H6704 [29SE]
Federal Realignment and Closure Commission: establish (see H.R. 1072), H1163 [25FE]
Federal-State relations: allow States and localities to return unused Federal grant funds to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 1325), H1613 [4MR]
——— prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments (see S. 94), S58 [7JA]
Government: establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (see S. 150), S200 [13JA]
——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (see S. 399), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 119), H40 [6JA]
——— prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt ceiling is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1122), H1369 [26FE]
Government-sponsored enterprises: establish scorekeeping rule to ensure that increases in guarantee fees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shall not be used to offset provisions that increase the deficit (see S. 752), S1585 [17MR]
Health: prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research (see S. 289), S590 [28JA] (see H.R. 2104), H2653 [29AP]
House Rules: expand types of legislation subject to dynamic scoring in cost estimates (see H. Res. 389), H5590 [28JY]
——— prohibit consideration of a concurrent resolution to provide for a recess unless the House has approved each regular appropriations bill by a certain date (see H. Res. 17), H43 [6JA]
——— prohibit consideration of any legislation that contains earmarks (see H.R. 3330), H5764 [29JY]
——— provide for consideration of continuing resolutions to fund the Government at the current rate of operations if offered not more than 24 hours before Government funding expires (see H. Res. 475), H6974 [9OC]
Independent Government Waste Reduction Board: establish (see H.R. 586), H660 [28JA]
Intelligence services: require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government (see S. 1307), S2794 [12MY] (see H.R. 2272), H2877 [12MY]
Medicaid: require applications for State plan waivers only be approved if applications are budget neutral (see H.R. 2119), H2654 [29AP]
Medicare: apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas (see H.R. 1479), H1802 [19MR]
——— prevent application of budget sequestration to payment for certain physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), H1767 [18MR]
Members of Congress: hold salaries in escrow if Congress does not adopt a budget resolution or pass regular appropriations bills on a timely basis during a Congress (see H.R. 673), H754 [3FE]
——— prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 92), H39 [6JA]
——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see S. 39), S57 [7JA] (see H.R. 187), H103 [7JA]
——— provide for rates of pay to be adjusted as a function of changes in Government spending (see H.R. 110), H39 [6JA]
——— provide that Members shall be paid last whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations in a timely manner because public debt ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 3757), H6980 [16OC]
——— reduce pay for failure to adopt a concurrent budget resolution which does not provide for a balanced budget (see S. 493), S982 [12FE] (see H.R. 948), H1034 [12FE]
——— reduce rate of pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 2023), H2464 [23AP]
——— require salaries to be held in escrow if Congress does not adopt a concurrent budget resolution by a certain date (see H.R. 174), H42 [6JA]
——— suspend salary during a Government shutdown (see S. 2074), S6938 [24SE] (see H.R. 3562), H6178 [18SE]
National Park Service: refund to States all State funds used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the Government shutdown (see S. 145), S150 [12JA]
National security: exempt the Dept. of Defense and other national security agencies from sequestration (see S. 2303), S8079 [18NO]
National Strategic Agenda: establish and include goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security (see S. Res. 199), S4104 [11JN] (see H. Res. 207), H2307 [16AP]
Native Americans: exempt Alaska Native and American Indian programs from budget sequestration (see H.R. 3063), H5172 [14JY]
——— exempt the Indian Health Service, BIA, and certain other programs for Indians from budget sequestration (see S. 1497), S3678 [3JN]
NLRB: prohibit any appropriation of funds (see H.R. 2384), H3252 [15MY]
NSF: include a line item in budget request for Research in Disabilities Education program to support dyslexia research (see H.R. 3033), H5116 [13JY]
OMB: establish expedited procedures for congressional consideration of ‘‘Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings’’ report (see S. 759), S1585 [17MR] (see H.R. 3253), H5588 [28JY]
Patent and Trademark Office: provide for permanent funding (see H.R. 1832), H2305 [16AP]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: use of budget reconciliation to repeal (see H.R. 3762), H6980 [16OC]
——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), consideration (see H. Res. 483), H7088 [21OC]
——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), corrections in engrossment (see H. Res. 526), H8239 [16NO]
Power resources: appropriately determine the budgetary effects of energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (see S. 765), S1585 [17MR]
Presidents of the U.S.: permit the President not to make an annual budget resolution if all appropriations for the preceding fiscal year are not enacted (see H.R. 660), H703 [2FE]
Public debt: apply debt ceiling only to debt held by the public and adjust debt ceiling for increases in the gross domestic product (see H.R. 3774), H7026 [20OC]
——— appropriately manage debt by limiting use of extraordinary measures (see S. 19), S11 [6JA]
——— constitutional amendment prohibiting the Government from increasing debt except for a specific purpose by law adopted by three-fourths of each House of Congress (see H.J. Res. 18), H224 [12JA]
——— cut and cap Federal spending and enact balanced budget constitutional amendment (see S. 2182), S7304 [19OC]
——— ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 692), H755 [3FE]
——— ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (H.R. 692), consideration (see H. Res. 480), H7026 [20OC]
——— establish debt stabilization process requiring negotiated budget compromise when debt grows faster than the economy (see H.R. 3775), H7026 [20OC]
——— increase statutory ceiling by a certain amount upon adoption by Congress of a balanced budget constitutional amendment and by an additional amount upon ratification by the States of that amendment (see H.R. 3835), H7253 [27OC]
——— make increase in debt ceiling contingent upon implementing certain budget reforms, completing congressional fiscal policy work, and limiting significant regulatory actions (see H.R. 3771), H7026 [20OC]
——— prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (see S. 2181), S7304 [19OC] (see H.R. 164), H42 [6JA]
——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (see S. 69), S58 [7JA]
——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached and require the sale of Federal assets (see H.R. 3753), H6974 [9OC]
——— prohibit use of extraordinary measures to prevent the Government from reaching the statutory debt ceiling or once such ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 2185), H2769 [30AP]
——— provide a process for ensuring the U.S. does not default on its obligations by making permanent authority for Congress to disapprove a debt ceiling increase instead of approving it (see H.R. 3807), H7137 [22OC]
——— provide that any estimate prepared by CBO or Committee on Taxation (Joint) shall include costs relative to servicing the public debt (see H.R. 3804), H7137 [22OC]
——— provide that the President shall submit to Congress a report detailing the priority of Federal spending if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 165), H42 [6JA]
——— reduce the national debt and eliminate waste in Government spending (see H.R. 3534), H6136 [17SE]
——— require annual budget submission by the President provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit (see H.R. 1315), H1612 [4MR]
——— require that any debt ceiling increase be balanced by equal spending cuts (see S. 333), S697 [2FE]
——— temporarily extend the public debt ceiling (see H.R. 3737), H6973 [9OC]
——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (see H.R. 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246), H1609 [4MR]
Public lands: provide for no net increase in acreage of certain Federal lands unless the Federal budget is balanced (see H.R. 1445), H1769 [18MR]
Securities: clarify that Public Accounting Oversight Board funding is not subject to the sequester (see S. 548), S1075 [24FE] (see H.R. 1050), H1114 [24FE]
——— clarify that Securities Investor Protection Corp., funding is not subject to the sequester (see S. 549), S1075 [24FE] (see H.R. 1049), H1114 [24FE]
——— clarify that the standard setting body designated pursuant to the Securities Act is not subject to the sequester (see S. 550), S1075 [24FE] (see H.R. 1048), H1114 [24FE]
Senate Rules: require Senate to be in session during a Government shutdown and compel presence of Senators (see S. Res. 101), S1495 [12MR]
Social Security: ensure that trust fund receipts and disbursements are not included in a unified Federal budget and protect solvency by mandating that trust fund monies not be diverted to private accounts (see H.R. 1983), H2462 [23AP]
——— establish a procedure to safeguard trust funds (see S. 20), S11 [6JA]
——— protect Social Security and Medicare trust funds from the public debt ceiling (see H.R. 111), H39 [6JA]
SSA: require the President to transmit the annual budget without revisions to Congress and clarify process for closure of field offices (see H.R. 2169), H2768 [30AP]
Taxation: impose a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see S. 161), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 362), H404 [14JA]
White House: rescind unobligated amounts for salaries and expenses (see H.R. 1693), H2109 [26MR]
Conference reports
Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), H2516–H2574 [29AP]
Explanations
Consolidated Appropriations (H.R. 2029): Divisions A-E, H9693–H10159 [17DE]
——— Divisions F-L, H10161–H10450 [17DE]
Factsheets
What the Paycheck Fairness Act Would Really Do: National Women’s Law Center, S1752 [24MR]
Letters
Bipartisan Budget Act: Conservative Action Project (organization), S7644 [29OC]
Budget 2016–2025: Amanda Austin, National Federation of Independent Business, H1885 [24MR]
——— Dan Weber, Association of Mature American Citizens, H1891 [24MR]
——— Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), H1890 [24MR]
——— James L. Martin, 60 Plus Association, Inc., H1891 [24MR]
——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H1885 [24MR]
——— several individuals, E429 [26MR]
Budget aggregate and allocation revisions: Representative Tom Price, Committee on the Budget (House), H4489 [17JN], H4766 [25JN], H5115 [13JY], H5234 [15JY], H7136 [22OC], H7621 [3NO], H9304 [11DE]
Means-tested direct spending and non-means-tested direct spending programs: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, H1716 [17MR]
Medicare budget sequestration elimination extension: several health organizations, H4266 [12JN]
Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act: Brent Gardner, Americans for Prosperity (organization), H7162 [23OC]
——— Bruce Siegel, America’s Essential Hospitals (organization), H7159 [23OC]
——— David French, National Retail Federation, H7161 [23OC]
——— Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, H7162 [23OC]
——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H7162 [23OC]
——— Scott Frey, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H7158 [23OC]
——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H7159 [23OC]
Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act relative to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., funding: Carol Tobias, David N. O’Steen, and Douglas D. Johnson, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H7161 [23OC]
——— Charmaine Yoest, Americans United for Life (organization), H7162 [23OC]
——— David Christensen, Family Research Council, H7161 [23OC]
——— Marjorie Dannenfelser, Susan B. Anthony List, Inc., H7160 [23OC]
Lists
Committee on the Budget (House) majority staff, H2702 [30AP]
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) majority staff, H8997 [3DE]
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) minority staff, H8997 [3DE]
Inspector General reports—waste, fraud, and abuse, H4601 [24JN]
Organizations supporting H.R. 1314, Bipartisan Budget Act, H7309 [28OC]
Representative Tom Price’s personal office staff, H2702 [30AP]
Messages
Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2016: President Obama, S695–S697 [2FE], H673–H675 [2FE]
Forest Service Wildland Fire Management Funding Emergency Designation: President Obama, S7098 [1OC], H6785 [1OC]
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism Funding Designation: President Obama, S1300 [4MR], S7098 [1OC], H1606 [4MR], H6785 [1OC]
Motions
Federal budget: setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1871 [25MR], S1985, S1986, S2010 [26MR], S2193, S2199, S2200, S2201, S2202, S2203, S2204, S2205, S2206, S2207 [15AP], S2613 [5MY], H2171 [14AP]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8233 [1DE], S8341, S8343, S8344, S8345, S8346, S8347, S8348, S8349, S8350, S8354, S8355, S8356 [3DE]
Press releases
CCAGW Praises FY 2016 House Balanced Budget Resolution: Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, H1891 [24MR]
House Budget Proposal: Americans for Prosperity (organization), H1891 [24MR]
Remarks in House
Appropriations: legislative process, H151 [8JA], H2446, H2447 [23AP], H4526, H4527 [18JN], H5452 [23JY], H5969, H5970 [11SE], H6940 [9OC], H8254 [17NO]
——— make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (H.R. 39), H113 [8JA]
——— making consolidated appropriations, H8869 [2DE], H8974, H9001 [3DE], H9215 [10DE], H9280, H9282, H9298 [11DE], H9364–H9367, H9369–H9372 [16DE], H9378, H9379–H9676, H9679–H9684, H9686 [17DE], H10694 [18DE], E1818 [17DE], E1823, E1825, E1826, E1827–E1829, E1831, E1832, E1833, E1834, E1835, E1840, E1842 [18DE], E1847 [31DE]
——— making continuing, H5969, H5970 [11SE], H6006, H6007 [16SE], H6083 [17SE], H6213 [24SE], H6258 [25SE], H6264 [28SE], H6310, H6311 [29SE], H6718, H6728, H6729, H6731–H6742, H6744 [30SE], H6845 [7OC], H9275–H9286, H9295 [11DE], E1401 [1OC]
——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 78), H9338 [16DE]
——— oppose attachment of policy riders to appropriations legislation, H8869 [2DE], H8974 [3DE], H9280 [11DE]
Armed Forces: proposed troop reduction, H5034 [10JY], H5287 [16JY]
——— protect from impact of budget sequestration, H644 [28JA], H991 [12FE], H1503 [2MR]
Balance, H1698, H1699 [17MR], H1834 [23MR], H2158 [14AP], H6967–H6972 [9OC]
CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation, H14–H21, H23 [6JA]
Congress: accomplishments of the 114th Congress, H10698, H10699 [18DE]
——— importance of bipartisanship, H8872 [2DE], H9687 [17DE]
——— legislative priorities, H7102, H7106 [22OC], H8346–H8349 [18NO], E1179 [29JY]
Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1941–H1946 [25MR], E421 [25MR], E492 [14AP]
——— domestic priorities, H7379 [2NO], E1575 [3NO]
Congressional Progressive Caucus: budget priorities, H1750–H1755 [18MR], H1934–H1938 [25MR], E421 [25MR]
Constitutional amendments: balance (H.J. Res. 1), H56 [7JA], H712 [3FE]
——— balance (H.J. Res. 2), H56 [7JA], H712 [3FE]
——— balance (H.J. Res. 69), H7038 [21OC]
——— require balanced budget, require the President to propose a balanced budget annually, and prohibit debt ceiling increases without congressional approval (H.J. Res. 79), H9359 [16DE]
Deficit, H764 [4FE], H836, H837 [5FE], H989, H1004, H1011 [12FE], H1169 [26FE], H1552–H1558 [3MR], H1839–H1842 [23MR], H1878, H1882, H1883 [24MR], H1912, H1959, H1979 [25MR], H2823 [12MY], H3379–H3382 [19MY], H5530 [28JY], H6718 [30SE], H6970–H6972 [9OC], H7013 [20OC], H7034 [21OC], H9686 [17DE], H10703–H10706 [18DE], E12 [6JA], E27 [7JA], E29 [8JA], E50 [12JA], E59 [13JA], E67 [14JA], E81 [20JA], E89 [21JA], E107 [22JA], E111 [26JA], E117 [27JA], E129 [28JA], E149 [2FE], E157 [3FE], E160 [4FE], E170 [5FE], E186 [10FE], E196 [11FE], E203 [12FE], E217 [13FE], E247 [25FE], E258 [26FE], E269 [27FE], E283 [2MR], E296 [3MR], E310 [4MR], E333 [16MR], E350 [17MR], E357 [18MR], E394 [24MR], E407 [25MR], E434 [26MR], E457 [13AP], E479 [14AP], E498 [15AP], E533 [21AP], E560 [22AP], E593 [28AP], E615 [29AP], E631 [30AP], E673 [12MY], E692 [13MY], E704 [14MY], E819 [2JN], E833 [3JN], E856 [9JN], E870 [10JN], E880 [11JN], E891 [12JN], E896 [15JN], E914 [17JN], E950 [23JN], E967 [24JN], E987 [25JN], E1009 [7JY], E1018 [8JY], E1027 [9JY], E1051 [13JY], E1064 [14JY], E1073 [15JY], E1081 [16JY], E1089 [21JY], E1102 [22JY], E1117 [23JY], E1129 [27JY], E1145 [28JY], E1182 [29JY], E1233 [8SE], E1244 [9SE], E1255 [10SE], E1271 [11SE], E1295 [16SE], E1311 [17SE], E1326 [18SE], E1354 [24SE], E1372 [28SE], E1388 [29SE], E1398 [30SE], E1430 [6OC], E1445 [7OC], E1454 [8OC], E1466 [9OC], E1490 [20OC], E1503 [21OC], E1516 [22OC], E1536 [26OC], E1547 [27OC], E1553 [28OC], E1572 [2NO], E1582 [3NO], E1589 [4NO], E1608 [5NO], E1625 [16NO], E1642 [17NO], E1646 [18NO], E1657 [19NO], E1676 [30NO], E1688 [1DE], E1696 [2DE], E1721 [7DE], E1730 [8DE], E1751 [9DE], E1765 [10DE], E1779 [11DE], E1806 [16DE], E1818 [17DE], E1831 [18DE]
Democratic Party: national agenda, H415 [20JA], H1054–H1057 [13FE]
——— tribute to organizational support for the budget alternative, E423 [25MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H1004 [12FE], H1864, H1865 [24MR], H2883 [13MY]
Dept. of Defense: deficit relative to appropriations, H7133 [22OC]
——— funding, H1857, H1858, H1880, H1881 [24MR], H1961, H2014 [25MR]
——— impact of budget sequestration, H3161 [14MY]
——— overseas contingency operations funding, H1875, H1876, H1883–H1890, H1892 [24MR], H2014, H2015 [25MR], H2600–H2603 [29AP], H2699 [30AP], H2946 [13MY], H2994, H2996, H3175 [14MY], H4237 [11JN], H6769–H6772, H6774–H6777 [1OC], E756 [20MY]
——— provide for auditable financial statements, H4054 [10JN]
——— report on auditable financial statements of military departments and agencies, H2993, H3205, H3206 [14MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: report on debt levels, proposed debt reduction measures, and impact of increasing the debt ceiling and provide public access to such information (H.R. 3442), H7037 [21OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: submit to Congress a Future-Years Veterans Program and a quadrennial veterans review and establish a Chief Strategy Officer (H.R. 216), H1822–H1824 [23MR]
Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (H.R. 167), H4831 [7JY], H4944 [8JY], H5869 [10SE], H5984 [16SE]
——— sell certain Federal land and direct the proceeds from such sales to be applied to Federal budget deficit reduction, H5219 [15JY]
District of Columbia: eliminate all federally imposed mandates over the local budget process, financial management, and the borrowing of money, H2266 [15AP]
——— eliminate all federally imposed mandates over the local budget process, financial management, and the borrowing of money (H.R. 552), E118 [27JA]
——— make local funds available during any portion of the fiscal year at the rate of operations provided under the local budget act if no Federal law appropriating local funds is in effect (H.R. 3633), E1371 [28SE]
Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H1935 [25MR]
——— impact of budget sequestration, H4527 [18JN]
——— impact of tax cuts, H1006 [12FE], H9682 [17DE]
——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H2287 [16AP]
——— national objectives priority assignments, H5188 [15JY]
——— recession, H1911, H1912 [25MR]
——— reform entitlement programs, H1554–H1556 [3MR], H1701–H1704 [17MR], H1754 [18MR], H3379–H3382 [19MY], H10703–H10706 [18DE]
Energy and water development: across-the-board funding reduction for related agencies, H2759–H2761 [30AP]
Families and domestic relations: provide for paid family and medical leave, H2024 [25MR], H2171–H2178 [14AP]
FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration, H5012 [9JY]
Federal agencies and departments: close out expired, empty grant accounts (H.R. 3089), H6271, H6272 [28SE]
——— reduce discretionary budget authority of any agency if financial statement for previous fiscal year does not receive a qualified or unqualified audit opinion by an independent auditor (H.R. 942), H3205 [14MY]
——— reduce duplication and increase efficiency (H.R. 614), H644 [28JA]
——— reduce waste, fraud, and abuse, H4600 [24JN]
——— reestablish Golden Fleece Award to highlight waste, fraud, and abuse, H3397 [20MY]
Federal budget: allocation of funds, H708, H710, H711, H713, H749 [3FE], H761, H764 [4FE], H987, H989, H1006, H1011 [12FE], H1552–H1558 [3MR], H1638, H1653 [16MR], H1667, H1668, H1669, H1670, H1697–H1704 [17MR], H1726, H1727, H1730, H1732, H1733 [18MR], H1774 [19MR], H3379–H3382 [19MY], H5530 [28JY], H5862 [9SE], H5986, H5987 [16SE], H6782 [1OC], H6969 [9OC], H7159 [23OC], H10703–H10706 [18DE]
——— comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, H1878–H1881 [24MR], H1909, H1911 [25MR]
——— eliminate firewalls between defense and nondefense discretionary spending limits (H.R. 2884), H4602 [24JN]
——— eliminate sequestration, H5985 [16SE], H6717, H6718 [30SE]
——— impact of sequester on economy and infrastructure, H6719 [30SE]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1811, H1834, H1839–H1842 [23MR], H1852, H1853, H1856, H1857, H1858, H1870–H1895 [24MR], H1909–H2021, H2023, H2024 [25MR], H2038 [26MR], E419 [25MR], E427, E428, E429 [26MR], E492 [14AP]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), consideration (H. Res. 163), H1858–H1869 [24MR]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), H2158, H2171 [14AP], H2293 [16AP], H2446 [23AP], H2510, H2511 [29AP], H2668, H2670 [30AP], E505 [15AP], E585 [27AP]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), conference report, H2664, H2694–H2702 [30AP], E635 [30AP]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 231), H2671–H2684 [30AP]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), insert H. Con. Res. 27 language in lieu and adopt (H. Res. 189), H2165–H2171 [14AP]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), motion to instruct conferees, H2171–H2178 [14AP]
Federal employees: repeal certain revised annuity employee categories within the Federal Employee Retirement System, E428 [26MR]
Government: history of previous shutdown relative to budget process, H9687 [17DE]
——— importance of accountability, H4370–H4376 [15JN]
——— prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns, H6083 [17SE]
——— revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, H7257, H7258, H7268–H7312 [28OC], H7954 [5NO]
——— shutdown relative to budget process, H4527 [18JN], H5985, H5986, H5987, H6006 [16SE], H6083, H6088, H6089, H6090, H6091, H6094, H6097 [17SE], H6142, H6143, H6152–H6154, H6156, H6168, H6169 [18SE], H6213 [24SE], H6264 [28SE], H6310 [29SE], H6717, H6718 [30SE], H6845 [7OC], H8871, H8872 [2DE], H9092 [9DE]
Highway Trust Fund: funding, H1087 [24FE], H1876, H1877 [24MR], H2094–H2098 [26MR]
House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H1558–H1564 [3MR], H6324 [29SE], H7048 [21OC], H7149 [23OC], H7199 [27OC]
——— tribute to staff who worked on S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025, H2701 [30AP]
House Rules: prohibit consideration of a concurrent resolution to provide for a recess unless the House has approved each regular appropriations bill by a certain date (H. Res. 17), H141 [8JA]
Medicaid: funding, H1880 [24MR], H6969 [9OC]
Medicare: funding, H6967 [9OC]
——— reform, H1914 [25MR], H2171–H2178 [14AP], H6895 [8OC]
Members of Congress: require salaries to be held in escrow if Congress does not adopt a concurrent budget resolution by a certain date (H.R. 174), H141 [8JA]
National security: impact of Budget Control Act on military readiness of U.S. forces, H2945, H2946 [13MY]
NIH: make NIH and Cures Innovation Fund a discretionary spending program, H5069, H5070, H5075 [10JY], E1069 [15JY]
——— submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives, H904 [10FE]
NSF: include a line item in budget request for Research in Disabilities Education program to support dyslexia research (H.R. 3033), H7143 [23OC], H7184–H7187 [26OC], E1541 [27OC]
Patent and Trademark Office: provide for permanent funding (H.R. 1832), E524 [16AP]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: use of budget reconciliation to repeal, H6781 [1OC]
——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), H7098 [22OC], H7143–H7164, H7165, H7167, H7168 [23OC], H9084 [9DE], H9358 [16DE]
——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), consideration (H. Res. 483), H7101–H7107 [22OC]
——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), corrections in engrossment (H. Res. 526), H8254–H8259 [17NO]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: use of budget reconciliation to prohibit funding, H6781 [1OC]
Public debt: ceiling, H1671 [17MR], H6846 [7OC], H7037, H7038, H7081 [21OC], H7098 [22OC], H7143, H7145, H7163, H7164–H7167, H7169, H7170 [23OC], H7194 [27OC]
——— cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt ceiling, H4527 [18JN]
——— ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (H.R. 692), H708 [3FE], H7034, H7053–H7060 [21OC], H7159, H7165 [23OC], E1507 [22OC]
——— ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (H.R. 692), consideration (H. Res. 480), H7041–H7047 [21OC]
——— require annual budget submission by the President provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit (H.R. 1315), H7005–H7007 [20OC]
Public lands: provide for no net increase in acreage of certain Federal lands unless the Federal budget is balanced (H.R. 1445), H1727 [18MR]
Public welfare programs: establish work requirements for recipients, H1876, H1877 [24MR]
Republican Party: national agenda, H95 [7JA], H235, H236 [13JA], H712 [3FE], H1697–H1704 [17MR], H2321 [21AP], H3499 [20MY], H6800 [6OC], H7038 [21OC], H7170 [23OC], H7627 [4NO], E635 [30AP]
Republican Study Committee: budget priorities, H1959–H1963 [25MR]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1087 [24FE]
——— disability insurance funding, H6967 [9OC]
——— reform budget treatment of disability trust fund, H5860 [9SE]
——— reform budget treatment of Social Security disability trust fund, H1666 [17MR], H3316 [19MY]
Taxation: extend the research credit without increasing the deficit or delaying further tax reform, H3418, H3419 [20MY]
——— make extension of deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory contingent upon no increase in budget deficit, no delay in comprehensive tax reform, and disallowing tax benefits for inverted corporations, H1015 [12FE]
——— rates, H1976–H1978 [25MR], H6970, H6971 [9OC]
Unemployment: rates, H1912 [25MR]
Remarks in Senate
Air pollution: create a point of order against any legislation that would create a tax or fee on carbon emissions, S1846, S1868, S1870 [25MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect against any legislation that would create a tax or fee on carbon emissions, S1989, S1990 [26MR]
Appropriations: legislative process, S5022 [14JY], S6090 [29JY], S6369 [5AU], S6828 [21SE], S6865–S6867, S6869, S6876, S6886 [22SE], S7208–S7210 [7OC], S7227–S7231, S7242 [8OC], S7768 [4NO], S8029, S8030 [18NO], S8226, S8228 [1DE], S8875 [18DE]
——— making consolidated appropriations, S2683 [6MY], S7734, S7738, S7740 [4NO], S8137 [19NO], S8427 [7DE], S8590 [10DE], S8624 [14DE], S8647, S8648, S8659 [15DE], S8690–S8702, S8709–S8711, S8713–S8715, S8717–S8723 [16DE], S8733–S8735, S8739–S8742, S8750–S8765, S8773–S8776, S8780, S8789–S8791 [17DE], S8838, S8842–S8859, S8866, S8869–S8871, S8874, S8877 [18DE]
——— making continuing, S5673 [24JY], S6090 [29JY], S6616 [15SE], S6673 [16SE], S6774 [17SE], S6821, S6830, S6833, S6836 [21SE], S6869, S6888 [22SE], S6910, S6911, S6913–S6920, S6930, S6931 [24SE], S6961–S6972 [28SE], S6983–S6985, S6990–S6992 [29SE], S7011–S7014, S7020 [30SE], S7056, S7058, S7059 [1OC], S8586 [10DE]
——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 78), S8723 [16DE]
——— oppose attachment of policy riders to appropriations legislation, S7740 [4NO], S8137 [19NO], S8283, S8286–S8289 [2DE], S8335 [3DE], S8427 [7DE]
——— provide for automatic continuing resolutions, S6964–S6966 [28SE]
——— provide for automatic continuing resolutions (S. 334), S7647 [29OC]
Armed Forces: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to offset costs of combating threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S1994 [26MR]
——— proposed troop reduction, S4817 [8JY]
——— raise revenue to fund costs of combating threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), S1877 [25MR]
Balance, S1833, S1834 [25MR], S7673 [30OC]
Children and youth: impact of budget cuts on Federal aid programs for children, S1775–S1777 [24MR]
Civil rights: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, S1751–S1755, S1757, S1766 [24MR], S2204, S2210 [15AP]
Climate: create a point of order against any legislation that would use tax dollars to censor publicly-funded climate science, S1968, S2006, S2007 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to recognize that climate change is real and caused by human activity and that Congress needs to take action to cut carbon pollution, S1868, S1870 [25MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to respond to economic and national security threats posed by human-induced climate change, S2001 [26MR]
Colleges and universities: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to simplify and expand tax incentives for higher education to boost student attendance and completion, S1875 [25MR]
Committee on Finance (Senate): accomplishments during 114th Congress, S8765–S8768 [17DE]
Committee on Taxation (Joint): provide a macroeconomic analysis or dynamic scoring of the impact of major revenue legislation, S1963, S1999 [26MR]
Committee on the Budget (Senate): revision of budgetary allocations, aggregates, and levels, S4592 [24JN], S7043 [30SE], S7537 [27OC], S8076 [18NO], S8298 [2DE], S8373 [3DE], S8539 [9DE], S8707 [16DE], S8841 [18DE]
Committees of the Senate: strike budget reconciliation instructions and require regular order, S1875 [25MR]
Congress: accomplishments of the 114th Congress, S2378–S2380 [23AP], S6152 [30JY], S8473–S8475 [8DE], S8568–S8570 [10DE], S8841 [18DE]
——— comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, S2158 [14AP]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to create a biennial budget resolution process, S1981, S1982 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government, S1978, S1979 [26MR]
——— goals of the 114th Congress, S92–S94 [8JA]
——— legislative priorities, S8183 [30NO], S8508 [9DE]
——— prohibit earmarks, S4082 [11JN]
——— tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 2029, consolidated appropriations, S8840 [18DE]
Constitutional amendments: balance (S.J. Res. 6), S780 [4FE], S954 [12FE], S7231–S7233 [8OC]
Courts: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve civil discovery rules of the civil courts system, S1980 [26MR]
Cuba: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow construction of new facilities and improvements to existing facilities at the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, S2010 [26MR]
Deficit, S386 [22JA], S575 [28JA], S760 [4FE], S1086 [25FE], S1210 [2MR], S1401 [11MR], S1694, S1696 [23MR], S1834 [25MR], S2962 [18MY], S3104 [20MY], S3897 [9JN], S5484–S5486 [23JY], S7195 [7OC], S7441–S7443, S7445–S7447 [22OC], S7668–S7673 [30OC], S7708 [3NO], S8067 [18NO], S8740–S8742 [17DE], S8853 [18DE]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to preserve mandatory appropriations for agricultural conservation programs, S1882 [25MR]
——— modify exception to the work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants, S1864 [25MR]
Dept. of Defense: funding, S1695, S1696 [23MR], S1770–S1772 [24MR], S1885 [25MR], S1985 [26MR]
——— funding through reductions in discretionary spending, S1986 [26MR]
——— impact of budget sequestration, S1860 [25MR], S4218 [17JN], S4293 [18JN]
——— overseas contingency operations funding, S1740, S1745, S1757 [24MR], S1837, S1885 [25MR], S2641 [5MY], S3643–S3650, S3665 [3JN], S3733–S3736, S3744, S3751, S3760, S3765 [4JN], S3851–S3854, S3886, S3887 [8JN], S3890, S3891, S3895–S3905, S3907–S3910, S3917 [9JN], S3979–S3981 [10JN], S4187 [16JN], S4214 [17JN], S4258, S4273, S4293 [18JN], S4916–S4920 [9JY], S6919 [24SE], S7131, S7134 [6OC], S7191–S7193 [7OC]
Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans, S1840–S1843 [25MR], S2209 [15AP]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for a simplified income-driven student loan repayment plan and reducing overlapping student loan repayment plans, S1838, S1842 [25MR], S2209 [15AP]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to encourage the use of college savings accounts, S1882 [25MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase access to higher education for low-income individuals through the Federal Pell Grant Program, S1970, S1987, S1988 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants, S1971 [26MR]
——— establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to allow States to withdraw from Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, S1857 [25MR], S1990 [26MR]
Dept. of Energy: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy and preserve the environment, S1971 [26MR]
Dept. of HHS: establish Women’s Health Care and Clinic Security and Safety Fund, S8253, S8255–S8257, S8260–S8264 [2DE], S8341 [3DE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: shutdown relative to budget process, S1034–S1036 [23FE], S1056–S1058 [24FE]
Dept. of the Interior: establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to promote offshore energy production, S1882 [25MR]
——— modify spending-neutral reserve fund for Payments in Lieu of Taxes program at levels equivalent to property tax revenues lost due to the presence of Federal land, S2008 [26MR]
Dept. of Transportation: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to the prioritization of the construction of significant highway projects, S1876 [25MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to improving provision of health care for women veterans, S1876 [25MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to prohibition of Veterans Benefits Administration executive bonuses until the backlog of disability claims for veterans is eliminated, S1876 [25MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to maintain and enhance access, choice, and accountability in veterans care, S1764, S1766 [24MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect and strengthen, S1765 [24MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide health care to veterans who have a geographic inaccessibility to care, S1848 [25MR], S1987 [26MR]
——— expand the deficit-neutral reserve fund for veterans and servicemembers, S1881 [25MR], S2003 [26MR]
Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations, S1835 [25MR]
Diseases: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for Alzheimer’s disease research, S1969, S1970 [26MR]
Drugs: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address methamphetamine abuse, S1878 [25MR]
Ecology and environment: establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relative to requirement that any environmental agreement signed with a foreign country not result in serious harm to U.S. economy, S1774 [24MR], S1964 [26MR]
Economy: impact of budget sequestration, S1696 [23MR], S3733 [4JN], S4214 [17JN]
——— national objectives priority assignments, S1573–S1575 [17MR], S1690–S1694 [23MR], S2428–S2430 [27AP], S2705–S2708 [7MY], S6283 [4AU], S6828 [21SE]
——— reform entitlement programs, S760 [4FE], S7629 [29OC]
Education: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote financial literacy education, S1967 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to promote the importance of civic and government education, S1967 [26MR]
——— expand pre-school programs for children of low- and moderate-income families, S2003 [26MR]
——— funding, S1756 [24MR]
——— impose a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers to raise revenue to establish a program to provide two years of free tuition for qualifying community college students, S1877 [25MR], S1987 [26MR]
Elections: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to disclosure of campaign contributions by corporations, S1992 [26MR]
Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families, S2211 [15AP]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for legislation to allow Americans to earn paid sick time, S1986 [26MR], S2205, S2211 [15AP]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow for reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers, S1880 [25MR], S2000 [26MR]
Endangered species: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to conservation agreements with relevant Western States before the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service makes a listing determination on the greater sage-grouse, S1876 [25MR]
EPA: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to funding for roads and bridges to States refusing to submit Clean Power Plan implementation plans, S2001 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to keep the Federal Water Pollution Control Act focused on the protection of water quality, S1845, S1868, S1869 [25MR]
——— establish a spending-neutral reserve fund authorizing Federal permitting for manufacturing and energy construction relative to ambient air quality standards, S1883 [25MR]
Families and domestic relations: provide for paid family and medical leave, S7678 [3NO]
FDA: impact of sequestration on enforcement of food safety regulations, S4172 [16JN]
Federal agencies and departments: close out expired, empty grant accounts (S. 1115), S8906, S8907 [18DE]
——— establish a deficit-reduction reserve fund for Government reform and efficiency, S1974 [26MR]
——— establish a spending-neutral reserve fund relative to prohibiting award of construction contracts based on awardees entering or not entering into agreements with labor organizations, S2004 [26MR]
——— reduce duplication and increase efficiency, S1210 [2MR], S1401 [11MR], S2962 [18MY], S4567 [24JN]
——— reduce waste, fraud, and abuse, S2748 [11MY], S5153 [16JY], S6110 [29JY], S6911–S6913 [24SE], S7032 [30SE], S7200 [7OC], S7370 [21OC], S8228 [1DE], S8567 [10DE]
Federal aid programs: restore program integrity funding to combat waste, fraud, and abuse, S1973 [26MR], S2424, S2425 [27AP]
Federal budget: allocation of funds, S386 [22JA], S643–S645 [29JA], S677, S704 [2FE], S708, S712, S713, S718 [3FE], S759 [4FE], S1086 [25FE], S1210 [2MR], S1401, S1421–S1423 [11MR], S1575 [17MR], S1592, S1596 [18MR], S2962 [18MY], S3104 [20MY], S4567 [24JN], S4918 [9JY], S5484–S5486 [23JY], S7089 [1OC], S7372–S7374 [21OC], S7479 [26OC], S7518 [27OC], S7738 [4NO]
——— clarify authority of Committee on Taxation (Joint) to exercise control over revenue estimates during congressional budget process, S4097 [11JN]
——— comparison between Senate and Obama administration proposals, S1591 [18MR], S1756 [24MR]
——— eliminate sequestration, S5673 [24JY], S6369 [5AU]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to revision or repeal of sequestration, S2014 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to subject all Federal spending to sequestration, S2003 [26MR]
——— extend sequestration relief, S1871 [25MR], S2211 [15AP], S7511 [27OC]
——— preserve point of order against reconciliation legislation that would increase the deficit or reduce a surplus, S1878 [25MR]
——— reconciliation process, S1699 [23MR]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), S1843 [25MR]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1675–S1681, S1687–S1690, S1694–S1703 [23MR], S1739–S1758, S1761–S1777 [24MR], S1833–S1886 [25MR], S1959–S2023, S2031 [26MR], S2141 [14AP], S2186, S2191, S2193–S2212 [15AP], S2442 [28AP]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), conference report, S2492 [29AP], S2545, S2554 [30AP], S2611–S2646 [5MY], S4097, S4098 [11JN], S5710 [26JY]
——— setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), motion to instruct conferees, S2199–S2212 [15AP]
Federal employees: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund prohibiting discretionary bonuses for employees who have delinquent tax liability, S1857 [25MR]
——— impact of Government shutdown, S7373 [21OC]
——— provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (S. 2035), S6660 [15SE], S6662 [16SE], S6789 [17SE]
Financial institutions: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to end ‘‘too big to fail’’ bailouts for Wall Street mega-banks, S2011 [26MR], S2200, S2208 [15AP]
Firearms: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to uphold Second Amendment rights, S1866 [25MR]
FRS: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for funding Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as an independent agency, S2002 [26MR]
FTC: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to strengthen the ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry, S2010 [26MR]
GAO: report on Marine Corps audit, S6254–S6256 [4AU]
Government: establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (S. 150), S202, S203 [13JA]
——— impact of sequestration on Executive departments and independent agencies services, S4172 [16JN]
——— revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, S7497 [27OC], S7551–S7553, S7558 [28OC], S7601–S7605, S7608–S7611, S7616–S7620, S7623–S7652 [29OC], S7665–S7673 [30OC], S7802 [5NO]
——— shutdown relative to budget process, S4806 [8JY], S6328 [5AU], S6616, S6630 [15SE], S6774, S6777, S6788 [17SE], S6836 [21SE], S6860, S6863, S6881–S6883, S6885 [22SE], S6963 [28SE], S7078–S7080 [1OC]
Health: prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research, S1849 [25MR]
——— prioritize funding for an expanded and sustained national investment in biomedical research (S. 289), S744 [4FE], S1401 [11MR], S2188 [15AP], S2632 [5MY], S8063 [18NO]
Homosexuality: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to ensure equal treatment of same-sex married couples under Social Security and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S2005, S2006 [26MR], S2200, S2210 [15AP]
Immigration: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to deter migration of unaccompanied alien children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to the U.S., S2007 [26MR]
Information technology: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve cybersecurity, S1864 [25MR]
Insurance: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to increased transparency of taxes included in health premium billing, S1989 [26MR]
——— extend special rule for seniors relative to the income level for deduction of medical care expenses, S8352 [3DE]
International trade: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to supporting trade and travel at ports of entry, S1966 [26MR]
Iran: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to pay claims from sanctions revenue to U.S. citizens held hostage in Iran and their families, S1979, S1998, S1999 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reimpose waived sanctions and impose new sanctions for violations of the Joint Plan of Action or a comprehensive nuclear agreement, S1865 [25MR], S1993 [26MR]
Israel: establish a deficit-neutral fund relative to support of Israel, S1765 [24MR], S1871, S1872 [25MR]
——— establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to increase funding for the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, S2013 [26MR]
Medicaid: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve health outcomes and lower the costs of caring for medically complex children, S1741, S1744, S1750, S1751 [24MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve oral health care for pregnant women and children, S1967 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect beneficiaries from benefit cuts, S1744, S1750 [24MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide States the flexibility needed to implement innovative reforms to improve care and enhance access, S1865 [25MR]
——— funding, S1755 [24MR]
——— protect beneficiaries from benefit cuts, S1985 [26MR]
Medicare: create a point of order against any legislation that would privatize Medicare, cut benefits, increase out-of-pocket spending, or turn Medicare into a premium support plan, S1844, S1870 [25MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to reforming sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S1855, S1870 [25MR]
——— funding, S1999 [26MR]
——— prohibit privatizing Medicare, cutting benefits, increasing out-of-pocket spending, or turning Medicare into a premium support plan, S2206, S2212 [15AP]
——— protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system, S50 [7JA]
——— reform, S8285 [2DE]
——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals, S1974–S1976, S2022 [26MR]
Members of Congress: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reduce pay for failure to adopt a concurrent budget resolution which does not provide for a balanced budget, S1774 [24MR]
——— reduce pay for failure to adopt a concurrent budget resolution which does not provide for a balanced budget (S. 493), S988 [12FE], S1774 [24MR], S7633 [29OC]
——— temporarily hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution, S1876 [25MR]
Minimum wage: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting a substantial increase, S1983 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow States to raise the minimum wage above the Federal level, S2006 [26MR]
Monuments and memorials: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to State and local approval of national monuments, S1773 [24MR], S1834, S1865 [25MR]
National Park Service: refund to States all State funds used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the Government shutdown (S. 145), unanimous-consent request, S8843, S8844 [18DE]
National security: exempt the Dept. of Defense and other national security agencies from sequestration (S. 2303), unanimous-consent request, S8133–S8135 [19NO]
——— military readiness of U.S. forces, S1553 [16MR], S8783–S8785 [17DE]
NIH: funding, S1400–S1402 [11MR]
——— impact of budget sequestration on research, S1365 [10MR], S1400 [11MR], S1960, S1962 [26MR]
Patent and Trademark Office: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to enhancing and improving operations in order to reduce patent application backlog, S1965, S1966 [26MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to coverage of certain congressional staff and members of the Executive branch, S1858 [25MR], S2011 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to transparency in taxes, premiums, and coverage benefits, S1988 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate, S1970 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements, S1857 [25MR]
——— repeal, S1843 [25MR], S1962 [26MR]
——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal, S1675, S1676, S1695, S1697, S1701 [23MR], S1755 [24MR]
——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S7800 [5NO], S8112 [18NO], S8114 [19NO], S8197, S8198, S8201, S8203, S8210–S8220, S8230–S8234 [1DE], S8247–S8266, S8268–S8286, S8289–S8293, S8295–S8298, S8319–S8321 [2DE], S8324–S8335, S8339–S8357, S8366 [3DE], S8566 [10DE]
——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), unanimous-consent agreement, S8234 [1DE], S8350 [3DE]
Petroleum: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for investing in advanced fossil energy technology research and development, S1878 [25MR]
Postal Service: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to reform Postal Service, S1866 [25MR], S2004 [26MR], S2202, S2203, S2208 [15AP]
Privacy: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect consumer personal information from data breaches, S1974 [26MR]
Public debt: ceiling, S7310 [20OC], S7372–S7374 [21OC], S7436, S7441–S7443, S7445–S7447 [22OC], S7518 [27OC], S7708 [3NO]
——— create a point of order against increasing the public debt ceiling under reconciliation, S2012, S2013 [26MR]
——— cut and cap Federal spending and enact balanced budget constitutional amendment (S. 2182), S7306 [19OC], S7310 [20OC], S7625 [29OC]
——— cut and cap Federal spending and enact balanced budget constitutional amendment (S. 2182), unanimous-consent request, S7627 [29OC]
——— prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (S. 2181), S7306 [19OC], S7310 [20OC], S7627, S7647 [29OC]
——— reduce the national debt and eliminate waste in Government spending, S8459 [8DE]
Public lands: establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to allow sale, transfer, or exchange of certain Federal land to State or local governments, S1884 [25MR], S1991, S1992 [26MR]
Republican Party: national agenda, S712, S713 [3FE], S1843 [25MR], S3090 [20MY], S6328 [5AU], S6616 [15SE], S6860 [22SE]
SBA: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to increase the guarantee threshold for the surety bonds guarantee program, S1967 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to raise the limit a ‘‘family of funds’’ can borrow with a Small Business Investment Company Program guarantee, S1967 [26MR]
Science: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relative to investing in science, technology, and basic research, S1965, S1966 [26MR]
Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S8216 [1DE], S8453 [8DE]
——— legislative priorities, S6583 [10SE], S6863 [22SE]
——— legislative process, S7078–S7080 [1OC]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S7674 [30OC]
——— budget treatment of trust funds and disability insurance program, S7617–S7620 [29OC]
——— budget treatment of trust funds relative to continued funding for Medicare and Medicaid, S6166 [30JY]
——— create a point of order against any legislation that would cut benefits, raise the retirement age, or privatize, S1762–S1764, S1767 [24MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund against any legislation that would cut benefits, raise the retirement age, or privatize, S2199 [15AP]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to expand and protect benefits, S2012 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect and strengthen, S1767 [24MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect beneficiaries from benefit cuts, S2209, S2210 [15AP]
States: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent EPA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from engaging in closed-door settlement agreements that ignore impacted jurisdictions, S1769 [24MR]
Status: report, S4943 [9JY], S6597 [10SE], S7537 [27OC], S8299 [2DE]
Taxation: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to enhance the child and dependent care tax credit, S1880 [25MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration, S2009 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to extend and expand middle class tax relief, S2007, S2008 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to extend certain expiring tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S1875 [25MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently increase small business expensing allowance, S1991 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to permanently repeal estate tax, S2000 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to prevent U.S. jobs from moving overseas by reducing the corporate tax rate, S2005 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S., S1972, S1984 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide tax benefits to employers that invest in American jobs and provide fair pay and benefits and eliminate tax benefits for corporations that ship jobs overseas, S1990 [26MR]
——— rates, S2641 [5MY]
Transportation: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to encourage freight planning and investment that incorporates all modes of transportation, including rail, waterways, ports, and highways to promote national connectivity, S1983 [26MR]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to require examination of economic impact of critical habitat designations, S2009, S2010 [26MR]
Urban areas: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to demolish vacant and abandoned homes, S1968 [26MR]
Voting: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for a voter reenfranchisement inititative, S1967, S2013 [26MR]
——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to ensure voting rights are not denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, S1980 [26MR]
Water: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect privately held water rights and permits, S1862 [25MR], S2002 [26MR]
——— establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S1836, S1869 [25MR]
Reports
Budget Scorekeeping: CBO, S4944–S4946 [9JY], S6598–S6600 [10SE], S7538–S7541 [27OC], S8299–S8301 [2DE]
Status of the Budget: Committee on the Budget (House), H3567–H3572 [22MY], H7341–H7345 [29OC]
Reports filed
Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 114–165), S7814 [5NO]
——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 114–167), S8079 [18NO]
——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 114–197), S8882 [18DE]
——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 114–2), S832 [5FE]
——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 114–55), S3236 [21MY]
——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 114–61), S4021 [10JN]
——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 114–72), S4601 [24JN]
——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 114–78), S4840 [8JY]
——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 114–81), S5129 [15JY]
Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 644, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act and Senate Amendments to H.R. 2250, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 560) (H. Rept. 114–378), H9269 [10DE]
Consideration of Conference Report on S. Con. Res. 11, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2016-2025: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 231) (H. Rept. 114–98), H2652 [29AP]
Consideration of H. Con. Res. 27, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2016–2025: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 163) (H. Rept. 114–49), H1847 [23MR]
Consideration of H. Con. Res. 79, Corrections in Enrollment of, and Consideration of Senate Amendment to, H.R. 719, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 448) (H. Rept. 114–272), H6748 [30SE]
Consideration of H.R. 692, Default Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 480) (H. Rept. 114–300), H7026 [20OC]
Consideration of H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 483) (H. Rept. 114–303), H7088 [21OC]
Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 1314, Bipartisan Budget Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 495) (H. Rept. 114–315), H7253 [27OC]
Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 2029, Consolidated Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 566) (H. Rept. 114–382), H9373 [16DE]
Corrections in Engrossment of H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 526) (H. Rept. 114–340), H8239 [16NO]
Debt Management and Fiscal Responsibility Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3442) (H. Rept. 114–291), H6892 [7OC]
Default Prevention Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 692) (H. Rept. 114–265), H6177 [18SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Budget Planning Reform Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 216) (H. Rept. 114–48), H1847 [23MR]
Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1115) (S. Rept. 114–169), S8191 [30NO]
——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3089) (H. Rept. 114–264), H6177 [18SE]
Insert H. Con. Res. 27 Language in Lieu and Adopt S. Con. Res. 11, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2016-2025: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 189) (H. Rept. 114–65), H2151 [13AP]
National Park Access Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 145) (S. Rept. 114–124), S6532 [9SE]
Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 3762) (H. Rept. 114–293), H6980 [16OC]
Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2016–2025: Committee of Conference (S. Con. Res. 11) (H. Rept. 114–96), H2652 [29AP]
——— Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Con. Res. 27) (H. Rept. 114–47), H1847 [23MR]
Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2015: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 114–198), H5116 [13JY]
Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2016: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 114–118), H3308 [18MY]
——— Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 114–97), H2652 [29AP]
Rulings of the Chair
Federal budget: setting forth for 2016–2025 (S. Con. Res. 11), S1871 [25MR], S1986 [26MR]
Statements
Budget Sequestration Impact on the Dept. of Defense: Several Defense and Foreign Policy Experts, S1861 [25MR]
Consolidated Appropriations Legislation Economic Impact on Puerto Rico: Representative Gutierrez (Spanish Translation), H9378 [17DE]
Default Prevention Act: Executive Office of the President (excerpt), H7054 [21OC]
NRC Budget: Senator Alexander, Committee on Appropriations (Senate), Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, S1582 [17MR]
Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act Relative to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., Funding: Representative Castor, E1542 [27OC]
Tables
Budget aggregates, S4592 [24JN], S7044 [30SE], S8076 [18NO], S8298 [2DE], S8373 [3DE], S8540 [9DE], S8707 [16DE], S8842 [18DE], H4240 [11JN], H4766 [25JN], H5115 [13JY], H5234 [15JY], H7136 [22OC], H7621 [3NO], H9305 [11DE]
Budgetary effects of H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, S8251 [2DE]
Committee on Agriculture (House) allocations relative to Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H9305 [11DE]
Committee on Appropriations (House) budget authority and outlay allocations revisions, H1564 [3MR], H5115 [13JY]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate) spending allocations revisions, S8076 [18NO], S8842 [18DE]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate) spending allocations revisions to overseas contingency operations/global war on terrorism, S8842 [18DE]
Committee on Budget (Senate) spending allocations revisions, S7044 [30SE]
Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) allocations relative to Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, H7136 [22OC]
Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) allocations relative to Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H9305 [11DE]
Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) allocations relative to Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, H7136 [22OC]
Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) allocations relative to Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H7621 [3NO]
Committee on Finance (Senate) budget allocations adjustments detail, S4592 [24JN]
Committee on Finance (Senate) budget authority and outlay allocations revisions, S4592 [24JN]
Committee on Finance (Senate) spending allocations revisions, S8299 [2DE], S8373 [3DE], S8540 [9DE]
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) spending allocations revisions, S8299 [2DE], S8373 [3DE], S8540 [9DE], S8707 [16DE]
Committee on Homeland Security (House) allocations relative to Highway and Transportation Funding Act, Part II, H5234 [15JY]
Committee on Natural Resources (House) allocations relative to Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H9305 [11DE]
Committee on Natural Resources (House) allocations relative to Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H7622 [3NO]
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) allocations relative to Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, H9305 [11DE]
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) allocations relative to Highway and Transportation Funding Act, Part II, H5234 [15JY]
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) allocations relative to Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H7622 [3NO]
Committee on Ways and Means (House) allocations relative to Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act and Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, H9305 [11DE]
Committee on Ways and Means (House) allocations relative to Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, H7136 [22OC]
Committee on Ways and Means (House) allocations relative to Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H7621 [3NO]
Committee on Ways and Means (House) allocations relative to Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, Trade Preferences Extension Act, and Trade Act, H4240 [11JN]
Committee on Ways and Means (House) allocations relative to Trade Preferences Extension Act, H4766 [25JN]
Committee on Ways and Means (House) and Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) allocations relative to Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act, H4489 [17JN]
Direct spending and revenue effects of H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, S8252 [2DE]
Direct spending and revenue effects of McConnell substitute amendment to H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, S8252 [2DE]
Mandatory outlays in CBO’s baseline (2014–2024), H1718 [17MR]
Mandatory outlays since 2005, H1719 [17MR]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 27, setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025, H1915–H1929 [25MR]
H. Con. Res. 79, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 719, continuing appropriations, H6738 [30SE]
H. Res. 163, consideration of H. Con. Res. 27, setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025, H1858 [24MR]
H. Res. 189, insert H. Con. Res. 27 language in lieu and adopt S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025, H2165 [14AP]
H. Res. 231, consideration of H.R. 1732, Regulatory Integrity Protection Act, conference report on S. Con. Res. 11, Federal budget for 2016-2025, and H.J. Res. 43, DC law on reproductive health non-discrimination disapproval, H2671 [30AP]
H. Res. 448, consideration of H. Con. Res. 79, corrections in enrollment of, and consideration of Senate amendment to, H.R. 719, continuing appropriations, H6727 [30SE]
H. Res. 480, consideration of H.R. 10, District of Columbia funding for public schools, charter schools, and the Opportunity Scholarship Program providing private school vouchers reauthorization and H.R. 692, Default Prevention Act, H7041 [21OC]
H. Res. 495, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 1314, Bipartisan Budget Act, H7268 [28OC]
H. Res. 526, corrections in engrossment of H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, H8254 [17NO]
H. Res. 560, consideration of H.R. 2250, continuing appropriations, H9275 [11DE]
H. Res. 566, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2029, consolidated appropriations, H9379 [17DE]
H.J. Res. 78, continuing appropriations, H9338 [16DE]
H.R. 216, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Budget Planning Reform Act, H1822–H1824 [23MR]
H.R. 692, Default Prevention Act, H7053 [21OC]
H.R. 1315, require annual budget submission by the President provide an estimate of the cost per taxpayer of the deficit, H7005 [20OC]
H.R. 3033, Research Excellence and Advancements for Dyslexia (READ) Act, H7184 [26OC]
H.R. 3089, Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act, H6271 [28SE]
H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, H7143 [23OC]
S. 289, American Cures Act, S600 [28JA]
S. 493, Balanced Budget Accountability Act, S988 [12FE]
S. 1115, Grants Oversight and New Efficiency (GONE) Act, S8906, S8907 [18DE]
S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025, S1717–S1729 [23MR], S2112–S2139 [13AP]
S. Res. 101, Shutdown Accountability Resolution, S1497 [12MR]
S. Res. 199, National Strategic Agenda establishment with goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security, S4109 [11JN]