[House Report 112-383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     112-383

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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3578) TO AMEND THE 
BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985 TO REFORM THE 
  BUDGET BASELINE, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 
  3582) TO AMEND THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 TO PROVIDE FOR 
          MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF LEGISLATION

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  February 1, 2012.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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   Mr. Woodall, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 534]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 534, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                summary of provisions of the resolution

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3578, the 
Baseline Reform Act of 2011, under a structured rule. The 
resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on the Budget. The resolution waives all points of 
order against consideration of the bill. The resolution 
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-9, dated 
January 25, 2012, shall be considered as adopted, and provides 
that the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The 
resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended. The resolution makes in order the amendment 
to H.R. 3578 printed in part A of this report if offered by 
Representative Jackson Lee of Texas or her designee. The 
amendment shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 
10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 
an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not 
be subject to a demand for division of the question. The 
resolution waives all points of order against the amendment 
printed in part A of this report. The resolution provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
    The resolution further provides for consideration of H.R. 
3582, the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2011, under a structured 
rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Budget. The resolution 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. 
The resolution makes in order as original text for purpose of 
amendment, the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-10, dated 
January 25, 2012, and provides that it shall be considered as 
read. The resolution waives all points of order against the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. The resolution makes 
in order only those further amendments printed in part B of 
this report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the 
order printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall 
be debatable for the time specified in this report equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 
not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a 
demand for division of the question in the House or the 
Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives all points of 
order against the amendments printed in part B of this report. 
Finally, the resolution provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.

                         explanation of waivers

    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of H.R. 3578, the Committee is not aware of any 
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in H.R. 3578, as amended, the Committee is not aware 
of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of H.R. 3582, the Committee is not aware of any 
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
    The waiver of all points of order against the amendment in 
the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 112-10 dated January 25, 2012, includes a 
waiver of clause 7 of rule XVI, prohibiting non-germane 
amendments.   When the Committee on the Budget ordered the bill 
reported, it included provisions not germane to the bill as 
introduced.   This waiver is necessary because Rules Committee 
Print 112-10 consists of the text of the bill as reported by 
the Committee on the Budget.

                            committee votes

    The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion 
to report, together with the names of those voting for and 
against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 183

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to report open rules for H.R. 3578 
and H.R. 3582. Defeated: 4-8.


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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Sessions....................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah..............................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Nugent......................................          Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina.....................          Nay
Mr. Webster.....................................          Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 184

    Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to make in order the 
following amendments and provide the appropriate waivers: 
amendment #4 to H.R. 3578, offered by Rep. Jackson Lee (TX), 
which would require the Congressional Budget Office and the 
Federal Reserve Bank, to the extent practicable, to jointly 
prepare a study on the Consumer Price Index, and other relevant 
indicators of inflation upon enactment of this bill; amendment 
#1 to H.R. 3578, offered by Rep. Loebsack (IA), which would 
exempt Department of Veterans Affairs discretionary 
appropriations, amendment #10 to H.R. 3582, offered by Rep. 
Jackson Lee (TX), which would require the Congressional Budget 
Office, to the extent practicable, to include a microeconomic 
and statistical component in order to ascertain the potential 
impact of the Act on small businesses; amendment #7 to H.R. 
3582, offered by Rep. Quigley (IL), which would require the CBO 
to prepare a macroeconomic impact analysis for any bill or 
resolution that provides aggregate new budget authority for any 
fiscal year for infrastructure spending estimated under Section 
402 to be greater than 0.25 percent of GDP. The analysis would 
only be done for those sections of the bill or resolution that 
contain infrastructure spending. Defeated: 4-8.


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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Sessions....................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah..............................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Nugent......................................          Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina.....................          Nay
Mr. Webster.....................................          Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................          Nay
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            summary of the amendment in part a made in order

    1. Jackson Lee (TX): Would require the CBO to prepare an 
analysis and study on the impact of the Act on present and 
future Social Security recipients. (10 minutes)

           summary of the amendments in part b made in order

    1. Peters (MI): Would add a findings section addressing the 
macroeconomic impact of the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003. (10 
minutes)
    2. Connolly (VA): Would extend the requirement for the 
Congressional Budget Office to prepare macroeconomic analysis 
of major legislation to bills or resolutions reported by the 
Appropriations Committees of each Chamber. (10 minutes)
    3. Walz (MN): Would include interest rates among the major 
economic variables to be estimated in the macroeconomic 
economic impact analysis. (10 minutes)
    4. Fudge (OH): Would add income equality among the 
variables used to determine the economic impact of the bill. 
(10 minutes)
    5. Jackson Lee (TX): Would require CBO to include as part 
of their macroeconomic analysis estimates of the potential 
impact, if any, on HUB ZONE areas as defined by the Small 
Business Act. (10 minutes)
    6. Quigley (IL): Would require the CBO to establish a 
website where taxpayers could enter their annual income and 
receive an estimate of the amount of their projected 
contribution to or receipt from any applicable major bill or 
resolution over the next 10 years, assuming the taxpayer has 
constant annual income. (10 minutes)
    7. Flake (AZ): Would lower the threshold for requiring a 
dynamic score from .25% of the current GDP to $5 billion. (10 
minutes)
    8. Cicilline (RI): (SUBSTITUTE) Would amend the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that, in addition 
to preparing cost estimates for each bill or resolution 
reported by any committee of the House, the Congressional 
Budget Office also prepare an estimate of the number of jobs 
which would be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out the 
measure--including regional and State level estimates. (10 
minutes)

                part a--text of amendment made in order

  At the end of the bill, add the following new section:

SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL CBO REPORT TO BUDGET COMMITTEES ON IMPACT OF THIS 
                    ACT ON SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS.

  Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall 
prepare an analysis and study of the impact of the amendments 
made by this Act on present and future recipients of benefits 
under title II of the Social Security Act and transmit such 
analysis and study to the Committees on the Budget of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate.

                part b--text of amendments made in order


 1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Peters of Michigan or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 1, line 1, after ``short title'' insert ``; findings''.

  Page 1, line 2, insert ``(a) Short Title.--'' before ``This 
Act''.

  Page 1, after line 3, insert the following new subsection:

  (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
          (1) On January 8, 2003, White House Press Secretary 
        Ari Fleischer said that President Bush believed that 
        the tax cut package enacted in 2001 and expanded in 
        2003 would ``create additional revenues for the Federal 
        Government and pay for itself.''.
          (2) Before the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 were 
        enacted, the Congressional Budget Office projected 
        gradually rising surpluses, from 2.7 percent of gross 
        domestic product in 2001 to 5.3 percent of gross 
        domestic product by 2011, with the Federal Government 
        operating debt free by 2009.
          (3) The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 
        the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 have added over $2 
        trillion to budget deficits from 2002-2011.
          (4) Despite signing the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 
        into law, President George W. Bush's administration 
        had, according to the Wall Street Journal, ``the worst 
        track record for job creation since the government 
        began keeping records'' in 1939.
          (5) From 2001 to 2009, gross domestic product grew at 
        the slowest pace for any eight-year span since 1953.
          (6) Median household income declined during the Bush 
        Administration for the first time since 1967, when this 
        data began to be tracked.


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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 1, lines 14 and 15, strike ``(except the Committee on 
Appropriations of each House)''.

  Page 1, line 16, before the comma, insert ``or as a 
standalone analysis in the case of the Committee on 
Appropriations of each House''.


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 3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walz of Minnesota or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 2, line 14, insert ``interest rates,'' after 
``employment,''.

  Page 3, line 7, insert ``interest rates,'' after 
``employment,''.


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 4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fudge of Ohio or Her 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 2, line 14, strike ``and'' and on line 15, before the 
period, insert ``, and income inequality''.

  Page 3, line 7, strike ``and'' and on line 8, insert ``, and 
income inequality'' after ``tax revenues''.


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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 2, line 18, after the period insert the following new 
sentence: ``The analysis shall also include estimates of the 
potential impact, if any, on HUBZones (as such term is defined 
in section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632(p))).''


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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Quigley of Illinois or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 3, after line 2, insert the following:

  ``(c) Taxpayer Receipt.--The Director shall create and 
maintain a permanent website with the domain name 
TaxpayerReceipt.gov (or a similar name if that is unavailable) 
and that includes a calculator that allows taxpayers to enter 
their annual income and receive an estimate of the amount of 
their projected contribution to or receipt from any applicable 
major bill or resolution in the budget year and the succeeding 
nine years, assuming the taxpayer has a constant annual 
income.''.

  Page 3, line 3, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(d)''.


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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Flake of Arizona or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 3, lines 20 through 22, strike ``.25 percent of the 
current projected gross domestic product of the United States'' 
and insert ``$5,000,000,000''.


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    8. An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute To Be Offered by 
Representative Cicilline of Rhode Island or His Designee, Debatable for 
                               10 Minutes

  Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

  This Act may be cited as the ``Jobs Score Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974.

  Section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
653) is amended--
          (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'';
          (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
          (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
          ``(4) an estimate of the number of jobs which would 
        be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out such 
        bill or resolution in the fiscal year in which it is to 
        become effective and in each of the 4 fiscal years 
        following such fiscal year, together with the basis for 
        each such estimate, and to the extent practicable, the 
        analysis shall include regional and State-level 
        estimates of jobs that would be created, sustained, or 
        lost.''.

                                  
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