[House Report 111-704]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                                                 Union Calendar No. 427

111th Congress, 2d Session -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - House Report 111-704

 
                               ACTIVITIES
                                  AND
                             SUMMARY REPORT
                                 OF THE
                        COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                     One Hundred Eleventh Congress


                 (Pursuant to House Rule XI, Cl. 1.(d))

                                     


                                     

January 3, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed
                        COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

             JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South Carolina, Chairman
ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania    PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin,
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                     Ranking Minority Member
XAVIER BECERRA, California           JEB HENSARLING, Texas
LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas                 SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey
EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon              MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
MARION BERRY, Arkansas               MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
ALLEN BOYD, Florida                  PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina
JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts     CONNIE MACK, Florida
NIKI TSONGAS, Massachusetts          JOHN CAMPBELL, California
BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina        JIM JORDAN, Ohio
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota            DEVIN NUNES, California
JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky            ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey        CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut,        STEVE AUSTRIA, Ohio
CHET EDWARDS, Texas                  GREGG HARPER, Mississippi
ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT, Virginia  CHARLES K. DJOU, Hawaii
JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island
RICK LARSEN, Washington
TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York
GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin
GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia
KURT SCHRADER, Oregon
DENNIS MOORE, Kansas

                           Professional Staff

            Thomas S. Kahn, Staff Director and Chief Counsel
                 Austin Smythe, Minority Staff Director


                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                                   Committee on the Budget,
                                   Washington, DC, January 3, 2011.
Hon. Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House of Representatives,
U.S. Capitol, Room H154, Washington, DC 20515-6601.
    Dear Ms. Miller: Pursuant to Rule XI, clause 1, paragraph 
(d) of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, I am 
hereby transmitting the Activities Report of the Committee on 
the Budget for the 111th Congress.
            Sincerely,
                                       John M. Spratt, Jr.,
                                                          Chairman.



                                                 Union Calendar No. 427
111th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     111-704

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      ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

                                _______
                                

January 3, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

    Mr. Spratt of South Carolina, 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 Budget Committee is 
responsible for developing and reporting the annual 
congressional budget resolution, assembling and reporting any 
reconciliation legislation required by that resolution, and 
implementing and governing the congressional budget process 
generally.
    The budget resolution provides an overall framework and 
plan for action on spending, revenue, and debt limit 
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 that have jurisdiction over 
direct spending programs. The limits and allocations set by the 
budget resolution are enforced through points of order.
    The budget may also include the optional reconciliation 
process, which directs appropriate authorizing committees to 
revise programs under their jurisdiction in order to adjust 
either projected spending or revenues by specified amounts. If 
more than one committee receives reconciliation instructions, 
the Budget Committee is responsible for assembling the reports 
submitted by the various committees for consideration on the 
House floor.
    In addition to its legislative duties, the Budget Committee 
also has responsibility for oversight and studies related to 
the budget process.
    The Budget Committee's jurisdictional statement for the 
111th Congress, House Rule X, clause 1(d), is 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.

                         Summary of Activities


                   FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET RESOLUTION

    On March 25, 2009, the House Budget Committee began 
consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 85 (H. Con. Res. 
85), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2010, with markup of the Chairman's mark. Of the twenty-eight 
amendments offered for a vote, one was adopted. The Committee 
agreed by voice vote to a Sense of House amendment offered by 
Mr. Ryan and Ms. Moore on the need for legislative action to 
ensure that states have necessary resources to collect child 
support and that the support pass on to families without 
financial penalty. By a vote of 24 to 15, the Committee on the 
Budget voted to report out H. Con. Res. 85 favorably to the 
House of Representatives and the report accompanying the 
concurrent resolution, House Report 111-60, was timely filed.
    The Committee on Rules reported H. Res. 305, a rule 
allowing consideration of H. Con. Res. 85, on March 31, 2009 
(House Report 111-70). The rule provided for four hours of 
general debate, with three hours controlled and equally divided 
by the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Budget Committee and 
one hour controlled and equally divided by Ms. Maloney and Mr. 
Brady of the Joint Economic Committee. The rule also allowed 
for consideration of four alternative budgets: the Progressive 
Caucus substitute offered by Ms. Woolsey; the Republican Study 
Committee substitute offered by Mr. Jordan; the Congressional 
Black Caucus substitute offered by Ms. Lee; and the Republican 
substitute offered by Mr. Ryan. The House adopted H. Res. 305 
on April 1, 2009.
    Pursuant to H. Res. 305, the House began consideration of 
H. Con. Res. 85 on April 1, 2009. On the same day, the 
Committee on Rules also reported H. Res. 316 (House Report 111-
73), a rule declaring the House to be resolved into the 
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for 
further consideration of H. Con. Res. 85 and making it in order 
to take from the Speaker's table Senate Concurrent Resolution 
13 (S. Con. Res. 13) for consideration after adoption of H. 
Con. Res. 85. The House adopted H. Res. 316 on April 2, 2009, 
on a 242 to 182 vote.
    All four budget substitutes made in order to H. Con. Res. 
85 were defeated on recorded votes. H. Con. Res. 85 was agreed 
to on a vote of 233 to 196 on April 2, 2009.
    On March 27, 2009, the Senate Budget Committee reported as 
an original measure S. Con. Res. 13, the fiscal year 2010 
budget resolution. On April 2, 2009, S. Con. Res. 13, as 
amended, was agreed to in the Senate on a 55 to 43 vote. The 
House received the message on Senate action April 21, 2009.
    Pursuant to H. Res. 316, the House took from the Speaker's 
table S. Con. Res. 13 on April 22, 2009, striking all after the 
resolving clause and inserting the text of H. Con. Res. 85 as 
adopted by the House while insisting on its amendment and 
requesting a conference. The House then considered a motion 
offered by Mr. Ryan to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 13, 
which was defeated on a 196 to 227 vote. The Speaker appointed 
conferees.
    The Senate received the message on House action on April 
23, 2009. The Senate disagreed with the House amendment and 
agreed to a request for a conference. The Senate considered 
motions to instruct conferees and appointed conferees. The 
message on Senate action was sent to the House on April 24, 
2009.
    The conference report on S. Con. Res. 13 (House Report 111-
89) was filed April 27, 2009. The following day the Committee 
on Rules reported H. Res. 371, a rule providing for the 
consideration of the conference report on S. Con. Res. 13 that 
allowed one hour of general debate.
    Mr. Spratt brought up the conference report under the 
provisions of H. Res. 371 and the House began to debate the 
measure on April 28, 2009. On April 29, 2009, the House 
continued debate and, on a 233 to 193 vote, adopted the 
conference report. The Senate agreed to the conference report 
on a 53 to 43 vote.

        THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010

    Section 202 of S. Con. Res. 13, the fiscal year 2010 
budget, included two reconciliation instructions. One 
reconciliation instruction was written for the Committees on 
Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor on 
health care reform. The other reconciliation instruction was 
written for the Committee on Education and Labor on education 
investment.
    On March 15, 2010, the Committee on the Budget met to 
consider H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education 
Reconciliation Act of 2010, which packaged the reconciliation 
submissions ``without any substantive revision'' per section 
310(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. H.R. 4872 
included the recommendations on health care reform submitted in 
October of 2009 by the Committee on Ways and Means and the 
recommendations on health care reform and education investment 
submitted by the Committee on Education and Labor. The 
Committee on Energy and Commerce did not submit any 
recommendations.
    The Committee on the Budget voted on a 21 to 16 margin to 
report out H.R. 4872 favorably. Following the vote, the 
Committee met to consider 20 non-binding motions directing the 
Chairman to make specific requests of the Committee on Rules 
regarding H.R. 4872, with 10 of the motions passing.
    On March 17, 2010, the Committee on the Budget reported the 
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (House 
Report 111-443). On March 21, 2010, the Committee on Rules 
reported H. Res. 1203, a rule that provided for consideration 
of H.R. 4872 with 2 hours of general debate. H. Res. 1203 
passed on a 224 to 206 vote. Mr. Camp moved to recommit H.R. 
4872 to the Committee on Budget and that motion was defeated on 
a 199 to 232 vote.
    H.R. 4872 passed the House by a 220 to 211 vote on March 
21, 2010, and the bill was received in the Senate on March 23, 
2010. The Senate then passed a motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 4872 on a 56 to 40 vote. On March 25, 
2010, the Senate passed H.R. 4872 as amended on a 56 to 43 vote 
and the message on Senate action was sent to the House.
    On March 25, 2010, the House passed H. Res. 1225 (House 
Report 111-458), a rule that made it in order to take from the 
Speaker's table H.R. 4872 as amended by the Senate and consider 
a motion by Mr. Miller to concur to the Senate amendments. The 
rule provided 10 minutes of debate equally divided by the Chair 
and Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Labor. The 
motion that the House agree to the Senate amendments was agreed 
to on a 220 to 207 vote. H. R. 4872 was signed by the President 
and became Public Law No: 111-152 on March 30, 2010.

           BUDGET ENFORCEMENT RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011

    On June 30, 2010, Mr. Spratt introduced H. Res. 1493, a 
resolution providing for budget enforcement of allocations for 
fiscal year 2011. On July 1, 2010, the Committee on Rules 
reported H. Res. 1500 (House Report 111-552) which in part 
provided that H. Res. 1493 be adopted and that House rules be 
aligned with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. H. Res. 
1500 passed the House on a 215 to 210 vote.
    H. Res. 1493 includes discretionary and mandatory 
allocations for fiscal year 2011 and an adjustment to fiscal 
year 2010 discretionary allocations to allow for program 
integrity initiatives under section 422(a) of S. Con. Res. 13, 
the fiscal year 2010 concurrent resolution on the budget. The 
resolution also includes provisions to align the rules of the 
House of Representatives on Pay-As-You-Go enforcement (clause 
10(a) of House rule XXI) with provisions of the Title I of H. 
J. Res. 45, the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law 
No: 111-139). In addition, H. Res. 1493 includes policy 
provisions on deficit reduction.

                     BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

    The Committee on the Budget worked with authorizing 
committees and the Appropriations Committee to monitor 
legislation and evaluate its compliance with House rules, the 
fiscal year 2010 budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 13), the 
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (H. J. Res. 45; Public Law 
No: 111-139), and the budget enforcement resolution for fiscal 
year 2011 (H. Res. 1493).

            Additional Matters Related to Budget Activities


                              HOUSE RULES

    At the beginning of the One Hundred Tenth Congress, the 
House of Representatives adopted a resolution that included 
several new budget enforcement provisions in addition to 
standard House rules on budget enforcement. For the One Hundred 
Eleventh Congress, the House continued the enforcement 
provisions with certain amendments to the House Pay-As-You-Go 
rule under H. Res. 5, a resolution amending provisions of the 
standing rules of the House and including separate orders. The 
House enforcement measures for the 111th Congress are as 
follows:
    Clause 7 of House Rule XXI provides that reconciliation 
directives included in a budget resolution under the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) shall not increase a 
deficit or decrease a surplus.
    Clause 8 of House Rule XXI provides that, with respect to 
measures considered pursuant to a special order of business, 
points of order under the CBA shall operate without regard to 
whether the measures concerned have been reported from a 
committee.
    Clause 10 of House Rule XXI consists of a Pay-As-You-Go 
(PAYGO) rule requiring that mandatory spending increases and 
revenue decreases be offset over two periods: (1) the current 
fiscal year, the budget year set forth in the most recently 
completed budget resolution, and the four fiscal years 
following that budget year; and (2) the current fiscal year, 
the budget year set forth in the most recently completed budget 
resolution, and the nine fiscal years following that budget 
year. Clause 10 also allows for one House-passed measure to 
offset another House-passed measure if both measures are linked 
upon engrossment. In addition, Clause 10 allows for emergency 
exceptions to PAYGO for provisions designated as emergencies in 
legislation. (Note that the House PAYGO rule was further 
amended by H. Res. 1493, the resolution providing for budget 
enforcement for fiscal year 2011.)
    H. Res. 5 included separate orders relating to budget 
process under section 3 of the resolution. Section 3 provides 
the following: that references to resolutions in section 306 of 
the CBA shall apply to only joint resolutions (not simple or 
concurrent resolutions); that a point of order under section 
303 of the CBA is applicable to text made in order as an 
original bill by a special rule, or to the text on which the 
previous question is ordered, whichever the case may be; and 
that legislation establishing prospectively for a Federal 
office or position a specified or minimum compensation to be 
funded through annual appropriations shall not be construed to 
provide new entitlement authority under the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. Section 3 also creates a point of order, 
with some exceptions, against a motion that the Committee of 
the Whole rise to report a bill if the bill exceeds applicable 
allocations of new budget authority under section 302(b) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                  STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO ACT OF 2010

    Statutory Pay-As-You-Go was reinstated in February 2010 
when President Obama signed into law H. J. Res. 45 which 
included the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 under Title I. 
The House of Representatives passed H. J. Res. 45 on February 
2, 2010. The previous statutory PAYGO law, which was enacted in 
1990 under the Budget Enforcement Act and extended in 1993 and 
1997, expired in 2002.
    The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 establishes budget 
enforcement tools aimed at preventing increases in the deficit 
or decreases in the budget surplus arising from the enactment 
of direct spending or tax legislation. Generally the law 
requires that the budgetary effects of direct spending or tax 
legislation be recorded by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) on scorecards covering five- and ten-year periods. If the 
final OMB scorecards at the end of a Congress reflect a debit, 
the President is required to issue a sequestration order making 
across-the-board cuts to non-exempt direct spending programs 
sufficient to cover the debit. The Act exempts designated 
emergencies and four specified areas of legislation over a 
limited time period. There is no expiration date in the Act.

                          OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

    Under clause 1(d)(1) of House Rule X, a responsibility of 
the Budget Committee is the development of a concurrent budget 
resolution that sets spending and revenue levels in aggregate 
and across all budget functions. The 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 non-budgetary, such as 
the Federal Reserve. The Committee's formal oversight 
responsibility focuses on laws 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 special oversight responsibility under clause 3 of House 
Rule X to study the effect of budget outlays of existing and 
proposed legislation and to report the results of such studies 
to the House on a recurring basis.
    The Committee met on January 22, 2009, to organize for the 
111th Congress. In addition to adopting its rules of procedure, 
the Committee adopted a written oversight plan. The priorities 
of the oversight plan included holding hearings and receiving 
testimony from Members of Congress, Cabinet-level and other 
Federal officials, and expert witnesses to review the 
President's budget submissions and other budget priorities; 
assessing the performance of Federal agencies in both 
administration and service delivery; studying the budgetary 
effect of existing law and proposed legislation, as well as 
government regulation, on government spending; and reviewing 
views and estimates submitted by committees in development of 
the concurrent resolution on the budget.
    With regard to budget enforcement, the oversight plan 
included ongoing oversight of the Office of Management and 
Budget's budget activities 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 outlined the necessity of studying 
alternatives to improve ways in which Congress and the 
President develop and enforce budgetary decisions and the 
appropriateness and efficiency of tax incentives and direct 
spending by the federal government. In addition, the plan 
outlined the Committee's role in working with House committees 
to help ensure compliance with budget laws and rules.
    The Budget Committee's oversight plan proposed a total of 
22 hearings for the 111th Congress. The Committee exceeded this 
plan by holding a total of 30 hearings for the 111th Congress 
(excluding hearings designated for Members' days).

            BUDGET COMMITTEE HEARINGS FOR THE 111TH CONGRESS
 [The following is a complete list of hearings held by the Committee on
                  the Budget during the 111th Congress]
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                    Serial
      Date           No.          Title                Witnesses
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                              FIRST SESSION

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      1/27/2009      111-1   The Economic     Douglas Elmendorf PH.D.,
                              Outlook and      Director, Congressional
                              Budget           Budget Office; Alice
                              Challenges       Rivlin PH.D., Senior
                                               Fellow, Brookings
                                               Institution; Mark Zandi
                                               PH.D., Chief Economist
                                               and Cofounder, Moody's
                                               Economy.com; Laurence
                                               Meyer PH.D., Vice
                                               Chairman, Macroeconomic
                                               Advisers, LLC; Kevin
                                               Hassett PH.D., Senior
                                               Fellow and Director of
                                               Economic Policy Studies,
                                               American Enterprise
                                               Institute

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       2/4/2009      111-2   Long-term        Stephen Daggett,
                              Sustainability   Specialist in Defense
                              of Current       Policy and Budgets,
                              Defense Plans    Congressional Research
                                               Service; J. Michael
                                               Gilmore, Assistant
                                               Director for National
                                               Security, Congressional
                                               Budget Office

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       3/3/2009      111-3   The President's  The Honorable Peter
                              Fiscal Year      Orszag, Director, Office
                              2010 Budget      of Management and Budget

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       3/5/2009      111-4   Treasury         The Honorable Timothy F.
                              Department       Geithner, Secretary,
                              Fiscal Year      Department of the
                              2010 Budget      Treasury

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      3/12/2009      111-5   Education        The Honorable Arne Duncan,
                              Department       Secretary, Department of
                              Fiscal Year      Education
                              2010 Budget

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   3/13&19/2009      111-6   Members' Day     House Members invited

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      3/18/2009      111-7   Department of    Panel I: The Honorable
                              Defense Fiscal   Robert Hale, Under
                              Year 2010        Secretary of Defense
                              Budget           (Comptroller), Department
                                               of Defense
                                              Panel II: Michael
                                               Sullivan, Director,
                                               Acquisition and Sourcing
                                               Management, Government
                                               Accountability Office

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      4/12/2009      111-8   Building a       Sharon Parrott, Director
                              Foundation for   of the Welfare Reform and
                              Families:        Income Support Division,
                              Fighting         Center on Budget and
                              Hunger,          Policy Priorities;
                              Investing in     Deborah A. Frank M.D.,
                              Children         Founder and Principal
                                               Investigator of the
                                               Children's Sentinel
                                               Nutrition Assessment
                                               Program and the Growth
                                               and Development Program,
                                               Boston Medical Center;
                                               Leon Lott, Sheriff,
                                               Richland County, South
                                               Carolina; Douglas J.
                                               Besharov, Senior Scholar,
                                               American Enterprise
                                               Institute

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      5/17/2009      111-9   Budgeting for    Debra L. Miller,
                              Transportation   Secretary, Kansas
                              : Financing      Department of
                              Investments in   Transportation; Dr.
                              Highways and     Robert D. Atkinson,
                              Mass Transit     Chairman, National
                                               Surface Transportation
                                               Infrastructure Financing
                                               Commission; Tyler Duvall,
                                               Consultant, Former
                                               Assistant Secretary for
                                               Transportation Policy

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      5/21/2009     111-10   The State of     Douglas Elmendorf PH.D.,
                              the Economy      Director, The
                                               Congressional Budget
                                               Office

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       6/3/2009     111-11   Challenges       The Honorable Benjamin S.
                              Facing the       Bernanke PH.D., Chairman,
                              Economy: The     Board of Governors of the
                              View of the      Federal Reserve System
                              Federal
                              Reserve

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      6/19/2009     111-12   The Economic     Dr. Christina Romer,
                              Case for         Chair, Council of
                              Health Reform    Economic Advisers

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      6/25/2009     111-13   Statutory PAYGO  Panel I: The Honorable
                                               Peter Orszag, Director,
                                               Office of Management and
                                               Budget
                                              Panel II: Robert
                                               Greenstein, Executive
                                               Director, Center on
                                               Budget and Policy
                                               Priorities; Douglas Holtz-
                                               Eakin PH.D., Former
                                               Director, Congressional
                                               Budget Office; Alice M.
                                               Rivlin PH.D., Senior
                                               Fellow, The Brookings
                                               Institution, Unable to
                                               appear in person

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      7/16/2009     111-14   Budgeting for    Christopher A. Kouts,
                              Nuclear Waste    Acting Director, Office
                              Management       of Civilian Radioactive
                                               Waste Management,
                                               Department of Energy;
                                               Michael F. Hertz, Deputy
                                               Assistant Attorney
                                               General, Civil Division,
                                               Department of Justice;
                                               Kim P. Cawley, Unit
                                               Chief, Natural and
                                               Physical Resources Cost
                                               Estimates Unit,
                                               Congressional Budget
                                               Office

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      7/24/2009     111-15   The Recovery     The Honorable Ken Salazar,
                              Act:             Secretary, Department of
                              Strengthening    the Interior; The
                              Our Economy      Honorable Tom Vilsack,
                                               Secretary, Department of
                                               Agriculture; The
                                               Honorable Ray LaHood,
                                               Secretary, Department of
                                               Transportation

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     10/14/2009     111-16   The Cost of      Stephen Daggett,
                              Current          Specialist in Defense
                              Defense Plans:   Policy and Budgets,
                              An Analysis of   Congressional Research
                              Budget Issues    Service; Matthew
                                               Goldberg, Acting
                                               Assistant Director for
                                               National Security,
                                               Congressional Research
                                               Service

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     11/17/2009     111-17   Building an      The Honorable Jeffrey D.
                              Executive-       Zients, Deputy Director
                              Legislative      for Management and Chief
                              Partnership      Performance Officer,
                              for              Office of Management and
                              Performance      Budget
                              Budgeting

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      12/9/2009     111-18   The Social       LaDonna Pavetti, Director
                              Safety Net:      Welfare Reform and Income
                              Impact of the    Support Division, Center
                              Recession and    on Budget and Policy
                              of the           Priorities; Sue
                              Recovery Act     Berkowitz, Director and
                                               Attorney, South Carolina
                                               Appleseed Legal Justice
                                               Center; Pat Delessio,
                                               Attorney, Legal Action of
                                               Wisconsin; Ron Haskins,
                                               Senior Fellow, Economic
                                               Studies, Co-Director,
                                               Center on Children and
                                               Families, The Brookings
                                               Institution

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                             SECOND SESSION

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      1/21/2010     111-19   Perspectives on  Mr. John Podesta,
                              Long-Term        President and CEO, Center
                              Deficits         for American Progress;
                                               Mr. Robert Greenstein,
                                               Founder and Executive
                                               Director, Center on
                                               Budget and Policy
                                               Priorities; Ms. Maya
                                               MacGuineas, President,
                                               Committee for a
                                               Responsible Federal
                                               Budget, Director, Fiscal
                                               Policy Program, New
                                               America Foundation; Mr.
                                               James C. Capretta,
                                               Fellow, Ethics and Public
                                               Policy Center

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      1/27/2010     111-20   The Budget and   Douglas Elmendorf PH.D.,
                              Economic         Director, The
                              Outlook          Congressional Budget
                                               Office

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       2/2/2010     111-21   The President's  The Honorable Peter
                              Fiscal Year      Orszag, Director, Office
                              2011 Budget      of Management and Budget

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      2/24/2010     111-22   Department of    The Honorable Timothy F.
                              the Treasury     Geithner, Secretary,
                              Fiscal Year      Department of the
                              2011 Budget      Treasury

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      2/25/2010     111-23   Department of    The Honorable Arne Duncan,
                              Education        Secretary, Department of
                              Fiscal Year      Education; Mr. Thomas P.
                              2011 Budget      Skelly, Director, Budget
                                               Service, Department of
                                               Education

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       3/3/2010     111-24   Members' Day     House Members invited to
                                               testify

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       3/4/2010     111-25   Department of    The Honorable William J.
                              Defense Fiscal   Lynn III, Deputy
                              Year 2011        Secretary of Defense,
                              Budget           Department of Defense;
                                               The Honorable Robert F.
                                               Hale, Under Secretary of
                                               Defense (Comptroller),
                                               Department of Defense

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       6/9/2010     111-26   State of the     The Honorable Ben S.
                              Economy: View    Bernanke PH.D., Chairman,
                              from the         Board of Governors of the
                              Federal          Federal Reserve System
                              Reserve

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      6/17/2010     111-27   The              Mr. Jeffery Liebman,
                              Administration   Acting Deputy Director,
                              's Expedited     Office of Management and
                              Rescission       Budget
                              Proposal

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       7/1/2010     111-28   Perspectives on  Martin Baily PH.D., Senior
                              the U.S.         Fellow, Brookings
                              Economy          Institution; Mark Zanti
                                               PH.D., Chief Economist,
                                               Moody's Analytics; John
                                               Taylor PH.D., Senior
                                               Fellow, Hoover
                                               Institution

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      7/14/2010     111-29   The American     The Honorable Tom Vilsack,
                              Recovery and     Secretary, Department of
                              Reinvestment     Agriculture; Mr. Matt
                              Act of 2009:     Rodgers, Senior Advisor
                              An Update        to the Secretary of
                                               Energy, Department of
                                               Energy; Josh Bivens
                                               PH.D., Economist and
                                               Research Fellow, Economic
                                               Policy Institute;
                                               Veronique de Rugy PH.D.,
                                               Senior Research Fellow,
                                               Mercatus Center

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      7/27/2010     111-30   Budget           Panel I: Kristina M.
                              Implications     Johnson PH.D., Under
                              of Closing       Secretary, Department of
                              Yucca Mountain   Energy; Mr. Scott Blake
                                               Harris, General Counsel,
                                               Department of Energy; Mr.
                                               Michael F. Hertz, Deputy
                                               Assistant Attorney
                                               General, Department of
                                               Justice, Civil Division
                                              Panel II: Mr. David A.
                                               Wright, Vice Chairman,
                                               Public Service Commission
                                               of South Carolina

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      9/22/2010     111-31   Budgeting for    Mr. Bob Perrin, President,
                              Education: The   Williams & Fudge, Inc.
                              Role of          and the Coalition of
                              Perkins Loans    Higher Education
                                               Assistance Organization;
                                               Ms. Sarah Bauder,
                                               Assistant Vice President,
                                               Enrollment Services and
                                               Financial Aid, University
                                               of Maryland; Mr. Joseph
                                               Hill, Senior, Georgetown
                                               University

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      9/30/2010     111-32   Defense          Todd Harrison, Senior
                              Department       Fellow, Defense Budget
                              Budget           Studies, Center for
                              Initiatives      Strategic Budget
                                               Assessments; John (Bob)
                                               R. Wood, Lieutenant
                                               General (Ret.) Army, Star
                                               Strategies Group; Stan Z.
                                               Soloway, President & CEO,
                                               Professional Services
                                               Council; Jacqueline
                                               Simon, Public Policy
                                               Director, American
                                               Federation of Government
                                               Employees, AFL-CIO
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        LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF MEASURES ON WHICH ACTION WAS TAKEN
  [The Committee on Budget acted on the following legislative measures]



                   FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET RESOLUTION
                     House Concurrent Resolution 85

    3/27/2009   Introduced in House
    3/27/2009   The House Committee on the Budget reported an original
                 measure, H. Rept. 111-60, by Mr. Spratt.
     4/2/2009   Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the
                 resolution, agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233-196
                 (roll call no. 192)

                     Senate Concurrent Resolution 13

    3/27/2009   Introduced in Senate
    3/27/2009   Committee on the Budget. Original measure reported to
                 Senate by Senator Conrad under authority of the order
                 of the Senate of 03/26/2009. Without written report.
     4/2/2009   Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in
                 Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 55-43
    4/22/2009   The House struck all after the enacted clause and
                 inserted in lieu thereof a similar measure, H.Con.Res.
                 85. Agreed to without objection
                Mr. Ryan (WI) moved that the House instruct conferees.
                 Motion failed by a Yea-Nay Vote: 196-277 (roll call no.
                 198)
    4/27/2009   Conference report H. Rept. 111-89 filed
    4/29/2009   Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the
                 conference report, agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233-
                 193
    4/29/2009   Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to
                 conference report by Yea-Nay Vote: 53-43

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        THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010

    3/17/2010   Introduced in House
    3/17/2010   The House Committee on the Budget reported an original
                 measure, H. Rept. 111-443, by Mr. Spratt
    3/21/2010   Passed/agreed to in House: On passage, passed by
                 recorded vote: 220-211
    3/25/2010   Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with
                 amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 56-43
    3/25/2010   Resolving differences--House actions: On motion that the
                 House agree to the Senate amendments, agreed to by the
                 Yeas and Nays: 220-207
    3/25/2010   Cleared for White House.
    3/30/2010   Presented to President.
    3/30/2010   Signed by President.
    3/30/2010   Became Public Law No: 111-152

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           BUDGET ENFORCEMENT RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011
    6/30/2010   Introduced in House
     7/1/2010   Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to the provisions of
                 H. Res. 1500, H. Res. 1493 is considered passed House.

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                            BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET
        [The following is a complete list of measures that were referred to the Committee on the Budget]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Resolution/Bill               Sponsor                                        Title
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
H.R.1                 Rep Obey, David R.             American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
H.R.107               Rep Flake, Jeff                Securing Medicare and Retirement for Tomorrow Act of 2009
H.R.236               Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny         Social Security Protection Act of 2009
H.R.311               Rep Brady, Kevin               Spending Reform Act of 2009
H.R.483               Rep Poe, Ted                   Victims of Crime Act Preservation Fund Act of 2009
H.R.534               Rep Neugebauer, Randy          Responsible Government Empowerment Act of 2009
H.R.654               Rep Lee, Barbara               Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2009
H.R.797               Rep Calvert, Ken               Maximize Offshore Resource Exploration Act of 2009
H.R.835               Rep Poe, Ted                   Dollar Bill Act of 2009
H.R.861               Rep Minnick, Walter            Strategic Targeted American Recovery and Transition Act
H.R.943               Rep Bachmann, Michele          Truth in Accounting Act of 2009
H.R.1105              Rep Obey, David R.             Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
H.R.1276              Rep Moore, Dennis              Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of
                                                      2009
H.R.1294              Rep Ryan, Paul                 Congressional Accountability and Line-Item Veto Act of 2009
H.R.1390              Rep Buchanan, Vern             Earmark Accountability and Reform Act of 2009
H.R.1404              Rep Rahall, Nick J., II        Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act
H.R.1557              Rep Cooper, Jim                SAFE Commission Act
H.R.1648              Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G.      Fiscal Integrity Through Transparency and Technology (FITT)
                                                      Act of 2009
H.R.1721              Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr.        CLASS Act
H.R.1814              Rep Barrett, J. Gresham        Taxpayer Empowerment and Advocacy Act of 2009
H.R.2116              Rep Hill, Baron P.             Fiscal Honesty and Accountability Act of 2009
H.R.2169              Rep Duncan, John J., Jr.       Limitation on Government Spending Act of 2009
H.R.2227              Rep Murphy, Tim                American Conservation and Clean Energy Independence Act
H.R.2255              Rep Foxx, Virginia             Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2009
H.R.2512              Rep Flake, Jeff                To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit
                                                      the consideration in the House of Representatives or the
                                                      Senate of measures that appropriate funds for earmarks to
                                                      private, for-profit entities.
H.R.2920              Rep Hoyer, Steny H.            Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009
H.R.3148              Rep Christensen, Donna M.      To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting
                                                      the scoring of preventive health savings.
H.R.3200              Rep Dingell, John D.           America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
H.R.3233              Rep Lummis, Cynthia M.         Predictable, Equitable, and Transparent (PET) Project Act
                                                      of 2009
H.R.3268              Rep Reichert, David G.         Earmark Transparency and Accountability Reform Act
H.R.3298              Rep Jordan, Jim                Discretionary Spending Control Act of 2009
H.R.3310              Rep Bachus, Spencer            Consumer Protection and Regulatory Enhancement Act
H.R.3350              Rep Jenkins, Lynn              Debt Accountability Act
H.R.3385              Rep Barton, Joe                To authorize the use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund
                                                      to promote recycling of spent nuclear fuel, and for other
                                                      purposes.
H.R.3400              Rep Price, Tom                 Empowering Patients First Act
H.R.3442              Rep Hodes, Paul W.             To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
                                                      Act of 1985 to establish discretionary spending caps for
                                                      each of fiscal years 2011 through 2013.
H.R.3772              Rep Davis, Danny K.            Children's Budget Act
H.R.3962              Rep Dingell, John D.           Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries
                                                      and Pension Relief Act of 2010
H.R.3964              Rep Hensarling, Jeb            Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act of 2009
H.R.4170              Rep Hodes, Paul W.             Stop Any TARP Extension Act of 2009
H.R.4173              Rep Frank, Barney              Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
H.R.4191              Rep DeFazio, Peter A.          Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act
                                                      of 2009
H.R.4249              Rep McHenry, Patrick T.        Commission On Reforming Entitlement Spending Act
H.R.4262              Rep Scalise, Steve             CAP the DEBT Act
H.R.4291              Rep Sanchez, Linda T.          Public Lands Rehabilitation and Job Creation Act
H.R.4308              Rep Posey, Bill                Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act
H.R.4408              Rep Gohmert, Louie             Within Our Means Budget (WOMB) Act of 2009
H.R.4479              Rep Forbes, J. Randy           Tighten Washington's Belt Act of 2010
H.R.4481              Rep Lance, Leonard             Deficit Reduction Act of 2009
H.R.4525              Rep Wilson, Joe                To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the
                                                      eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay
                                                      and veterans' disability compensation to include all
                                                      members of the uniformed services who are retired under
                                                      chapter 61 of such title for disability, regardless of the
                                                      members' disability rating percentage.
H.R.4529              Rep Ryan, Paul                 Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010
H.R.4587              Rep Neugebauer, Randy          Cap Spending to Reduce Borrowing Act
H.R.4631              Rep Alexander, Rodney          To amend section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, to
                                                      require that annual budget submissions of the President to
                                                      Congress provide certain information regarding companies
                                                      in which the Government holds stock, and for other
                                                      purposes.
H.R.4646              Rep Fattah, Chaka              Debt Free America Act
H.R.4652              Rep Blumenauer, Earl           Columbia River Restoration Act of 2010
H.R.4653              Rep Garrett, Scott             Accurate Accounting of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Act
H.R.4691              Rep Rangel, Charles B.         Temporary Extension Act of 2010
H.R.4692              Rep Lipinski, Daniel           National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2010
H.R.4783              Rep Levin, Sander M.           Claims Resolution Act of 2010
H.R.4831              Rep Gingrey, Phil              Earmark Reform Act of 2010
H.R.4851              Rep Levin, Sander M.           Continuing Extension Act of 2010
H.R.4856              Rep Donnelly, Joe              Forecast for the Future Act of 2010
H.R.4868              Rep Frank, Barney              Housing Preservation and Tenant Protection Act of 2010
H.R.4871              Rep Kratovil, Frank, Jr.       Spending Reduction Act of 2010
H.R.4883              Rep Barton, Joe                STRONG Budget Act of 2010
H.R.4899              Rep Obey, David R.             Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010
H.R.4910              Rep Burton, Dan                To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
                                                      and enact the Empowering Patients First Act in order to
                                                      provide incentives to encourage health insurance coverage.
H.R.4921              Rep Minnick, Walter            Budget Enforcement Legislative Tool Act of 2010
H.R.4931              Rep Klein, Ron                 To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require
                                                      that the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
                                                      year 2012 include a benchmark plan to eliminate the budget
                                                      deficit by fiscal year 2020 and that subsequent
                                                      resolutions adhere to that plan.
H.R.4939              Rep Murphy, Tim                Social Security and Medicare Protection Act
H.R.4944              Rep Wilson, Joe                Siding with America's Patients Act
H.R.4994              Rep Lewis, John                Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010
H.R.5008              Rep Markey, Betsy              Targeted Deficit Reduction Act of 2010
H.R.5061              Rep Speier, Jackie             San Francisco Bay Improvement Act of 2010
H.R.5090              Rep Polis, Jared               NEW Schools Act
H.R.5202              Rep Chu, Judy                  National School Lunch Protection Act of 2010
H.R.5258              Rep Cassidy, Bill              Earmark Transparency Act of 2010
H.R.5323              Rep Smith, Lamar               Save America's Future Economy Act of 2010
H.R.5325              Rep Gordon, Bart               America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010
H.R.5453              Rep Heller, Dean               Protecting Against Indebting our Descendants through Fully
                                                      Offset Relief (PAID FOR) Temporary Extension Act of 2010
H.R.5454              Rep Spratt, John M., Jr.       Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010
H.R.5499              Rep Mica, John L.              To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize
                                                      advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the
                                                      Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
H.R.5504              Rep Miller, George             Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act
H.R.5536              Rep Flake, Jeff                Debt Buy-Down Act
H.R.5569              Rep Waters, Maxine             National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010
H.R.5618              Rep McDermott, Jim             Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of
                                                      2010
H.R.5623              Rep Dahlkemper, Kathleen A.    Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010
H.R.5647              Rep Heller, Dean               Responsible COBRA, Unemployment, and Poverty Extension Act
H.R.5712              Rep Levin, Sander M.           Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act of 2010
H.R.5745              Rep Lewis, Jerry               Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010
H.R.5752              Rep Quigley, Mike              Transparent and Sustainable Budget Act of 2010
H.R.5775              Rep Sestak, Joe                To require the establishment of a commission on earmark
                                                      reform, to consolidate and streamline the grants
                                                      management structure of the Federal Government, and for
                                                      other purposes.
H.R.5818              Rep Garrett, Scott             Mandate Prevention Act of 2010
H.R.5875              Rep Price, David E.            Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Act,
                                                      2010
H.R.5876              Rep Bishop, Timothy H.         Long Island Sound Improvement Act Amendments of 2010
H.R.5893              Rep Levin, Sander M.           Investing in American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of
                                                      2010
H.R.5901              Rep Crowley, Joseph            Real Estate Jobs and Investment Act of 2010
H.R.5954              Rep Giffords, Gabriel          Truth in Spending Act of 2010
H.R.5979              Rep Upton, Fred                United States Nuclear Fuel Management Corporation
                                                      Establishment Act of 2010
H.R.5982              Rep Levin, Sander M.           Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2010
H.R.6080              Rep Price, David E.            Making emergency supplemental appropriations for border
                                                      security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010,
                                                      and for other purposes.
H.R.6186              Rep Posey, Bill                Cutting Earmarks And Savings Enforcement (CEASE) Act
H.R.6213              Rep Michaud, Michael H.        To address the reporting requirement burden on small
                                                      businesses, and for other purposes.
H.R.6320              Rep Courtney, Joe              Small Business Export Support Act of 2010
H.R.6396              Rep Lofgren, Zoe               To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll,
                                                      during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the
                                                      periods of time to file a petition and appear for an
                                                      interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent
                                                      resident status, and for other purposes.
H.R.6397              Rep Duncan, John J., Jr.       Marine Sergeant Michael H. Ferschke, Jr. Memorial Act
H.R.6401              Rep Dreier, David              Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2010
H.R.6402              Rep Larson, John B.            To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce oil
                                                      consumption and improve energy security, and for other
                                                      purposes.
H.R.6427              Rep Dingell, John D.           Medicare Physician Payment Update Extension Act
H.R.6467              Rep Levin, Sander M.           Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010
H.Con.Res.234         Rep Tiahrt, Todd               Expressing the sense of Congress that there should be a
                                                      freeze on new discretionary non-defense, non-homeland
                                                      security, non-intelligence spending whenever there is a
                                                      Federal budget deficit.
H.Con.Res.281         Rep Jordan, Jim                Establishing the congressional budget for the United States
                                                      Government for fiscal year 2011, revising the appropriate
                                                      budgetary levels for fiscal year 2010, and setting forth
                                                      the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2012
                                                      through 2020.
H.Res.1289            Rep Goodlatte, Bob             Expressing the sense of the House that Democratic Members
                                                      of the House should join Republican Members of the House
                                                      in a total ban on earmarks for one year, that total
                                                      discretionary spending should be reduced by the amount
                                                      saved by earmark moratoriums, and that a bipartisan,
                                                      bicameral committee should be created to review and
                                                      overhaul the budgetary, spending, and earmark processes.
H.Res.1492            Rep Spratt, John M., Jr.       Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011.
H.Res.1493            Rep Spratt, John M., Jr.       Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011.
S.685                 Sen Lautenberg, Frank R.       Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2010
S.2925                Sen Wyden, Ron                 Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims
                                                      Support Act of 2010
S.3307                Sen Lincoln, Blanche L.        Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
S.3689                Sen Leahy, Patrick J.          Copyright Cleanup, Clarification, and Corrections Act of
                                                      2010
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


       COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
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       Date                                 Title
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                              FIRST SESSION
                              Publications

January 7, 2009     CBO Report Confirms President Bush's Fiscal Legacy
January 22, 2009    Letter from OMB Director to Chairman Spratt about
                     economic recovery proposal
January 27, 2009    Analysis of Top Economists Supports Effectiveness of
                     House Economic Recovery Package
March 25, 2009      Key Features of the Chairman's Mark: Fiscal Year
                     2010 Budget Resolution
March 25, 2009      Budget Authority and Outlay Numbers in the
                     Chairman's Mark
March 31, 2009      Fact Sheets on the FY 2010 Budget Resolution--
                     H.Con.Res. 85
April 27, 2009      Fact Sheets on the FY 2010 Budget Resolution
                     Conference Report--S.Con.Res. 13
May 2009            Views and Estimates of the Committees of the House
May 15, 2009        Summary and Analysis of the President's Detailed
                     Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request
June 8, 2009        Federal Reserve Chairman Testifies on Economic
                     Recovery
July 29, 2009       House Budget Committee Hearing on the Recovery Act:
                     Strengthening Our Economy
July 31, 2009       Frequently Asked Questions about the Federal Budget

                                 Reports

March 27, 2009      HouseReport111-60:CommitteeReportontheConcurrentReso
                     lutionontheBudget--FiscalYear2010

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                             SECOND SESSION
                              Publications

January 26, 2010    CBO Forecasts Economic Recovery, Fiscal Challenges
February 4, 2010    Summary and Analysis of the President's Fiscal Year
                     2011 Budget
March 2010          Views and Estimates of Committees of the House
June 10, 2010       Excerpts from Fed. Chair Ben Bernanke's Testimony at
                     a Hearing on the State of the Economy
July 15, 2010       Democrats Have a Budget Plan
July 30, 2010       District Work Period Packet: The Democratic Record
                     on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Recovery

                                 Reports

March 17, 2010      House Report 111-443: The Reconciliation Act of 2010
                     (volume 1 and volume 2)
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          House Budget Committee Minority Caucus Publications

    The following miscellaneous documents were prepared by the 
staff of the Minority Caucus of the Committee on the Budget. 
These publications were not approved by the full Membership of 
the Committee.

                             FIRST SESSION

The Budget and House Rules: For the 111th Congress [1/06/2009]
Pay-As-You-Go: The Rule, or The Exception? [1/06/2009]
CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook: Deficit Approaches $1.2 
        Trillion [1/07/2009]
Root Causes of the Financial Crisis: The Role of Government 
        Policy [1/08/2009]
SCHIP Reauthorization: Worsening the Entitlement Crisis, Hiding 
        the True Cost [1/14/2009]
An $825-Billion `Stimulus': HBC Stimulus Analysis [1/16/2009]
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: `Stimulus,' or Just 
        Borrow and Spend? [1/27/2009]
SCHIP Reauthorization: Another Entitlement Train Wreck [2/04/
        2009]
The Cost of Extending the `stimulus': A Preliminary Analysis 
        [2/05/2009]
What Stimulus Will Cost American Families: Cost of Stimulus Per 
        Family [2/06/2009]
CBO Letters on Stimulus Bill: Cost of Extension of the Stimulus 
        [2/11/2009]
CBO Letters on Stimulus Bill: Cost of Debt Service on HR. 1 [2/
        12/2009]
The `Stimulus' Conference Report: Final Report on HR 1 [2/13/
        2009]
Health Care Power Grab: Part 3: Economic `Stimulus' [2/13/2009]
Health Care Power Grab: Part 2: The SCHIP Program [2/13/2009]
Health Care Power Grab: Part 1: The Medicare Trigger [2/13/
        2009]
FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations: Still more spending--And more 
        debt [2/24/2009]
The President's Budget--For Fiscal Year 2010 [2/26/2009]
President Obama's 2010 Budget--An Analysis [2/26/2009]
The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2010--The Good, The Bad, 
        The Ugly [2/27/2009]
Obama Budget Outspends Liberal Democrats--Budget Committee--
        Republican Staff [3/04/2009]
Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst--An Economic `Stress 
        Test' of the Administration's Budget [3/05/2009]
War Games--The President's Budget and $1.5 Trillion in War 
        `Savings' [3/13/2009]
Obama Redux: The Chairman's Mark for the FY2010 Budget [3/25/
        2009]
The Path to American Prosperity: Legislative Text [4/01/2009]
The Path to American Prosperity: Two Budgets: A Comparison [4/
        01/2009]
The Path to American Prosperity: Summary of the Republican 
        Alternative [4/01/2009]
The Path to American Prosperity: THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET 
        ALTERNATIVE [4/01/2009]
Minority Views Summary: Minority Views [4/01/2009]
The Obama-Democratic Budget: A Deluge of Dollars and Debt [4/
        22/2009]
The President's First 100 Days: And the Budget [4/28/2009]
The Obama-Democratic Budget: Fact Sheet: Conference Report 
        S.Con.Res 13 [4/28/2009]
The Obama Plan for Spending, Taxes, and Debt: Conference Report 
        S.Con.Res 13 [4/28/2009]
The Obama Administration's: ``Terminations, Reductions, & 
        Savings'' [5/07/2009]
Emergency Supplemental: Fiscal Year 2008--H.R. 2346 [5/14/2009]
The Administration's IMF Proposals: International Monetary Fund 
        Proposals [6/03/2009]
The Administration's Pay-Go Proposal: Analysis [6/09/2009]
Appropriations Growth in Fiscal Year 2010: Fiscal Year 2010 
        Appropriations [6/11/2009]
Emergency Supplemental: Conference Report H.R. 2346 [6/16/2009]
Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriation: First Installment 
        of the 2010 Spending Hike HR 2847 [6/16/2009]
Legislative Branch Appropriations: A 7-Percent Increase for 
        Congress HR 2918 [6/18/2009]
Homeland Security Appropriations: Spending to Increase by 1 
        Percent [6/24/2009]
Interior, Environment, and Related Appropriations: Spending to 
        Increase by 17 Percent [6/25/2009]
The Costs of `Cap-and-Trade': `Cap-and-Trade' Analysis [6/26/
        2009]
Agriculture Appropriations: A Spending Increase of 11.9 Percent 
        [7/07/2009]
State-Foreign Operations Appropriations: A 33-Percent Hike for 
        International Programs [7/07/2009]
Military Construction / Veterans Affairs Appropriations: 
        Veterans / Defense Facilities Get a 5--Percent Increase 
        [7/10/2009]
Democrats' Statutory PAYGO: CBO Analysis of House Democrats' 
        PAYGO [7/14/2009]
Democrats' Statutory PAYGO: Ryan Letter to Pelosi on Budget 
        Committee Shutout [7/14/2009]
Energy and Water Appropriations: Flat Funding After Large 
        `Stimulus' Boost [7/14/2009]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: 
        Spending Rises 6.4 Percent [7/15/2009]
The House `Tri-Comm' Bill: A New Trillion--Dollar Health Care 
        Entitlement [7/16/2009]
The House `Tri-Comm' Bill (UPDATED): A New Trillion--Dollar 
        Health Care Entitlement [7/21/2009]
The Democratic Pay-Go Legislation: A Facade of Fiscal 
        Responsibility [7/22/2009]
Republican Pay-Go Substitute: The Budget Control Act of 2009 
        [7/22/2009]
Transportation and HUD Appropriations: Another 25-Percent 
        Increase [7/23/2009]
Labor--HHS--Education Appropriations: Spending Rises By 7.3 
        Percent [7/24/2009]
Democratic Health Care Bill: Hiding the Cost of the `Doc Fix' 
        [7/24/2009]
Defense Appropriations: A 4-Percent Increase for Defense [7/28/
        2009]
New Spending, More Programs: In Student Aid `Deficit Reduction' 
        Bill [7/30/2009]
AUGUST RECESS PACKET: Budget Status Report [7/31/2009]
Contingent Liabilities: More Bailouts to Come? [8/04/2009]
Points to Consider: The Forthcoming Mid-Session Review [8/20/
        2009]
CBO/OMB Mid-Session Review: Growing Deficits and Debt [8/25/
        2009]
Medicare Savings for Health Care: Can Congress Stay the Course? 
        [9/17/2009]
Continuing Resolution/Legislative Branch Appropriations: 
        Congress Takes Care of Its Own [9/25/2009]
Bigger Government: CHARTS AND GRAPHS [9/30/2009]
Bigger Government: The Growing Federal Bureaucracy [9/30/2009]
Agriculture Appropriations--Conf. Report: A 14-Percent Spending 
        Increase [10/07/2009]
President's SAVE Award: Rep. Ryan's Suggestions [10/15/2009]
Homeland Security Appropriations--Conf. Report: Spending to 
        Increase by 1.5 Percent [10/15/2009]
The Democrats' $247 Billion: Doc Fix Exemption [10/21/2009]
Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act: Fact Sheet [11/03/
        2009]
Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act: Legislative Text [11/
        03/2009]
Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act: Legislative Summary 
        [11/03/2009]
The House Health Care Bill: A Costly Government Takeover of 
        Americans' Health Care [11/03/2009]
The House Health Care Bill: The Democrats' $279-Billion `Doc 
        Fix' Shell Game [11/06/2009]
The House Democratic Health Care Bill: PRESENTATION [11/16/
        2009]
Congressional Budget Office Confirms: CBO Report [11/19/2009]
Congressional Budget Office Confirms: Democratic Health Care 
        Bill Increases Deficit [11/19/2009]
Trouble Asset Relief Program [TARP]: A New Slush Fund for 
        Washington [12/08/2009]
Omnibus Appropriations: A 12-Percent Increase for Congress's 
        Still Unfinished Business [12/10/2009]
Defense Appropriations: Saving the Most Important for Last [12/
        16/2009]
More `Stimulus,' Debt, and Stopgap Spending: The Four-Bill 
        Endgame [12/16/2009]
Budget Year-End Review: The Democrats' Year of Big Spending, 
        Big Debt, Big Government [12/18/2009]

                             SECOND SESSION

CBO's Budget & Economic Outlook: Another Trillion Dollar 
        Deficit [1/26/2010]
President's Budget FY2011: Charts and Graphs [2/1/2010]
President's Budget FY2011: Summary Document [2/1/2010]
President's Budget FY2011: The Relentless Growth of Government 
        [2/1/2010]
Borrow-As-You-Go: Another Debt Ceiling Increase, Behind the 
        PAY-GO Facade [2/3/2010]
Health Care Summit: Hiding Spending is Not Reducing Spending: 
        [2/24/2010]
Treasury and GAO Budget Outlook: Trillions of Unfunded 
        Liabilities [3/05/2010]
CBO Analysis of Obama FY2011 Budget: Charts and Graphs [3/05/
        2010]
CBO Analysis of Obama FY2011 Budget: CBO Analysis [3/05/2010]
House Committee GOP Ranking Members: Endorse Immediate Earmark 
        Moratorium [3/11/2010]
The Challenge of Passing Health Care: Through Reconciliation 
        [3/12/2010]
Health Care Reconciliation: A Broken Process With Costly 
        Consequences (Minority Views) [3/18/
Health Care Reconciliation: CBO Cost Estimate of HR 4872 [3/19/
        2010]
Health Care Reconciliation: Graphs/Charts [3/19/2010]
Health Care Reconciliation: Health Legislation Increases 
        Deficits [3/19/2010]
Statutory PAYGO and Health Care Reform: Letter to Director 
        Orszag [3/19/2010]
Statutory PAYGO and Health Care Reform: HBC Analysis [3/20/
        2010]
The Budget and Health Care Legislation: Top Ten Problems [3/20/
        2010]
A Review of the Legislation As Enacted: The Costly Consequences 
        of Health Care Reform [4/7/2010]
And No Congressional Budget: Tax Day [4/15/2010]
It's Congress' Responsibility to Produce a Budget: House GOP 
        Letter to Speaker Pelosi [4/15/2010]
CMS and CBO Confirm Higher Costs and Higher Taxes: Broken 
        Promises on Health Care [4/23/2010]
Roadmap's Financial Effects on Social Security: Social Security 
        Office of the Chief Actuary [4/27/2010]
Ryan, Hensarling, Garrett Letter to Geithner: Ryan Disputes GM 
        Repayment Claims; Calls for Clarity and Transparency 
        [4/28/2010]
Advertised Cost vs. True Cost of Overhaul: CBO's Revised Cost 
        Estimate of Health Care Overhaul: $115 Billion In 
        Additional Spending [5/11/2010]
Republican Spending Reduction Proposals: ``Cut Spending Now'' 
        [5/25/2010]
Full Analysis: More Taxes, More Spending, and More Debt: H.R. 
        4213, The Deficit-Extenders Bill [5/27/2010]
Debt Threat Charts: The Perils of Rising Government Debt [5/27/
        2010]
Economic Analysis of Looming Debt Crisis: The Perils of Rising 
        Government Debt [5/27/2010]
Final Update: Still More Taxes, More Spending, and More Debt: 
        H.R. 4213, The Deficit-Extenders Bill Now'' [5/28/2010]
The Need to Tackle Washington's Debt Crisis: The Democrats' 
        Budget Failure [5/28/2010]
Discretionary Spending Increases: The Democrats' Discretionary 
        Spending [6/4/2010]
Need Results Not More Rhetoric: Administration's ``Savings'' 
        Proposal [6/8/2010]
Charts and Graphs: Hearing: State of the Economy with Federal 
        Reserve Chairman Bernanke [6/9/2010]
Obamacare: Three Months of Broken Promises: Report from 
        Republican Leader John Boehner [6/23/2010]
Setting the record straight on Democrats' unprecedented budget 
        failure: Spending--And Spinning--Out of Control [6/28/
        2010]
Ranking Member Paul Ryan Echoes Call to Chart a New Course: CBO 
        Rings Latest Fiscal Alarm [6/30/2010]
An Admission of Fiscal Failure: The Majority's Budget Deemer 
        [6/30/2010]
Complications and Budget Gimmicks: The Dodd-Frank Financial 
        Regulation Bill [7/2/2010]
Analysis: The Debt Keeps Mounting OMB's Mid-Session Review [7/
        23/2010]
Military Construction/ Veterans Affairs Appropriation: 
        Appropriations Update [7/27/2010]
Transportation-HUD Appropriation: Appropriations Update [7/28/
        2010]
Summary: The Illusions of Pay-Go [7/29/2010]
Higher Deficits & Debt--But Where Are The Jobs?: Ranking Member 
        Paul Ryan on CBO Budget Update [8/19/2010]
Deficits and Debt Explode; Jobs and Economy Stagnate: The 
        Looming Lost Decade [8/19/2010]
Washington Partisans Continue Irresponsible Attacks: Ryan Calls 
        for Adult Conversation & Principled Leadership; [8/27/
        2010]
Camp, Lewis & Ryan Letter: Call for Bipartisan Push to Restrain 
        Spending, Prevent Tax Hikes, Spur Job Creation [9/13/
        2010]
Small Businesses Struggle, While Congress Spends Freely: The 
        Small Business Jobs and Credit Act [9/22/2010]
Understanding the Tax Debate: The Impact of Looming Tax 
        Increases [9/23/2010]
More Spending, Taxes, Deficits, and Debt: The Budget Record of 
        the 111th Congress [9/29/2010]
Setting the Record Straight: The Bipartisan Case for 
        Entitlement Reform [10/1/2010]
The Draconian Do-Nothing Plan: Social Security [10/7/2010]
Appropriations Analysis: The Continuing Resolution for Fiscal 
        Year 2011[10/8/2010]
Treasury Reports $1.3 Trillion Deficit: Ryan: Too Much 
        Spending, Too Few Jobs [10/15/2010]
Paul Ryan's Invitation for Solutions: Met (again) with 
        Misleading Attacks [10/21/2010]
Projections for Social Security warn of status quo's painful 
        consequences: CBO Report: Another Call to Action [10/
        22/2010]
Projections: In letter to Ranking Member Ryan, CBO highlights 
        the latest health care broken promise for Social 
        Security warn of status quo's painful consequences: CBO 
        Confirms Obamacare Will Increase Drug Prices[11/4/2010]
Investor's Business Daily Editorial: Refocus The Fed On Price 
        Stability Instead Of Bailing Out Fiscal Policy [12/1/
        2010]
Expanded Views: Fiscal Commission [12/3/2010]
Appropriations Analysis: The Budget Impact of the Second 
        Continuing Resolution [12/8/2010]

                          ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

The Minority Committee on the Budget also investigated wasteful 
        Federal spending in a number of areas:
Costly Counting: The 2010 Census (May 12, 2009): Significant 
        schedule, performance, and cost issues during the 2010 
        Census.
The Show Must Go On? (30 July 2009): Funding for the National 
        Endowment of the Arts for spending on various theatre 
        groups.
Cash for Clinkers (8 September 2009): Federal checks were 
        mistakenly sent to convicted felons in prison and to 
        deceased individuals.
Fighting Fire with * * * Festivals? (22 September 2009): 
        Federal funding for various festivals held in public 
        parks.
Imposing One-Size-Fits-All `Utopia' on Local Communities (16 
        June 2010): Federal funding for various urban planning 
        initiatives.
The Victims of Cash for Clunkers' `Success' (22 September 
        2010): Providing Federal funding for individuals to 
        purchase new cars.

                                  
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