[House Report 112-147]
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                                                  Union Calendar No. 94


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                               ACTIVITIES

                                  AND

                             SUMMARY REPORT

                                 OF THE

                        COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                             FIRST QUARTER

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

                                     


                                     

 July 14, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed


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                        COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

                     PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin, Chairman
SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey            CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland,
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho              Ranking Minority Member
JOHN CAMPBELL, California            ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania
KEN CALVERT, California              MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
W. TODD AKIN, Missouri               LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas
TOM COLE, Oklahoma                   EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
TOM PRICE, Georgia                   BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
TOM McCLINTOCK, California           JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
JASON CHAFFETZ, Utah                 BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
MARLIN A. STUTZMAN, Indiana          MICHAEL M. HONDA, California
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma             TIM RYAN, Ohio
DIANE BLACK, Tennessee               DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
REID J. RIBBLE, Wisconsin            GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin
BILL FLORES, Texas                   KATHY CASTOR, Florida
MICK MULVANEY, South Carolina        HEATH SHULER, North Carolina
TIM HUELSKAMP, Kansas                PAUL TONKO, New York
TODD C. YOUNG, Indiana               KAREN BASS, California
JUSTIN AMASH, Michigan
TODD ROKITA, Indiana
FRANK C. GUINTA, New Hampshire
ROB WOODALL, Georgia

                           Professional Staff

                     Austin Smythe, Staff Director
                Thomas S. Kahn, Minority Staff Director
                     LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                                   Committee on the Budget,
                                     Washington, DC, July 14, 2011.
Hon. Karen L. Haas,
Clerk of the House, U.S. 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 first quarter of the 112th 
Congress.
            Sincerely,
                                                 Paul Ryan,
                                                          Chairman.


                                                  Union Calendar No. 94
112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    112-147

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                  ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE
                        COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

                                _______
                                

 July 14, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, from the Committee on the Budget, submitted the 
                               following

                                 REPORT

                       Jurisdiction and Functions
                            of the Committee


    The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 established the 
Committee on the Budget. 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 for working on the 
congressional budget process.
    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. 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: to reconcile actual 
spending and revenue in law with the guidelines set out in the 
resolution.
    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 House extended the 
Budget Committee's legislative jurisdiction to cover not only 
the congressional budget process but the 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 the above subparagraph (1), the Budget Committee has 
exclusive jurisdiction over both budgetary levels and budgetary 
concepts. Under subparagraph (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 (3), 
the Budget Committee has exclusive jurisdiction over the 
establishment, extension, and enforcement of mandatory and 
discretionary spending limits, pay-go 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 2011 Budget Resolution

    During the 111th Congress, the House adopted House 
Resolution 1493, setting forth some of the requirements of a 
budget resolution for fiscal year 2011. In the absence of a 
conference report on the budget for that fiscal year, it 
allowed for the enforcement of certain points of order under 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The House adopted the 
resolution on July 1, 2010, setting the allocation of new 
discretionary budget authority and outlays to the Committee on 
Appropriations for fiscal year 2011.
    On January 5, 2011, the House adopted House Resolution 5 to 
provide interim budget levels until the adoption of the FY2012 
concurrent resolution on the budget. On February 8, 2011, 
pursuant to section 3(d) of House Resolution 5 (112th 
Congress), the resolution adopting the rules for the One 
Hundred and Twelfth Congress, Chairman Ryan submitted for 
printing in the Congressional Record the 302(a) allocation for 
fiscal year 2011 to the Committee on Appropriations.
    This interim 302(a) allocation was used to enforce section 
302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Bills or 
amendments causing spending to exceed the level triggers a 
point of order under section 302(f) of the Act. It prohibits 
the consideration of legislation inconsistent with the 
budgetary levels set forth in the budget resolution and the 
accompanying report.
    This submission also included language related to Advance 
Appropriations as required by House Resolution 5 (112th 
Congress).
    On February 11, 2011, pursuant to section 3(d) of House 
Resolution 5 (112th Congress), Chairman Ryan submitted for 
printing in the Congressional Record budget aggregates and 
allocations for fiscal year 2011. This submission included an 
allocation and aggregates of budget authority, outlays, and 
revenue for fiscal year 2011 and the period of fiscal years 
2011 through 2015.
    These interim levels were used to enforce sections 302(f), 
303(a) and 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
Sections 302(f) and 311(a) prohibit the consideration of 
legislation inconsistent with the budgetary levels set forth in 
the budget resolution and the accompanying report. Section 
303(a) prohibits the consideration of legislation providing new 
budget authority or changing revenue until Congress adopts a 
budget resolution for a fiscal year.
    For House authorizing committees, the interim allocations 
and aggregates were set for fiscal year 2011 and the period of 
fiscal years 2011 through 2015, at the levels included in the 
Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2011 to 2021 
published by the Congressional Budget Office (the CBO 
baseline). They reflect legislation enacted through the end of 
the 111th Congress.
    The aggregates serve as a ceiling on spending and a floor 
for revenue levels. These levels served as the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2011, a year for which 
Congress did not adopt a budget resolution. The levels and 
enforcement procedures remain in effect unless superseded by 
the adoption of a concurrent budget resolution for fiscal year 
2012.

                   Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Resolution

    The fiscal year 2012 budget cycle commenced on April 6, 
2011, with the markup of the fiscal year 2012 concurrent 
resolution on the budget, House Concurrent Resolution 34 (112th 
Congress). The report accompanying House Concurrent Resolution 
34 (112th Congress), House Report 112-058, was filed on April 
11, 2011.
    The Committee on Rules reported a rule (House Resolution 
223) providing for the consideration of House Concurrent 
Resolution 34 (112th Congress). The rule provided for 4 hours 
of general debate: three hours controlled by the chair and the 
ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget, equally 
divided; and one hour on the subject of economic goals and 
policies equally divided between the Chair and Ranking Minority 
Member of the Joint Economic Committee.
    The Resolution specified certain amendments in order and 
waived all points of order against consideration of the 
concurrent resolution.
    After the adoption of House Resolution 223, floor debate on 
House Concurrent Resolution 34 proceeded on April 14 and 15, 
2011. The Committee of the Whole passed House Resolution 223 on 
April 14, 2011.
    The Committee of the Whole proceeded with four hours of 
general debate on the resolution and then proceeded to full 
substitute amendments:

Cleaver substitute amendment No. 1, the amendment was defeated. 
        (Black Caucus Substitute)

Grijalva substitute amendment No. 3, the amendment was 
        defeated. (Progressive Caucus Substitute)

Garrett substitute amendment No. 4, the amendment was defeated. 
        (Republican Study Committee Substitute)

Van Hollen substitute amendment No. 5, the amendment was 
        defeated. (Democratic Substitute).

                      Other Legislative Activities


H. Res. 5, Adopting Rules for the 112th Congress

    The organizing resolution (H. Res. 5) adopted by the House 
on January 5, 2011 at the commencement of the 112th Congress 
contained several provisions related to the congressional 
budget process. H. Res. 5 replaced the Pay-As-You-Go [PAYGO] 
requirements with a Cut-As-You-Go [CUTGO] requirement. CUTGO 
prohibits consideration of legislation if it has the net effect 
of increasing mandatory spending within a five- or ten-year 
budget window.
    The next provision requires the inclusion in the CUTGO 
evaluation of legislation of the entire text of a separate 
House passed measure or measures added as new matter to such 
legislation pursuant to special order of the House.
    Further, H. Res. 5 excludes from such evaluation any 
provision expressly designated as an emergency for the 
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (but not any amendment so 
designated, which is subjected to the evaluation).
    A third provision repealed Rule XXVIII of the Rules of the 
House, which provided for an automatic engrossment and 
transmittal to the Senate of a joint resolution changing the 
public debt limit, upon the adoption of a congressional budget 
resolution. Rule XXVIII allowed for the House to avoid a 
separate vote on public debt limit legislation.
    Next, the resolution authorizes the chair of the Budget 
Committee to provide authoritative guidance concerning the 
impact of a legislative proposal on the levels of new budget 
authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, 
and revenues codified as clause 4 of House Rule XXIX.
    The resolution also amended the budget enforcement process, 
making it out of order in the House to consider general 
appropriations legislation that (1) provides spending authority 
beyond what is actually derived from receipts deposited in the 
Highway Trust Fund (excluding any transfers that have already 
occurred from the General Fund of the Treasury); or (2) spends 
those receipts for any purpose other than authorized activities 
for the highway or mass transit categories. Furthermore, H. 
Res. 5 makes it out of order to consider a budget resolution, 
amendment, or conference report containing reconciliation 
directives that specify changes in law that would cause an 
increase in net direct spending.
    Additionally, H. Res. 5 specifies separate orders relating 
to the treatment of legislation in view of certain budget 
requirements of these Rules, including orders concerning: (1) 
emergencies; (2) contingency operations directly related to the 
global war on terrorism; (3) a deficit-neutral revenue reserve; 
(4) limitations on advance appropriations and long-term 
spending (with specified exemptions); (5) spending reduction 
amendments in appropriations bills; and (6) budget enforcement 
with respect to discretionary administrative expenses of the 
Social Security Administration and of the Postal Services.
    Finally, House Resolution 5 (112th Congress) required the 
Chair of the Committee on the Budget to submit for printing in 
the Congressional Record budget aggregates and allocations 
contemplated by section 301 (Content of the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget) for 2011, and 2011 through 2015.
    Publication of these aggregates and allocations will be 
considered to be the adoption of a concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2011. This provision is intended to give 
the Chair of the Committee on the Budget authority to set 
aggregates and allocations to complete the unfinished fiscal 
year 2011 budget resolution cycle, taking into account the 
latest CBO baseline, including its 5-year projections.

H. Res. 6, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the House 
        of Representatives

    This resolution was agreed to on January 5, 2011 and 
elected Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin as Chairman of the Committee on 
the Budget.

H. Res. 7, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the House 
        of Representatives

    This resolution was agreed to on January 5, 2011 and 
elected Mr. Van Hollen as the Ranking Member of the Committee 
on the Budget.

H. Res. 37, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the 
        House of Representatives

    This resolution was agreed to on January 25, 2011 and 
elected Mr. Garrett, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Calvert, 
Mr. Akin, Mr. Cole, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. McClintock, Mr. 
Stutzman, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Black, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Flores, Mr. 
Mulvaney, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Young of Indiana, Mr. Amash, and 
Mr. Rokita to the Committee on the Budget.

H. Res. 52, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the 
        House of Representatives

    This resolution was agreed to on January 25, 2011 and 
elected Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Blumenauer, 
Ms. McCollum, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Honda, Mr. Ryan of 
Ohio, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Moore, Ms. Castor of Florida, 
Mr. Shuler, Mr. Tonko, and Ms. Bass of California to the 
Committee on the Budget.

H. Res. 53, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the 
        House of Representatives

    This resolution was agreed to on January 25, 2011 and 
elected Mr. Chaffetz, to rank immediately after Mr. McClintock; 
and Mr. Guinta to the Committee on the Budget.

H. Res. 78, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the 
        House of Representatives

    This resolution was agreed to on February 9, 2011 and 
elected Mr. Woodall to the Committee on the Budget.

                           Budget Enforcement

    In the first quarter of the 112th Congress, the staff of 
the Committee on the Budget monitored all legislation prepared 
for consideration on the House floor for spending and revenue 
implications. By working with committee staff, the Rules 
Committee and House leadership, legislation that would have 
violated the budget was often modified to avoid conflicts with 
the budget or dropped from House floor consideration 
altogether. The Committee provided ongoing oversight of the 
Office of Management and Budget's implementation of budget 
submission, control, execution and enforcement procedures under 
the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 and the 
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
    Pursuant to House Resolution 5 (112th Congress), Chairman 
Ryan provided authoritative guidance concerning the impact of a 
legislative proposition on the levels of new budget authority, 
outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, and 
revenues.
    Additionally, the Committee monitored reclassifications of 
budget accounts, re-estimates of the subsidies of credit 
programs, consistency in cost estimates for direct spending and 
tax bills, compliance with the relevant laws, in the 
development of budget projections and changes in spend-out 
rates for discretionary programs.
    The Committee worked with the Committee on Appropriations 
and the authorizing committees to ensure that spending and tax 
legislation did not breach the appropriate levels in the budget 
resolution as required under sections 302(f) and 311(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or violate any budget 
provisions contained in the Rules of the House of 
Representatives.

                            Economic Policy

    The Committee is studying, and will continue to study, how 
economic policies affect the Federal budget. Among other 
hearings in the first quarter, the Committee received testimony 
from the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, to 
review economic conditions, fiscal conditions, and monetary 
policy.

                          Oversight Activities

    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 21 budget 
functions. These budget functions encompass all Federal 
programs or activities. Certain programs are considered off-
budget, such as Social Security and the Postal Service, and 
some are considered non-budgetary, such as the Federal Reserve.
    The subject matter of the budget is inherently broad, but 
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 1921, the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and the Statutory Pay-
As-You-Go Act of 2010. 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(c) 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 House Budget Committee met on January 26, 2011 to 
organize for the 112th Congress. In addition to adopting rules 
of procedure, the Committee also adopted a written oversight 
plan. The Committee held hearings in the process of developing 
the annual concurrent budget resolution. Additionally, the 
Committee received testimony from Members of Congress, Cabinet 
level and other Federal officials, State and local officials, 
and expert witnesses to review the budget and economic outlook, 
the President's budget submissions and other budget and 
economic matters.
    The Committee oversight plan calls for continuous 
assessment of the performance of Federal agencies in both the 
administration and service delivery by reviewing performance 
data in the President's budget submissions and the relevant 
reports and audits of the Government Accountability Office and 
the Offices of the Inspectors General.
    The oversight plan specifically calls on the Committee to 
study the budgetary effect of existing law and proposed 
legislation, as well as government regulation on government 
spending and to explore ways of reducing waste, fraud, and 
abuse in government agencies. Furthermore, the Committee drew 
on the authorizing Committees' Views and Estimates on the 
President's budget, which are submitted to the Committee 
pursuant to section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act, to 
coordinate its oversight activities with other committees.
    The House Budget Committee also plans to continue to review 
the budgetary treatment of assistance to, and ongoing 
operations of: Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie 
Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). 
Moreover, the Committee plan calls for continued oversight of 
the Office of Management and Budget's implementation of budget 
submission, control, execution, and enforcement procedures 
under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, and other applicable laws. 
The oversight plan also calls for the evaluation and study of 
direct spending and tax policies.
    In furtherance of the Committee oversight plan, the 
Committee held 12 hearings in the first half of the First 
Session of the 112th Congress. A list of the hearings held and 
the witnesses questioned can be found under the Committee 
Hearings section of this report. Furthermore, the Committee 
received one report from the Government Accountability Office; 
six responses to the Chairman's inquiries from the 
Congressional Budget Office; and one report from the Office of 
Personnel Management.

       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 (112TH CONGRESS)

Sponsor--Eric Cantor [VA-7]
Date Introduced--January 5, 2011
Title--Adopting rules for the One Hundred Twelfth Congress

    January 5, 2011--Considered as privileged matter.
    January 5, 2011--Ms. Norton moved to refer the resolution 
to a select committee of five members, to be appointed by the 
Speaker, not more than three of whom shall be from the same 
political party, with instructions to report back the same 
until it has conducted a full and complete study of, and made a 
determination on, the constitutionality of the provision that 
would be eliminated from the Rules that granted voting rights 
in the Committee of the Whole to the Delegates.
    January 5, 2011--Mr. Cantor moved to table the motion to 
refer
    January 5, 2011--On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by 
the Yeas and Nays: 238--191

                                H.R. 662

Sponsor--John L. Mica [FL-7]
Date Introduced--February 11, 2011
Title--Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011

    February 11, 2011--Referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
    February 28, 2011--Referred sequentially to the House 
Committee on the Budget for a period ending not later than Feb. 
28, 2011 for consideration of such provisions of the bill as 
fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to 
clause 1(d), rule X.
    March 2, 2011--On Passage, Passed by recorded vote: 421-4.
    March 2, 2011--Received in the Senate
    March 3, 2011--Passed Senate without amendment by voice 
vote
    March 3, 2011--Presented to the President
    March 4, 2011--Signed by President and became Public Law 
No.: 112-5.

                                 H.R. 1

Sponsor--Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--February 11, 2011
Title--Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011

    February 11, 2011--Referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget
    February 19, 2011--On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 
235--189

                              H.J.RES. 44

Sponsor--Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--February 28, 2011
Title--Further Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

    February 28, 2011--2/28/2011: Referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
    March 1, 2011--On passage Passed by recorded vote: 335--91

                              H. RES. 126

Sponsor--Paul Ryan [WI-1]
Date Introduced--February 28, 2011
Title--Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on 
        the Budget in the One Hundred Twelfth Congress

    February 28, 2011--Referred to the House Committee on House 
Administration

                               H.R. 1194

Sponsor--Jim McDermott [WA-7]
Date Introduced--March 17, 2011
Title--To renew the authority of the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services to approve demonstration projects 
        designed to test innovative strategies in State child 
        welfare programs

    March 17, 2011--Referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
    May 31, 2011--On motion to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill: Agreed to by voice vote.

                               H.R. 1249

Sponsor--Lamar Smith [TX-21]
Date Introduced--March 30, 2011
Title--America Invents Act

    March 30, 2011--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 
in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
    June 23, 2011--On passage, Passed by recorded vote: 304-117

                               H.R. 1255

Sponsor--Steve Womack [AR-3]
Date Introduced--March 30, 2011
Title--General Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011

    March 30, 2011--Referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations, in addition to the Committees on Oversight and 
Government Reform, House Administration, and the Budget, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
    April 1, 2011--On passage Passed by recorded vote: 221--202

                     HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 34

Sponsor--Paul Ryan [WI-1]
Date Introduced--April 4, 2011
Title--Establishing the budget for the United States Government 
        for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth appropriate 
        budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2021

    April 11, 2011--The House Committee on The Budget reported 
an original measure, H. Rept. 112-58, by Mr. Ryan (WI).
    April 15, 2011--On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by 
the Yeas and Nays: 235--193
    April 15, 2011--Motion to reconsider laid on the table 
Agreed to without objection.

                               H.R. 1363

Sponsor--Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--April 4, 2011
Title--Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 
        2011

    April 4, 2011--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 
in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
    April 7, 2011--On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 
247--181
    April 8, 2011--Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice 
Vote
    April 9, 2011--House agreed to Senate amendment 348-70
    April 9, 2011--Presented to President, Signed by President, 
and became Public Law No.: 112-8

                               H.R. 1473

Sponsor--Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--April 11, 2011
Title--Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing 
        Appropriations Act, 2011

    April 11, 2011--Referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations, in addition to the Committees on the Budget, 
and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned.
    April 14, 2011--On Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 260--167
    April 14, 2011--Received in the Senate, read twice, 
considered, read a third time, and passed without amendment by 
Yea-Nay. 81-91.
    April 15, 2011--Presented to the President, signed by 
President, and became Public Law No.: 112-10.

                              H. RES. 287

Sponsor--Tom Reed [NY-29]
Date Introduced--May 31, 2011
Title--Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2017) 
        making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
        Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, 
        and for other purposes

    May 31, 2011--The House Committee on Rules reported an 
original measure, H. Rept. 112-95, by Mr. Reed.
    June 1, 2011--On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by 
recorded vote: 231--187

                         Bills and Resolutions
                    Referred to the Budget Committee

H.R. 87
Hon. Michele Bachmann [MN-6]
Repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
        Protection Act.

H.R. 105
Hon. Dan Burton [IN-5]
Empowering Patients First Act

H.R. 114
Hon. David Dreier [CA-26]
Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011

H.R. 186
Hon. Joe Wilson [SC-2]
Expand the eligibility for concurrent receipt of military 
        retired pay and veterans' disability compensation

H.R. 188
Hon. Rob Woodall, [GA-7]
Government Spending Responsibility Act

H.R. 196
Hon. Loretta Sanchez [CA-47]
Simplifying The Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe 
        Act of 2011

H.R. 296
Hon. Don Young [AK]
Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act

H.R. 368
Hon. Henry C. ``Hank'' Johnson, Jr. [GA-4]
Removal Clarification Act of 2011

H.R. 373
Hon. Virginia Foxx [NC-5]
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2011

H.R. 385
Hon. Barbara Lee [CA-9]
Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2011

H.R. 386
Hon. Dan Lungren [CA-3]
Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2011

H.R. 398
Hon. Zoe Lofgren [CA-16]
To Amend the Immigration and Nationality Act

H.R. 408
Hon. Jim Jordan [OH-4]
Spending Reduction Act of 2011

H.R. 460
Hon. Jason Chaffetz [UT-3]
Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act

H.R. 470
Hon. Joseph J. Heck [NV-3]
Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011

H.R. 475
Hon. Dan Boren [OK-2]
Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act

H.R. 536
Hon. Tom Cole [OK-4]
Indian Healthcare Improvement Act of 2011

H.R. 556
Hon. Thaddeus G. McCotter [MI-11]
Preserving Patients' Choice Act

H.R. 622
Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other 
        purposes

H.R. 634
Hon. Jeff Flake [AZ-6]
Debt Buy-Down Act of 2011

H.R. 668
Hon. Trent Franks [AZ-2]
Secure High-Voltage Infrastructure for Electricity from Lethal 
        Damage Act

H.R. 675
Hon. Wally Herger [CA-2]
Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2011

H.R. 796
Hon. Peter A. DeFazio [OR-4]
Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2011

H.R. 821
Hon. Dennis Ross [FL-12]
To require zero-based budgeting for departments and agencies of 
        the Government

H.R. 854
Hon. Sam Farr [CA-17]
To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to 
        establish a commemorative work in the District of 
        Columbia, and its environs, and for other purposes

H.R. 903
Hon. Ken Calvert [CA-44]
Maximize Offshore Resource Exploration Act of 2011

H.R. 913
Hon. Robert B. Aderholt [AL-4]
Free and Fair Trade Act of 2011

H.R. 920
Hon. Louie Gohmert [TX-1]
Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2011

H.R. 1008
Hon. John J. Duncan Jr. [TN-2]
Benton MacKaye Cherokee National Forest Land Consolidation Act

H.R. 1043
Hon. Chris Van Hollen [MD-8]
Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2011

H.R. 1125
Hon. Chaka Fattah [PA-2]
Debt Free America Act

H.R. 1135
Hon. Jim Jordan [OH-4]
Welfare Reform Act of 2011
HR.1155
Hon. Gary C. Peters [MI-9]
Expedited Consideration of Terminations, Reductions, and 
        Savings Act of 2011

H.R. 1167
Hon. Jim Jordan [OH-4]
Welfare Reform Act of 2011

H.R. 1257
Hon. Roscoe G. Bartlett [MD-6]
Protect America from U.S. Military Expenses in Libya Act of 
        2011

H.R. 1302
Hon. Mike Quigley [IL-5]
Transparent and Sustainable Budget Act of 2011

H.R. 1323
Hon. Roscoe G. Bartlett [MD-6]
Protect America from U.S. Military Expenses in Libya Act of 
        2011

H.R. 1366
Hon. Daniel Lipinski [IL-3]
National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2011

H.R. 1596
Hon. Earl Blumenauer [OR-3]
Superfund Reinvestment Act

H.R. 1602
Hon. Danny K. Davis [IL-7]
Children's Budget Act

H.R. 1605
Hon. John J. Duncan, Jr. [TN-2]
CAP Act of 2011

H.R. 1630
Hon. Tim Murphy [PA-18]
Social Security and Medicare Protection Act

H.R. 1637
Hon. Ted Poe [TX-2]
Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act of 2011

H.R. 1638
Hon. Ted Poe [TX-2]
Dollar Bill Act of 2011

H.R. 1685
Hon. Judy Biggert [IL-13]
Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act of 2011

H.R. 1745
Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
JOBS Act of 2011

H.R. 1848
Hon. Connie Mack [FL-14]
One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2011

H.R. 1861
Hon. Tim Murphy [PA-18]
Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act

H.R. 2041
Hon. Jack Kingston [GA-1]
Returning to Responsible Fiscal Policies Act

H.R. 2086
Hon. Heath Shuler [NC-11]
Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2011

H.R. 2110
Hon. Timothy H. Bishop [NY-1]
Long Island Sound Improvement Act Amendments of 2011

H.R. 2185
Hon. Zoe Lofgren [CA-16]
Refugee Protection Act of 2011

H.R. 2231
Hon. Kristi L. Noem [SD]
Ethanol Modernization and Deficit Reduction Act

H. Con. Res. 14
Hon. Benjamin Quayle [AZ-3]
Expressing the sense of the Congress that non-defense, non-
        security, non-veterans discretionary spending should be 
        reduced by 20 percent

H. Con. Res. 37
Hon. Scott Garrett [NJ-5]
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for 
        fiscal year 2012 and setting forth appropriate 
        budgetary levels for fiscal year 2011 and fiscal years 
        2013 through 2021

                           Committee Reports

H. Rept. 112-058 (H. Con. Res. 34)
April 11, 2011
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget--Fiscal Year 2012

                                Hearings


Committee on the Budget Hearings of the First Half of the
        First Session of the 112th Congress

Markup: House Budget Committee Organizational Meeting [1/26/
        2011]

The Fiscal Consequences of the New Health Care Law [1/26/2011]
Witnesses: Richard S. Foster, Chief Actuary Centers for 
        Medicare and Medicaid Services; James C. Capretta, 
        Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center; Dennis Smith, 
        Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Health Services; 
        Paul N. Van de Water, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget 
        and Policy and Priorities.

The State of the U.S. Economy [2/9/2011]
Witness: Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the 
        Federal Reserve System.

The Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic Outlook 
        [2/10/2011]
Witness: Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget 
        Office.

The President's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget [2/15/2011]
Witness: The Honorable Jacob J. Lew, Director, Office of 
        Management and Budget.

Department of the Treasury Fiscal Year 2012 Budget [2/16/2011]
Witness: The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary, 
        Department of the Treasury.

Lifting the Crushing Burden of Debt [3/10/2011]
Witnesses: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action 
        Forum, Former Director of the Congressional Budget 
        Office; Carmen M. Reinhart, Senior Fellow, Peterson 
        Institute for International Economics; Maya MacGuineas, 
        President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; 
        John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American 
        Progress.

Fulfilling the Mission of Health and Retirement Security [3/17/
        2011]
Witnesses: Alice M. Rivlin, Senior Fellow, Brookings 
        Institution, Founding Director of the Congressional 
        Budget Office, Former Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget; Charles Blahous, Research 
        Fellow, Hoover Institution and Public Trustee for 
        Social Security; James C. Capretta, Fellow, Ethics and 
        Public Policy Center, Former Associate Director of the 
        Office of Management and Budget; Paul N. Van de Water, 
        Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Members' Day [3/30/2011]

Mark-Up of Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 
        2012 [4/6/2011]

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac & FHA: Taxpayer Exposure in the Housing 
        Markets [6/2/2011]
Witnesses: Deborah J. Lucas, Assistant Director, Congressional 
        Budget Office; Alex J. Pollock, Senior Fellow, American 
        Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; Sarah 
        Rosen Wartell, Executive Vice President, Center for 
        American Progress & Center for American Progress Action 
        Fund.

The Congressional Budget Office's Long-Term Budget Outlook [6/
        23/2011]
Witness: Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget 
        Office.

                         Committee Publications

The majority staff produced 18 of initial analyses and reports 
        on budget related issues.

                 House Budget Committee Minority Caucus
                             Summary Report

    In the 112th Congress the Budget Committee faces the task 
of developing a budget plan to guide the country as we emerge 
from an economic recession and tackle a daunting fiscal crisis. 
Republicans and Democrats have different views and support 
different choices on how we should move forward. The fiscal 
year 2012 Republican budget aims to reduce the deficit solely 
through spending cuts, ending the Medicare guarantee and 
slashing investments that make the country stronger, while 
extending tax breaks for big corporations and the wealthiest 
Americans.
    In contrast, in April Democrats offered a fiscal year 2012 
budget resolution on the House floor that would put our fiscal 
house in order, reducing the deficit in a responsible way that 
boosts the economy, while also investing in our nation's 
future. As recommended by the President's bipartisan Fiscal 
Commission, the Democratic budget cuts spending gradually at 
first, so as not to weaken the recovery and cost jobs. To the 
contrary, it helps small businesses to create jobs while giving 
our children and grandchildren the tools to keep America 
competitive in this global economy. For example, the Democratic 
budget includes a deficit-neutral reserve fund designed to spur 
investments that create jobs, including in the nation's 
highways and transit systems, clean energy, and infrastructure 
such as aviation and ports. The budget takes a balanced 
approach to spending and revenue, and achieves primary balance 
in 2018. To help reduce the deficit, the plan identifies 
targeted, well-timed spending cuts ranging from security and 
non-security agencies to agricultural subsidies. Finally, it 
calls for shared responsibility and sacrifice, asking the 
wealthiest Americans and special interests to help pay their 
fair share.

                 Publications of the Democratic Caucus

    The following publications were prepared by the staff of 
the Democratic Caucus of the Committee on the Budget, and were 
not approved by the full Membership of the Committee.

                     DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS PUBLICATIONS
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       Date                                 Title
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January 5, 2011     Republican House Rules Make Fiscally Irresponsible
                     Changes
January 31, 2011    CBO Forecast Confirms Economy on the Rebound But
                     Deficits Continue
February 23, 2011   Summary and Analysis of President Obama's Fiscal
                     Year 2012 Budget
April 8, 2011       Summary & Analysis of Democratic Amendments Offered
                     to FY 2012 Budget at House Budget Committee Markup
April 11, 2011      Summary and Analysis of the House Budget Committee-
                     reported FY 2012 Budget Resolution
April 11, 2011      Minority Views on the House Budget Committee FY 2012
                     Budget Resolution
April 13, 2011      Key Aspects of the 2012 Democratic Budget
April 15, 2011      Win the Future: Make it in America--the Democratic
                     Budget Resolution
May 13, 2011        Comparing the Republican Medicare Voucher Plan and
                     the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
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                      DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS LEGISLATION

April 6, 2011       Democratic Amendments offered to FY 2012 Budget
                     during House Budget Committee markup
April 13, 2011      FY 2012 Democratic Budget offered on House floor
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