[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.

                                
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