[House Report 104-880]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 482
104th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 104-880
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ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET DURING THE
104TH CONGRESS
(Pursuant to House Rule XI, Cl. 1.(d))
January 2, 1997.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
JOHN R. KASICH, Ohio, Chairman
MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota, DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio,
Ranking Minority Member Speaker's Designee
CHARLES W. STENHOLM, Texas ROBERT S. WALKER, Pennsylvania,
LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER, Vice Chairman
New York JIM KOLBE, Arizona
WILLIAM J. COYNE, Pennsylvania CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut
ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia WALLY HERGER, California
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois JIM BUNNING, Kentucky
PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas
BILL ORTON, Utah WAYNE ALLARD, Colorado
EARL POMEROY, North Dakota DAN MILLER, Florida
GLEN BROWDER, Alabama RICK LAZIO, New York
LYNN C. WOOLSEY, California BOB FRANKS, New Jersey
JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts NICK SMITH, Michigan
LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California BOB INGLIS, South Carolina
CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida MARTIN R. HOKE, Ohio
LYNN N. RIVERS, Michigan SUSAN MOLINARI, New York
LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas JIM NUSSLE, Iowa
SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan STEVE LARGENT, Oklahoma
BENNIE G. THOMPSON, Mississippi SUE MYRICK, North Carolina
SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
JOHN SHADEGG, Arizona
GEORGE P. RADANOVICH, California
CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire
MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin
Professional Staff
Richard E. May, Staff Director
Eileen M. Baumgartner, Minority
Staff Director
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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Committee on the Budget,
Washington, DC, January 2, 1997.
Hon. Robin H. Carle,
Clerk of the House, U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Ms. Carle: Pursuant to Clause 1(d) of House Rule XI, I
am pleased to transmit a report on the activities of the
Committee on the Budget during the 104th Congress.
Sincerely,
John R. Kasich, Chairman.
C O N T E N T S
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Letter of Transmittal........................................ iii
Summary of Committee Activities:
Jurisdiction and Functions of the Committee.............. 1
Summary of Legislative Activities in the 104th Congress.. 3
Legislative History of Measures on Which Action Was Taken 10
Other Actions Taken...................................... 23
Bills Referred to the Budget Committee................... 24
Summary of Oversight Activities:
Summary of Oversight Plan................................ 27
Summary of Oversight Actions............................. 27
Hearings of the Committee................................ 28
GAO Reports Issued to the Committee...................... 30
Printed Committee Publications:
Reports.................................................. 33
Hearings................................................. 33
Committee Prints......................................... 34
Budget Committee Majority Publications List.............. 34
Budget Committee Minority Publications List.............. 35
Calendar No. 482
104th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 104-880
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ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET DURING THE
104TH CONGRESS
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January 2, 1997.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Kasich of Ohio, from the Committee on the Budget, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
Summary of Committee Activities
jurisdiction and functions of the committee
The Committee on the Budget was established by the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.1 The committee has been
historically responsible for developing and reporting the
annual congressional budget resolution, and for assembling and
reporting any reconciliation legislation required by that
resolution. In the 104th Congress, its jurisdiction was
expanded to include budget process.
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\1\ The jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget is governed by
Rule X, clause 1(d) of the Rules of the House of Representatives for
the 104th Congress. This provision was added to the House Rules by
section 101 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
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The basic purpose of the budget resolution is to provide an
overall framework and plan for congressional action on spending
and revenue legislation. It sets ceilings on total budget
authority and outlays and a floor on total revenues. It also
allocates spending authority to the appropriations committees
and among the various authorizing committees of the House and
Senate that have jurisdiction over direct spending programs.
The limits and allocations set by the budget resolution are
enforced through points of order in the House and Senate.
The budget reconciliation process is used when changes in
entitlement or tax law are needed to implement the plan set out
in the budget resolution. The process begins with the inclusion
of ``reconciliation instructions'' in the budget resolution.
These instructions may direct the appropriate authorizing
committees to report legislation revising programs under their
jurisdiction to change projected spending by specified amounts.
They may also direct the tax-writing committees to report
legislation revising tax law to change revenues by specified
amounts.
In response to reconciliation instructions, the various
committees report their legislative recommendations to the
Budget Committee. The Budget Committee then assembles the
legislation into a single omnibus bill--without making any
substantive revisions--for consideration by the House.
Prior to the 104th Congress, the Budget Committee did not
have jurisdiction over legislation other than budget
resolutions and reconciliation bills. Substantive jurisdiction
was formally lodged with the Committees on Rules and Government
Oversight and Reform, although the Budget Committee was
unofficially responsible for drafting the original Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and amendments
to both that Act and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
With the adoption of the Rules of the House of
Representatives for the 104th Congress (H. Res. 6) on January
5, 1995, the Budget Committee achieved for the first time
legislative jurisdiction over major elements of the
congressional budget process and various statutory controls
over the Federal budget. The pertinent sections of clause 1(d)
read as follows:
(2) * * * other measures setting forth appropriate
levels of budget totals for the United States
Government.
(3) Measures relating to the congressional budget
process, generally.
(4) Measures relating to the establishment,
extension, and enforcement of special controls over the
Federal budget, including the budgetary treatment of
off-budget Federal agencies and measures providing
exemption form reduction under any order issued under
part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
The addition to (d)(2) was intended to ensure that the
Budget Committee have substantive jurisdiction over any
statement providing for a balanced budget required under the
proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution amendment. The
proposed amendment, which passed the House but failed to
achieve the necessary margin in the Senate, envisioned a
legislative vehicle other than the concurrent budget resolution
which would be presented to the President.
The intent of subparagraph (d)(3) was discussed in a
memorandum of understanding between Mr. Kasich and Mr. Solomon,
the chairman of the Committee on Rules. The memorandum states
that the Budget Committee would have primary jurisdiction over
budget terminology and the discretionary spending limits. The
memorandum provided that the Budget Committee was to have
secondary jurisdiction over such other elements of the
congressional budget process. Essentially, the Budget Committee
has primary jurisdiction over both budgetary levels and
budgetary concepts and secondary jurisdiction over purely
procedural aspects of the congressional budget process.
The scope of (d)(3) was elucidated in an agreement between
Mr. Kasich and Mr. Clinger, the chairman of the Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight, and was inserted into the
Congressional Record by Majority Leader Armey. The agreement
stipulated that the Budget Committee would have jurisdiction
over the establishment, extension, and enforcement of mandatory
and discretionary spending limits, PAYGO requirements, and
other special budgetary mechanisms to control spending, the
deficit, or the Federal budgets. Furthermore, jurisdiction over
the sequestration process would migrate from the Government
Reform and Oversight Committee to the Budget Committee.
The agreement also recognized that the Government Reform
and Oversight Committee would retain, for the duration of the
104th Congress, jurisdiction over certain budget process
already in the legislative pipeline, most notably rescission
authority, performance budgeting, regulatory budgets, and
capital budgeting.
In addition to its legislative duties, the Budget Committee
has responsibilities for oversight and studies. These
responsibilities include oversight of the Congressional Budget
Office; study of the outlay effects of existing and proposed
legislation; study of off-budget entities; study of tax
expenditures; and study of proposals to improve and facilitate
the congressional budget process.2
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\2\ Rules of the House of Representatives, Rule X, clauses 3(b) and
4(b) (1995).
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Activities in the 104th Congress
BUDGET PROCESS IN 1995
The contract with America
In early 1995 the Budget Committee played a central role in
the consideration of the budgetary components of the Contract
With America. The centerpiece of the Contract was a $500 per
child tax credit, a reduction in the capital gains, and other
tax provisions designed to stimulate economic growth combined
with an equivalent amount of offsets in mandatory and
discretionary spending.
The Budget Committee played a quasi-reconciliation role by
coordinating the mandatory spending offsets, exercising its
original jurisdiction to reduce the discretionary spending
limits, and combining these elements with the tax cuts into a
single omnibus bill.
On March 15, 1995, Chairman Kasich introduced H.R. 1219,
the Discretionary Spending Reduction and Control Act of 1995.
H.R. 1219 locked in that portion of the spending offsets that
would come out of discretionary appropriations. The bill
reduced the discretionary spending limits through fiscal year
2000 and extended the discretionary spending limits through
fiscal year 2000. It similarly reduced the limits on the
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund over 3 years and extended
the caps through fiscal year 2000. The bill also modified PAYGO
requirements if the tax cuts in the Contract were fully offset
by a combination of entitlement savings and the reduction in
the discretionary spending limits.
The committee marked up H.R. 1219 on March 16, 1995. Along
with the markup document, the chairman provided a list of
illustrative discretionary spending cuts sufficient to achieve
the necessary discretionary savings. The committee agreed to an
amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Hobson
that was identical to the original bill except it incorporated
the new discretionary spending and Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund limits. The committee also agreed by a voice vote to
an amendment offered by Mr. Kasich providing a failsafe
mechanism to ensure the tax cuts would not increase the
deficit. The committee rejected seven other amendments and one
was withdrawn. The bill, as amended, was ordered reported that
same day by a rollcall vote of 24 to 11.
Mr. Kasich filed the report on H.R. 1219 on March 23, 1995
(H. Rept. 104-89).
On March 28, Chairman Kasich introduced H.R. 1327, a bill
containing the text of the tax provisions ordered reported by
Ways and Means, a modified version of text of H.R. 1219 ordered
reported by the Budget Committee, and the text of four separate
measures which were previously reported or drafted by the
appropriate authorization committees for the purpose of
offsetting the balance of the revenue loss from the tax cuts
with entitlement changes.
The Rules Committee on April 4 reported House Resolution
175 (H. Rept. 104-651), a rule making in order the text of H.R.
1327 as original text for purposes of amendment. The rule also
self-executed language making the tax reduction contingent on
deficit reduction and eliminating a tax provision related to
the privatization of the Uranium Enrichment Corporations.
Finally, the rule provided for the consideration of a
substitute to be offered by Mr. Gephardt or his designee.
H.R. 1215 was considered on April 5, 1995. A substitute
offered by Mr. Gephardt was defeated 119 to 313. A motion to
recommit with instructions failed by a vote of 168 to 265. The
bill passed the House by a margin of 246 to 188 on April 5,
1995.
Although the Senate did not directly take up the bill,
portions of the bill were considered as part of freestanding
bills and in reconciliation (see reconciliation).
FISCAL YEAR 1996 BUDGET CYCLE
Budget resolution
The regular congressional budget cycle commenced on May 10,
1995, with the markup of the Fiscal Year 1996 Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget. Out of eight amendments offered, only
two were adopted. An amendment offered by Mr. Dogget as amended
by Mr. Nussle provided report language relating to taking steps
to avoid the revenue loss from expatriation for tax avoidance.
The second amendment, which was offered by Mr. Hoekstra,
provided a sense of the House regarding paying off the Federal
debt. The resolution was ordered reported with a vote of 24 to
17.
Mr. Kasich filed the report accompanying House Concurrent
Resolution 67, House Report 104-120, on May 15, 1995.
The Rules Committee reported a rule (H. Res. 149/H. Rept.
104-125) providing for the consideration of House Concurrent
Resolution 67 on May 16, 1995. The rule made in order an
amendment printed in the accompanying report, House Report 104-
125, as original text, provided for 6 hours of general debate,
made in order four substitutes, and self-executed language
relating to congressional reconsideration of budget reductions
in agriculture programs.
House Resolution 149 was considered on May 16, 1995, and
passed by a vote of 255 to 168. House Concurrent Resolution 67
was called up for consideration that same day. Four substitutes
were defeated by rollcall votes. The House passed the bill, as
amended by the rule, by 238 to 193.
The House agreed to a unanimous consent request by Mr.
Kasich to disagree to the Senate amendment and agree to a
conference on June 8, 1995. Mr. Sabo offered a motion to
instruct conferees that was defeated by a vote of 183 to 233.
The conferees met on June 8, 1995. Senator Domenici was
nominated chairman of the conference. The conference report was
filed in the House on June 26 (H. Rept. 104-159). In the rule
providing for the consideration of the conference report (H.
Res. 175), the House agreed to the conference report on June
29.
On December 18, 1995, Chairman Kasich introduced (by
request) House Concurrent Resolution 122, a concurrent budget
resolution for fiscal year 1996. The resolution was based on
President Clinton's most recent budget submission. While House
Concurrent Resolution 122 was not reported out of committee, it
was considered on the floor and failed to pass by a margin of 0
to 412.
Reconciliation and related events
The conference report on the budget resolution included
reconciliation instructions directing 12 authorizing committees
in the House to submit to the Budget Committee by September 22,
1995, legislation that would achieve specified revenue and
mandatory spending levels.
Some of the committees that were required to submit
reconciliation instructions did not formally submit this
legislation since they had reported similar legislation earlier
in the year that was considered as part of H.R. 1215, the
Contract With America. Mr. Kasich informed these committees
that he would incorporate these elements in a substitute that
would be considered base text when the reconciliation bill was
considered on the floor.
On October 12, 1995, the Committee on the Budget ordered
reported the combined text of the submission from the
authorizing committees. Pursuant to section 310(b)(2) of the
Congressional Budget Act, the submissions were not subject to
amendment. The committee agreed to a motion offered by Mr.
Hobson to order the bill reported with a favorable
recommendation by a vote of 24 to 16.
Following the markup of the reconciliation recommendations,
the committee marked up the text of H.R. 2459, the Seven-Year
Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1995. The bill reduced the
discretionary spending and Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund
limits through fiscal year 1998 and extended these caps,
together with the PAYGO requirements through fiscal year 2002.
The committee agreed by voice vote to an amendment in the
nature of a substitute that was identical to the original bill
except that it included the actual new levels for the
discretionary spending limits and the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund limits. The committee agreed by unanimous consent to
an amendment offered by Mr. Sabo that would limit the special
rule for PAYGO scoring of reductions in the discretionary
spending limits to the 104th Congress. The committee also
agreed to an amendment by Mr. Shays providing that Medicare
savings could not be used to offset tax cuts. Two other
amendments failed and one was ruled out of order as nongermane.
The committee agreed to report the bill as amended with a
favorable recommendation by a voice vote.
Mr. Kasich filed the report on H.R. 2491, House Report 104-
280, on October 17, 1995. He introduced what would ultimately
be the base text, H.R. 2517, on October 20. H.R. 2517 contained
the text of both the reconciliation submission reported by the
Budget Committee, the entitlement and tax provisions previously
considered as part of H.R. 1215, and a modified version of H.R.
2459 as ordered reported by the Budget Committee. The Budget
Committee issued a Committee Print on H.R. 2491 (Serial No. CP-
3). Mr. Kasich did not file a report on H.R. 2459 because it
would be considered part of H.R. 2491 rather than as a
freestanding bill.
The Committee on Rules ordered reported a rule (H. Res.
245) providing for the consideration of H.R. 2491 on October
26, 1995. The rule provided for 3 hours of general debate and
made in order one substitute to be offered by Mr. Gephardt or
his designee. It made in order the text of H.R. 2517 as
modified by the amendments printed in the Rules Committee's
report as original text for purposes of amendment. The
amendments related to authorizing the export of new drugs if
approved in recipient country, new tools for agencies to
collect debt owed to the United States, civil monetary
penalties, the collection of parking fees, the National
Technology Service Institute, changing the Medicaid allotment,
and lowering the discretionary spending limits.
House Resolution 245 passed the House by a vote of 228 to
191 on October 26. The House rejected an amendment offered by
Mr. Orton by a vote of 72 to 356. The House rejected by a vote
of 180 to 250 a motion by Mr. Gephardt to recommit the bill to
the Budget Committee with instructions to report the bill back
to the House with various modifications. The House then passed
the reconciliation bill by 227 to 203.
The House agreed to a motion offered by Mr. Kasich to
disagree to the Senate amendment and ask for a conference on
October 30, 1995. Mr. Sabo offered a motion to instruct
conferees that was defeated by 198 to 219.
The conferees met on November 14, 1995. Representative
Kasich nominated Senator Domenici as the chairman of the
conference. The House provisions taken from H.R. 2459 were not
included in the conference report because they would have been
subject to the Byrd rule in the Senate as extraneous to the
reconciliation bill. The conference report was filed on
November 16 (H. Rept. 104-347). House Resolution 272 vacated
the initial report because of the inadvertent omission of a
provision relating to clinical labs under Medicare. The
corrected conference report was filed the same day (H. Rept.
104-350). The House agreed to the conference report on November
17 by a vote of 237 to 189. The Senate sustained a point of
order under the Byrd rule, thereby striking provisions relating
to the exemption of physician office laboratories and the
application of antitrust rules to provider-sponsored
organizations. The Senate then receded from its amendment and
concurred with an amendment omitting the two provisions. The
House agreed to the Senate amendment on November 20.
The President vetoed H.R. 2491 on December 6, 1995.
Also on November 20, the House passed and the President
signed a continuing resolution, House Joint Resolution 132,
committing the Congress and administration to enact a plan to
balance the budget by fiscal year 2002 ``as estimated by the
Congressional Budget Office.''
fiscal year 1997 budget cycle
Budget resolution
The committee marked up the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 1997 on May 9, 1996. The committee
passed a sense-of-Congress amendment relating to the impact of
reconciliation on children offered by Mrs. Mink; a sense-of-
Congress amendment offered by Ms. Roybal-Allard relating to
domestic violence and Federal assistance; an amendment offered
by Ms. Rivers relating to the Coastal Management Act; and a
sense-of-Congress amendment offered by Mr. Shays relating to
Medicaid. The committee defeated 12 other amendments and 1 was
withdrawn. The committee agreed to the budget resolution, as
amended, by a rollcall vote of 23 to 18.
The Committee on Rules ordered reported (H. Res. 435/H.
Rept. 104-570) a rule providing for the consideration of House
Concurrent Resolution 178 on May 15, 1996. The rule made in
order three substitutes to be offered by Representatives
Gephardt, Orton, and Sabo. The rule further provided that the
allocations in the resolution would serve as the effective
allocations for purposes of enforcing section 603 of the Budget
Act until the conference report was agreed to. Finally, the
rule provided for the suspension of House rule XLIX which
provides for an automatic engrossment of legislation raising
the debt ceiling upon the adoption the budget resolution
conference report.
The House passed House Resolution 435 on May 16, 1996.
House Concurrent Resolution 178 (H. Rept. 104-570) was called
up in the House for consideration on May 15, 1996. The House
rejected substitutes offered by Mr. Payne by 63 to 362, Mr.
Orton by 130 to 295, and Mr. Sabo by 117 to 304. The budget
resolution passed the House by a vote of 226 to 195 on May 16,
1996.
The House agreed to a unanimous consent request by Mr.
Kasich to disagree to the Senate amendment to House Concurrent
Resolution 178 and agree to a conference on May 30, 1996. Mr.
Sabo offered a motion to instruct conferees that was defeated
by 187 to 205.
The conference met on June 4, 1996. Mr. Kasich was
appointed as chairman of the conference by unanimous consent.
The conference report was filed in the House on June 7 (H.
Rept. 104-612). The House agreed to the conference report by a
vote of 216 to 211.
Reconciliation and related events
Section 201 of House Concurrent Resolution 178 set forth
reconciliation instructions for considering three separate
reconciliation bills instead of a single omnibus bill. The
deadlines, subject matter, and list of appropriate committees
were as follows:
May 24: Welfare and Medicaid Reform--Agriculture,
Commerce, Economic and Education Opportunities, and
Ways and Means.
June 14: Medicare Preservation--Commerce and Ways and
Means.
July 12: Tax Relief and Miscellaneous Direct Spending
Reforms--Banking and Financial Services, Commerce,
Economic and Educational Opportunities, Government
Reform and Oversight, International Relations,
Judiciary, National Security, Resources, Science,
Transportation and Infrastructure, Veterans' Affairs,
and Ways and Means.
The four reconciled committees submitted the required
legislation for welfare reform and Medicaid reform to the
Budget Committee. The Budget Committee met to report the
submissions on June 19, 1996. The committee agreed to a motion
offered by Mr. Hobson to report the submissions with a
favorable recommendation by a voice vote.
Mr. Kasich filed the report accompanying H.R. 3734, House
Report 104-651 on June 27, 1995 and, at the request of the
leadership, introduced a version of the bill omitting the
Medicaid provisions, H.R. 3829, on July 17, 1996. An errata was
also printed to correct the vote tallies in House Report 104-
651.
The Committee on Rules reported a rule providing for the
consideration of H.R. 3734 on July 17 (H. Res. 482/H. Rept.
104-686). The rule provided for 2 hours of general debate, made
in order the text of H.R. 3839 as original text as modified by
an amendment in House Report 104-686, made in order an
amendment to be offered by Mr. Kasich or his designee, and made
in order an amendment in the nature of a substitute to be
offered by Mr. Gephardt or his designee (H.R. 3832).
The rule, House Resolution 482, passed by 358 to 54 on July
18, 1995. H.R. 3734 was called up on July 17 and amendments
were considered on July 18. An amendment offered by Mr. Ney
requiring abled food stamp recipients between the ages of 18
and 50 with no dependents to work at least 20 hours a week or
lose eligibility was agreed to by 239 to 184. An amendment in
the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Tanner was defeated
168 to 258. Mr. Tanner offered a motion to recommit that was
defeated by 203 to 220. The bill passed on July 18 by 256 to
270.
Mr. Kasich offered a motion to disagree with the Senate
amendment and go to conference on July 24 which was approved by
unanimous consent. Mr. Sabo offered a motion to instruct
conferees that passed by a recorded vote of 418 to 0.
The conferees met on July 25, 1996. Mr. Kasich was elected
chairman of the conference by unanimous consent. The conference
report was filed in the House on July 30 (H. Rept. 104-725).
The conference report passed the House on July 31 by a vote of
328 to 101. The President signed the bill on August 22 (P.L.
104-193).
The House did not subsequently consider the Medicaid
provisions that were dropped from reconciliation nor were the
submissions for Medicare or tax relief submitted to the Budget
Committee or considered subsequently in the House.
Transportation trust funds
On February 7, 1995, Representative Shuster, chairman of
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, introduced
H.R. 842. H.R. 842 would have removed all the transportation
trust funds from Federal budgetary controls. Its purpose is to
increase transportation spending by exempting the
transportation trust funds from budget disciplines including
the discretionary spending limits and PAYGO rules.
The Transportation and Public Works Committee ordered the
bill reported on May 5, 1995, but did not actually file the
report until March 27, 1996 (H. Rept. 104-499).
On March 29, 1996, by a voice vote, the Budget Committee
ordered the bill reported with the recommendation that it not
pass. (H. Rept. 104-499, Pt. 1). The report was filed March 29,
1996.
The Committee on Rules ordered reported a rule providing
for the consideration of the bill on March 29, 1996 (H. Res.
396/H. Rept. 104-514). The rule provided for one hour of
general debate and did not restrict amendments.
House Resolution 396 passed by a voice vote. The bill was
considered that same day. The House agreed to a committee
substitute, an amendment subjecting the trust fund to
provisions of the Line Item Veto Act of 1996, and an amendment
by Representative Oberstar limiting interest credited to
transportation trust funds to the average rate on 52-week
Treasury securities sold to the public. Three other amendments
were defeated and one was withdrawn. The bill, as amended,
passed by 284 to 143.
The Senate did not take up the bill.
Legislative History of Measures on Which Action Was Taken by the House
Committee on the Budget
H.R. 1219
Brief Title--Discretionary Spending Reduction and Control Act
of 1995
Sponsor--Kasich
Date Introduced--March 13, 1995
House Committee--Budget and Rules
Official Title--A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 to extend and reduce the
discretionary spending limits, and for other purposes.
Mar. 13, 1995--Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and
in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar. 16, 1995--Committee consideration and mark-up session
held.
Mar. 16, 1995--Ordered to be reported (Amended) by the yeas
and nays: 24-11.
Mar. 23, 1995--Reported to House (amended) by House
Committee on the Budget Report No: 104-89 (Part I).
Mar. 13, 1995--Referred to House Committee on Rules.
[Subsequently was incorporated into the text of H.R. 1215.]
H.R. 1215
Brief Title--Contract With America Tax Relief Act of 1995; Tax
Fairness and Deficit Reduction Act of 1995;
Discretionary Spending Reduction and Control Act of
1995; USEC Privatization Act; Congressional and Federal
Employee Retirement Equalization Act; Medicare
Presidential Budget Savings Extension Act of 1995;
Contract With America Tax Relief Act of 1995
Sponsor--Archer
Date Introduced--March 13, 1995
House Committee--Ways and Means
Senate Committee--Finance
Official Title--A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to strengthen the American family and create jobs.
Mar. 13, 1995--Referred to House Committee on Ways and
Means.
Mar. 14, 1995--Committee consideration and mark-up session
held.
Mar. 14, 1995--Ordered to be reported by the yeas and nays:
21-14.
Mar. 21, 1995--Reported to House by House Committee on Ways
and Means Report No. 104-84.
Mar. 21, 1995--Placed on Union Calendar No. 40.
Apr. 4, 1995--Committee on Rules granted, by a recorded
vote of 9 to 4, a modified closed rule providing for four hours
of general debate; waiving all points of order against the
bill; making in order the text of H.R. 1327, as modified by the
amendment printed in the committee report, as the base bill for
amendment purposes; waiving all points of order against the
amendment; making in order one amendment in the nature of a
substitute by Representative Gephardt which is non-amendable
but subject to one hour of debate; waiving all points of order
against the Gephardt Amendment; providing one motion to
recommit with or without instructions.
Apr. 4, 1995--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 128
reported to House.
Apr. 5, 1995--Rule passed House.
Apr. 5, 1995--Called up by House by rule.
Apr. 5, 1995--Committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute considered as an original bill for the purpose of
amendment.
Apr. 5, 1995--House agreed to amendments adopted by the
Committee of the Whole.
Apr. 5, 1995--Motion to recommit with instructions failed
in House by yea-nay vote: 168-265 (Record Vote No. 293).
Apr. 5, 1995--On motion to table the motion to appeal the
ruling of the chair agreed to by recorded vote: 228-204 (Roll
No. 294).
Apr. 5, 1995--Passed House (Amended) by recorded vote: 246-
188 (Record Vote No. 295).
Apr. 6, 1995--Received in the Senate.
Apr. 6, 1995--Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
June 7, 1995--Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
June 19, 1995--Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight.
Hearings held.
H. Con. Res. 67
Sponsor--Kasich
Date Introduced--May 15, 1995
House Committee--Budget
Official Title--A concurrent resolution setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
and 2002.
May 15, 1995--House Committee on the Budget Reported an
Original Measure. Report No. 104-120.
May 15, 1995--Placed on Union Calendar No. 54.
May 16, 1995--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 149
Reported to House.
May 17, 1995--Rule Passed House.
May 17, 1995--Called up by House by Rule.
May 17, 1995--Committee on Rules granted a modified closed
rule providing six hours of general debate; waiving all points
of order against the resolution and against its consideration;
making in order only the amendments in nature of a substitute
designated in section 2 of the rule; following disposition of
the amendments, the rule provides a final period of debate of
ten minutes.
May 17, 1995--Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union rises leaving H. Con. Res. 67 as unfinished business.
May 18, 1995--Considered by House unfinished business.
May 18, 1995--Resolution agreed to in House (amended) by
yea-nay vote: 238-193 (Record Vote No. 345).
May 22, 1995--Received in the Senate.
May 22, 1995--Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative
Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 115.
May 25, 1995--Measure laid before Senate.
May 25, 1995--Senate struck all after the enacting clause
and substituted the language of S. Con. Res. 13 as amended.
May 25, 1995--Passed Senate in lieu of S. Con. Res. 13 by
yea-nay vote: 57-42 (Record Vote No. 232).
May 25, 1995--Senate insisted upon its amendment.
May 25, 1995--Senate requested a conference.
June 7, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees: Domenici,
Grassley, Nickles, Lott, Brown, Gorton, Gregg, Exon, Hollings,
Johnston, Lautenberg, and Simon.
June 8, 1995--House disagreed to the Senate amendment by
unanimous consent.
June 8, 1995--House agreed to a conference.
June 8, 1995--House conferees instructed failed by the yea-
nay vote: 183- 233 (Record Vote No. 361).
June 8, 1995--The Speaker appointed conferees: Kasich,
Hobson, Walker, Kolbe, Shays, Herger, Allard, Franks (NJ),
Largent, Myrick, Parker, Sabo, Stenholm, Slaughter, Coyne,
Mollohan, Costello, Johnston, and Mink.
June 8, 1995--Conference held.
June 26, 1995--Conference held.
June 26, 1995--Conferees agreed to file conference report.
June 26, 1995--Conference report H. Rept. 104-159 filed.
Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.
June 29, 1995--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 175
reported to House.
June 29, 1995--Rule passed House.
June 29, 1995--House agreed to conference report by yea-nay
vote: 239-194 (Record Vote No. 458).
June 29, 1995--Conference report considered in Senate. By
unanimous consent.
June 29, 1995--Senate agreed to the conference report by
yea-nay vote: 54-46 (Record Vote No. 296).
H.R. 2491
Brief Title--Seven-Year Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of
1995 (changed to ``Balanced Budget Act of 1995'' in
conference); Thrift Charter Conversion Act of 1995;
Federal Communications Commission Authorization Act of
1995; USEC Privatization Act; Waste Isolation Pilot
Plant Land Withdrawal Amendment Act; Naval Petroleum
Reserve Privatization Act of 1995; Higher Education
Program Efficiency Act of 1995; Power Administration
Act; Visitor Facilities and Services Enhancement Act of
1995; Territorial Administrative Cessation Act; Federal
Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of
1995; Department of the Interior Surveying and Mapping
Efficiency and Economic Opportunity Act of 1995;
National Park System Reform Act of 1995; Ocean Shipping
Reform Act of 1995; Illinois Land Conservation Act of
1995; Economic Development Partnership Act of 1995;
Veterans Reconciliation Act of 1995; GSP Renewal Act of
1995; Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1995; Tax
Simplification Act of 1995; Medicaid Transformation Act
of 1995; Department of Commerce Dismantling Act;
Federal Statistics Agency Establishment Act; Patent and
Trademark Office Corporation Act of 1995
Sponsor--Kasich
Date Introduced--October 17, 1995
House Committee--Budget
Official Title--A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant
to section 105 of the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 1996.
Oct. 17, 1995--House Committee on the Budget reported an
original measure. Report No. 104-280.
Oct. 17, 1995--Placed on Union Calendar No. 148.
Oct. 25, 1995--Considered pursuant to a previous order.
Oct. 25, 1995--The House resolved into Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union pursuant to a special order.
Oct. 25, 1995--Committee on Rules granted, by a vote of 9
to 4, a rule providing for the consideration of H. Con. Res.
109; providing three hours of additional general debate on H.R.
2491; an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of
the text of H.R. 2517 modified by the amendments printed in the
Rules Committee report shall be considered as adopted in the
House; the bill as amended shall be considered as an original
bill for the purpose of further amendment waiving all points of
order against provisions of the bill as amended; no amendment
shall be in order to the bill as amended except an amendment in
the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 2530;
waiving all points of order against the amendment in the nature
of a substitute; providing that the yeas and nays are ordered
on final passage and that the provisions of clause 5(c) of Rule
XXI shall not apply to the votes on the bill, amendments
thereto or conference reports thereon.
Oct. 25, 1995--Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union rises leaving H.R. 2491 as unfinished business.
Oct. 26, 1995--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 245
reported to House.
Oct. 26, 1995--Rule passed House.
Oct. 26, 1995--Called up by House by rule.
Oct. 26, 1995--Committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute considered as an original bill for the purpose of
amendment.
Oct. 26, 1995--House agreed to amendments adopted by the
Committee of the Whole.
Oct. 26, 1995--Motion to recommit with instructions failed
in House by yea-nay vote: 180-250 (Record Vote No. 742).
Oct. 26, 1995--Passed House (amended) by yea-nay vote: 227-
203 (Record Vote No. 743).
Oct. 27, 1995--Received in the Senate, read twice.
Oct. 27, 1995--Measure laid before Senate.
Oct. 28, 1995--Senate struck all after the enacting clause
and substituted the language of S. 1357 as amended.
Oct. 28, 1995--Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1357 by yea-nay
vote: 52-47 (Record Vote No. 556).
Oct. 30, 1995--House disagreed to the Senate amendment by
voice vote.
Oct. 30, 1995--House requested a conference.
Oct. 30, 1995--House conferees instructed failed by
recorded vote: 198-219 (Record Vote No. 744).
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed conferees for
consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment, and
modifications committed to conference: Kasich, Walker, Armey,
DeLay, Boehner, Sabo, Bonior, and Stenholm.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on the Budget for consideration of title XX
of the House bill, and modifications committed to conference:
Kolbe, Shays, Hobson, Slaughter, and Coyne.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Agriculture for consideration of title I
of the House bill, and subtitles A-C of title I of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Roberts,
Emerson, Gunderson, and de la Garza.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Banking and Financial Services for
consideration of title II of the House bill, and title III of
the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to
conference: Leach, McCollum, Roukema, Gonzalez, and LaFalce.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Commerce for consideration of title III
of the House bill, and subtitle A of title IV, subtitles A and
G of title V, and sec. 6004 of the Senate amendment, and
modifications committed to conference: Bliley, Schaefer, and
Dingell.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Commerce for consideration of title XV of
the House bill, and subtitle A of title VII of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Bliley,
Bilirakis, Hastert, Greenwood, Dingell, Waxman, and Pallone.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Commerce for consideration of title XVI
of the House bill, and subtitle B of title VII of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Bliley,
Bilirakis, Tauzin, Barton, Paxon, Hall (TX), Dingell, Waxman,
Wyden, and Pallone.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities
for consideration of title IV of the House bill, and title X of
the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to
conference: Goodling, McKeon, and Clay.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight for
consideration of title V of the House bill, and title VIII and
secs. 13001 and 13003 of the Senate amendment, and
modifications committed to conference: Clinger, Schiff, and
Collins (IL).
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on International Relations for consideration
of title VI of the House bill, and sec. 13002 of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Gilman,
Burton, and Hamilton.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on the Judiciary for consideration of title
VII of the House bill, and title IX and sec. 12944 of the
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
Hyde, Moorhead, and Conyers.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on National Security for consideration of
title VIII of the House bill, and title II of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Spence,
Hunter, and Dellums.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Resources for consideration of title IX
of the House bill, and title V (except subtitles A and G) of
the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to
conference: Young (AK), Tauzin, and Miller (CA).
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for
consideration of title X of the House bill, and subtitles B and
C of title IV and title VI (except sec. 6004) of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Shuster,
Clinger, and Oberstar.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs for consideration of
title XI of the House bill, and title XI of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Stump,
Hutchinson, and Montgomery.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Ways and Means for consideration of
titles XII, XIII, XIV, and XIX of the House bill, and subtitles
H and I of title VII and title XII (except sec. 12944) of the
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference:
Archer, Crane, Thomas, Shaw, Bunning, Gibbons, Rangel, and
Stark.
Oct. 30, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Ways and Means for consideration of title
XV of the House bill, and subtitle A of title VII of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Archer,
Thomas, Johnson (CT), McCrery, Gibbons, Stark, and Cardin.
Oct. 31, 1995--The Speaker appointed an additional
conferee--from the Committee on Agriculture for consideration
of title I of the House bill, and subtitles A-C of title I of
the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to
conference: Brown (CA).
Nov. 2, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Commerce for consideration of title XVI
of the House bill, and subtitle B of title VII of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Hastert
and Greenwood.
Nov. 13, 1995--Measure laid before Senate by unanimous
consent.
Nov. 13, 1995--Senate insists on its amendment by unanimous
consent.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Speaker appointed additional conferees--
from the Committee on Commerce for consideration of title XVI
of the House bill, and subtitle B of title VII of the Senate
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Bryant
(TX) and Towns.
Nov. 13, 1995--Senate conferees instructed to insist upon
maintaining the Federal nursing home reform provisions of law
that were enacted as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1987 by yea-nay vote. 95-1. Record Vote No. 570.
Nov. 13, 1995--Motion by Senator Rockefeller to instruct
Senate conferees tabled in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-46.
Record Vote No. 571.
Nov. 13, 1995--Senate Conferees instructed to honor section
13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 by Yea-Nay Vote.
97-0. Record Vote No. 572.
Nov. 13, 1995--Motion by Senator Kennedy to instruct
conferees not tabled by yea-nay vote: 48-49 (Roll No. 573).
Nov. 13, 1995--Senate conferees instructed to insist about
removing certain provisions relating to certain health care
sections by Voice Vote.
Nov. 13, 1995--Senate agreed to request for conference.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on the Budget for consideration of all titles:
Domenici, Grassley, and Exon.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry for
consideration of title I: Lugar, Dole, Helms, Cochran, Craig,
Leahy, and Pryor.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees provided,
that Mr. Helms is appointed for consideration of sec. 1113 and
subtitle D of title I.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees provided,
that Mr. Cochran is appointed for consideration of title I,
except secs. 1106, 1108, 1113, and subtitle D).
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees provided,
that Mr. Craig is appointed for consideration of secs. 1106 and
1108 of title I.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on Armed Services for consideration of title II:
Thurmond, McCain, and Bingaman.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for
consideration of title III: D'Amato, Gramm, and Sarbanes.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for
consideration of title IV: Pressler, Stevens, McCain, Hollings,
and Inouye.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for consideration of
title V: Murkowski, Hatfield, Nickles, Craig, Johnston,
Bumpers, and Ford.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on Environment and Public Works for consideration of
title VI: Chafee, Warner, Smith, Baucus, and Reid.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on Finance for consideration of title VII and title
XII: Roth, Dole, and Moynihan.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on Governmental Affairs for consideration of title
VIII (and for consideration of the title of the House bill
relating solely to abolishing the Department of Commerce):
Stevens, Cohen, Thompson, Glenn, and Pryor.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on the Judiciary for consideration of title IX:
Hatch, Grassley, and Biden.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on Labor and Human Resources for consideration of
title X: Kassebaum, Jeffords, Coats, Frist, Kennedy, Pell, and
Simon.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees provided,
that Mr. Simon is appointed for consideration of ERISA and
other matters.
Nov. 13, 1995--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs for consideration of title XI:
Simpson, Murkowski, and Rockefeller.
Nov. 14, 1995--Conference held.
Nov. 15, 1995--Conference held.
Nov. 15, 1995--Conferees agreed to file conference report.
Nov. 16, 1995--Conference report H. Rept. 104-347 filed.
Nov. 16, 1995--Committee on Rules granted, by a recorded
vote of 9 to 4, a rule providing two hours of general debate;
vacating the proceedings by which the conference report was
filed and authorizes the managers to immediately refile the
report in the form actually signed and ordered reported, with
the corrected part printed in section 3 of the rule; providing
that existing signatures of the conferees shall remain valid as
authorizing the presentation of the conference report to the
House in its corrected form; providing one motion to recommit
which may not contain instructions; providing that following
the disposition of the conference report no further action on
the bill is in order except by subsequent order of the House.
Nov. 16, 1995--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 272
reported to House.
Nov. 17, 1995--Rule passed House.
Nov. 17, 1995--Conference report H. Rept. 104-350 filed.
Nov. 17, 1995--House agreed to conference report by yea-nay
vote: 237-189 (Record Vote No. 812).
Nov. 17, 1995--Conference report considered in Senate.
Nov. 17, 1995--Senate sustained point of order against
conference report.
Nov. 17, 1995--Conference report disagreed to when the
point of order was sustained.
Nov. 17, 1995--Senate receded from its amendment and
concurred with further amendment by yea-nay vote: 52-47 (Roll
No. 584).
Nov. 18, 1995--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 279
reported to House.
Nov. 18, 1995--Rule passed House.
Nov. 18, 1995--Committee on Rules granted, by voice vote, a
rule providing for taking the bill, with the Senate amendment
thereto, from the Speaker's Table without intervening point of
order; providing for the consideration of the motion by the
Budget Committee chairman to concur in the Senate amendment;
providing one hour of debate on the motion; the previous
question is considered ordered to final adoption without
intervening motion.
Nov. 20, 1995--House agreed to the Senate amendment agreed
to by the yea-nay vote: 235-192 (Record Vote No. 820).
Nov. 20, 1995--Cleared for White House.
Nov. 30, 1995--Presented to President.
Dec. 6, 1995--Vetoed by President.
Dec. 6, 1995--Veto message and bill referred to House
Committee on Budget.
h.r. 2459
Brief Title--Seven-Year Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1995
Sponsor--Kasich
Date Introduced--October 11, 1995
House Committee--Budget and Rules
Official Title--A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 to extend and reduce the discretionary spending
limits and to extend the pay-as-you-go requirements set
forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985.
Oct. 11, 1995--Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and
in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct. 12, 1995--Committee consideration and mark-up session
held.
Oct. 12, 1995--Ordered to be reported (amended).
Oct. 11, 1995--Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Jan. 3, 1996--Referred to Subcommittee on the Legislative
and Budget Process.
[Subsequently added to the text of H.R. 2491 (see above) in
the House, but dropped in conference.]
h. con. res . 122
[Note: Not formally acted upon by Committee.]
Sponsor--Kasich (By Request)
Date Introduced--December 18, 1995
House Committee--Budget
Official Title--A concurrent resolution setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government
for the fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, and 2002.
Dec. 18, 1995--Referred to House Committee on the Budget.
Dec. 18, 1995--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 309
reported to House.
Dec. 18, 1995--Committee on Rules granted, by voice vote, a
closed rule providing two hours of general debate.
Dec. 19, 1995--Rule passed House.
Dec. 19, 1995--Called up by House by rule.
Dec. 19, 1995--Resolution failed of passage in House by
yea-nay vote: 0-412. 5 present (Record Vote No. 869).
h.j. res. 132
[Note: Not formally acted upon by Committee.]
Sponsor--Kasich
Date Introduced--December 18, 1995
Official Title--A joint resolution affirming that budget
negotiations shall be based on the most recent
technical and economic assumptions of the Congressional
Budget Office and shall achieve a balanced budget by
fiscal year 2002 based on those assumptions.
Cosponsors--2 Current Cosponsors
Amendments--1 Senate Amendment
Dec. 18, 1995--Called up by House under Suspension of
Rules.
Dec. 18, 1995--Passed House by yea-nay vote: 351-40 (Record
Vote No. 866).
Dec. 18, 1995--Received in the Senate.
Dec. 19, 1995--Read the first time. Placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Dec. 20, 1995--Read the second time. Placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 293.
Dec. 21, 1995--Measure laid before Senate by unanimous
consent.
Dec. 21, 1995--Passed Senate (amended) by yea-nay vote: 94-
0 (Record Vote No. 611).
h.r. 842
Brief Title--Truth in Budgeting Act
Sponsor--Shuster
Date Introduced--February 7, 1995
House Committee--Budget and Government Reform and Oversight
Transportation and Infrastructure
Senate Committee--Budget and Governmental Affairs
Official Title--A bill to provide off-budget treatment for the
Highway Trust Fund, the Airport and Airway Trust Fund,
the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, and the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund.
Cosponsors--225 Current cosponsors
Feb. 7, 1995--Referred to the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on
Government Reform and Oversight, and the Budget, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar. 10, 1995--Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation Prior to Referral.
Mar. 27, 1995--Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from
OMB.
May 3, 1995--Committee consideration and mark-up session
held.
May 3, 1995--Ordered to be reported (amended) by voice
vote.
Mar. 27, 1996--Reported to House (amended) by House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Report No. 104-
499 (Part I).
Feb. 7, 1995--Referred to House Committee on Government
Reform and Oversight.
Feb. 13, 1995--Referred to Subcommittee on Government
Management, Information and Technology.
Dec. 6, 1995--House Committee on Government Reform and
Oversight discharged.
Feb. 7, 1995--Referred to House Committee on the Budget.
Mar. 29, 1996--Ordered to be reported adversely by voice
vote.
Mar. 29, 1996--Reported adversely to House by House
Committee on the Budget Report No. 104-499 (Part II).
Dec. 6, 1995--Mr. Clinger asked unanimous consent that the
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight be discharged from
consideration of the bill, and that the bill be re-referred to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure as the
primary committee of jurisdiction and in addition to the
Committee on the Budget. Agreed to without objection.
Mar. 29, 1996--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 396
reported to House.
Mar. 29, 1996--Committee on Rules granted, by voice vote,
an open rule providing two hours of general debate; making in
order the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
amendment in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill
as an original bill for the purpose of amendment; providing one
motion to recommit, with or without instructions.
Mar. 29, 1996--Placed on Union Calendar No. 250.
Apr. 17, 1996--Rule passed House.
Apr. 17, 1996--Called up by House by rule.
Apr. 17, 1996--Committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute considered as an original bill for the purpose of
amendment.
Apr. 17, 1996--House agreed to amendments adopted by the
Committee of the Whole.
Apr. 17, 1996--Passed House (amended) by recorded vote:
284-143 (Record Vote No. 122).
Apr. 18, 1996--Received in the Senate.
Apr. 18, 1996--Referred to Senate Committee on the Budget.
Apr. 18, 1996--Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs.
h. con. res. 178
Sponsor--Kasich
Date Introduced--May 14, 1996
House Committee--Budget
Official Title--A concurrent resolution establishing the
congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001, and 2002.
May 14, 1996--House Committee on the Budget reported an
original measure. Report No. 104-575.
May 14, 1996--Placed on Union Calendar No. 283.
May 15, 1996--Committee on Rules granted, by voice vote, a
modified closed rule providing no further general debate;
making in order three amendments in the nature of a substitute;
waiving all points of order against the amendments designated
in section 2; providing that the adoption of an amendment in
the nature of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion of
consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment;
providing that after the conclusion of consideration of the
concurrent resolution for amendment, there will be 40 minutes
of general debate; providing that rule XLIX (establishment of
statutory limit on the public debt) shall not apply with
respect to the adoption by the Congress of a concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997.
May 15, 1996--Considered by previous order of the House.
May 15, 1996--The House resolved into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union pursuant to a previous order of
the House.
May 15, 1996--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 435
reported to House.
May 15, 1996--Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union rises leaving H. Con. Res. 178 as unfinished
business.
May 16, 1996--Rule passed House.
May 16, 1996--Considered by House unfinished business.
provisions of H. Res. 435.
May 16, 1996--Resolution agreed to in House by yea-nay
vote: 226-195 (Record Vote No. 179).
May 17, 1996--Received in the Senate.
May 17, 1996--Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under
General Orders. Calendar No. 413.
May 23, 1996--Measure laid before Senate.
May 23, 1996--Senate struck all after the enacting clause
and substituted the language of S. Con. Res. 57 as amended.
May 23, 1996--Passed Senate in lieu of S. Con. Res. 57 by
yea-nay vote: 53-46 (Record Vote No. 156).
May 23, 1996--Senate insisted upon its amendment.
May 23, 1996--Senate requested a conference.
May 23, 1996--The Senate appointed conferees: Domenici,
Grassley, Nickles, Gramm, Bond, Gorton, Exon, Hollings,
Johnston, and Lautenberg.
May 30, 1996--House disagreed to the Senate amendment by
unanimous consent.
May 30, 1996--House agreed to a conference.
May 30, 1996--House conferees instructed failed by the yea-
nay vote: 187-205 (Record Vote No. 209).
May 30, 1996--The Speaker appointed conferees--from the
Committee on the Budget for consideration of the House
concurrent resolution and the Senate amendment, and
modifications committed to conference: Kasich, Hobson, Walker,
Kolbe, Shays, Herger, Sabo, Stenholm, Slaughter, and Coyne.
June 4, 1996--Conference held.
June 7, 1996--Conference held.
June 7, 1996--Conferees agreed to file conference report.
June 7, 1996--Conference report H. Rept. 104-612 filed.
June 10, 1996--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 450
reported to House.
June 10, 1996--Committee on Rules granted, by voice vote, a
rule providing one hour of debate on the conference report;
waiving all points of order against the conference report and
against its consideration.
June 12, 1996--Rule passed House.
June 12, 1996--House agreed to conference report by yea-nay
vote: 216-211 (Record Vote No. 236).
June 13, 1996--Conference report considered in Senate.
June 13, 1996--Senate agreed to the conference report by
Yea-Nay Vote: 53-46 (Record Vote No. 159).
H.R. 3734
Brief Title--Welfare and Medicaid Reform Act of 1996; Food
Stamp Reform and Commodity Distribution Act of 1996;
Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996; Personal
Reponsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996; Child
Care and Development Block Grant Amendments of 1996;
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996; Child Care and Development
Block Grant Amendments of 1996; Federal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Sponsor--Kasich
Date Introduced--June 27, 1996
House Committee--Budget
Official Title--A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant
to section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 1997.
June 27, 1996--House Committee on the Budget reported an
original measure. Report No. 104-651.
June 27, 1996--Placed on Union Calendar No. 330.
July 17, 1996--Considered by unanimous consent.
July 17, 1996--The House resolved into Committee of the
Whole on the State of the Union pursuant to the unanimous
consent agreement.
July 17, 1996--Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union rises leaving H.R. 3734 as unfinished business.
July 17, 1996--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 482
reported to House.
July 17, 1996--Committee on Rules granted, by voice vote, a
modified closed rule providing two hours of additional general
debate; waiving all points of order against consideration of
the bill; providing for the adoption in the House and in the
Committee of the Whole of an amendment in the nature of a
substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 3829; providing for
the consideration of a further amendment, if offered by the
Minority Leader or his designee, consisting of the text of H.R.
3832, debatable for one hour which shall not be subject to
amendment; providing one motion to recommit, with or without
instructions.
July 18, 1996--Rule passed House.
July 18, 1996--Considered by House unfinished business.
July 18, 1996--Called up by House by rule.
July 18, 1996--Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union rises leaving H.R. 3734 as unfinished business.
July 18, 1996--Considered by House unfinished business.
July 18, 1996--Committee Amendment in the nature of a
substitute considered as an original bill for the purpose of
amendment.
July 18, 1996--House agreed to amendments adopted by the
Committee of the Whole.
July 18, 1996--Motion to recommit with instructions failed
in House by yea-nay vote: 203-220 (Record Vote No. 330).
July 18, 1996--Passed House (amended) by recorded vote:
256-170 (Record Vote No. 331).
July 18, 1996--Received in the Senate, read twice.
July 23, 1996--Measure laid before Senate.
July 23, 1996--Senate struck all after the enacting clause
and substituted the language of S. 1956 as amended.
July 23, 1996--Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1956 by yea-nay
vote: 74-24 (Record Vote No. 232).
July 23, 1996--Senate insisted upon its amendment.
July 23, 1996--Senate requested a conference.
July 23, 1996--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on the Budget: Domenici, Nickles, Gramm, Exon, and
Hollings.
July 23, 1996--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Lugar,
Helms, Cochran, Santorum, Leahy, Heflin, and Harkin.
July 23, 1996--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on Finance: Roth, Chafee, Grassley, Hatch, Simpson,
Moynihan, Bradley, Pryor, and Rockefeller.
July 23, 1996--The Senate appointed conferees--from the
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Kassebaum and Dodd.
July 24, 1996--House disagreed to the Senate amendment by
unanimous consent.
July 24, 1996--House agreed to a conference.
July 24, 1996--House conferees instructed by yea-nay vote:
418-0 (Record Vote No. 353).
July 24, 1996--The Speaker appointed conferees: Kasich,
Archer, Goodling, Roberts, Bliley, Shaw, Talent, Nussle,
Hutchinson, McCrery, Bilirakis, Smith (TX), Johnson (CT), Camp,
Franks (CT), Cunningham, Castle, Goodlatte, Sabo, Gibbons,
Conyers, de la Garza, Clay, Ford, Miller (CA), Waxman,
Stenholm, Kennelly, Levin, Tanner, Becerra, Thurman, and
Woolsey.
July 25, 1996--Conference held.
July 30, 1996--Conference held.
July 30, 1996--Conferees agreed to file conference report.
July 30, 1996--Conference report H. Rept. 104-725 filed.
July 31, 1996--Committee on Rules granted, by roll-call
vote of 6 to 3, a rule waiving all points of order against the
conference report and against its consideration; ordering the
yeas and nays on the adoption of the conference report and on
any subsequent conference report or motion to dispose of an
amendment between Houses; providing that the provisions of
clause 5(c) of rule XXI (requiring a three-fifths vote on any
tax rate increase) shall not apply to the bill, amendments
thereto, or conference reports thereon.
July 31, 1996--House agreed to conference report by yea-nay
vote: 328-101 (Record Vote No. 383).
Aug. 1, 1996--Conference report considered in Senate by
unanimous consent.
Aug. 1, 1996--Senate agreed to the conference report by
yea-nay vote: 78-21 (Record Vote No. 262).
Aug. 1, 1996--Cleared for White House.
Aug. 19, 1996--Presented to President.
Aug. 22, 1996--Signed by President.
Aug. 22, 1996--Became Public Law No. 104-193.
Other Actions Taken
January 6, 1995--The Committee organized and adopted the
rules of the Committee for the 104th Congress.
February 14, 1995--The Committee (1) recommended to the
Speaker that Dr. June O'Neill be appointed as Director of the
Congressional Budget Office; (2) adopted the Committee's
Oversight Plan for the 104th Congress; and (3) amended the
Committee Rules and ordered them printed.
Bills Referred to the Budget Committee
Referrals under rule X, clause 1(d)(2)
H. Con. Res. 66, A concurrent resolution setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for the
fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
H. Con. Res. 67, A concurrent resolution setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for
fiscal years, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
H. Con. Res. 71, A concurrent resolution providing a sense
of the Congress that the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 1996 should reach a balanced Federal budget by
fiscal year 2001 through expenditure reductions and not tax
increases.
H. Con. Res. 122, A concurrent resolution setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for the
fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
H. Con. Res. 170, A concurrent resolution providing a sense
of Congress that the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint
Committee on Taxation should use dynamic economic modeling in
addition to static economic modeling in the preparation of
budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law.
H. Con. Res. 174, A concurrent resolution establishing the
congressional budget for the United States Government for
fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
H. Con. Res. 178, A concurrent resolution establishing the
congressional budget for the United States Government for
fiscal year 1997 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
Referrals under rule X, clause 1(d) (3) and (4)
H.J. Res. 175, the ``Deposit Insurance Funds Act of 1996''
H.R. 4, the ``Personal Responsibility Act of 1995''
H.R. 5, the ``Unfunded Mandate Reform Act of 1995''
H.R. 7, the ``National Security Revitalization Act''
H.R. 9, the ``Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act of
1995''
H.R. 13, the ``Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act''
H.R. 90, the ``Tax Rebate to Fight Crime Act''
H.R. 103, A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to
provide that the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
be excluded from the budget of the United States Government.
H.R. 215, the ``Truth in Voting Act of 1995''
H.R. 252, the ``Legislative Reorganization Act of 1995''
H.R. 564, the ``Infrastructure Protection Act of 1995''
H.R. 567, A bill to require that the President transmit to
Congress, that the congressional Budget Committees report, and
that the Congress consider a balanced budget for each fiscal
year.
H.R. 700, the ``A to Z Spending Cuts Plan''
H.R. 766, the ``Biennial Budgeting Act of 1995''
H.R. 822, the ``Spending Reduction Enforcement Act of
1995''
H.R. 823, the ``Spending Reduction Act of 1995''
H.R. 842, the ``Truth in Budgeting Act''
H.R. 982, the ``Individual Responsibility Act of 1995''
H.R. 1020, the ``Integrated Spent Nuclear Fuel Management
Act of 1995''
H.R. 1050, the ``A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act''
H.R. 1110, A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 to limit the rate of growth of Federal outlays to 2
percent per year.
H.R. 1131, the ``Balanced Budget Spending Limitation Act of
1995''
H.R. 1162, the ``Deficit Reduction Lock-box Act of 1995''
H.R. 1219, the ``Discretionary Spending Reduction and
Control Act of 1995''
H.R. 1245, A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 to provide for budgeting for emergencies through the
establishment of a budget reserve account, and for other
purposes.
H.R. 1327, the ``Tax Fairness and Deficit Reduction Act of
1995''
H.R. 1387, the ``Tax Expenditure Control Act of 1995''
H.R. 1441, the ``United States Air Traffic Service
Corporation Act''
H.R. 1516, the ``Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1995''
H.R. 1676, A bill to amend the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1990 to clarify that the expenses of
administering the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance
programs are not included in the budget of the United States
Government, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1749, the ``Market Promotion Program Elimination Act
of 1995''
H.R. 1864, the ``Second Supplemental Appropriations and
Rescissions Act, 1995''
H.R. 1883, the ``Back to Basics Education Reform Act''
H.R. 1923, the ``Restructuring a Limited Government Act''
H.R. 1927, the ``Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for
Additional Disaster Assistance, for Anti-terrorism Initiatives,
for Assistance Recovery from the Tragedy that Occurred at
Oklahoma City, and Rescissions Act, 1995''
H.R. 1944, the ``Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for
Additional Disaster Assistance, for Anti-terrorism Initiatives,
for Assistance Recovery from the Tragedy that Occurred at
Oklahoma City, and Rescissions Act, 1995''
H.R. 2059, the ``National Aeronautics and Space
Administration Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1996''
H.R. 2060, the ``Freedom and Fairness Restoration Act of
1995''
H.R. 2152, the ``Commission to Save Medicare Act of 1995''
H.R. 2256, the ``Superfund Liability Equity and
Acceleration Act''
H.R. 2276, the ``Federal Aviation Administration
Revitalization Act of 1995''
H.R. 2280, the ``Medicare and Medicaid Payment Integrity
Act of 1995''
H.R. 2295, the ``Discretionary Spending Reduction and
Control Act of 1995''
H.R. 2445, the ``Economic Growth and Price Stability Act of
1995''
H.R. 2459, the ``Seven-Year Balanced Budget Enforcement Act
of 1995''
H.R. 2487, the ``Agricultural Extended Retirement Credit
Act''
H.R. 2491, the ``Seven-Year Balanced Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1995''
H.R. 2517, the ``Seven-Year Balanced Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1995''
H.R. 2530, the ``Common Sense Balanced Budget Act of 1995''
H.R. 2572, A bill to reinstate the emergency unemployment
compensation program.
H.R. 2599, the ``Budget Enforcement Simplification Trust
Act''
H.R. 2622, A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 to require that budget resolutions be joint resolutions
and that those resolutions contain extensions of the statutory
limit on the public debt, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2903, the ``Balanced Budget Act of 1995 for Economic
Growth and Fairness''
H.R. 3019, the ``Department of Justice Appropriations Act,
1996''
H.R. 3076, the ``Children's Right to Know Act of 1996''
H.R. 3125, the ``Senior Citizens Bill of Rights Act of
1996''
H.R. 3136, the ``Contract with America Advancement Act of
1996''
H.R. 3414--A bill to amend the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for a
sequestration of all budgetary accounts for fiscal year 1997
(except Social Security, Federal retirement, and interest on
the debt) equal to 5 percent of the OMB baseline.
H.R. 3469, the ``Infrastructure Reinvestment and Economic
Revitalization Act of 1996''
H.R. 3507, the ``Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Act of 1996''
H.R. 3612, the ``Work First and Personal Responsibility Act
of 1996''
H.R. 3619--A bill to provide off-budget treatment for the
land and water conservation fund.
H.R. 3734, the ``Welfare and Medicaid Reform Act of 1996''
H.R. 3779, the ``Tobacco Medicaid Recovery Act of 1996''
H.R. 3829, the ``Welfare Reform Reconciliation Act of
1996''
H.R. 3832, ``Bipartisan Welfare Reform Act of 1996''
H.R. 3998, the ``Citizen Debt Reduction Contribution Act''
H.R. 4142, the ``Save Our Savings Act of 1996''
H.R. 4206--A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 to provide that the amount of the aviation excise taxes
for any fiscal year shall equal the expenditures from the
Airport and Airway Trust Fund for the prior fiscal year, and
for other purposes.
H.R. 4263, the ``Emergency Unemployment Compensation
Amendments of 1996''
H.R. 4285, the ``Budget Process Reform Act''
Summary of Oversight Plan for the 104th Congress
The following is a summary of the Oversight Plan submitted
by the Committee on the Budget for the 104th Congress:
To fulfill its obligation to the American people, the House
Committee on the Budget, which has been given the
responsibility by the House of Representatives to oversee the
federal budget and the process by which the budget is adopted,
has an aggressive oversight plan for the historic 104th
Congress.
To fulfill its responsibility to develop an annual
concurrent budget resolution, the Committee will hold
hearings and receive testimony from Members of
Congress, cabinet-level officials, state and local
officials, and expert witnesses to review the federal
budget in general, as well as the budgets and spending
histories of specific Departments. The Committee also
will hold a series of field hearings to receive
testimony from the general public on innovative ways to
reduce and control the federal budget.
The Committee will review the activities of the
Congressional Budget Office. During 1995 the Committee
also will recommend to the Speaker who to appoint as
the new Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
The Committee will study proposals designed to
improve the congressional budget process.
The Committee will coordinate its oversight
activities with other Committees, including, but not
limited to, considering other Committee's Views and
Estimates when developing the annual concurrent budget
resolution.
The Committee will study provisions of law which
exempt federal agencies or any of their activities or
outlays from inclusion in the Budget of the United
States Government, and make recommendations for
terminating or modifying such provisions.
The Committee will study the effect of existing and
proposed legislation, as well as government regulation,
on government spending.
The Committee will request and evaluate continuing
studies of tax expenditures, and ways to improve
coordination between tax incentives and direct
spending.
The Committee will study monetary policy and its
effect on the federal budget.
Summary of Oversight Actions Taken During the 104th Congress
The following is a summary of the major oversight actions
taken by the House Budget Committee during the 104th Congress:
During the course of developing the annual concurrent
budget resolutions for fiscal years 1996 and 1997, the
Committee held numerous hearings at which testimony was
received from members of the President's cabinet and
other administration officials regarding the budgets
and spending histories of the federal government and
specific departments and agencies. (A complete list of
Committee hearings held during the 104th Congress is
included in this report.)
The Committee engaged in its statutory obligation to
oversee the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) by: (1)
its recommendation to the Speaker on who to appoint as
Director of CBO; (2) receiving testimony from the
Director and other staff of CBO during Committee
hearings; and (3) its daily interaction with CBO to
insure that CBO fulfill its mandate to provide Congress
with budget information, data, estimates, statistics,
etc.
The Committee studied proposals designed to improve
the congressional budget process. As part of its
review, the Committee held a series of three hearings
devoted to the congressional budget process, at which
testimony was received from experts from CBO and the
General Accounting Office (GAO), outside experts, as
well as interested Members of Congress.
The Committee coordinated its oversight activities
with other House committees in formulating the annual
concurrent budget resolutions, including soliciting and
considering the other committees' Views and Estimates.
The Committee studied the effect of existing and
proposed legislation, as well as government regulation
on government spending. Significant staff resources
were devoted to this activity, in addition to
substantial utilization of GAO resources and services.
(A complete list of GAO reports issued at the request
of the Budget Committee is included in this report.)
The Committee studied monetary policy and its effect
on the federal budget. As part of its review, the
Committee held two hearings at which it received
testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal
Reserve.
House Budget Committee
1995 HEARINGS--FIRST SESSION
Date Title Witnesses
1/31/95........... Budget and Economic Dr. Robert D. Reischauer,
Outlook. Director, CBO.
2/07/95........... President's Budget Hon. Alice Rivlin, Ph.D.,
Submission for FY 1996. Director, OMB.
2/09/95........... President Clinton's Dr. Richard K. Vedder, Ohio
FY96 Budget. University.
2/10/95........... President Clinton's James C. Miller III, Former
FY96 Budget. Director, OMB; Joseph E.
Wright, Former Deputy
Director, OMB.
2/22/95........... ``The Clinton HUD Honorable Jack Kemp, Former
Budget: Reform or Secretary, HUD; Paul L.
Retrenchment?''. Posner, Director of Budget
Issues, GAO; James E.
Wells, Associate Director,
GAO.
2/23/95........... President Clinton's FY Ron Utt, Visiting Fellow,
'96 Budget. Heritage Foundation; John
Weicher, Senior Fellow,
Hudson Institute;
Honorable Henry Cisneros,
Secretary, HUD.
2/28/95........... Privatization.......... Hon. Scott Klug (R-WI).
3/01/95........... Privatization.......... Hon. Scott Klug (R-WI).
3/01/95........... ``Could a Free Market Robert W. Poole, Jr.,
Work Here? The Virtues President, The Reason
of Privatization''. Foundation; Tony Dale,
Harkness Fellow; Professor
David F. Linowes,
University of Illinois.
3/07/95........... ``Economic Forecasts & Roger E. Brinner, Ph.D.,
the Roles of Deficit DRI/McGraw Hill; Laurence
Reduction & H. Meyer, Ph.D., Laurence
Productivity''. H. Meyer & Associates,
Ltd.; Stephen S. Roach,
Ph.D., Morgan Stanley;
Barry Bosworth, Ph.D.,
Brookings Institution.
3/08/95........... ``Economic Forecasts & Honorable Alan Greenspan,
the Roles of Deficit Chairman, Federal Reserve.
Reduction &
Productivity (con't)''.
3/09/95........... President Clinton's FY Wayne L. Berman, Senior
'96 Commerce Proposal. Fellow, CSIS; James W.
Frierson, Co-Founder &
Director, The Brock Group;
Barbara Everitt Bryant,
School of Business
Administration, University
of Michigan.
3/10/95........... Discretionary Spending James L. Blum, Deputy
Caps, PAYGO, and Director, CBO; Kenneth J.
Scoring of Contract Kies, Chief of Staff,
Tax Cuts (Briefing). Joint Committee on Tax.
3/21/95........... ``Private Sector Michael A. Tarr, Director
Solutions: Medicare''. of Benefits, IBM; David E.
Edwards, Director of
Benefits, Eastman Kodak;
Susan Nelson, Manager,
Health Promotion &
Benefits, Texas
Instruments; Larry Levine,
Group Director of Human
Resource Administration,
Ryder Systems; Bill Roper,
M.D., Head of CDC, with
The Prudential; K. James
Ehlan, M.D., President,
Allina Health Systems;
Merrill Mathews, National
Center for Policy
Analysis.
3/22/95........... ``The Fall of the Guy King, Ernst and Young;
Medicare Trust Fund''. Gene Steuerle, Urban
Institute; Beau Boulter,
Former Member of Congress,
United Seniors
Association; Honorable
Donna Shalala, Secretary,
Health and Human Services.
3/23/95........... ``Corporate Frank P. Doyle, Executive
Restructuring''. V.P., General Electric
Company; Michael P.
Morley, Senior V.P. &
Director, Human Resources,
Eastman Kodak Company.
3/29/95........... ``The Perspective of Ohio State Sen. Dick Finan;
State and Local Arizona State Rep. George
Governments''. Cunningham; Minnesota
State Rep. Ann Rest;
Delaware State Rep. David
Ennis; Madison, Wisconsin
Mayor Paul Soglin; Comm.
Randy Johnson, Hennepin
Co. MN; Louisberg, NC,
Mayor Lucy Allen; Rhode
Island State Sen. Brad
Gorham; Iowa State Rep.
Steve Grubbs; Kansas State
Rep. Susan Wagle; Virginia
Del. Kirk Cox.
3/30/95........... Member's Day........... Hon. Ike Skelton (D-MO);
Hon. Tom Coburn (R-OK);
Hon. Bob Filner (D-CA);
Hon. Scott Klug (R-WI);
Hon. Dick Zimmer (R-NJ);
Hon. Tom Petri (R-WI);
Hon. Rob Andrews (D-NJ);
Hon. Jon Christensen (R-
NE); Hon. Charles Schumer
(D-NY); Hon. Helen
Chenoweth (R-ID); Hon.
Peter Blute (R-MA); Hon.
Mark Neumann (R-WI); Hon.
Herb Bateman (R-VA); Hon.
Porter Goss (R-FL); Hon.
Maxine Waters (D-CA); Hon.
Bernie Sanders (I-VT);
Hon. Lane Evans (D-IL);
Hon. Saxby Chambliss (R-
GA); Hon. Jennifer Dunn (R-
WA); Hon. Mac Collins (R-
GA); Hon. Henry Bonilla (R-
TX); Hon. Solomon Ortiz (D-
TX); Hon. Peter Visclosky
(D-IN); Hon. John Mica (R-
FL); Hon. Peter Torkildsen
(R-MA); Hon. John Spratt
(D-SC); Hon. Henry Waxman
(D-CA); Hon. Major Owens
(D-NY); Hon. Peter Deutsch
(D-FL); Hon. Mike Ward (D-
KY); Hon. Zach Wamp (R-
TN); Hon. Ron Coleman (D-
TX); Hon. Patrick Kennedy
(D-RI).
4/04/95........... ``Medicaid: A Program June O'Neill, Ph.D.,
in Need of Reform''. Director, CBO; Hon.
Charles Bowsher,
Comptroller General, GAO;
Michael Mangano, Principal
Deputy Inspector General,
Department of Health &
Human Services; Daniel
Anderson, Assistant
Attorney General, &
Director, Medicaid Fraud
Control Unit, Office of
the Attorney General; Tom
Kubic Section Chief, White
Collar Crime, FBI.
4/27/95........... ``The Clinton Defense Honorable William J. Perry,
Budget: Bottom Up or Secretary, Department of
Belly Up?''. Defense; John J. Hamre,
Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller); Frank C.
Conahan, Special Assistant
to the Comptroller General
for National Security &
International Affairs
Programs, GAO.
5/02/95........... ``Impact of Federal Bret Schundler, Mayor of
Regulation on State & Jersey City, NJ; Jim
Local Governments''. Patterson, Mayor of
Fresno, CA; Honorable
Tommy Thompson, Governor
of Wisconsin; Honorable
Pete Wilson, Governor of
California.
9/13/95........... ``Long-Standing Hon. Charles A. Bowsher,
Government Performance Comptroller General of the
Issues''. U.S., GAO.
9/19/95........... ``The Effects of a Hon. Alice Rivlin, Ph.D.,
Potential Government Director, OMB; Hon. Walter
Shutdown'' (Joint E. Dellinger, Assistant
House & Senate). Attorney General, Dept. of
Justice.
1996 hearings--second session
Date Title Witnesses
2/3/96............ ``Balancing the Federal FIELD HEARING, Concord, New
Budget''. Hampshire.
3/5/96............ ``Federalism''......... Hon. Becky Norton Dunlop,
Secretary of Natural
Resources, Commonwealth of
VA; Nelson Lund, Professor
of Law, George Mason
University School of Law;
Steven D. Gold, Ph.D.,
Senior Fellow, The Urban
Institute.
3/7/96............ ``Corporate Welfare''.. Stephen Moore, Director,
Fiscal Policy Studies CATO
Institute; Robert
Greenstein, Executive
Director, Center on Budget
& Policy Priorities;
Robert Shapiro, Vice
President, The Progressive
Policy Institute; Hon.
Beau Boulter, Chairman,
Capitol Watch.
3/13/96........... ``The Erosion of the June E. O'Neill, Ph.D.,
American Dream: Director, Congressional
Generational Budget Office; Paul
Accounting and Why Posner, Director, Federal
Current Government Budget Issues, General
Spending Trends are Accounting Office;
Unsustainable''. Laurence J. Kotlikoff,
Professor of Economics,
Boston University; Neil
Howe, Economist, Author,
Historian.
3/21/96........... President Clinton's FY Hon. Alice M. Rivlin,
97 Budget Submission. Ph.D., Director, Office of
Management and Budget.
3/22/96........... Members' Day........... Hon. Ike Skelton (D-MO);
Hon. George Gekas (R-PA);
Hon. Jim Longley (R-ME);
Hon. Charles Rangel (D-
NY); Hon. Gil Gutknecht (R-
MN); Hon. Dick Chrysler (R-
MI); Hon. Joe Barton (R-
TX); Hon. Bernie Sanders
(I-VT); Hon. John Tanner
(D-TN); Hon. Collin
Peterson (D-MN); Hon. L.F.
Payne (D-VA); Hon.
Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY);
Hon. Elizabeth Furse (D-
OR); Hon. Scott Klug (R-
WI); Hon. Pat Danner (D-
MO); Hon. Lane Evans (D-
IL); Hon. Steny Hoyer (D-
MD); Hon. Porter Goss (R-
FL); Hon. John Ensign (R-
NV); Hon. Jon Christensen
(R-NE); Hon. Peter
Torkildsen (R-MA); Hon.
Sam Johnson (R-TX); Hon.
Sue Kelly (R-NY); Hon.
Connie Morella (R-MD);
Hon. Mike Crapo (R-ID);
Hon. John Spratt (D-SC).
3/27/96........... ``Prospects for Hon. Alan Greenspan,
Economic Growth''. Chairman, Federal Reserve
Board.
3/28/96........... ``The Implications of Hon. Bud Shuster (R-PA),
Taking the Chairman, Transportation
Transportation Trust and Infrastructure
Funds Off-Budget''. Committee; Hon. James L.
Oberstar (D-MN), Ranking
Democrat Member,
Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee;
Hon. Bob Livingston (R-
LA), Chairman,
Appropriations Committee;
Hon. Frank R. Wolf (R-VA),
Chairman, Appropriations
Subcommittee on
Transportation; Hon.
Ronald D. Coleman (D-TX),
Ranking Democrat Member,
Appropriations
Subcommittee on
Transportation; Allen
Schick, Visiting Fellow
Brookings Institution;
David Luberoff, Assistant
Director, Taubman Center,
Kennedy School of Gov't,
Harvard University.
4/17/96........... Economic & Budget June E. O'Neill, Ph.D.,
Outlook. Director Congressional
Budget Office.
4/26/96........... Students' Perspectives FIELD HEARING, Villanova
on the Budget. University, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
7/11/96........... ``How Did We Get Here James L. Blum, Deputy
From There? The Director, Congressional
Evolution of the Budget Office; Susan J.
Budget Process'' (1st Irving, Assoc. Director
of a series). for Federal Budget Issues,
GAO.
7/17/96........... (2nd of above series).. John F. Cogan, Ph.D.,
Senior Fellow, Hoover
Institute; Richard L.
Kogan, Senior Fellow,
Center on Budget & Policy
Priorities; Timothy J.
Muris, Foundation
Professor, George Mason
University School of Law.
8/1/96............ (3rd of above series).. Hon. Chris Cox (R-CA); Hon.
Charles Stenholm (D-TX);
Hon. Joe Barton (D-TX);
Hon. Bill Orton (D-UT);
Hon. Nick Smith (R-MI);
Hon. Mike Crapo (R-ID);
Hon. Mike Castle (R-DE);
Hon. Peter Visclosky (D-
IN); Hon. Ben Cardin (D-
MD); Hon. Steve Horn (R-
CA); Hon. Steve Largent (R-
OK); Hon. Mark Neumann (R-
WI).
GAO Reports Requested by the Budget Committee
The following is a list of General Accounting Office (GAO)
reports issued at the request of the chairman of the Budget
Committee during the 104th Congress. This list does not include
the further utilization of GAO resources and services in
studying government spending, such as requests for reports that
are still pending or requests for information on a less formal
or more timely basis.
1. Child Support Enforcement: States' Experience with
Private Agencies' Collection of Support Payments (HEHS-97-11).
2. Air Force Bombers: Options to Retire or Restructure the
Force Would Reduce Planned Spending (NSIAD-96-192).
3. Weapons of Mass Destruction: Status of the Cooperative
Threat Reduction Program (NSIAD-96-222).
4. World Bank: U.S. Interests Supported, but Oversight
Needed to Help Ensure Improved Performance (NSIAD-96-212).
5. U.S. Information Agency: Options for Addressing Possible
Budget Reductions (NSIAD-96-179).
6. 1997 DOD Budget: Potential Reductions to Operation and
Maintenance Program (NSIAD-96-220).
7. Defense Acquisition Infrastructure: Changes in RDT&E
Laboratories and Centers (NSIAD-96-221BR).
8. State Department: Options for Addressing Possible Budget
Reductions (NSIAD-96-124).
9. Statistical Agencies: A Comparison of the U.S. and
Canadian Statistical Systems (GGD-96-142).
10. NPR Savings Estimates (GGD/AIMD-96-149R).
11. Statistical Agencies: Statutory Requirements (GGD-96-
106).
12. Budget Process: Evolution and Challenges (T-AIMD-96-
129).
13. Federal Statistics: Principal Statistical Agencies'
Missions and Funding (GGD-96-107).
14. Water Quality: A Catalog of Related Federal Programs
(RCED-96-173).
15. Forest Service's Financial Data Limitations (RCED-96-
198R).
16. ARS' Research Activities (RCED-96-153R).
17. Management Reform: Completion Status of Agency Actions
Under the National Performance Review (GGD-96-94).
18. Public Education: Issues Involving Single-Gender
Schools and Programs (HEHS-96-122).
19. Commodity Programs: Freedom-to-Farm Approach Will
Reduce USDA's Personnel Costs (RCED-96-116).
20. Federal Land Use (RCED-96-139R).
21. Air Force Aircraft: Consolidating Fighter Squadrons
Could Reduce Costs (NSIAD-96-82).
22. DOE's Success Stories Report (RCED-96-120R).
23. Defense Infrastructure: Budget Estimates for 1996-2001
Offer Little Savings for Modernization (NSIAD-96-131).
24. Economic Development: Limited Information Exists on the
Impact of Assistance Provided by Three Agencies (RCED-96-103).
25. Lands Managed by the Corps of Engineers (RCED-96-101R).
26. DOD Training: Opportunities Exist to Reduce the
Training Infrastructure (NSIAD-96-93).
27. DOD Bulk Fuel: Services' Fuel Requirements Could Be
Reduced and Funds Used for other Purposes (NSIAD-96-96).
28. National Export Strategy (NSIAD-96-132R).
29. Budgeting for Federal Insurance (AIMD-96-73R).
30. Army National Guard: Validate Requirements for Combat
Forces and Size Those Forces Accordingly (NSIAD-96-63).
31. Budget Issues: Deficit Reduction and the Long Term (T-
AIMD-96-66).
32. Federal R&D Laboratories (RCED/NSIAD-96-78R).
33. Head Start: Information on Federal Funds Unspent by
Program Grantees (HEHS-96-64).
34. Former Soviet Union: Information on U.S. Bilateral
Program Funding (NSIAD-96-37).
35. Child Support Enforcement: States and Localities Move
to Privatized Services (HEHS-96-43FS).
36. Defense Acquisition Organizations: Changes in Cost and
Size of Civilian Workforce (NSIAD-96-46).
37. 1996 DOD Budget: Potential Reductions to Operation and
Maintenance Programs (NSIAD-95-200BR).
38. Future Years Defense Program: 1996 Program Is
Considerably Different From the 1995 Program (NSIAD-95-213).
39. Deficit Reduction: Opportunities to Address Long-
Standing Government Performance Issues (T-OCG-95-6).
40. Budget Trends: Obligations by Item of Expense, Fiscal
Years 1971-1994 (AIMD-95-227).
41. Tennessee Valley Authority: Financial Problems Raise
Questions About Long-term Viability (AIMD/RCED-95-134).
42. Budget Issues: Earmarking in the Federal Government
(AIMD-95-216FS).
43. Medicaid: Local Contributions (HEHS-95-215R).
44. Economic Development Programs (RCED-95-251R).
45. Depot Maintenance: Some Funds Intended for Maintenance
Are Used for Other Purposes (NSIAD-95-124).
46. Weapons of Mass Destruction: Reducing the Threat From
the Former Soviet Union: An Update (NSIAD-95-165).
47. HMO Enrollment Data (HEHS-95-159R).
48. Medicare Hospital Payments (HEHS-95-158R).
49. Michigan Financing Arrangements (HEHS-95-146R).
50. Peace Operations: Estimated Fiscal Year 1995 Costs to
the United States (NSIAD-95-138BR).
51. Defense Programs and Spending: Need for Reforms (T-
NSIAD-95-149).
52. The Deficit and the Economy: An Update of Long-Term
Simulations (AIMD/OCE-95-119).
53. Multilateral Development Banks: Financial Condition of
the African Development Bank (NSIAD-95-143BR).
54. Defense Sector: Trends in Employment and Spending
(NSIAD-95-105BR).
55. Budget Issues: Fiscal Year 1994 Budget Estimates and
Actual Results (AIMD-95-109).
56. Multilateral Development: World Bank Reforms on
Schedule But Difficult Work Remains (NSIAD-95-131BR).
57. Medicaid: Spending Pressures Drive States Toward
Program Reinvention (HEHS-95-122).
58. Medicaid: Spending Pressures Drive States Toward
Program Reinvention (T-HEHS-95-129).
59. Medicaid: Restructuring Approaches Leave Many Questions
(HEHS-95-103).
60. Housing and Urban Development: Reinvention and Budget
Issues (T-RCED-95-112).
61. Multiple Teacher Training Programs: Information on
Budgets, Services, and Target Groups (HEHS-95-71FS).
62. DOD Budget: Selected Categories of Planned Funding for
Fiscal Years 1995-99 (NSIAD-95-92).
63. Multiple Employment Training Programs: Information
Crosswalk on 163 Employment Training Programs (HEHS-95-85FS).
64. Peace Operations: Information on U.S. and U.N.
Activities (NSIAD-95-102BR).
65. Bottom-Up Review: Analysis of Key DOD Assumptions
(NSIAD-95-56).
66. Compliance Report on Gramm-Rudman-Hollings for FY96
Budget Cycle.
Printed Committee Publications
reports
House Report 104-89--Discretionary Spending Reduction and
Control Act of 1995.
House Report 104-120--Concurrent Resolution on the Budget--
Fiscal Year 1996.
House Report 104-159--Conference Report on the Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 1996.
House Report 104-280--Seven-Year Balanced Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1995.
House Report 104-350--Conference Report on the Balanced Budget
Act of 1995.
House Report 104-499--Adverse Report on the Truth in Budgeting
Act.
House Report 104-575--Concurrent Resolution on the Budget--
Fiscal Year 1997.
House Report 104-612--Conference Report on the Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 1997.
House Report 104-651--Welfare and Medicaid Reform Act of 1996.
House Report 104-725--Conference Report on the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996.
printed hearings
104-1--Joint House and Senate hearing on Congressional Budget
Cost Estimating, January 10, 1995.
104-2--How to Cut the Federal Budget, field hearings, Columbus,
OH, January 21, 1995; Prescott, AZ, January 28, 1995;
Columbia, SC, February 4, 1995; Manville, NJ, February
11, 1995; Billings, MT, February 18, 1995.
104-3--Hearing on Budget and Economic Outlook, January 31,
1995.
104-4--President Clinton's Fiscal Year 1996 Budget, February 7,
9, and 10, 1995.
104-5--The 1996 Budget for the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, February 22 and 23, 1995.
104-6--Privatization, February 28 and March 1, 1995.
104-7--Economic Forecasts and the Roles of Deficit Reduction
and Productivity, March 7 and 8, 1995.
104-8--Fiscal Year 1996 Budget Proposal for the U.S. Department
of Commerce, March 9, 1995.
104-9--Saving Medicare: Lessons From the Private Sector, March
21 and 22, 1995.
104-10--Corporate Restructuring and Downsizing, March 23, 1995.
104-11--The Perspective of State and Local Governments and the
Impact of Federal Regulation, March 29, 1995.
104-12--Members' Day, March 30, 1995.
104-13--Growth in Medicaid Spending, April 4, 1995.
104-14--National Defense, April 27, 1995.
104-15--Impact of Federal Regulation on State and Local
Governments, May 2, 1995.
104-16--The Administration's Budget Proposals, August 3, 1995.
104-17--Longstanding Government Performance Issues, September
13, 1995.
104-175 (Senate)--Joint House and Senate hearing on Effects of
Potential Government Shutdown, September 19, 1995.
104-18--Balancing the Budget: Where Do We Go From Here? Field
hearing, Concord, NH, February 3, 1996.
104-19--Federalism, March 5, 1996.
104-20--Corporate Welfare, March 7, 1996.
104-21--The Erosion of the American Dream, March 13, 1996.
104-22--President Clinton's Fiscal Year 1997 Budget, March 21,
1996.
104-23--Members' Day, March 22, 1996.
104-24--Prospects for Economic Growth, March 27, 1996.
104-25--Implications of Taking the Transportation Trust Funds
Off-Budget, March 28, 1996.
104-26--The Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 1997-
2006, April 17, 1996.
104-27--Today's Students and the American Dream: Their
Concerns, Their Solutions, field hearing, Villanova
University, April 26, 1996.
104-28--How Did We Get Here From There, July 11, 17, and August
1, 1996.
committee prints
CP-2--Views and Estimates of Committees of the House on the
Congressional Budget for Fiscal Year 1996, March 1995.
CP-3--The Seven-Year Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of
1995, an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute for
H.R. 2491, October 20, 1995.
CP-4--Views and Estimates of Committees of the House on the
Congressional Budget for Fiscal Year 1997, May 1996.
CP-5--Compilation of Laws Relating to the Congressional Budget
Process, December 1996.
budget committee majority publications list
These publications were made available to the public by the
Republican caucus of the Budget Committee but were not
officially adopted by the committee and therefore may not
reflect the views of all its members.
CP-1--It's Not the Money, It's the Principle--Restoring the
Right Debate About a Balanced Budget Amendment. A white
paper, January 23, 1995.
Less Than Meets the Eye--The Clinton Administration's
``Reinvention Blueprint'' for the Department of Housing
and Urban Development. A white paper, February 22,
1995.
Could a Free Market Work Here?--The Virtues of Privatization. A
white paper, March 2, 1995.
Background on the Budget--An Overview of Major Budget
Procedures. March 27, 1995.
FY 1996 Budget Resolution--Conference Background. Done jointly
by the majority staffs of the House and Senate Budget
Committees, June 1995.
Rhetoric Over Reality--How Clinton's Revised Spending Plan
Fails to Balance the Budget. A white paper, August 3,
1995.
A Primer on Continuing Resolutions and the Ceiling on the
Public Debt, September 8, 1995.
Budget Reconciliation for Fiscal Years 1996-2002--The Kasich
Substitute for H.R. 2491. A short summary, October 26,
1995.
Comparison of Provisions Between the Balanced Budget Act of
1995 and the Clinton Administration's Budget Options--A
Side-by-Side Presentation. Done jointly by the majority
staffs of the House and Senate Budget Committees,
December 5, 1995.
There He Goes Again . . . More Misstatements, Distortions, and
Contradictions From President Bill Clinton. January 24,
1996.
The Deja Vu Budget--Haven't We Heard All This Before? February
5, 1996.
Response to the President--Rebuttals to President Clinton's 82
Reasons for Vetoing the Balanced Budget Act of 1995.
February 29, 1996.
Election-Year Makeover--Clinton's Lemon Budget for Fiscal Year
1997. March 20, 1996.
The Seven Deadly Sins of Alice Rivlin's Testimony, March 21,
1996.
Conference Agreement on the Budget for Fiscal Year 1997 (H.
Con. Res. 178)--A Side-by-Side Summary. Done jointly by
the majority staffs of the House and Senate Budget
Committees, June 11, 1996.
Taking Credit for the Dawn--The President's Claims versus
Congress' Deficit Reduction Record. October 1, 1996.
Who Really Worked to Balance the Budget--The 104th Congress vs.
the Clinton Administration: A Final Chronology. October
4, 1996.
Why the Deficit Has Declined--The President's Rhetoric versus
Congress' Deficit Reduction Record. October 10, 1996.
Trying to Have It Both Ways--The President's Rhetoric versus
Congress' Deficit Reduction Record. October 28, 1996.
budget committee minority publications list
These publications were made available to the public by the
Democratic caucus of the Budget Committee but were not
officially adopted by the committee and therefore may not
reflect the views of all its members.
Digging the Deficit Hole Deeper--An Analysis of the ``Contract
With America'' Tax Cuts. April 4, 1995.
The Republican 1996 Budget Plan--Impact on Discretionary
Spending. May 15, 1996.
The Republican 1996 Budget Plan--Impact on Entitlements and
Mandatory Spending. May 15, 1995.
Budget Resolution Conference Agreement--Impact on Discretionary
Programs by Budget Function. June 27, 1995.
Budget Resolution Conference Agreement--Impact on Entitlement
Programs. June 27, 1995.
Budget Resolution Conference Agreement--Revenue Provisions.
June 27, 1995.
Overview--1996 Budget Conference Agreement. June 28, 1996.
The 1995 Reconciliation Bill--A Procedural Mess. October 10,
1995.
1995 Budget Reconciliation--The Most Recent Gingrich-Kasich
Substitute. October 24, 1995.
The 1995 Reconciliation Conference Agreement--The Republican
Budget Agreement. November 28, 1995.
Overview of President Clinton's FY 1997 Budget. March 19, 1996.
The 1997 Republican Budget--Deja Vu All Over Again. May 14,
1996.
The Conference Agreement on the 1997 Budget Resolution--Deja Vu
All Over Again. May 14, 1996.
1996 Budget Reconciliation--Welfare Reform Conference Report.
August 1, 1996.
The Dole Budget Plan. August 15, 1996.
Budgeting in the 104th Congress--Frenetic Activity, Few
Results. September 25, 1996.