[House Report 109-750]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Union Calendar No. 452
109th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Report 109-750
ACTIVITIES
and
SUMMARY REPORT
of the
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
One Hundred Ninth Congress
(Pursuant to House Rule XI, Cl. 1.(d))
January 2, 2007.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
JIM NUSSLE, Iowa, Chairman
JIM RYUN, Kansas JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South
ANDER CRENSHAW, Florida Carolina,
ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida Ranking Minority Member
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi DENNIS MOORE, Kansas
KENNY C. HULSHOF, Missouri RICHARD E. NEAL, Massachusetts
JO BONNER, Alabama ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey CHET EDWARDS, Texas
J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina HAROLD E. FORD, Jr., Tennessee
THADDEUS G. McCOTTER, Michigan LOIS CAPPS, California
MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida BRIAN BAIRD, Washington
JEB HENSARLING, Texas JIM COOPER, Tennessee
DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California ARTUR DAVIS, Alabama
PETE SESSIONS, Texas WILLIAM J. JEFFERSON, Louisiana
PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho ED CASE, Hawaii
JEB BRADLEY, New Hampshire CYNTHIA McKINNEY, Georgia
PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina HENRY CUELLAR, Texas
CONNIE MACK, Florida ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania
K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas RON KIND, Wisconsin
CHRIS CHOCOLA, Indiana
JOHN CAMPBELL, California
Professional Staff
James T. Bates, Chief of Staff
Thomas S. Kahn, Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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Committee on the Budget,
Washington, DC, January 2, 2007.
Hon. Karen L. Haas,
Clerk of the House, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Ms. Haas: 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 109th Congress.
Sincerely,
Jim Nussle,
Chairman.
C O N T E N T S
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Page
Letter of Transmittal............................................ III
Jurisdiction and Functions of the Committee...................... 1
Summary of Committee Activities.................................. 2
Summary of Activities in the 109th Congress:.....................
Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Cycle................................ 2
Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Cycle................................ 5
Other Legislative Activities................................. 6
Budget Enforcement........................................... 7
Oversight Activities......................................... 8
Legislative History of Measures on Which Action Was Taken........ 9
Bills and Resolutions Referred to Committee...................... 16
Committee Publications:..........................................
Committee Reports............................................ 19
Committee Hearings........................................... 19
House Budget Committee Majority Caucus Publications.......... 21
House Budget Committee Minority Caucus Publications.......... 24
Union Calendar No. 452
109th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 109-750
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ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
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January 2, 2006.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Nussle of Iowa, from the Committee on the Budget, submitted the
following:
R E P O R T
Jurisdiction and Functions of the Committee
The Committee on the Budget was established by the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The committee has been
responsible for developing and reporting the annual
congressional budget resolution, for assembling and reporting
any reconciliation legislation required by that resolution, and
working on the congressional budget process. In the 105th
Congress, its jurisdiction was expanded to include budget
process, generally.
The main 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 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 an omnibus legislative package--without making
any substantive revisions--for consideration by the House. The
Budget Committee not only has jurisdiction over budget
resolutions and reconciliation bills, it has legislative
jurisdiction over major elements of the budget process and
various statutory controls over the Federal budget.
When the House of Representatives adopted Rules 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. In adopting
the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 105th
Congress (H. Res. 5) on January 7, 1997, the Budget Committee
extended its legislative jurisdiction even further to cover not
only the congressional budget process but all budget process in
general. The committee's jurisdictional statement, House Rule
X, clause 1(d), now reads as follows:
(1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in
section 3(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), other
matters required to be referred to the committee under titles
III and IV of that Act, and other measures setting forth
appropriate levels of budget totals for the United States
Government.
(2) Budget process generally.
(3) Establishment, extension, and enforcement of special
controls over the Federal budget, including the budgetary
treatment of off-budget Federal agencies and measures providing
exemption from reduction under any order issued under part C of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Under subparagraph (d)(1), the Budget Committee has
exclusive jurisdiction over both budgetary levels and budgetary
concepts. And under subparagraph (d)(2), the Budget Committee
has primary jurisdiction over the budget process, as well as,
secondary jurisdiction over purely procedural aspects of the
congressional budget process. Finally under subparagraph
(d)(3), the Budget Committee has exclusive 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, including the sequestration process.
In addition to its legislative duties, the Budget Committee
continues to have 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.
Summary of Activities
FISCAL YEAR 2006 BUDGET CYCLE
The committee began consideration of the congressional
budget for fiscal year 2006 on March 9, 2005, with the markup
of the Fiscal Year 2006 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, H.
Con. Res. 95. Out of 25 amendments offered, only 1 was adopted.
Mr. Bradley offered an amendment to increase spending
levels of function 700 to reflect higher funding for
discretionary Veterans' programs; and decrease funding in
function 150 to reflect lower funding for international aid
programs. The amendment offered by Mr. Bradley was agreed to by
a voice vote.
The report accompanying House Concurrent Resolution 95,
House Report 109-17, was filed on March 11, 2005. The Committee
on Rules reported a rule (H. Res. 154, H. Rept. 109-19)
providing for the consideration of the concurrent budget
resolution. The rule provided for a period of debate not to
exceed five hours, with four hours of general debate confined
to the congressional budget equally divided and controlled by
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on
the Budget and one hour of general debate on the subject of
economic goals and policies equally divided and controlled by
Representative Saxton of New Jersey and Representative Maloney
of New York or their designees. After the debate, no further
consideration of the budget resolution would be in order except
pursuant to a subsequent order of the House. The rule provided
that after passage of H. Con. Res. 95, it shall be in order to
consider in the House, S. Con. Res. 18, to move to strike all
after the resolving clause of S. Con. Res. 18, and to insert
the provisions of H. Con. Res. 95 as passed by the House.
The rule allowed the consideration of three alternative
budgets: the Watt Congressional Black Caucus Substitute; the
Hensarling Republican Study Committee Substitute; and the
Spratt Democratic Substitute. H. Res. 154 was passed by the
House on March 16, 2005.
Under the terms of H. Res. 154, the House began
consideration of H. Con. Res. 95 on March 16, 2005. All three
alternative budgets made in order were defeated on recorded
votes; and the budget resolution was agreed to by a recorded
vote (218-214). The House passed bill instructed nine
authorizing committees to achieve a reduction in mandatory
outlays of approximately $69 billion over the fiscal year 2006-
2010 period and for the Committee on Ways and Means to achieve
changes in revenue of $45 billion over the same period.
On April 4, 2005, the Senate struck all after the Enacting
Clause and substituted the language of S. Con. Res. 18 amended.
The resolution, with an amendment, was agreed to in the Senate
by unanimous consent. The House agreed to a conference with the
Senate on the budget resolution. The conference committee met
on April 27, 2005. The conferees agreed to a conference report,
H. Rept. 109-62. The House agreed to the conference report on
April 28, 2005, by a recorded vote (214-211) and the Senate
agreed to the conference report that same day by a recorded
vote (52-47). Section 201 of the conference report set forth
reconciliation instructions for eight committees to slow the
growth of mandatory spending in programs within their
jurisdiction by instructing the following: the House Committee
on Agriculture to propose changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the level of direct spending for that
committee by $173,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2006 and
$3,000,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years 2006 through
2010; the House Committee on Education and the Workforce to propose
changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the level
of direct spending for that committee by $992,000,000 in outlays for
fiscal years 2005 and 2006 and $12,651,000,000 in outlays for the
period of fiscal years 2005 through 2010; the House Committee on Energy
and Commerce to propose changes in laws within its jurisdiction
sufficient to reduce the level of direct spending for that committee by
$2,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2006 and $14,734,000,000 in
outlays for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010; the House
Committee on Financial Services to propose changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the level of direct spending for that
committee by $30,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2006 and
$470,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years 2006 through
2010; the House Committee on the Judiciary to propose changes in laws
within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the level of direct
spending for that committee by $60,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year
2006 and $300,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years 2006
through 2010; the House Committee on Resources to propose changes in
laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the level of direct
spending for that committee by $2,400,000,000 in outlays for the period
of fiscal years 2006 through 2010; the House Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure to propose changes in laws within its
jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the level of direct spending for that
committee by $12,000,000 in outlays for fiscal year 2006 and
$103,000,000 in outlays for the period of fiscal years 2006 through
2010, and the House Committee on Ways and Means to propose changes in
laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce the deficit by
$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and $1,000,000,000 for the period of
fiscal years 2006 through 2010. The House Committee on Ways and Means
was also instructed to report to the House a reconciliation bill not
later than September 23, 2005, that consists of changes in laws within
its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce revenues by not more than
$11,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and by not more than
$70,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, as
well as report to the House a reconciliation bill not later than
September 30, 2005, that consists solely of changes in laws within its
jurisdiction to increase the statutory debt limit by $781,000,000,000.
The conference agreement for H. Con. Res. 95 provided for changes in
mandatory outlays of approximately $35 billion; changes in revenues of
$70 billion and a change in the statutory debt limit of $781 billion
over the FY2006-FY2010 period.
Chairman Nussle introduced H.R. 4241, the Deficit Reduction
Act of 2005 on November 7, 2005 which pursuant to H. Con. Res.
95 (congressional budget resolution for fiscal year 2006)
provided for submissions to slow the growth in mandatory
spending and to achieve deficit reduction by the following
House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Education and the
Workforce; (3) Energy and Commerce; (4) Financial Services; (5)
the Judiciary; (6) Resources; (7) Transportation and
Infrastructure; and (8) Ways and Means. On November 18, 2005 by
a recorded vote (217-215), the House agreed to H.R. 4241, as
amended. The Senate considered the companion reconciliation
bill, S. 1932, on November 1, 2, and 3, 2005; finally agreeing
to the bill on November 3 by a recorded vote (52-47). The bill
became Public Law 109-171 when the President signed the bill on
February 8, 2006 providing for mandatory savings of
approximately $39 billion over the fiscal year 2006-2010
period.
FISCAL YEAR 2007 BUDGET CYCLE
The congressional budget cycle commenced on March 29, 2006,
with the markup of the Fiscal Year 2007 Concurrent Resolution
on the Budget, H. Con. Res. 376. Out of 23 amendments offered,
only 3 were adopted. Mr. Bradley offered an amendment to
increase spending levels of function 700 to reflect higher
funding for discretionary Veterans' programs; and decrease
funding in function 150 to reflect lower funding for
international aid programs. The amendment offered by Mr.
Bradley was agreed to by a voice vote.
Mr. Cooper offered an amendment that expressed the sense of
the Congress that the determination of the congressional budget
for the United States and the President's budget request should
include consideration of the financial report of the U.S.
Government. Mr. Cooper's amendment was agreed to.
Mr. McCotter offered an amendment that added a sense of
Congress that any revenue increases achieved through recovery
of taxes legally owed to the U.S. Treasury, but not actually
paid (the so-called ``tax gap'')--shall be dedicated entirely
to reducing the deficit and the accumulated debt, and to
financing additional spending.
The report accompanying House Concurrent Resolution 376,
House Report 109-402, was filed on March 31, 2006. The
Committee on Rules reported a rule (H. Res. 766) providing for
the consideration of the concurrent budget resolution. The rule
provided four hours for general debate, with three hours of
general debate confined to the congressional budget equally
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on the Budget and one hour of general
debate on the subject of economic goals and policies equally
divided and controlled by Representative Saxton of New Jersey
and Representative Maloney of New York or their designees. The
House passed H. Res. 766 on April 5, 2006.
The Committee on Rules reported an additional rule (H. Res.
817) which provided that the Manager's amendment printed in
Part A of the report of the Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 109-
468) be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee
of the Whole. The Manager's Amendment provided for a
discretionary emergency reserve of $6.45 billion for natural
disasters, taking into account enactment of the pending
supplemental and based on a realistic average of emergency
designated spending in prior years (excluding highs and lows).
The amount represented an increase from the $4.3 billion
estimate in the committee reported resolution, which was based
on 10 accounts most commonly associated with emergency spending
(e.g. wildland firefighting, FEMA disaster relief, SBA disaster
loans, ACOE Flood Control). The adjustment accommodated
additional emergency effects in other accounts--such as
international relief efforts, Federal Highway Administration
emergency relief, and refugee assistance. Emergency
appropriations above the reserve would be subject to a Budget
Committee vote to raise the applicable limits. The amendment
provided a deficit-neutral reserve fund of $3.1 billion for
Labor-HHS, education, and other domestic priorities, should
savings be achieved elsewhere. It stipulated that there will be
no separate reserve in fiscal year 2007 for avian flu, because
the funding will be provided in fiscal year 2006. The deadline
for submission of reconciliation legislation was rescheduled to
June 9, 2006. The amendment also adjusted certain budget levels
to be consistent with the changes above. The rule also allowed
the consideration of three alternative budgets: the Watt
Congressional Black Caucus Substitute; the Hensarling
Republican Study Committee Substitute; and the Spratt
Democratic Substitute. The House passed H. Res. 817 on May 17,
2006.
The House began consideration of H. Con. Res. 376 on May
17, 2006. All three alternative budgets made in order were
defeated; and, the budget resolution was agreed to by a
recorded vote (218-210). On March 10, 2006, the Senate reported
S. Con. Res. 83 without written report. The Senate began
consideration of S. Con. Res. 83 on March 13, 2006 and agreed
to the resolution with amendments on March 16, 2006 by a
recorded vote (51-49). The House and Senate were not able to
agree to a budget resolution for fiscal year 2007. As a result,
the Congress never adopted the budget resolution for fiscal
year 2007.
On May 18, 2006 the House agreed to H. Res. 818, the rule
which provided for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5386) making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment,
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2007, and for other purposes. Included in H. Res. 818 was a
provision that upon passage of the rule, deemed the entire
House-passed budget resolution to be in force, governing all
spending bills that were brought to the House. In effect, the
House adopted a final budget. The Senate established
discretionary spending limits by attaching its deeming
resolution to the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for
FY2006 (H.R. 4939), which became law (P.L. 109-234) on June 15,
2006. This meant that congressional budget controls under the
Budget Act could be enforced.
OTHER LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES
H. Res. 5, the organizing resolution
The organizing resolution (H. Res. 5) adopted by the House
on January 4, 2005 at the commencement of the One Hundred Ninth
Congress contained provisions related to the congressional
budget process. It modified the composition of the Committee on
the Budget to permit one Member to be designated by (currently,
from) the elected leadership of the majority party and one
Member to be designated by (currently, from) the elected
leadership of the minority party. The resolution also contained
several provisions relating to the enforcement of the
Congressional Budget that were continued from the 108th
Congress. The first provision provided that references in
section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to
resolutions shall be construed in the House of Representatives
as references to a joint resolution. The second provision
provided that section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 apply to manager's amendments made in order and deemed to
be original text by operation of a special rule. The third
provision provided that the establishment for a Federal office
or position a specified or minimum level of compensation to be
funded by annual discretionary appropriations shall not be
considered as providing new entitlement authority within the
meaning of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The resolution
stated that provisions of the conference report of S. Con. Res.
95 (budget ``deeming'' resolution) in the 108th Congress shall
have effect in the 109th Congress until a concurrent resolution
for FY 2007 is adopted.
On June 14, 2006, the Committee on the Budget considered
H.R. 4890 (originally introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan on March 7,
2006), a bill to amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974 to provide for theexpedited consideration
of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority. The committee
ordered the bill reported. On June 16, 2006, Chairman Nussle reported
H.R. 4890, as amended, to the House (H. Rept. 109-505, Part I). The
Committee on Rules, which had secondary jurisdiction over H.R. 4890,
reported the bill to the House on June 19, 2006 (H. Rept. 109-505, Part
II). H.R. 4980 was passed in the House by recorded vote (247-172) on
June 22, 2006.
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users
On May 26, 2005, the House agreed to go to conference with
the Senate on the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, H.R. 3. Three
Members of the Budget Committee were appointed by the Speaker
as representatives of the Budget Committee--Jim Nussle, Mario
Diaz-Balart, and John M. Spratt, Jr.--for the consideration of
sections 8001-8003 of the House bill and Title III of the
Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference.
H.R. 3 (enacted as Public Law 109-59 on August 10, 2005)
authorizes appropriations through FY2009 for highway programs
out of the Highway Trust Fund, authorizes appropriations for
FY2005-FY2009 for highway safety programs, revises requirements
for the development and revitalization of U.S. public
transportation systems, amends federal transportation law to
authorize appropriations for FY2005-FY2009 for motor carrier
safety, authorizes appropriations for FY2005-FY2009 for
research and amends federal highway law to revise metropolitan
planning requirements. It also includes provisions for:
hazardous materials transportation; transportation
discretionary spending guarantee; rail transportation;
miscellaneous provisions and highway reauthorization and excise
tax simplification.
BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
Under Chairman Nussle's leadership, the committee worked
diligently to enforce the budget in the 109th Congress.
Committee staff monitored all legislation prepared for
consideration on the House floor for spending and revenue
implications. By working with authorizing and appropriations
committee staff, the Rules Committee and House leadership,
legislation that would have violated the budget was often
amended to avoid conflicts with the budget or dropped from
House floor consideration altogether. Chairman Nussle
consistently objected to legislation brought before the House
that violated the budget.
To further educate Members of Congress and their staff on
the budgetary implications of the bills to be considered by
Congress, the committee continued the use of ``Budget Week.''
Budget Week, a majority committee staff report which began in
May 2001, reported on the budgetary implications of each bill
scheduled for consideration in a given week. A green, yellow,
and red flag system enabled Members to quickly identify bills
that violated the Budget Act. In the 109th Congress, the
committee released 52 ``Budget Weeks.''
In addition to ``Budget Week,'' the committee also produced
more in depth reports on appropriations and on other bills with
significant budgetary implications. The committee released 38
``Appropriations Updates'' and 16 ``Economic Updates.''
OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES
The Budget Committee's oversight responsibilities are
determined by both the breadth of the Federal budget and the
relatively narrow focus of its legislative jurisdiction. Under
clause 1(d)(1) of House Rule X, the primary responsibility of
the Budget Committee is the development of a concurrent budget
resolution that sets spending and revenue levels in aggregate
and across 20 budget functions. These budget functions
encompass all Federal programs or activities other than those
that are defined as off-budget, such as Social Security and the
Postal Service, and those that are considered nonbudgetary,
such as the Federal Reserve.
Although the subject matter of the budget is inherently
broad, the committee's formal oversight responsibility focuses
on law governing the budget process and the agencies
responsible for administering elements of those laws. Under
clauses 1(d)(2) and (3) of House Rule X, the major laws falling
within its oversight are the Budget and Accounting Act of 1920,
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and the Emergency
Balanced Budget and Deficit Control Act of 1985. The two
agencies with primary responsibility for administering elements
of these laws and hence which fall under the committee's
jurisdiction are the Office of Management and Budget and the
Congressional Budget Office. In addition to these general
oversight responsibilities, the Budget Committee has the
special oversight responsibility under clause 3 of House Rule X
to study the effect of budget outlays of existing and proposed
legislation and to request and evaluate continuing studies of
tax expenditures.
The committee met on February 2, 2005, to organize for the
109th Congress. In addition to adopting rules of procedure for
the committee, the committee also adopted a written oversight
plan. The oversight plan called for the committee to hold
hearings in the process of developing the annual concurrent
budget resolutions. The committee planned to receive testimony
from Members of Congress, Cabinet-level and other Federal
officials, State and local officials, and expert witnesses to
review the President's budget submissions and other
alternatives to programs and activities. The committee plan
called for continuous assessment of the performance of Federal
agencies in both administration and service delivery by
reviewing performance data in the President's budget
submissions and the relevant reports and audits of the General
Accounting Office and the Offices of the Inspectors General.
The oversight plan specifically called on the committee to
oversee the Office of Management and Budget's implementation of
budget submission, control, execution, and enforcement
procedures under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1920, the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the Budget Enforcement
Act of 1990, and other applicable laws. The oversight plan also
called for the evaluation and study of direct spending and tax
incentives policies and monetary policy and its effects on the
Federal budget.
In furtherance of the committee oversight plan, the
committee held 20 hearings in the 109th Congress. A list of the
hearings held and the witnesses questioned can be found under
the Committee Publications section of this report.
During the 109th Congress, the committee received three
General Accounting Office reports pursuant to requests made by
the chairman:
1. February 2005, Health and Human Services' Estimate of
Health Care Cost Savings Resulting from the Use of Information
Technology, GAO-05-309R.
2. May 2005, Health Information Technology: HHS is Taking
Steps to Develop a National Strategy, GAO-05-628.
3. April 2006, Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Small but
Growing Enrollment Fueled by Rising Cost of Health Care
Coverage, GAO-06-514.
Legislative History of Measures on Which Action Was Taken
The following legislative measures were acted on by the
Committee on the Budget or contained provisions relating to the
congressional budget process.
H. RES. 5
Sponsor--Tom DeLay [TX-22].
Date Introduced--January 4, 2005.
Title--Adopting rules for the One Hundred Ninth Congress.
January 4, 2005--Point of order raised against the content
of the measure stating that certain proposals contained in the
resolution are not supported by Constitutional authority. The
Chair subsequently ruled that the point of order was not
recognizable and consideration of the resolution was subject to
a decision by the full House.
January 4, 2005--On motion to consider the resolution
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 224-192, 1 Present.
January 4, 2005--Considered as privileged matter.
January 4, 2005--On ordering the previous question Agreed
to by the Yeas and Nays: 222--196.
January 4, 2005--Motion to commit with instructions to a
select committee composed of the Majority Leader and the
Minority Leader.
January 4, 2005--The previous question on the motion to
commit with instructions was ordered without objection.
January 4, 2005--On motion to commit with instructions
Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 196--219.
January 4, 2005--On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by
the Yeas and Nays: 220--195.
January 4, 2005--Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
H. CON. RES. 95
Sponsor--Jim Nussle [IA-1].
Title--Establishing the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2006, revising
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2005, and
setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2007 through 2010.
March 11, 2005--The House Committee on The Budget reported
an original measure, H. Rept. 109-17, by Mr. Nussle.
March 11, 2005--Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No.
8.
March 15, 2005--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 154
Reported to House. Rule provided for consideration of H.Con.
Res. 95 with 5 hours of general debate. After passage of H.
Con. Res. 95, it shall be in order to consider in theHouse S.
Con. Res. 18; to move to strike all after the resolving clause of S.
Con. Res. 18 and to insert the provisions of H. Con. Res. 95, as passed
by the House.
March 16, 2005--Rule H. Res. 154 passed House.
March 16, 2005--Considered under the provisions of rule H.
Res. 154.
March 17, 2005--On motion that the Committee rise Failed by
recorded vote: 101--313, 1 Present (Roll no. 86).
March 17, 2005--The previous question was ordered pursuant
to the rule.
March 17, 2005--On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by
the Yeas and Nays: 218--214 (Roll no. 88).
March 17, 2005--Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
April 4, 2005--Received in the Senate.
April 4, 2005--Measure laid before Senate by unanimous
consent.
April 4, 2005--Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause
and substituted the language of S. Con. Res. 18 amended.
April 4, 2005--Resolution agreed to in Senate in lieu of S.
Con. Res. 18 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
April 4, 2005--Senate insisted on its amendment, asked for
a conference, appoints conferees Gregg; Domenici; Grassley;
Allard; Conrad; Sarbanes; Murray.
April 5, 2005--Message on Senate action sent to the House.
April 26, 2005--Mr. Nussle asked unanimous consent that the
House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a
conference.
April 26, 2005--On motion that the House disagree to the
Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without
objection.
April 26, 2005--Ms. Herseth moved that the House instruct
conferees.
April 26, 2005--The previous question was ordered without
objection.
April 26, 2005--On motion that the House instruct conferees
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 348--72 (Roll no. 134).
April 26, 2005--Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
April 26, 2005--The Speaker appointed conferees: Nussle,
Ryun (KS), and Spratt.
April 27, 2005--Conference held.
April 28, 2005--Conference report H. Rept. 109-62 filed.
April 28, 2005--Conferees agreed to file conference report.
April 28, 2005--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 248
Reported to House. Rule provided for consideration of the
conference report to H. Con. Res. 95.
April 28, 2005--Rule H. Res. 248 passed House.
April 28, 2005--Mr. Nussle brought up conference report H.
Rept. 109-62 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res.
248.
April 28, 2005--The previous question was ordered without
objection.
April 28, 2005--Motions to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
April 28, 2005--On agreeing to the conference report Agreed
to by the Yeas and Nays: 214--211 (Roll no. 149).
April 28, 2005--Conference papers: Senate report and
manager's statement and message on House action held at the
desk in Senate.
April 28, 2005--Conference report considered in Senate.
April 28, 2005--Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-
Nay Vote. 52--47.
H. CON. RES. 376
Sponsor--Jim Nussle [IA-1].
Title--Establishing the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2007 and setting
forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal
years 2008 through 2011.
March 31, 2006--The House Committee on the Budget reported
an original measure, H. Rept. 109-402, by Mr. Nussle.
March 31, 2006--Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No.
220.
April 5, 2006--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 766
reported to House. The rule provides for the consideration of
H. Con. Res. 376.
April 6, 2006--H. Res. 766 passed House.
April 6, 2006-H. Con. Res. 376 was considered under the
provisions of rule H. Res. 766.
May 17, 2006--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 817
reported to House. The rule provides for the consideration of
H. Con. Res. 376.
May 17, 2006--H. Res. 817 passed House.
May 17, 2006--The House resolved into Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for further
consideration.
May 17, 2006--The previous question was ordered pursuant to
the rule.
May 17, 2006-The House agreed to the resolution by the yeas
and nays: 218-210 (Roll No. 158).
H.J. RES. 68
Sponsor--Jerry Lewis [CA-41].
Date introduced--September 27, 2005.
September 28, 2005--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 469
reported to House. The rule provides for the consideration of
H.J.Res. 68.
September 29, 2005--H.Res. 469 passed House.
September 29, 2005--Motion to recommit with instructions to
Appropriations.
September 29, 2005--Point of order conceded and sustained
against the motion to recommit with instructions. The
provisions of the instructions in the motion to recommit exceed
the scope of the joint resolution.
September 29, 2005--On passage, passed by the yeas and
nays: 348-65.
September 30, 2005--Passed Senate without amendment by
Voice Vote.
September 30, 2005--Became Public Law No. 109-77.
H.R. 3645
Sponsor--Jerry Lewis [CA-41].
Date introduced--September 2, 2005.
Title--Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet
Immediate Needs Arising from the Consequences of
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
September 2, 2005--Considered under previous order of the
House.
September 2, 2005--Passed House by voice vote.
September 2, 2005--Passed Senate without amendment by
unanimous consent.
September 2, 2005--Became Public Law No. 109-61.
H.R. 3672
Sponsor--Jim McCrery [LA-4].
Date introduced--September 7, 2005.
Title--TANF Emergency Response and Recovery Act of 2005.
September 8, 2005--Considered under suspension of the
rules.
September 8, 2005--Passed House by voice vote.
September 15, 2005--Passed Senate without amendment by
unanimous consent.
September 21, 2005--Became Public Law No. 109-68.
H.R. 3673
Sponsor--Jerry Lewis [CA-41].
Date introduced--September 7, 2005.
Title--Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet
Immediate Needs Arising from the Consequences of
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
September 8, 2005--Considered under suspension of the
rules.
September 8, 2005--Passed House by yeas and nays: 410-11.
September 8, 2005--Passed Senate without amendment by yeas
and nays: 97-0.
September 8, 2005--Became Public Law No. 109-62.
H.R. 3768
Sponsor--Jim McCrery [LA-4].
Date introduced--September 14, 2005.
Title--Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005.
September 15, 2005--Considered under suspension of the
rules.
September 15, 2005--Passed House by voice vote.
September 15, 2005--Passed Senate with amendment by
unanimous consent.
September 21, 2005--House agreed to Senate amendment with
an amendment.
September 21, 2005--Senate agreed to amendment of the House
to the amendment of the Senate by Unanimous Consent.
September 23, 2005--Became Public Law No. 109-73.
H.R. 3863
Sponsor--Bobby Jindal [LA-1].
Date introduced--September 22, 2005.
Title--Natural Disaster Student Aid Fairness Act.
September 27, 2005--Considered under suspension of the
rules.
September 27, 2005--Passed House, amended, by voice vote.
September 30, 2005--Senate agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
October 7, 2005--Became Public Law No. 109-86.
H.R. 4241
Sponsor--Jim Nussle [IA-1].
Date introduced--November 7, 2005.
Title--Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
November 7, 2005--The House Budget Committee reported an
original measure, H.Rept. 109-276.
November 9, 2005--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 542
reported to House. The rule provides for the consideration of
H.R. 4241.
November 17, 2005--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 560
reported to House. The rule provides for the consideration of
H.R. 4241 and a specified amendment is in order, Sec. 3. After
passage of H.R. 4241, it shall be in order to consider S. 1932
in the House.
November 17, 2005--H.Res. 560 passed House.
November 18, 2005--Passed House by yeas and neas: 217-215.
S. 1932
Sponsor--Judd Gregg [NH].
Date introduced--October 27, 2005.
Title--Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005.
October 27, 2005--The Senate Budget Committee reported an
original measure without written report.
November 3, 2005--Passed Senate with amendments by yeas and
neas: 52-47.
November 18, 2005--Mr. Nussle asked unanimous consent to
strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof
the provisions of H.R. 4241 as passed by the House.
December 14, 2005--Senate disagreed to the amendment of the
House and requested a conference by unanimous consent.
December 15, 2005--Senate appointed conferees. Gregg;
Domenici; Grassley; Enzi; Allard; Sessions; Stevens; Shelby;
Specter; Chambliss; McConnell; Conrad; Murray; Harkin;
Sarbanes; Inouye; Bingaman; Baucus; Kennedy; Leahy.
December 16, 2005--The House insisted on its amendment and
agreed to a conference.
December 16, 2005--The Speaker appointed conferees for
consideration of the Senate bill and House amendment: Nussle,
Ryun (KS), Crenshaw, Putnam, Wicker, Hulshof, Ryan (WI), Blunt,
DeLay, Spratt, Moore (KS), Neal (MA), DeLauro, Edwards, and
Ford.
December 16, 2005--The Speaker appointed conferees--from
the Committee on Agriculture for consideration of title I of
the Senate bill and title I of the House amendment, and
modifications committed to conference: Goodlatte, Lucas, and
Peterson (MN).
December 16, 2005--The Speaker appointed conferees--from
the Committee on Education and the Workforce for consideration
of title VII of the Senate bill and title II and subtitle C of
title III of the House amendment, and modifications committed
to conference: Boehner, McKeon, and Miller, George.
December 16, 2005--The Speaker appointed conferees--from
the Committee on Financial Services for consideration of title
II of the Senate bill and title IV of the House amendment, and
modifications committed to conference: Oxley, Bachus, and Frank
(MA).
December 16, 2005--The Speaker appointed conferees--from
the Committee on Energy and Commerce for consideration of title
III and title VI of the Senate bill and title III of the House
amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Barton
(TX), Deal (GA), and Dingell.
December 16, 2005: The Speaker appointed conferees provided
that Mr. Ney is appointed in lieu of Mr. Bachus for
consideration of subtitles C and D of title II of the Senate
bill and subtitle B of title IV of the House amendment.
December 16, 2005--The Speaker appointed conferees--from
the Committee on the Judiciary for consideration of title VIII
of the Senate bill and title V of the House amendment, and
modifications committed to conference: Sensenbrenner, Smith
(TX), and Conyers.
December 16, 2005--The Speaker appointed conferees--from
the Committee on Resources for consideration of title IV of the
Senate bill and title VI of the House amendment, and
modifications committed to conference: Pombo, Gibbons, and
Rahall.
December 16, 2005--The Speaker appointed conferees--from
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for
consideration of title V and Division A of the Senate bill and
title VII of the House amendment, and modifications committed
to conference: Young (AK), LoBiondo, and Oberstar.
December 16, 2005--The Speaker appointed conferees--from
the Committee on Ways and Means for consideration of secs.
6039, 6071, and subtitle B of title VI of the Senate bill and
title VIII of the House amendment, and modifications committed
to conference: Thomas, Herger, and Rangel.
December 19, 2005--Conference report H. Rept. 109-362
filed.
December 19, 2005--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 640
Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the
conference report to S. 1932. All points of order against the
conference report and against its consideration are waived.
The conference report shall be considered as read. Section
2 of House Resolution 619 is amended.
December 19, 2005--Rule H. Res. 640 passed House.
December 19, 2005--Mr. Nussle brought up conference report
H. Rept. 109-362 for consideration under the provisions of H.
Res. 640. (consideration: CR H12269-12277)
December 19, 2005--On agreeing to the conference report
Agreed to by the yeas and nays: 212--206 (Roll no. 670).
December 21, 2005--Senate concurred in the House amendment
with an amendment.
January 31, 2006--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 653
Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. 1932.
Upon adoption of the resolution, the House shall be deemed to
have agreed to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to
S. 1932.
February 1, 2006--House agreed to Senate amendment to House
amendment pursuant to H. Res. 653.
February 8, 2006--Became Public Law No: 109-171.
H.R. 4890
Sponsor--Paul Ryan [WI-1].
Date introduced--March 7, 2006.
Title--Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006
June 16, 2006--The House Budget Committee reported an
original measure, H.Rept. 109-505, Part I.
June 19, 2006--The House Rules Committee reported an
original measure, H.Rept. 109-505, Part II.
June 21, 2006--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 886
reported to House. The rule provides for the consideration of
H.R. 4890.
June 22, 2006--H. Res. 886 passed House.
June 22, 2006--Mr. Spratt moved to recommit with
instructions to the Budget Committee.
June 22, 2006--Mr. Ryan (WI) raised a point of order
against the motion to recommit with instructions. Mr. Ryan
stated that the provisions of the motion to recommit were not
germane to the bill. Sustained by the Chair.
June 22, 2006--Motion to recommit failed by yeas and neas:
170-249.
June 22, 2006--Passed House by yeas and neas: 247-172.
The following is a complete list of the measures, which
were referred to the Committee on the Budget during the 109th
Congress.
Bills and Resolutions Referred to the Budget Committee
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Resolution/Bill Sponsor Bill Title
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H. Con. Res. 214 Hon. Virgil H. Goode Jr. Revising the concurrent
[VA-5]. resolution on the
budget for fiscal year
2006.
H. Con. Res. 373 Hon. Jeb Hensarling [TX- Establishing the
5]. congressional budget
for the United States
Government for fiscal
year 2007 and setting
forth appropriate
budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2008
through 2011.
H. Con. Res. 446 Hon. Jim Cooper [TN-5].. Requiring consideration
of the most recent
financial report of the
United States
Government in the
preparation of the
budget of the
Government.
H.J.Res. 68 Hon. Jerry Lewis [CA-41] Making continuing
appropriations for the
fiscal year 2006, and
for other purposes.
H.R. 116 Hon. Rush D. Holt [NJ- Social Security and
12]. Medicare Lock-box Act
of 2005.
H.R. 266 Hon. Ginny Brown-Waite Social Security
[FL-5]. Protection Act of 2005.
H.R. 523 Hon. J. Gresham Barrett Common Sense Spending
[SC-3]. Act of 2005.
H.R. 653 Hon. Dennis Moore [KS-3] Social Security Truth in
Budgeting Act of 2005.
H.R. 692 Hon. Michael Bilirakis To amend title 5, United
[FL-9]. States Code, to provide
that the Civil Service
Retirement and
Disability Fund be
excluded from the
Federal budget.
H.R. 750 Hon. E. Clay Shaw Jr. Social Security
[FL-22]. Guarantee Plus Act of
2005.
H.R. 845 Hon. J. Gresham Barrett Emergency Spending
[SC-3]. Control Act of 2005.
H.R. 903 Hon. Jim Cooper [TN-5].. Fiscal Honesty and
Accountability Act of
2005.
H.R. 982 Hon. Mark Udall [CO-2].. Expedited Rescissions
Act of 2005.
H.R. 1050 Hon. Barbara Lee [CA-9]. A Living Wage, Jobs For
All Act.
H.R. 1776 Hon. Paul Ryan [WI-1]... Social Security Personal
Savings Guarantee and
Prosperity Act of 2005.
H.R. 1955 Hon. Ron Kind [WI-3].... Small Employers Health
Benefits Program Act of
2005.
H.R. 2290 Hon. Jeb Hensarling [TX- Family Budget Protection
5]. Act of 2005.
H.R. 2472 Hon. Robert Wexler [FL- Social Security Forever
19]. Act of 2005.
H.R. 2664 Hon. David Dreier [CA- Biennial Budgeting and
26]. Appropriations Act of
2005.
H.R. 2842 Hon. Jeff Flake [AZ-6].. To require the
Congressional Budget
Office and the Joint
Committee on Taxation
to use dynamic economic
modeling in addition to
static economic
modeling in the
preparation of
budgetary estimates of
proposed changes in
Federal revenue law.
H.R. 2860 Hon. Adam Smith [WA-9].. Honesty in Budgeting Act
of 2005.
H.R. 3054 Hon. Jim Saxton [NJ-3].. To amend the Federal
Credit Reform Act of
1990 to require
appropriations to cover
the estimated subsidy
costs of monetary
resources provided by
the United States
Government to the
International Monetary
Fund, and for other
purposes.
H.R. 3645 Hon. Jerry Lewis [CA-41] Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act to
Meet Immediate Needs
Arising From the
Consequences of
Hurricane Katrina,
2005.
H.R. 3672 Hon. Jim McCrery [LA-4]. TANF Emergency Response
and Recovery Act of
2005.
H.R. 3673 Hon. Jerry Lewis [CA-41] Second Emergency
Supplemental
Appropriations Act to
Meet Immediate Needs
Arising From the
Consequences of
Hurricane Katrina,
2005.
H.R. 3768 Hon. Jim McCrery [LA-4]. Katrina Emergency Tax
Relief Act of 2005.
H.R. 3786 Hon. Richard H. Baker To modify requirements
[LA-6]. under the emergency
relief program under
title 23, United States
Code, with respect to
projects for repair or
reconstruction in
response to damage
caused by Hurricane
Katrina.
H.R. 3809 Hon. Collin C. Peterson Emergency Food and Farm
[MN-7]. Disaster Assistance Act
of 2005.
H.R. 3845 Hon. Phil Gingrey [GA- To set at 90 percent the
11]. Federal medical
assistance percentage
(FMAP) and the enhanced
FMAP for medical and
child health assistance
provided in States
highly impacted by
Hurricane Katrina and
to Katrina Hurricane
evacuees in other
States during fiscal
year 2006 under the
Medicaid Program and
SCHIP.
H.R. 3863 Hon. Bobby Jindal [LA-1] Natural Disaster Student
Aid Fairness Act.
H.R. 3913 Hon. John R. ``Randy'' Social Security Surplus
Kuhl Jr. [NY-29]. Protection Act of 2005.
H.R. 3952 Hon. Phil Gingrey [GA- Emergency Health Care
11]. Relief Act of 2005.
H.R. 3958 Hon. Charlie Melancon Louisiana Katrina
[LA-3]. Reconstruction Act.
H.R. 3966 Hon. Mark Udall [CO-2].. Stimulating Leadership
in Cutting Expenditures
Act of 2005.
H.R. 4016 Hon. George Miller [CA- Gulf Coast College
7]. Revitalization Act.
H.R. 4031 Hon. Mario Diaz-Balart Nursery and Tropical
[FL-25]. Fruit Producer
Hurricane Relief Act.
H.R. 4139 Hon. Cynthia A. McKinney To minimize harm to
[GA-4]. populations impacted by
the release of
environmental
contaminants, hazardous
materials or infectious
materials in the
aftermath of Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita by
providing for a
Comprehensive
Environmental Sampling
and Toxicity Assessment
Plan (CESTAP) to assess
and monitor air, water,
soil and human
populations, and for
other purposes.
H.R. 4197 Hon. Melvin L. Watt [NC- Hurricane Katrina
12]. Recovery, Reclamation,
Restoration,
Reconstruction and
Reunion Act of 2005.
H.R. 4330 Hon. Mario Diaz-Balart Agriculture Hurricane
[FL-25]. Recovery Act of 2005.
H.R. 4334 Hon. E. Clay Shaw Jr. Hurricane Wilma Taxpayer
[FL-22]. Relief Act of 2005.
H.R. 4420 Hon. Bernard Sanders To repeal tax subsidies
[VT]. enacted by the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 for
oil and gas, to repeal
certain other oil and
gas subsidies in the
Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, and to use the
proceeds to carry out
the Low-Income Home
Energy Assistance Act
of 1981 and to provide
weatherization
assistance.
H.R. 4526 Hon. J. Gresham Barrett Government Waste
[SC-3]. Reduction Act of 2005.
H.R. 4560 Hon. John J. Duncan Jr. Clean Water Trust Act of
[TN-2]. 2005.
H.R. 4600 Hon. Barbara Lee [CA-9]. Poverty Impact Trigger
Act of 2005.
H.R. 4699 Hon. Mark Udall [CO-2].. Stimulating Leadership
in Cutting Expenditures
Act (or SLICE Act) of
2006.
H.R. 4745 Hon. Jerry Lewis [CA-41] Making supplemental
appropriations for
fiscal year 2006 for
the Small Business
Administration's
disaster loans program,
and for other purposes.
H.R. 4889 Hon. Phil Gingrey [GA- Separate Enrollment and
11]. Line Item Veto Act of
2006.
H.R. 4890 Hon. Paul Ryan [WI-1]... Legislative Line Item
Veto Act of 2006.
H.R. 4966 Hon. Alcee L. Hastings To require the President
[FL-23]. to include a line item
regarding the Privacy
and Civil Liberties
Oversight Board in the
budget submitted
pursuant to title 31,
United States Code, and
for other purposes.
H.R. 5000 Hon. Christopher Shays 9/11 Commission Civil
[CT-4]. Liberties Board Act.
H.R. 5017 Hon. Christopher Shays Ensuring Implementation
[CT-4]. of the 9/11 Commission
Report Act.
H.R. 5054 Hon. Steven C. Rebuilding America's
LaTourette [OH-14]. Infrastructure.
H.R. 5099 Hon. Collin C. Peterson Emergency Agricultural
[MN-7]. Disaster Assistance Act
of 2006.
H.R. 5205 Hon. Jeff Flake [AZ-6].. Transportation
Empowerment Act.
H.R. 5363 Hon. Frank D. Lucas [OK- Natural Disaster Relief
3]. Act.
H.R. 5470 Hon. Louie Gohmert [TX- Zero Baseline Budget Act
1]. of 2006.
H.R. 5552 Hon. Frank R. Wolf [VA- SAFE Commission Act.
10].
H.R. 5667 Hon. John M. Spratt Jr. Deficit Reduction and
[SC-5]. Effective Legislative
Line Item Veto Act of
2006.
H.R. 5766 Hon. Todd Tiahrt [KS-4]. Government Efficiency
Act of 2006.
H.R. 5788 Hon. Jim Cooper [TN-5].. Honest Deficit
Recognition Act of
2006.
H.R. 5813 Hon. Mike D. Rogers [AL- Department of Homeland
3]. Security Management and
Operations Improvement
Act of 2006.
H.R. 5816 Hon. Harold E. Ford Jr. To require budgeting for
[TN-9]. ongoing military
operations.
H.R. 5818 Hon. Jim Kolbe [AZ-8]... Currency Overhaul for an
Industrious Nation
(COIN) Act.
H.R. 5859 Hon. Patrick T. McHenry Commission On Reforming
[NC-10]. Entitlement Spending
Act.
H.R. 6024 Hon. Ed Whitfield [KY-1] Biennial Budgeting Act
of 2006.
H.R. 6040 Hon. Ander Crenshaw [FL- Accountable Budgeting
4]. Commission Act of 2006.
H.R. 6201 Hon. Brian P. Bilbray Budget and Transparency
[CA-50]. Act.
S. 1764 Hon. Kay Bailey A bill to provide for
Hutchison, [TX]. the continued education
of students affected by
Hurricane Katrina.
H.R. 4966 Hon. Alcee L. Hastings To require the President
[FL-23]. to include a line item
regarding the Privacy
and Civil Liberties
Oversight Board in the
budget submitted
pursuant to title 31,
United States Code, and
for other purposes.
H.R. 5000 Hon. Christopher Shays 9/11 Commission Civil
[CT-4]. Liberties Board Act.
H.R. 5017 Hon. Christopher Shays Ensuring Implementation
[CT-4]. of the 9/11 Commission
report Act.
H.R. 5054 Hon. Steve C. LaTourette Rebuilding America's
[OH-14]. Infrastructure.
H.R. 5099 Hon. Collin C. Peterson Emergency Agricultural
[MN-7]. Disaster Assistance Act
of 2006.
H.R. 5205 Hon. Jeff Flake [AZ-6].. Transportation
Empowerment Act.
H.R. 5363 Hon. Frank D. Lucas [OK- Natural Disaster Relief
3]. Act.
H.R. 5470 Hon. Louie Gohmert [TX- Zero Baseline Budget Act
1]. of 2006.
H.R. 5552 Hon. Frank R. Wolf [VA- SAFE Commission Act.
10].
H.R. 5667 Hon. John M. Spratt Jr. Deficit Reduction and
[SC-5]. Effective Legislative
Line Item Veto Act of
2006.
H.R. 5766 Hon. Todd Tiahrt [KS-4]. Government Efficiency
Act of 2006.
H.R. 5788 Hon. Jim Cooper [TN-5].. Honest Deficit
Recognition Act of
2006.
H.R. 5813 Hon. Mike D. Rogers [AL- Department of Homeland
3]. Security Management and
Operations Improvement
Act of 2006.
H.R. 5816 Hon. Harold E. Ford Jr. To require budgeting for
[TN-9]. ongoing military
operations.
H.R. 5818 Hon. Jim Kolbe [AZ-8]... Currency Overhaul for an
Industrious Nation
(COIN) Act.
H.R. 5859 Hon. Patrick T. McHenry Commission On Reforming
[NC-10]. Entitlement Spending
Act.
H.R. 6024 Hon. Ed Whitfield [KY-1] Biennial Budgeting Act
of 2006.
H.R. 6040 Hon. Ander Crenshaw [FL- Accountable Budgeting
4]. Commission Act of 2006.
H.R. 6201 Hon. Brian P. Bilbray Budget and Transparency
[CA-50]. Act.
S. 1764 Hon. Kay Bailey A bill to provide for
Hutchison [TX]. the continued education
of students affected by
Hurricane Katrina.
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Committee Publications
The following section lists all of the Committee Reports
filed with the House by the Committee on the Budget as well as
all of the hearings held by the Committee.
Committee Reports
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Report No. Bill No. Date Title
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109-017 H. Con. Res. 3/11/2005 Concurrent Resolution on
95 the Budget--Fiscal Year
2006
109-276 H.R. 4241 11/07/2005 Deficit Reduction Act
109-402 H. Con. Res. 3/31/2006 Concurrent Resolution on
376 the Budget for Fiscal
Year 2007
109-505--Part H.R. 4890 6/16/2006 Legislative Line Item
I Veto Act of 2006
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Budget Committee Hearings and Briefings of the 107th Congress
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Date Report No. Hearing title Witnesses
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2/8/2005 109-1 The President's Joshua B. Bolten,
Budget Fiscal Year Director, Office of
2006 Management and Budget
2/9/2005 109-2 Social Security: John W. Snow, Treasury
Defining the Secretary; Douglas J.
Problem Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D.,
Director,
Congressional Budget
Office; David M.
Walker, Comptroller
General, Government
Accountability Office.
2/16/2005 109-3 National & Homeland Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
Security: Meeting President, Center for
Our Needs Security Policy; James
Jay Carafano, Ph.D.,
Senior Research
Fellow, The Heritage
Foundation; Colonel
Randall Larsen, USAF
(Ret.), CEO, Homeland
Security Associates,
LLC.
2/17/2005 109-4 Domestic Gail R. Wilensky,
Entitlements: Ph.D., Senior Fellow,
Meeting the Needs Project Hope; Ron
Haskins, Ph.D., The
Brookings Institution;
Kent A. Smetters,
Ph.D., Associate
Professor, The Wharton
School, University of
Pennsylvania; Judy
Feder, Ph.D., Dean of
Policy Studies,
Georgetown University.
3/2/2005 109-5 The Economic Alan Greenspan,
Outlook & Current Chairman, Board of
Fiscal Issues Governors of the
Federal Reserve
System.
3/4/2005 109-6 Members' Day
Hearing
6/9/2005 109-7 PBGC's Unfunded Honorable David M.
Pension Walker, Comptroller
Liabilities: Will General, Government
Taxpayers Have To Accountability Office;
Pay The Bill? Douglas J. Holtz-
Eakin, Ph.D.,
Director,
Congressional Budget
Office.
6/22/2005 109-8 Budgeting in the Honorable Bill Frenzel,
Congress: Former House Budget
Reflections on How Committee Ranking
The Budget Process Member; Allen Schick,
Functions Ph.D., Professor,
University of
Maryland, School of
Public Policy; Richard
Kogan, Senior Fellow,
Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities.
7/14/2005 109-9 Mid-Session Review Joshua B. Bolten
Budget of the Director, Office of
United States Management and Budget.
Government Fiscal
Year 2006
7/20/2005 109-10 Performance-Based Clay S. Johnson III,
Budgeting Deputy Director for
Management Office of
Management and Budget;
Honorable K. Michael
Conaway (R-TX);
Honorable Henry
Cuellar (D-TX).
10/6/2005 109-11 After the Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin,
Hurricanes: Impact Ph.D., Director,
on the Fiscal Year Congressional Budget
2007 Budget Office
2/8/2006 109-12 The President's Joshua B. Bolten,
Budget for Fiscal Director, Office of
Year 2007 Management and Budget.
2/14/2006 109-13 Members Day Honorable Randy
Neugebauer, Texas;
Honorable Steve King,
Iowa; Honorable Vernon
J. Ehlers, Michigan;
Honorable Rush D.
Holt, New Jersey;
Honorable Cathy
McMorris, Washington;
Honorable Ralph
Regula, Ohio;
Honorable Don Young,
Alaska; Honorable
Ruben Hinojosa, Texas;
Honorable Todd Tiahrt,
Kansas; Honorable Vito
Fossella, New York;
Honorable Shelley
Moore Capito, West
Virginia; Honorable
James P. McGovern,
Massachusetts;
Honorable Julia
Carson, Indiana;
Honorable Timothy H.
Bishop, New York;
Honorable John L.
Mica, Florida;
Honorable Sue W.
Kelly, New York;
Honorable Dennis J.
Kucinich, Ohio;
Honorable Brad Miller,
North Carolina;
Honorable Robin Hayes,
North Carolina;
Honorable Mark R.
Kennedy, Minnesota;
Honorable Ginny Brown-
Waite, Florida;
Honorable John T.
Salazar, Colorado;
Honorable Michael G.
Fitzpatrick,
Pennsylvania;
Honorable Charles F.
Bass, New Hampshire.
2/15/2006 109-14 Domestic David M. Walker,
Entitlements and Comptroller General,
the Federal Budget Government
Accountability Office;
Douglas J. Holtz-
Eakin, Ph.D., Former
Director,
Congressional Budget
Office; Isabel V.
Sawhill, Ph.D., Senior
Fellow, The Brookings
Institution.
2/16/2006 109-15 The President's FY Clay Johnson, Deputy
2007 Discretionary Director, Office of
Budget Management and Budget;
Brian M. Riedl, Fellow
in Federal Budgetary
Affairs, The Heritage
Foundation; Robert
Greenstein, Executive
Director, Center on
Budget and Policy
Priorities.
3/1/2006 109-16 Department of Gordon England, Deputy
Defense Budget Secretary of Defense;
Priorities Fiscal Steven M. Kosiak,
Year 2007 Director of Budgets
Studies, Center for
Strategic and
Budgetary Assessments.
3/16/2006 109-17 Key Budget Process Don Nickles, Former
Reforms Chairman, Committee on
the Budget and
Assistant Republican
Leader U.S. Senate;
William E. ``Bill''
Frenzel, Former
Ranking Member,
Committee on the
Budget U.S. House of
Representatives;
Charles W. Stenholm,
Former Ranking Member,
Committee on
Agriculture, U.S.
House of
Representatives.
5/25/2006 109-18 Line-Item Veto-- Patrick J. Toomey,
Perspectives on President, The Club
Applications and for Growth; Thomas A.
Effects Schatz, President,
Citizens Against
Government Waste;
Edward Lorenzen,
Policy Director, The
Concord Coalition;
James R. Horney,
Senior Fellow, Center
on Budget and Policy
Priorities.
6/8/2006 109-19 Line-Item Veto-- Charles J. Cooper,
Constitutional Partner, Cooper &
Issues Kirk, PLLC; Viet D.
Dinh, Professor of
Law, Georgetown
University Law Center.
9/13/2006 109-20 How Budgetary Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin,
Choices Affect Ph.D., Director,
Work, Saving, and Maurice R. Greenberg
Growth; The Real Center for Geoeconomic
Purpose of Studies, Council on
'Dynamic' Foreign Relations;
Estimating John W. Diamond,
Ph.D., Fellow in Tax
Policy; James A.
Baker, III, Institute
for Public Policy;
Leonard E. Burman,
Ph.D., Senior Fellow,
Urban Institute.
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House Budget Committee Majority Caucus Publications
The following publications were prepared by the staff of
the Majority Caucus of the Committee on the Budget. These
publications were not approved by the Membership of the
Committee.
First Session
Budget Week
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Date Issue Date Issue
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1/24/2005 Week of 24 January 2005 6/27/2005 Week of 27 June
(Vol. 5 No. 1) 2005 (Vol. 5
No. 15)
2/1/2005 Week of 31 January 2005 7/11/2005 Week of 11 July
(Vol. 5 No. 2) 2005 (Vol. 5
No. 16)
2/14/2005 Week of 14 February 2005 7/18/2005 Week of 18 July
(Vol. 5 No. 3) 2005 (Vol. 5
No. 17)
4/5/2005 Week of 4 April 2005 (Vol. 7/25/2005 Week of 25 July
5 No. 4) 2005 (Vol. 5
No. 18)
4/12/2005 Week of 11 April 2005 9/6/2005 Week of 6
(Vol. 5 No. 5) September (Vol.
5 No. 19)
4/20/2005 Week of 18 April 2005 9/12/2005 Week of 12
(Vol. 5 No. 6) September (Vol.
5 No. 20)
5/3/2005 Week of 2 May 2005 (Vol. 5 9/19/2005 Week of 19
No. 8) September (Vol.
5 No. 21)
5/10/2005 Week of 9 May 2005 (Vol. 5 9/26/2005 Week of 26
No. 9) September (Vol.
5 No. 22)
5/16/2005 Week of 16 May 2005 (Vol. 10/6/2005 Week of 3
5 No. 10) October 2005
(Vol. 5 No. 23)
5/23/2005 Week of 23 May 2005 (Vol. 10/25/2005 Week of 24
5 No. 11) October 2005
(Vol. 5 No. 24)
6/6/2005 Week of 6 June 2005 (Vol. 11/15/2005 Week of 14
5 No. 12) November 2005
(Vol. 5 No. 25)
6/13/2005 Week of 13 June 2005 (Vol. 12/7/2005 Week of 5
5 No. 13) December 2005
(Vol. 5 No. 26)
6/20/2005 Week of 20 June 2005 (Vol. 12/14/2005 Week of 12
5 No. 14) December 2005
(Vol. 5 No. 27)
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Economic Update
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Date Issue
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1/18/2005 Sustained Expansion Provides Basis
for FY 2006 Budget (Vol. 4 No. 1)
2/15/2005 Solid Expansion Expected, Policy
Challenges Loom (Vol. 4 No. 2)
4/15/2005 Outlook for Growth Continues, But
Concerns Rise (Vol. 4 No. 3)
5/11/2005 April Jobs Surge Supports Growth
Outlook; Tax Revenue Up (Vol. 4 No.
4)
6/16/2005 U.S. Economy on `Reasonably Firm
Footing' (Vol. 4 No. 5)
7/12/2005 Sustained Real Growth Raises
Revenues, Helps Trim Deficit (Vol. 4
No. 6)
10/17/2005 Hurricane Effects on the National
Economy Continue (Vol. 4 No. 7)
11/16/2005 The Expansion Retains Momentum (Vol.
4 No. 8)
12/14/2005 Robust Growth Continues (Vol. 4 No.
9)
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Budget and Economic Monitor
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Date Issue
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9/20/2005 Update on House Responses to Hurricane
Katrina (Vol 2. No. 1)
11/9/2005 Why Reform Entitlements--and Why Now?
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Vol
2. No. 2)
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Appropriations Update
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Date Issue
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5/16/2005 Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Bill--Fiscal Year 2006
(Vol. 5 No. 1)
5/18/2005 Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Bill--Fiscal
Year 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 2)
5/23/2005 Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Bill--Fiscal Year 2006
(Vol. 5 No. 3)
5/25/2005 Military Quality of Life, Veterans
Affairs, And related Agencies
Appropriations Bill--Fiscal Year 2006
(Vol. 5 No. 4)
6/7/2005 Department of Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Bill--Fiscal Year 2006
(Vol. 5. No. 5)
6/13/2005 Science, the Department of State,
Justice, Commerce, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Bill--Fiscal
Year 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 6)
6/14/2005 Department of Defense Appropriations
Bill--Fiscal Year 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 7)
6/21/2005 Legislative Appropriations Bill--Fiscal
Year 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 8)
6/22/2005 Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and related
Agencies Appropriations Bill--Fiscal
Year 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 9)
6/27/2005 Foreign Operations, Export Financing
and Related Programs Appropriations
Bill--Fiscal Year 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 10)
6/28/2005 Departments of Transportation,
Treasury, Housing and Urban
Development, the Judiciary, District
of Columbia, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Bill--Fiscal Year 2006
(Vol. 5 No. 11)
7/28/2005 Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Bill--Fiscal
Year 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 12)
7/28/2005 Legislative Appropriations Bill--Fiscal
Year 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 13)
9/8/2005 Second Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate
Needs Arising from the Consequences of
Hurricane Katrina--Fiscal Year 2005
(Vol. 5 No. 14)
9/29/2005 Continuing Appropriations--Fiscal Year
2006 (Vol. 5 No. 15)
10/6/2005 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
Conference Report--Fiscal Year 2006
(Vol. 5 No. 16)
10/28/2005 Department of Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Bill--Fiscal Year 2006
(Vol. 5 No. 17)
11/4/2005 Foreign Operations, Export Financing
and Related Programs Appropriations
Bill--Fiscal Year 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 18)
11/9/2005 Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Bill--Fiscal Year 2006
(Vol. 5 No. 19)
11/9/2005 Science, the Departments of State,
Justice, and Commerce, and the Related
Agencies Appropriations Bill--Fiscal
Year 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 20)
12/14/2005 Military Quality of Life, Veterans
Affairs, and related Agencies
Appropriations Bill Conference Report--
Fiscal Year 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 21)
12/14/2005 Departments of Transportation,
Treasury, Housing, and Urban
Development, the Judiciary, District
of Columbia, and Independent Agencies
Appropriations Bill--Fiscal Year 2006
(Vol. 5 No. 22)
1/27/2005 Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Bill--Fiscal
Year 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 23)
3/15/2006 Supplemental Appropriations--Fiscal
Year 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 24)
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Second Session
Budget Week
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Date Issue Date Issue
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2/13/2006 Week of 13 February 2006 6/26/2006 Week of 26 June
(Vol. 6 No. 1) 2006 (Vol. 6
No. 12)
2/27/2006 Week of 27 February 2006 7/10/2006 Week of 10 July
(Vol. 6 No. 2) 2006 (Vol. 6
No. 13)
3/6/2006 Week of 5 March 2006 (Vol.
6 No. 3)
3/14/2006 Week of 13 March 2006 7/17/2006 Week of 17 July
(Vol. 6 No. 4) 2006 (Vol. 6
No. 14)
4/24/2006 Week of 24 April 2006 7/24/2006 Week of 24 July
(Vol. 6 No. 5) 2006 (Vol. 6
No. 15)
5/1/2006 Week of 1 May 2006 (Vol. 6 9/6/2006 Week of 4
No. 6) September 2006
(Vol. 6 No. 16)
5/9/2006 Week of 8 May 2006 (Vol. 6 9/12/2006 Week of 11
No. 7) September 2006
(Vol. 6 No. 17)
5/16/2006 Week of 15 May 2006 (Vol. 9/19/2006 Week of 18
6 No. 8) September 2006
(Vol. 6 No. 18)
5/22/2005 Week of 22 May 2006 (Vol. 9/25/2006 Week of 25
6 No. 9) September 2006
(Vol. 6 No. 19)
6/7/2006 Week of 5 June 2006 (Vol. 11/13/2006 Week of 13
6 No. 10) November 2006
(Vol. 6 No. 20)
6/19/2006 Week of 19 June 2006 (Vol. 12/4/2006 Week of 4
6 No. 11) December 2006
(Vol. 6 No. 21)
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Economic Update
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Date Issue
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1/12/2006 Healthy Economic Expansion Expected
to Continue (Vol. 5 No. 1)
2/13/2006 Growth Expected to Rebound from
Disappointing 4th Quarter (Vol. 5
No. 2)
3/13/2006 Strong February Job Gains Support
Expected Growth Rebound (Vol. 5 No.
3)
5/15/2006 Economic Growth Surges in the First
Quarter (Vol. 5 No. 4)
6/14/2006 Moderate Real Growth Forecast for
Rest of 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 5)
7/13/2006 Tax Receipts Up, Budget Deficit Down
in 2006 (Vol. 5 No. 6)
11/17/2006 Economy Makes a ``Soft Landing''
(Vol. 5 No. 7)
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Appropriation Update
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Date Issue
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5/18/2006 Interior, Environment, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Bill--Fiscal
Year 2007 (Vol. 6 No. 1)
5/22/2006 Department of Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Bill--Fiscal Year
2007 (Vol. 6 No. 3)
5/23/2006 Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Bill--Fiscal Year
2007 (Vol. 6 No. 4)
5/24/2006 Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Bill--Fiscal Year
2007 (Vol. 6 No. 5)
6/6/2006 Legislative Appropriations Bill--
Fiscal Year 2007 (Vol. 6 No. 6)
6/7/2006 Foreign Operations, Export Financing
and Related Programs Appropriations
Bill--Fiscal Year 2007 (Vol. 6 No.
7)
6/13/2006 Departments of Transportation,
Treasury, Housing and Urban
Development, the Judiciary, District
of Columbia, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Bill--Fiscal
Year 2007 (Vol. 6 No. 8)
6/20/2006 Department of Defense Appropriations
Bill--Fiscal Year 2007 (Vol. 6 No.
9)
6/26/2006 Science, the Departments of State,
Justice, Commerce, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Bill--
Fiscal Year 2007 (Vol. 6 No. 10)
9/26/2006 Department of Defense Appropriations
Bill Conference Report--Fiscal Year
2007 (Vol. 6 No. 11)
9/29/2006 Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Bill--Fiscal Year
2007 (Vol. 6 No. 12)
11/15/2006 Further Continuing Appropriations for
Fiscal Year 2007--Fiscal Year 2007
(Vol. 6 No. 13)
12/8/2006 Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Bill--Fiscal Year
2007 (Vol. 6 No. 14)
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House Budget Committee Minority Caucus Publications
The following publications were prepared by the staff of
the Minority Caucus of the Committee on the Budget. These
publications were not approved by the Membership of the
Committee.
First Session
Reports
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Date Title
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1/25/05 CBO Confirms Republican Policies Make
Deficits Even Worse
1/31/05 Frequently Asked Questions about the
Federal Budget
2/1/05 Social Security Privatization and the
Budget: Questions and Answers
2/11/05 The President's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget
2/15/05 Iraq War Cost Estimate: Costs to Date and
Costs to Go
2/15/05 Bush's Broken Promises to Save Social
Security Surplus for Social Security
3/14/05 House Budget Committee 2006 Budget
Resolution: Painful Spending Cuts,
Ballooning Tax Cuts, and Never-Ending
Deficits
3/16/05 Fact Sheets for the House Consideration
of the 2006 Budget
4/4/05 House vs. Senate FY 2006 Budget
Resolutions: A Comparison and Analysis
4/14/05 Republican Study Committee Budget
Sacrifices National Priorities to Cut
Taxes
4/28/05 Summary and Analysis of FY 2006 Budget
Resolution Conference Report
4/28/05 Vote No on FY 2006 Budget Resolution
Conference Report
5/18/05 Budget Reconciliation: What It Is and How
It Works
5/26/05 Social Security Resource Kit
7/13/05 Mid-Session Review
7/27/05 Republican Plans for Social Security
Private Accounts Raise More Questions,
Answer None
7/27/05 Deficit and Debt Resource Kit
8/15/05 CBO Summer Update
9/30/05 Happy Fiscal New Year! Another Year of
Republican Mismanagement
10/3/05 Republican Proposals for Katrina Offsets
Reflect Misplaced Priorities
10/25/05 Amended Budget Resolution Means Deeper
Cuts in Important Services to Fund Tax
Cuts
10/28/05 Update: Republican Reconciliation Package
Cuts Key Services to Fund Tax Cuts
11/1/05 Republican Reconciliation Package Cuts
Key Services to Fund Tax Cuts: Summary
of House Committee Reconciliation
Measures
11/17/05 Republican Reconciliation Spending Bill
11/22/05 Summary of House and Senate
Reconciliation Bills
12/16/05 Medicaid Cut of Nearly $11 Billion Has a
Dramatic Effect in Each State
12/22/05 Summary and Analysis of Reconciliation
Conference Report
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Second Session
Reports
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Date Title
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1/31/06 Spending Reconciliation Bill: Harmful
Cuts and Fiscal Irresponsibility
1/31/06 President Bush and the State of the
Union: Budget Promises Made, Budget
Promises Broken
2/9/06 Summary and Analysis of the President's
Fiscal Year 2007 Budget
2/27/06 A Chronicle of the Republican
Reconciliation Spending Cuts Bill: Is it
the Law of the Land?
3/14/06 Family and Community Services Cut in
President's Budget: Budget in Brief #1
3/15/06 Education Funding Slashed in the
President's 2007 Budget: Budget in Brief
#2
3/17/06 Health Spending Cuts in the President's
2007 Budget: Budget in Brief #3
3/21/06 Overview of the President's 2007 Budget:
Budget in Brief #4
3/21/06 Veterans Discretionary Budget Cut $10
Billion Over Five Years: Budget in Brief
#5
3/22/06 Tax Cuts Lead to Massive Budget Deficits
in President's 2007 Budget: Budget in
Brief #6
3/23/06 Environmental Funding Slashed in the
President's 2007 Budget: Budget in Brief
#7
3/24/06 Mandatory Cuts in the President's 2007
Budget: Budget in Brief #8
3/27/06 Homeland Security in the President's 2007
Budget: Budget in Brief #9
4/3/06 House Republican Budget Resolution: Harsh
Spending Cuts and Large Deficits
5/12/06 Republican Budget Resolution Continues
Legacy of Debt
5/18/06 Fact Sheets on the Flawed Republican
Budget
6/29/06 Frequently Asked Questions About the
Federal Budget
7/11/06 Administration's Mid-Session Review of
the Budget
7/24/06 Administration's Economic Policies Fall
Short of Claims, Report Shows
9/27/06 Year-End Republican Budget Report Card: F
9/29/06 Recess Packet on Budget and Economy
10/5/06 Republican Budgets Cut Funding for
Critical Veterans' Programs
10/11/06 Republican Budget Deficits: A Continuing
Problem with Long-Term Consequences
10/23/06 The Republican Economic Record: Rhetoric
vs. Reality
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