[House Report 112-543]
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                                                 Union Calendar No. 389

112th Congress, 2d Session -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  - House Report 
112-543

 
                               ACTIVITIES

                                  AND

                             SUMMARY REPORT

                                 OF THE

                        COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                             THIRD QUARTER

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





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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                KAREN BASS, California
TODD C. YOUNG, Indiana               SUZANNE BONAMICI, Oregon
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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                                   Committee on the Budget,
                                     Washington, DC, June 19, 2012.
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 112th Congress.
            Sincerely,
                                               Paul Ryan, Chairman.
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112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     112-543

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                  ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE
                        COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

                                _______
                                

 June 20, 2012.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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

                                 REPORT

                       Jurisdiction and Functions
                            of the Committee


    The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 established the Committees on the Budget for the House of 
Representatives and the Senate. These Committees are 
responsible for developing and reporting the annual concurrent 
resolution on the budget (``budget resolution''), for 
assembling and reporting any reconciliation legislation 
required by that resolution, and for overseeing the 
congressional and statutory budget process.
    Once adopted, the budget resolution provides an overall 
framework and plan for Congressional consideration of spending, 
revenue, and debt limit legislation. It sets a ceiling on total 
spending and a floor on total revenues to be collected. It also 
provides an allocation of spending authority to each committee 
of Congress, both the appropriations committees and among the 
various authorizing committees. The House and Senate enforce 
the aggregate spending and revenue levels, and the committee 
allocations set by the budget resolution, through points of 
order that govern the consideration of legislation.
    The budget resolution may also include the optional 
reconciliation process, which directs 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 (House Resolution 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 (House Resolution 5) on January 7, 1997, the 
House extended the Budget Committee's legislative jurisdiction 
to include 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 its jurisdiction, 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 direct 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 fiscal 
year 2012 concurrent resolution on the budget. On February 8, 
2011, pursuant to section 3 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 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

    On April 6, 2011, the Committee on the Budget marked up the 
fiscal year 2012 concurrent resolution on the budget, House 
Concurrent Resolution 34. 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:

Amendment No. 1: An amendment in the nature of a substitute 
        offered by Representative Emanuel Cleaver [MO-5] was 
        defeated. Failed by recorded vote: 103-303 (Roll no. 
        273).

Amendment No. 2: An amendment in the nature of a substitute 
        offered by Representative Raul M. Grijalva [AZ-7] was 
        defeated. Failed by recorded vote: 77-347 (Roll no. 
        274).

Amendment No. 3: An amendment in the nature of a substitute 
        offered by Representative Scott Garrett [NJ-5] was 
        defeated. Failed by recorded vote: 119-136, with 172 
        voting present (Roll no. 275).

Amendment No. 4: An amendment in the nature of a substitute 
        offered by Representative Chris Van Hollen [MD-8] was 
        defeated. Failed by recorded vote: 166-259 (Roll no. 
        276).

    The fiscal year 2012 concurrent resolution on the budget 
passed the House on April 15, 2011. On agreeing to the 
resolution: Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 235-193 (Roll no. 
277).

                   FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET RESOLUTION

    After holding several hearings, the Committee on the Budget 
marked up and reported the fiscal year 2013 concurrent 
resolution on the budget, House Concurrent Resolution 112, on 
March 21, 2012. The report accompanying House Concurrent 
Resolution 112, House Report 112-421, was filed on March 23, 
2012.
    The Committee on Rules reported a rule (House Resolution 
597) providing for the consideration of House Concurrent 
Resolution 112. The rule provided for 4 hours of general 
debate: three hours controlled by the Chair and 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 597, floor debate on 
House Concurrent Resolution 112 proceeded on March 28 and 29, 
2012. The Committee of the Whole passed House Resolution 597 on 
March 28, 2012.
    The Committee of the Whole proceeded with four hours of 
general debate on the resolution and then proceeded to full 
substitute amendments:

Amendment No.1: An amendment in the nature of a substitute 
        offered by Representative John Michael Mulvaney [SC-5] 
        was defeated. Failed by recorded vote: 0-414 (Roll no. 
        143).

Amendment No. 2: An amendment in the nature of a substitute 
        offered by Representative Emanuel Cleaver [MO-5] was 
        defeated. Failed by recorded vote: 107-314 (Roll no. 
        144).

Amendment No. 3: An amendment in the nature of a substitute 
        offered by Representative Jim Cooper [TN-5] was 
        defeated. Failed by recorded vote: 38-382, with 2 
        voting present (Roll no. 145).

Amendment No. 4: An amendment in the nature of a substitute 
        offered by Representative Michael Honda [CA-15] was 
        defeated. Failed by recorded vote: 78-346 (Roll no. 
        148).

Amendment No. 5: An amendment in the nature of a substitute 
        offered by Representative Scott Garrett [NJ-5] was 
        defeated. Failed by recorded vote: 136-285, with 3 
        voting Present (Roll no. 149).

Amendment No. 6: An amendment in the nature of a substitute 
        offered by Representative Chris Van Hollen [MD-8] was 
        defeated. Failed by recorded vote: 163-262 (Roll no. 
        150).

    The fiscal year 2013 concurrent resolution on the budget 
passed the House on March 29, 2012. On agreeing to the 
resolution: Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 228-191 (Roll no. 
151).

                      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. House Resolution 5 replaced the Pay-As-You-Go 
requirement with a Cut-As-You-Go requirement. The latter 
prohibits consideration of legislation if it has the net effect 
of increasing direct spending within a five- or ten-year budget 
window.
    The next provision requires the inclusion in the Cut-As-
You-Go 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, House Resolution 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 of Representatives, 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 rule XXIX of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives.
    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, House 
Resolution 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, House Resolution 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.
    House Resolution 5 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.

H.R. 4966, Sequester Replacement Act of 2012

    House Concurrent Resolution 112 directed that two pieces of 
legislation be acted upon to replace a $98 billion sequester of 
discretionary programs scheduled to occur on January 2, 2013.
    On May 9, 2012, the Committee on the Budget reported H.R. 
4966, The Sequester Replacement Act (SRA). This bill addressed 
the sequester and implements the budget resolution's $19 
billion in savings from discretionary spending. The SRA lowers 
the fiscal year 2013 discretionary cap by providing for a $19.1 
billion reduction in the discretionary spending cap for fiscal 
year 2013 on January 2, 2013, reflecting the level of 
discretionary spending called for in the House-passed budget 
resolution. The SRA provides that the bill only takes effect 
once the reconciliation bill has been enacted into law, 
guaranteeing that no room will be granted under the caps unless 
the savings are made permanent.
    Additionally, the SRA clarifies that the Department of 
Veterans Affairs is exempt from any sequester under the Budget 
Control Act of 2011. The SRA replaces the fiscal year 2013 
discretionary sequester and the defense direct sequester with 
the savings from the lower discretionary cap and the 
reconciliation bill.

H.R. 5652, Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012

    On March 29, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed 
House Concurrent Resolution 112, the Concurrent Resolution on 
the Budget for Fiscal Year 2013 that set in motion a process to 
modify certain across-the-board spending reductions enacted as 
part of the Budget Control Act of 2011 [P.L. 112-25]. This 
process, called reconciliation, consists of a special procedure 
to give expedited consideration to bills enacting the spending, 
revenue, and debt policies contained in the budget resolution.
    House Concurrent Resolution 112 included reconciliation 
instructions to trigger these expedited procedures, and 
directed six House committees (the Committee on Agriculture, 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on 
Financial Services, the Committee on the Judiciary, the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Committee on 
Ways and Means) to achieve specified amounts of deficit 
reduction from programs within their jurisdictions.
    This Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012 was 
agreed to on May 10, 2012 and contains the legislation 
recommended by the six House Committees directed to provide 
recommended changes to achieve the specified deficit reduction.

                              ADJUSTMENTS

    Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal 
Year 2011 Budget Resolution Related to Legislation Reported by 
the Committee on Ways and Means.
Bill Number--H.R. 4
Title--Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of 
        Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act
Date--March 2, 2011
Congressional Record--H1520-1521

    Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal 
Year 2012 Budget Resolution Related to Legislation Reported by 
the Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security designated for the Global War on Terrorism.
Bill Number--H.R 2017
Title--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012
Date--June 1, 2011
Congressional Record--H3822

    Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal 
Year 2012 Budget Resolution Related to Legislation Reported by 
the Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense 
designated for the Global War on Terrorism.
Bill Number--H.R 2219
Title--Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012
Date--June 14, 2011
Congressional Record--H4104

    Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal 
Year 2012 Budget Resolution Related to Legislation Reported by 
the Committee on Ways and Means, designated for trade agreement 
bills H.R. 3078, H.R. 3079, and H.R. 3080.
Bill Number--H.R. 3078, H.R. 3079, and H.R. 3080
Title--United States-Columbia Trade Promotion Agreement 
        Implementation Act; United States-Panama Trade 
        Promotion Agreement Implementation Act; United States-
        Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Date--October 11, 2011
Congressional Record--H6779-6780

    Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal 
Year 2012 Budget Resolution for H.R. 2832, legislation 
extending the Generalized System of Preferences and Trade 
Adjustment Assistance.
Bill Number--H.R. 2832
Title- Extension of Generalized System of Preferences
Date--October 12, 2011
Congressional Record--H6851-6852

    Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal 
Year 2012 Budget Resolution for H.R. 2576.
Bill Number--H.R. 2576
Title--To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the 
        calculation of modified adjusted gross income for 
        purposes of determining eligibility for certain 
        healthcare-related programs.
Date--October 27, 2012
Congressional Record--H7158

    Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal 
Year 2013 Budget Resolution Related to Legislation Reported by 
the Committee on Ways and Means, designated for the Small 
Business Tax Cut Act.
Bill Number--H.R. 9
Title--Small Business Tax Cut Act of 2012
Date--May 17, 2012
Congressional Record--H3101

    Revisions to the Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget 
Resolution Related to Legislation Reported by the Committee on 
Appropriations, designated as disaster relief, pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, contained in a bill making 
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security reported 
by the Committee on Appropriations.
Bill Number--H.R. 5855
Title--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 
        2013
Date--May 22, 2012
Congressional Record--H3165

    Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal 
Year 2013 Budget Resolution Related to Legislation Reported by 
the Committee on Ways and Means, designated for the Health Care 
Cost Reduction Act of 2012, H.R. 436.
Bill Number--H.R. 436
Title--Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012
Date--June 7, 2012
Congressional Record--H3658-3659

                           Budget Enforcement

    One of the responsibilities of the Committee on the Budget 
is to monitor legislation to be considered on the floor of the 
House and what implications such legislation would have for 
spending and revenue. 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, the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, and the Budget 
Control Act of 2011.
    Pursuant to Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 and rule XXIX of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives, the Chairman is provided authority to give 
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 provided guidance to 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), 303(a) and 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 or violate any budget-related provisions of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives.

                            Economic Policy

    The Committee has studied, and will continue to study, how 
economic policies affect the Federal budget.

                          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 major 
functional categories. These budget functions encompass all 
Federal programs and 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, the Statutory Pay-As-
You-Go Act of 2010, and the Budget Control Act of 2011. 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 on budget 
outlays of existing and proposed legislation and under clause 
4(b)(6) of House rule X 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, that 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 will 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.

       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.

                           HOUSE RESOLUTION 5

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. Eleanor Holmes Norton [DC] 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 (Roll no. 6).

                          HOUSE RESOLUTION 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

                     HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 34

Sponsor--Paul Ryan [WI-1]
Date Introduced--April 11, 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, House Report 112-58, by Representative 
Paul Ryan [WI-1].
    April 15, 2011--On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by 
the Yeas and Nays: 235-193 (Roll no. 277).
    May 2, 2011--Received in the Senate.
    May 25, 2011--Motion to proceed to consideration of measure 
rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40-57. Record Vote Number: 
77.

                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 44

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

    February 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 
(Roll no. 154).
    March 2, 2011--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate 
without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 91-9. Record Vote Number: 
29.
    March 2, 2011--Presented to the President, signed by the 
President, and became Public Law No: 112-4.

                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 79

Sponsor--Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--September 14, 2011
Title--Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2012

    September 14, 2011--Referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations, and 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.
    September 15, 2011--Rules Committee House Resolution 399 
was reported to the House. Rule provides for consideration of 
H.J. Res. 79 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question 
shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions 
except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure 
will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The 
amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules shall 
be considered as adopted.

                                 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, 
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 19, 2011--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage: 
Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 235-189 (Roll no. 147).
    March 9, 2011--Pursuant to the order of 3/8/2011, not 
having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, the bill failed of 
passage by Yea-Nay Vote. 44-56. Record Vote Number: 36.

                                H.R. 10

Sponsor--Geoff Davis [KY-4]
Date Introduced--January 20, 2011
Title--Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act 
        of 2011

    January 20, 2011--Referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
    November 10, 2011--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 
the Judiciary.
    November 18, 2011--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 
Rules.
    December 7, 2011--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage: 
Passed by recorded vote: 241-184 (Roll no. 901).
    December 8, 2011--Received in the Senate and Read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs.

                                H.R. 368

Sponsor--Henry C. ``Hank'' Johnson, Jr. [GA-4]
Date Introduced--January 20, 2011
Title--Removal Clarification Act of 2011

    January 20, 2011--Referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, 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.
    February 28, 2011--Reported by the Committee on the 
Judiciary. House Report 112-17, Part I. Committee on the Budget 
discharged. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and 
Nays: (\2/3\ required): 396-4 (Roll no. 150).
    March 1, 2011--Received in the Senate and Read twice and 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
    October 17, 2011--Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by 
Senator Leahy without amendment or written report.
    October 31, 2011--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate 
without amendment by unanimous consent.
    November 4, 2011--Presented to the President.
    November 9, 2011--Signed by the President and became Public 
Law No: 112-51.

                                H.R. 373

Sponsor--Virginia Foxx [NC-5]
Date Introduced--January 20, 2011
Title--Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 
        2011

    January 20, 2011--Referred to the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
Rules, the Budget, and the Judiciary, 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 16, 2012--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform. House Report 112-483, Part I. 
Committees on Rules, the Budget, and Judiciary discharged. 
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 338.

                                H.R. 386

Sponsor--Dan Lungren [CA-3]
Date Introduced--January 20, 2011
Title--Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2011

    January 20, 2011--Referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, 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.
    February 11, 2011--Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. 
House Report 112-11, Part I. Committee on the Budget 
discharged.
    February 28, 2011--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to 
suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by 
voice vote.
    March 1, 2011--Received in the Senate and read twice and 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

                                H.R. 398

Sponsor--Zoe Lofgren [CA-16]
Date Introduced--January 24, 2011
Title--To Amend the Immigration and Nationality Act

    January 24, 2011--Referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, 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.
    July 8, 2011--Reported by the Committee on the Judiciary. 
House Report 112-141, Part I. Committee on the Budget 
discharged.
    August 1, 2011--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to 
suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and 
Nays: (\2/3\ required): 426-0 (Roll no. 684). Received in the 
Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.
    November 10, 2011--Senate Committee on the Judiciary 
discharged by unanimous consent. Passed/agreed to in Senate: 
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
    November 16, 2011--Presented to the President.
    November 23, 2011--Signed by the President and became 
Public Law No: 112-58.

                                H.R. 460

Sponsor--Jason Chaffetz [UT-3]
Date Introduced--January 26, 2011
Title--Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act

    January 26, 2011--Referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources, 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 30, 2012--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 
Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-503, Part I. Committee on the 
Budget discharged. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 
356.

                                H.R. 470

Sponsor--Joseph J. Heck [NV-3]
Title--Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011
Date Introduced--January 26, 2011

    January 26, 2011--Referred to the Committee on Natural 
Resources, 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.
    July 20, 2011--Reported by the Committee on Natural 
Resources. House Report 112-159, Part I. Committee on the 
Budget discharged.
    October 3, 2011--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to 
suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by 
voice vote.
    October 4, 2011--Received in Senate, read twice, and placed 
on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders, Calendar 
No. 185.
    October 18, 2011--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate 
without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
    December 13, 2011--Presented to the President.
    December 20, 2011--Signed by the President and became 
Public Law No: 112-72.

                                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. Reported by the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-18, Part I. 
Committees on Ways and Means, Natural Resources, and the Budget 
discharged.
    March 2, 2011--On passage: Passed by recorded vote: 421-4 
(Roll no. 160).
    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 the President and became Public 
Law No: 112-5.

                               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.
    June 6, 2011--Received in the Senate and Read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Finance.

                               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 of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned.
    June 1, 2011--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on the 
Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-98, Part I. Committee on the Budget 
discharged. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 54.
    June 23, 2011--On passage: Passed by recorded vote: 304-117 
(Roll no. 491).
    June 27, 2011--Received in the Senate.
    September 8, 2011--Passed Senate without amendment by Yea-
Nay Vote. 89-9. Record Vote Number: 129.
    September 12, 2011--Presented to the President.
    September 16, 2011--Signed by the President and became 
Public Law No: 112-29.

                               H.R. 1255

Sponsor--Steve Womack [AR-3]
Date Introduced--March 30, 2011
Title--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, 1 Present (Roll no. 224).
    April 4, 2011--Received in the Senate.
    April 5, 2011--Read the first time. Placed on Senate 
Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
    April 8, 2011--Read the second time. Placed on Senate 
Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 29.

                               H.R. 1745

Sponsor--Dave Camp [MI-4]
Date Introduced- May 5, 2011
Title--Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits, and Services Act of 2011

    May 5, 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 23, 2011--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways 
and Means. House Report 112-87, Part I. Committee on the Budget 
discharged. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 48.

                               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 (Roll no. 247).
    April 8, 2011--Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice 
Vote.
    April 9, 2011--House agreed to Senate amendment 348-70 
(Roll no. 253).
    April 9, 2011--Presented to the President, signed by the 
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--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage 
Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 260-167 (Roll no. 268).
    April 14, 2011--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the 
Senate, read twice, considered, read a third time, and passed 
without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 81-19. Record Vote Number: 
61.
    April 15, 2011--Presented to the President, signed by the 
President, and became Public Law No: 112-10.

                               H.R. 2527

Sponsor--Richard L. Hanna [NY-24]
Date Introduced--July 14, 2011
Title--National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act

    July 14, 2011--Referred to the Committee on Financial 
Services, 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.
    October 26, 2011--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to 
suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by 
the Yeas and Nays: (\2/3\ required): 416-3 (Roll no. 812).
    October 31, 2011--Received in the Senate and read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs.

                               H.R. 2560

Sponsor--Jason Chaffetz [UT-3]
Date Introduced--July 15, 2011
Title--Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011

    July 15, 2011--Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and 
in addition to the Committees on Rules, 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.
    July 19, 2011--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage: 
Passed by recorded vote: 234-190 (Roll no. 606).
    July 22, 2011--Senate floor actions: Motion to table the 
motion to proceed to the bill agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay 
Vote. 51-46. Record Vote Number: 116.

                               H.R. 2608

Sponsor--Sam Graves [MO-6]
Date Introduced--July 21, 2011
Title--Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

    July 21, 2011--Introduced in House
    July 26, 2011--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to 
suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by 
voice vote.
    July 28, 2011--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate 
with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
    September 21, 2011--On motion that the House agree with an 
amendment to the Senate amendment Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 
195-230 (Roll No. 719).
    September 23, 2011--On motion that the House agree with an 
amendment to the Agreed to by recorded vote: 219-203 (Roll no. 
727).
    September 26, 2011--Senate concurred in the House amendment 
to the Senate amendment with an amendment (SA 665) Yea-Nay 
Vote. 79-12. Record Vote Number: 153.
    October 4, 2011--On motion that the House agree to the 
Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment 
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 352-66 (Roll no. 745). 
Presented to the President.
    October 5, 2011--Signed by the President and became Public 
Law No: 112-36.

                               H.R. 2693

Sponsor--David Dreier [CA-26]
Date Introduced--July 28, 2011
Title--Budget Control Act of 2011

    July 28, 2011--Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in 
addition to the Committees on the Budget, Energy and Commerce, 
Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and Science, 
Space, and Technology, 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.
    July 30, 2011--On motion to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill, as amended Failed by recorded vote (\2/3\ required): 173-
246 (Roll no. 682).

                               H.R. 2883

Sponsor--Geoff Davis [KY-4]
Date Introduced--September 12, 2011
Title--Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act

    September 12, 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.
    September 19, 2011--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 
Ways and Means. House Report 112-210, Part I. Committee on the 
Budget discharged.
    September 21, 2011--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to 
suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by 
the Yeas and Nays: (\2/3\ required): 395-25 (Roll no. 720).
    September 22, 2011--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in 
the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and 
passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
    September 27, 2011--Presented to the President.
    September 30, 2011--Signed by the President and became 
Public Law No: 112-34.

                               H.R. 2943

Sponsor--Geoff Davis [KY-4]
Date Introduced--September 15, 2011
Title--Short-Term TANF Extension Act

    September 15, 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.
    September 21, 2011--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to 
suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
    September 23, 2011--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed 
Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
    September 27, 2011--Presented to the President.
    September 30, 2011--Signed by the President and became 
Public Law No: 112-35.

                               H.R. 3521

Sponsor--Paul Ryan [WI-1]
Date Introduced--November 30, 2011
Title--Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011

    November 30, 2011--Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 
and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
    December 15, 2011--Marked-up and reported out of Committee 
with a final vote of 23-13. One technical amendment was adopted 
by voice vote.
    January 17, 2012--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 
Budget. House Report 112-364, Part I.
    February 2, 2012--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 
Rules. House Report 112-364, Part II.
    February 8, 2012--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage: 
Passed by recorded vote: 254-173 (Roll no. 46).
    February 9, 2012--Referred to Senate Committee: Received in 
the Senate and read twice. Referred to the Committee on the 
Budget.

                               H.R. 3575

Sponsor--Diane Black [TN-6]
Date Introduced: December 7, 2011
Title--Legally Binding Budget Act of 2011

    December 7, 2011--Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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.
    January 31, 2012--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 
Rules. House Report 112-379, Part I. Committee on the Budget 
discharged. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 260.

                               H.R. 3576

Sponsor--John Campbell [CA-48]
Date Introduced--December 7, 2011
Title--Spending Control Act of 2011

    December 7, 2011--Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 
and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
jurisdiction of the Committee concerned.

                               H.R. 3577

Sponsor--Reid J. Ribble [WI-8]
Date Introduced--December 7, 2011
Title--Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2011

    December 7, 2011--Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 
and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Oversight and 
Government Reform, 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.

                               H.R. 3578

Sponsor--Rob Woodall [GA-7]
Date Introduced--December 7, 2011
Title--Baseline Reform Act of 2012

    December 7, 2011--Referred to the House Committee on the 
Budget.
    January 30, 2012--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 
the Budget. House Report 112-378. Filed late, pursuant to 
previous special order.
    February 3, 2012--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage: 
Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 235-177 (Roll no. 32).
    February 6, 2012--Received in the Senate and read twice and 
referred to the Committee on the Budget.

                               H.R. 3581

Sponsor--Scott Garrett [NJ-5]
Date Introduced--December 7, 2011
Title--Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2012

    December 7, 2011--Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 
and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government 
Reform, 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.
    January 31, 2012--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 
the Budget. House Report 112-380, Part I. Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform discharged. Committee on Ways 
and Means discharged.
    February 7, 2012--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage: 
Passed by recorded vote: 245-180 (Roll no. 42).
    February 9, 2012--Received in Senate and read twice and 
referred to the Committee on the Budget.

                               H.R. 3582

Sponsor--Tom Price [GA-6]
Date Introduced--December 7, 2011
Title--Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2012

    December 7, 2011--Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 
and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
    January 30, 2012--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 
the Budge. House Report 112-377, Part I. Filed late, pursuant 
to previous special order. Committee on Rules discharged.
    February 2, 2012--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage 
Passed by recorded vote: 242-179 (Roll No. 30).
    February 6, 2012--Received in the Senate and read twice and 
referred to the Committee on the Budget.

                               H.R. 3630

Sponsor--Dave Camp [MI-4]
Date Introduced: December 9, 2011
Title--Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

    December 9, 2011--Referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce, Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Transportation 
and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Oversight and Government 
Reform, House Administration, the Budget, Natural Resources, 
Rules, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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.
    December 13, 2011--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage: 
Passed by recorded vote: 234-193 (Roll no. 923).
    December 17, 2011--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed 
Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by 
Unanimous Consent.
    February 16, 2012--Conference Report H. Report 112-399 
filed.
    February 17, 2012--Conference report agreed to in House: On 
agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and 
Nays: 293-132 (Roll no. 72). Conference report agreed to in 
Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 60-
36. Record Vote Number: 22.
    February 22, 2012--Presented to the President, signed by 
the President, and became Public Law No: 112-96.

                               H.R. 3672

Sponsor--Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--December 14, 2011
Title--Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012

    December 14, 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 all within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
    December 16, 2011--Passed/agreed to in House: On Passage 
Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 351-67 (Roll no. 943).
    December 17, 2011--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed 
Senate, under the order of 12/16/2011, having received 60 votes 
in the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 72-27. 
Record Vote Number: 233.
    December 21, 2011--Presented to the President.
    December 23, 2011--Signed by the President and became 
Public Law No: 112-77.

                               H.R. 3765

Sponsor--Dave Camp [MI-4]
Date Introduced--December 23, 2011
Title--Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011

    December 23, 2011--Referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, 
Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, 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.
    Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition, the 
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation, Natural 
Resources, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and the Budget 
discharged.
    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without 
objection.
    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Ordered received, read twice, 
considered, read the third time, and passed by Unanimous 
Consent. Presented to the President, signed by the President, 
and became Public Law No: 112-78.

                               H.R. 4282

Sponsor--Rick Berg [R-ND]
Date Introduced--March 28, 2012
Title--International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act of 
        2012

    March 28, 2012--Referred to the Committee on Ways and 
Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and the 
Judiciary, 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 5, 2012--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to 
suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by 
voice vote.
    June 6, 2012--Received in the Senate and read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Finance.

                               H.R. 4628

Sponsor--Judy Biggert [IL-13]
Date Introduced--April 25, 2012
Title--Interest Rate Reduction Act

    April 25, 2012--Referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce, 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 27, 2012--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage 
Passed by recorded vote: 215-195 (Roll no. 195).
    May 7, 2012--Received in the Senate. Read the first time. 
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First 
Time.
    May 8, 2012--Read the second time. Placed on Senate 
Legislative Calendar under General Orders, Calendar No. 393.

                               H.R. 4966

Sponsor--Paul Ryan [WI-1]
Date Introduced--April 27, 2012
Title--Sequester Replacement Act of 2012

    April 27, 2012--Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 
and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
    May 7, 2012--House Budget Committee consideration and mark-
up session held. Ordered to be reported (amended) by voice 
vote.
    May 9, 2012--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on the 
Budget. House Report 112-469, Part I. Committee on Rules 
discharged. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 329.

                          HOUSE RESOLUTION 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, House Report 112-95, by Mr. Reed.
    June 1, 2011--On agreeing to the resolution: Agreed to by 
recorded vote: 231-187 (Roll no. 382).

                          HOUSE RESOLUTION 516

Sponsor--Richard Nugent [FL-5]
Date Introduced--January 18, 2012
Title--Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives 
        that the passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget 
        is of national importance

    January 18, 2012--Referred to the House Committee on the 
Budget.
    January 24, 2012--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to 
suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the 
Yeas and Nays: (\2/3\ required): 410-1, 1 present (Roll no. 7).

                                 S. 365

Sponsor--Tom Harkin [IA]
Date Introduced--February 16, 2011
Title--Budget Control Act of 2011

    February 16, 2011--Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator 
Harkin. Without written report.
    February 17, 2011--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed 
Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
    August 1, 2011--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage 
Passed with amendment by recorded vote: 269-161 (Roll no. 690).
    August 2, 2011--Senate agreed in the House amendment to the 
bill by Yea-Nay Vote. 74-26. Record Vote Number: 123.
    August 2, 2011--Presented to the President, signed by the 
President, and became Public Law No: 112-25.

                                S. 1134

Sponsor--Amy Klobuchar [MN]
Date Introduced--May 26, 2011
Title--St. Croix River Crossing Project Authorization Act

    May 26, 2011--Read twice and referred to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources.
    December 16, 2011--Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment and 
without written report. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar 
under General orders, Calendar No. 264.
    January 13, 2012--By Senator Bingaman from Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources filed written report under 
authority of the order of the Senate of 12/17/2011. Report No. 
112-124. Additional views filed.
    January 23, 2012--The committee reported amendment is 
agreed to by unanimous consent and considered as original text. 
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed with an amendment by 
Unanimous Consent.
    January 24, 2012--Message on Senate action sent to the 
House. Referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural 
Resources, 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.
    March 1, 2012--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to 
suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and 
Nays: (\2/3\ required): 339-80 (Roll no. 93).
    March 6, 2012--Presented to the President.
    March 14, 2012--Signed by the President and became Public 
Law No: 112-100.

         Bills and Resolutions Referred to the Budget Committee


                                 H.R. 1

Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011

                                H.R. 14

Hon. Timothy H. Bishop [NY-1]
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act

                                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' Choices 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. 662

Hon. John L. Mica [FL-7]
Surface Transportation Extension 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. 1194

Hon. Jim McDermott [WA-7]
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.

                               H.R. 1249

Hon. Lamar Smith [TX-21]
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

                               H.R. 1255

Hon. Steve Womack [AR-3]
Government Shutdown Prevention 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. 1363

Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

                               H.R. 1366

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

                               H.R. 1473

Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 
        Act, 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.R. 2319

Hon. Kevin Brady [TX-8]
Maximizing America's Prosperity Act of 2011

                               H.R. 2350

Hon. Peter A. DeFazio [OR-4]
Protecting Taxpayers in Transportation Asset Transfers Act

                               H.R. 2455

Hon. Cedric L. Richmond [LA-2]
Humanitarian Aid for Americans Act

                               H.R. 2527

Hon. Richard L. Hanna [NY-24]
National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act

                               H.R. 2532

Hon. C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger [MD-2]
United States Secret Service Retirement Act of 2011

                               H.R. 2560

Hon. Jason Chaffetz [UT-3]
Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011

                               H.R. 2693

Hon. David Dreier [CA-26]
Budget Control Act of 2011

                               H.R. 2725

Hon. Frederica Wilson [FL-17]
Medicare Protection Act of 2011

                               H.R. 2726

Hon. Frederica Wilson [FL-17]
Education Protection Act of 2011

                               H.R. 2727

Hon. Frederica Wilson [FL-17]
People's Act of 2011

                               H.R. 2855

Hon. Keith Ellison [MN-5]
Emergency Jobs Now Act

                               H.R. 2857

Hon. Raul M. Grijalva [AZ-7]
Prioritize Emergency Job Creation Act

                               H.R. 2883

Hon. Geoff Davis [KY-4]
Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act

                               H.R. 2943

Hon. Geoff Davis [KY-4]
Short-Term TANF Extension Act

                               H.R. 2954

Hon. Barbara Lee [CA-9]
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011

                               H.R. 2964

Hon. Kevin Yoder [KS-3]
Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3000

Hon. Tom Price [GA-6]
Empowering Patients First Act

                               H.R. 3005

Hon. Paul Tonko [NY-21]
Helping Devastated Farmers Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3043

Hon. Marsha Blackburn [TN-7]
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
        of 1985 to reduce the discretionary spending limit for 
        fiscal year 2013 and 2014 to the fiscal year 2012 
        level.

                               H.R. 3082

Hon. Timothy V. Johnson [IL-15]
Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3083

Hon. Jim McDermott [WA-7]
SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3187

Hon. Robert J. Dold [IL-10]
March of Dimes Commemorative Coin Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3201

Hon. Maxine Waters [CA-35]
To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to eliminate the Joint 
        Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.

                               H.R. 3236

Hon. Timothy J. Walz [MN-1]
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3264

Hon. Tom Graves [GA-9]
Transportation Empowerment Act

                               H.R. 3332

Hon. Robert J. Dold [IL-10]
Truth in Government Accounting Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3414

Hon. Bill Huizenga [MI-2]
Honest Budget Act

                               H.R. 3494

Hon. Joseph J. Heck [NV-3]
Restoring America's Faith and Trust Act

                               H.R. 3519

Hon. Edolphus Towns [NY-10]
To amend to exempt the Medicare program from fallback 
        sequestration under the Budget Control Act of 2011.

                               H.R. 3521

Hon. Paul Ryan [WI-1]
Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 
        2011

                               H.R. 3575

Hon. Diane Black [TN-6]
Legally Binding Budget Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3576

Hon. John Campbell [CA-48]
Spending Control Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3577

Hon. Reid J. Ribble [WI-8]
Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3578

Hon. Rob Woodall [GA-7]
Baseline Reform Act of 2012

                               H.R. 3579

Hon. Jason Chaffetz [UT-3]
Review Every Dollar Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3580

Hon. Mick Mulvaney [SC-5]
Balancing Our Obligations for the Long-Term Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3581

Hon. Scott Garrett [NJ-5]
Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2012

                               H.R. 3582

Hon. Tom Price [GA-6]
Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2012

                               H.R. 3630

Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012

                               H.R. 3638

Hon. Raul M. Grijalva [AZ-7]
Act for the 99%

                               H.R. 3662

Hon. Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon [CA-25]
Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3669

Hon. James B. Renacci [OH-16]
Budget Process Improvement Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3671

Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012

                               H.R. 3672

Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012

                               H.R. 3697

Hon. Shelley Moore Capito [WV-2]
Mine Safety Accountability and Improved Protection Act

                               H.R. 3743

Hon. Sander M. Levin [MI-12]
Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3765

Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011

                               H.R. 3778

Hon. Doug Lamborn [CO-5]
Budget Before Borrowing Act of 2012

                               H.R. 3787

Hon. David N. Cicilline [RI-1]
Jobs Score Act of 2012

                               H.R. 3827

Hon. Brett Guthrie [KY-2]
To repeal the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research program and 
        comparative effectiveness research funding.

                               H.R. 3844

Hon. Martha Roby [AL-2]
Honest Budget Act of 2012

                               H.R. 3883

Hon. Paul C. Broun [GA-10]
Budget or Bust Act

                               H.R. 3895

Hon. Jeff Miller [FL-1]
Protect VA Healthcare Act of 2012

                               H.R. 4060

Hon. Charles J. ``Chuck'' Fleischmann [TN-3]
Freeze Government Spending Act of 2012

                               H.R. 4072

Hon. Jeff Miller [FL-1]
Consolidating Veteran Employment Services for Improved 
        Performance Act of 2012

                               H.R. 4108

Hon. Shelley Berkley [NV-1]
Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2012

                               H.R. 4116

Hon. Tom Latham [IA-4]
Regulatory Accountability and Economic Freedom Act of 2012

                               H.R. 4188

Hon. Dennis Ross [FL-12]
NO FIELD Act

                               H.R. 4282

Hon. Rick Berg [ND]
International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act of 2012

                               H.R. 4320

Hon. Chaka Fattah [PA-2]
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require long-
        term cost benefit analyses of introduced bills.

                               H.R. 4386

Hon. Doug Lamborn [CO-5]
Budget for Disasters Act of 2012

                               H.R. 4628

Hon. Judy Biggert [IL-13]
Interest Rate Reduction Act

                               H.R. 4825

Hon. John Sullivan [OK-1]
Congressional Accountability in Budgeting and Spending Act

                               H.R. 4966

Hon. Paul Ryan [WI-1]
Sequester Replacement Act of 2012

                               H.R. 5333

Hon. Shelley Berkley [NV-1]
Middle Class Tax Fairness Act of 2012

                               H.R. 5707

Hon. Allyson Y. Schwartz [PA-13]
Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act of 2012

                               H.R. 5711

Hon. Russ Carnahan [MO-3]
Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 2012

                               H.R. 5864

Hon. Louise McIntosh Slaughter [NY-28]
Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2012

                               H.R. 5865

Hon. Daniel Lipinski [IL-3]
American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2012

                               H.R. 5872

Hon. Jeb Hensarling [TX-5]
Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012

                     HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 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.

                     HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 34

Hon. Paul Ryan [WI-1]
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for 
        fiscal year 2012 and setting forth appropriate 
        budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2021.

                     HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 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.

                    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 113

Hon. Scott Garrett [NJ-5]
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for 
        fiscal year 2013 and setting forth appropriate 
        budgetary levels for fiscal year 2012 and fiscal years 
        2014 through 2022.

                          HOUSE RESOLUTION 441

Hon. J. Randy Forbes [VA-4]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
        further reductions to core national security funding 
        will cause significant harm to United States interests.

                          HOUSE RESOLUTION 516

Hon. Richard Nugent [FL-5]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
        passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of 
        national importance.

                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 44

Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Further Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011

                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 79

Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2012

                                 S. 99

Hon. Jeff Bingaman [NM]
American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2011

                                S. 1134

Hon. Amy Klobuchar [MN]
St. Croix River Crossing Project Authorization Act

                           Committee Reports


                          HOUSE REPORT 112-058

House Concurrent Resolution 34
April 11, 2011
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget--Fiscal Year 2012

                          HOUSE REPORT 112-147

July 14, 2011
Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the Budget 
        House of Representatives One Hundred Twelfth Congress 
        First Quarter

                          HOUSE REPORT 112-358

December 30, 2011
Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the Budget 
        One Hundred Twelfth Congress Second Quarter

                          HOUSE REPORT 112-364

H.R. 3521
January 17, 2012
Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011

                      HOUSE REPORT 112-364--PART 1

H.R. 3521
January 17, 2012
Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011

                      HOUSE REPORT 112-377--PART 1

H.R. 3582
January 30, 2012
Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2012

                          HOUSE REPORT 112-378

H.R. 3578
January 30, 2012
Baseline Reform Act of 2012

                      HOUSE REPORT 112-380--PART 1

H.R. 3581
January 31, 2012
Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2012

                          HOUSE REPORT 112-421

House Concurrent Resolution 112
March 23, 2012
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2013

                      HOUSE REPORT 112-469--PART 1

H.R. 4966
May 9, 2012
Sequester Replacement Act of 2012

                          HOUSE REPORT 112-470

H.R. 5652
May 9, 2012
Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012

                                Hearings

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 Priorities

The State of the U.S. Economy [2/9/2011]
Witness: The Honorable 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, The 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]
Witnesses: Members of Congress

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

Budgeting for America's National Security [7/7/2011]
Witnesses: David E. Mosher, Assistant Director, Congressional 
        Budget Office; The Honorable Jim Talent, Distinguished 
        Fellow, Heritage Foundation; Dr. Gordon Adams, 
        Distinguished Fellow, The Stimson Center

Medicare's Future: An Examination of the Independent Payment 
        Advisory Board [7/12/2011]
Witnesses: The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary, 
        Department of Health and Human Services; Douglas Holtz-
        Eakin, President, American Action Forum; Grace-Marie 
        Turner, President, Galen Institute; Judith Feder, Ph. 
        D., Professor and Former Dean, Georgetown Public Policy 
        Institute and Urban Institute Fellow

Medicare and Social Security: The Fiscal Facts [7/13/2011]
Witnesses: Richard Foster, Chief Actuary, Centers for Medicare 
        and Medicaid Services; Stephen Goss, Chief Actuary, 
        Social Security Administration

The Need for Pro-Growth Tax Reform [9/14/2011]
Witnesses: Scott Hodge, President, Tax Foundation; Michael 
        Wall, Vice President of Tax, Case New Holland; Diane 
        Lim Rogers, Chief Economist, The Concord Coalition

The Broken Budget Process: Perspectives From Former CBO 
        Directors [9/21/2011]
Witnesses: Alice M. Rivlin, Senior Fellow, The Brookings 
        Institution; Rudolph G. Penner, Institute Fellow, Urban 
        Institute

The Broken Budget Process: Perspectives From Budget Experts [9/
        22/2011]
Witnesses: The Honorable Phil Gramm, Former Chairman, U.S. 
        Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
        Affairs; Vice Chairman of Investment Bank, UBS AG; The 
        Honorable Jim Nussle, Former Chairman, House Committee 
        on the Budget; President, COO, Growth Energy; Philip 
        Joyce, Ph.D., Professor of Management, Finance and 
        Leadership, School of Public Policy, University of 
        Maryland

The Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic Outlook 
        [2/1/2012]
Witness: Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget 
        Office

The State of The U.S. Economy [2/2/2012]
Witness: The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of 
        Governors of the Federal Reserve System

The President's Fiscal Year 2013 Budget [2/15/2012]
Witness: The Honorable Jeffrey Zients, Acting Director and 
        Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management 
        and Budget

The President's Fiscal Year 2013 Revenue and Economic Policy 
        Proposals [2/16/2012]
Witness: The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary, 
        Department of the Treasury

Strengthening Health and Retirement Security [2/28/2012]
Witnesses: Richard S. Foster, Chief Actuary, Centers for 
        Medicare and Medicaid Services; Stephen C. Goss, Chief 
        Actuary, Social Security Administration

The Department of Defense and The Fiscal Year 2013 Budget [2/
        29/2012]
Witnesses: The Honorable Leon E. Panetta, Secretary, Department 
        of Defense; General Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman, Joint 
        Chiefs of Staff

Members' Day [3/8/2012]
Witnesses: Members of Congress

Strengthening the Safety Net [4/17/2012]
Witnesses: Casey Mulligan, Professor of Economics, University 
        of Chicago; Ron Haskins, Co-Director, Center on 
        Children and Families, The Brookings Institution; 
        Robert Rector, Senior Research Fellow, Heritage 
        Foundation; Robert Greenstein, President, Center on 
        Budget and Policy Priorities

Replacing the Sequester [4/25/2012]
Witnesses: Daniel I. Werfel, Controller, Office of Federal 
        Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget; 
        Susan A. Poling, Deputy General Counsel, Government 
        Accountability Office

The Broken Budget Process: Legislative Proposals [5/31/2012]
Witnesses: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action 
        Forum; Alison Acosta Fraser, Director, Thomas A. Roe 
        Institute for Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage 
        Foundation; Henry J. Aaron, Senior Fellow, Economic 
        Studies, The Brookings Institution

Removing the Barriers to Free Enterprise and Economic Growth 
        [6/1/2012]
Witnesses: The Honorable Jeb Bush, President, Jeb Bush and 
        Associates, Governor of Florida 1999-2007; Chris 
        Edwards, Director of Tax Policy Studies, Cato 
        Institute; The Honorable Henry A. Waxman, Ranking 
        Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce

The Congressional Budget Office's Long-Term Budget Outlook [6/
        6/2012]
Witness: Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget 
        Office

                         Committee Publications

House Rule and Interim Budget Enforcement [1/3/2011]
Setting the Record Straight: Democrats' Health Care Law is a 
        Fiscal Train Wreck [1/6/2011]
House Republicans' Spending Reduction Resolution--H. Res. 38 
        [1/25/2011]
Congressional Budget Office Estimates Deficit Projection Nears 
        $1.5 Trillion for Fiscal Year 2011 [1/26/2011]
Fact Sheet: The Fiscal Year 2011 Discretionary Spending 
        Allocation to the Appropriations Committee [2/3/2011]
The Democrats' Spending Spree [2/3/2011]
Fact Sheet: Interim Spending and Revenue Committee Allocations 
        and Budget Aggregates for FY 2011 and for the 5-Year 
        Period Covering FY 2011--FY 2015 [2/11/2011]
The President's Budget Spends, Taxes, and Borrows Too Much--
        Stifling Job Growth Today and Threatening Our Economic 
        Future: House Budget Committee and Senate Budget 
        Committee Republican Summary of the President's FY2012 
        Budget [2/14/2011]
The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2012--More Spending, 
        Taxes, and Debt [2/15/2011]
The Path to Prosperity Builds on the Success of the Fiscal 
        Commission [4/12/2011]
The Path to Prosperity Preserves the Medicare Guarantee [5/24/
        2011]
Deficits and Baselines: The President's Budget and the 
        Republican Budget [5/24/2011]
A Campaign Built on a Foundation of Falsehoods and Fear [6/1/
        2011]
Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2017) Update [6/1/
        2012]
Title--Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012
      Bill Number--H.R. 2017
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2055) Update [6/2/2011]
Title--Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012
      Bill Number--H.R. 2055
Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2112) Update [6/14/2011]
Title--Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
        2012
      Bill Number--H.R. 2112
Budget Boondoggle Award: The Train to Nowhere [6/15/2011]
Department of Defense Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2219) Update 
        [6/23/2011]
Title--Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012
      Bill Number--H.R. 2219
The Debt Overhang and the U.S. Jobs Malaise [7/7/2011]
Senate Democrats' Legal--and Moral--Abdication of Leadership 
        [7/8/2011]
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2354) 
        Update [7/8/2011]
Title--Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 2012
      Bill Number--H.R. 2354
Actions Speak Louder Than Words: A Record of Fiscal 
        Recklessness Undermines Rhetoric of Fiscal 
        Responsibility [7/15/2011]
A Brief History of President Obama's Fiscal Record: Setting the 
        Record Straight [7/15/2011]
The Gang of Six Budget Effort: Problems, Questions and the 
        Potential for Promising Reforms [7/19/2011]
Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2551) Update [7/
        21/2011]
Title--Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012
      Bill Number--H.R. 2551
A Trillion-Dollar Gimmick [7/25/2011]
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2584) Update [7/25/2011]
Title--Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
        Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
      Bill Number--H.R. 2584
In Speech on U.S. Credit Downgrade, President Proposes to Add 
        $250 Billion to the Deficit [8/9/2011]
Credibility Deficit Widens with President's Third ``Budget'' in 
        Seven Months: President's ``Math'' Doesn't Add Up [9/
        21/2011]
The Empty Promise of Green Jobs: The Costly Consequences of 
        Crony Capitalism [9/22/2011]
Fact Sheet: The Optimist's Guide to Repeal and Replace--
        Patient-Centered Health-Care Reform for the 21st 
        Century [9/27/2011]
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act Update 
        (H.R. 2112) [11/16/2011]
Title--Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
        2012
      Bill Number--H.R. 2112
A Deeper Look at Income Inequality: An Analysis of the CBO's 
        Latest Study on Household Income Distribution and 
        Recommendations for Policymakers [11/17/2011]
Repairing Washington's Broken Budget Process: A Comprehensive 
        Approach to Strengthen Spending Controls, Enhance 
        Accountability, and Increase Transparency in the 
        Federal Budget Process [12/7/2011]
The Federal Budget Process: A Brief History of Budgeting in the 
        Nation's Capital [12/7/2011]
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 [12/9/
        2011]
Three Final Appropriations Measures (H.R. 2055, H.R. 3672 & H. 
        Con. Res. 94) [12/16/2011]
Title--Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012; Disaster Relief 
        Appropriations Act, 2012; Directing the Clerk of the 
        House of Representatives to make corrections in the 
        enrollment of H.R. 3672.
      Bill Number--H.R. 2055; H.R. 3672; H. Con. Res. 94
President Obama's Missed Budget Deadlines: An Unprecedented 
        Disrespect for the Rule of Law [1/26/2012]
The Budgetary Impact of H.R. 3835 [1/30/2012]
CBO Confirms Federal Workers Enjoy Advantages Over Private 
        Sector Counterparts [1/30/2012]
President's Budget Charts Path to Debt and Decline [2/13/2012]
Analysis of the President's Budget for FY2013: The President's 
        Budget Increases Spending, Raises Taxes, and Offers No 
        Plan to Lift the Debt [2/24/2012]
The Path to Prosperity--A Blueprint for American Renewal [3/20/
        2012]
Additional Fiscal Comparisons on the Path to Prosperity [3/20/
        2012]
The Fiscal Effects of Faster Growth: The Budgetary Impact of 
        The Path to Prosperity Under Alternative Growth 
        Scenarios [3/22/2012]
CBO's Economic Analysis of the President's 2013 Budget [4/20/
        2012]
Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill (H.R. 5326) 
        Update [5/8/2012]
Title--Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 2013
      Bill Number--H.R. 5326
How Much Does the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 
        2012 Reduce the Deficit? [5/9/2012]
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill 
        (H.R. 5854) Update [5/31/2012]
Title--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related 
        Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013
      Bill Number--H.R. 5854
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill (H.R. 5325) 
        Update [6/6/2012]
Title--Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 2013
      Bill Number--H.R. 5325
Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (H.R. 5855) Update [6/6/
        2012]
Title--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013
      Bill Number--H.R. 5855
The Facts on President Obama's Budget Record [6/7/2012]
Correcting Distortions and Myths on Tax Relief and Deficits [6/
        7/2012]
Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill (H.R. 5882) Update [6/8/
        2012]
Title--Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2013
      Bill Number--H.R. 5882
America's Defining Challenge: Will We Leave the Next Generation 
        with More Opportunity? [6/8/2012]

                House Budget Committee Democratic Caucus
                             Summary Report

    Republicans and Democrats have different views on how to 
get our fiscal house in order. Republicans are continuing to 
pursue legislation that protects the very wealthy and special 
interests at the expense of everyone else. This approach is 
evident in the House-passed fiscal year 2013 budget resolution, 
which ends the Medicare guarantee and cuts investments that 
make the country stronger, while extending massive tax breaks 
for big corporations and the wealthiest Americans. The 
Republican approach of looking for deficit reduction only 
through spending cuts is also evident in the ``Sequester 
Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012,'' which protects tax 
breaks for millionaires but slashes health care for kids, food 
and nutrition assistance for struggling families, and vital 
safety net programs.
    In contrast, Democrats support a balanced approach to 
addressing the nation's deficit and debt burden, one that 
builds on the $1 trillion of spending cuts enacted last year 
but also cuts wasteful tax subsidies and asks millionaires to 
share responsibility in reducing the deficit. In the second 
session of the 112th Congress, Budget Committee Democrats 
offered proposals reflecting these priorities as alternatives 
and amendments to Republican budget legislation. In addition, 
the Democratic Caucus of the Budget Committee published a 
variety of materials that highlight concerns with the 
Republican legislation and that explain the Democratic approach 
and proposals.

                     112th Congress, Second Session
              Legislation Offered by the Democratic Caucus


                   FISCAL YEAR 2013 BUDGET RESOLUTION

    On March 29, 2012, Democrats offered an alternative to the 
Republican 2013 budget resolution on the House floor. The 
Democratic budget takes a balanced approach to meeting the 
nation's fiscal challenges, preserving the Medicare guarantee, 
helping create more jobs now, making the country stronger 
through investments that build long-term growth, abiding by the 
tight spending caps established in 2011, and reducing the 
deficit through shared responsibility. The Democratic budget's 
first priority is helping people to make it in America: 
creating more jobs now and making investments that will lead to 
long-term economic growth. Putting Americans back to work is 
also the fastest and most effective way to reduce the short-
term deficit. Second, the budget alternative preserves the 
Medicare guarantee and ensures that the social safety net 
remains intact. Importantly, the Democratic budget reduces the 
deficit responsibly with policies that balance spending cuts 
with increased revenue. This balanced approach is recommended 
by every single bipartisan group that has looked at deficit 
reduction.
    On March 21, 2012, during the House Budget Committee mark-
up of the Republican budget resolution, Democrats sought to 
eliminate the most harmful provisions and improve the budget 
through a number of amendments. The amendments focused on 
preserving the Medicare guarantee and the social safety net, 
creating jobs, strengthening education as an investment in the 
country's long-term growth, protecting the middle class, and 
reducing the deficit. Democrats offered the following 
amendments, with all costs fully offset:

                         HEALTH CARE AMENDMENTS

     An amendment rejecting Medicare vouchers by 
opposing any changes that would eliminate guaranteed health 
insurance benefits under the Medicare program, or that increase 
costs for seniors and people with disabilities by establishing 
a Medicare voucher or premium support plan that provides 
limited payments to Medicare beneficiaries to purchase health 
care in the private health insurance market.
     An amendment to prohibit Medicare cuts to 
beneficiaries, expressing the need to retain the important new 
health benefits for seniors and disabled individuals provided 
in the Affordable Care Act--benefits that will be eliminated as 
a result of the Republican budget resolution's repeal of most 
provisions of the Act.
     An amendment to reverse the Republican budget's 
$810 billion in cuts to Medicaid, which provides health care 
for seniors in nursing homes, people with disabilities, poor 
children, and other low-income people.
     An amendment expressing the Sense of the House 
that Congress should not repeal the Affordable Care Act, taking 
away vital benefits, especially the Act's important protection 
against unfair discriminatory practices against women.
     An amendment expressing the Sense of the House 
that no woman should be denied access to contraceptives.

                            JOBS AMENDMENTS

     An amendment funding the transportation 
investments of the President's American Jobs Act, allowing for 
an immediate infusion of $50 billion for highway projects that 
will put people to work over the next few years and strengthen 
the transportation infrastructure that helps drive a strong 
economy.
     An amendment to fit the provisions of the Senate-
passed highway bill into the budget.
     An amendment immediately providing $30 billion to 
create jobs upgrading at least 35,000 crumbling public schools, 
including elementary and secondary schools and community 
colleges.
     An amendment providing $1 billion to establish a 
Veterans Job Corps, as proposed by the President, to employ at 
least 20,000 veterans over the next five years in projects to 
preserve and restore America's national, state, and local parks 
and other public lands.
     An amendment to support a ``Make it in America `` 
agenda by establishing a 20 percent tax credit against expenses 
for U.S. businesses that return jobs and operations to the 
U.S., and by denying tax deductions for U.S. businesses that 
outsource jobs and operations overseas.

                          EDUCATION AMENDMENTS

     An amendment rejecting the budget's education cuts 
to support key services that bolster student achievement and 
support tens of thousands of teaching jobs.
     An amendment making the American Opportunity Tax 
Credit permanent to continue helping more than 9 million 
students afford the cost of college.
     An amendment preventing interest rates on 
subsidized student loans from doubling on July 1, protecting 
nearly 7.5 million students from increased cost of college.
     An amendment ensuring that Head Start can continue 
providing vital early childhood educational services to almost 
1 million children in families at or below the poverty level.

                         SAFETY NET AMENDMENTS

     An amendment opposing the Republican budget's plan 
to convert the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program 
(SNAP) into a block grant and deeply reduce the program level, 
and providing funding to support the President's request for 
the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 
and Children (WIC).
     An amendment rejecting the privatization of Social 
Security.
     An amendment supporting additional legislative 
action to ensure that states have the necessary resources to 
collect all child support that is owed to families and to allow 
them to pass 100 percent of support on to families without 
financial penalty.

                   MIDDLE-CLASS PROTECTION AMENDMENTS

     An amendment prohibiting tax increases on 
individuals with income below $200,000 ($250,000 for couples).
     An amendment protecting consumers against Wall 
Street abuse by supporting full funding of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission and the work of the newly created Consumer 
Financial Protection Bureau.
     An amendment cracking down on oil price 
speculation by repealing tax subsidies to the major integrated 
oil and gas companies, and devoting most of the savings to 
deficit reduction while also funding the Commodity Futures 
Trade Commission at a level where it can properly monitor oil 
price speculation.
     An amendment to ease gas price pressures at the 
pump by repealing tax subsidies to oil and gas companies, and 
instead rebating the savings to vehicle owners.
     An amendment protecting services by restoring 
discretionary spending for fiscal year 2013 to $1.047 trillion, 
which is the level established in the Budget Control Act.
     An amendment reinstating four Superfund taxes 
that, until 1995, financed the clean-up of contaminated waste 
sites across the nation.

                      DEFICIT REDUCTION AMENDMENTS

     An amendment to reduce the deficit by ending tax 
cuts for millionaires and imposing a ``Buffett Rule'' to ensure 
that middle class families do not pay higher effective tax 
rates than millionaires.
     An amendment stressing the importance of deficit 
reduction that draws from the entire budget--reforming defense 
and non-defense spending, appropriations and entitlements, and 
tax policies.

            SEQUESTER REPLACEMENT RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2012

    The 2013 budget resolution included reconciliation 
instructions for six Committees to report legislation reducing 
the deficit and for the Budget Committee to report legislation 
eliminating most of the roughly $100 billion across-the-board 
sequester of spending scheduled for 2013. These instructions 
led to the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act, an 
unbalanced approach to deficit reduction that focuses only on 
cutting investments rather than also closing tax loopholes. In 
fact, the reconciliation package makes deep cuts to food and 
nutrition programs for low-income families and Medicaid--both 
programs that would have been entirely exempt from any 
sequestration cuts.
    On May 9, 2012, Democrats sought to offer an alternative to 
the Republican package on the House floor. The Democratic 
alternative replaces the sequester with a combination of cuts 
to agriculture subsidies and revenues raised by cutting 
taxpayer subsidies for Big Oil and asking millionaires to share 
greater responsibility in reducing the deficit. The Democratic 
alternative was offered during the House Rules Committee mark-
up of the rule for consideration of the bill, but the Rules 
Committee did not make the Democratic alternative in order on 
the House floor.
    On May 7, 2012, during the House Budget Committee mark-up 
of the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, 
Democrats offered the following motions to achieve similar 
savings by cutting tax breaks and subsidies to special 
interests:
     A motion rejecting the elimination of the Social 
Services Block Grant while ending taxpayer subsidies to Big 
Oil.
     A motion protecting food and nutrition support for 
struggling children and families while cutting taxpayer direct 
payments to agricultural interests.
     A motion protecting health care coverage for at 
least 300,000 low-income children and lowering the deficit by 
eliminating certain tax subsidies for Big Oil.
     A motion protecting the health of women and 
children through the Prevention and Public Health Fund while 
closing tax loopholes that reward corporations that ship 
American jobs overseas.
    Also on May 7, Democrats offered two amendments during the 
House Budget Committee mark-up of the Sequester Replacement Act 
of 2012. The first amendment would have replaced the sequester 
for the entire 10-year period called for under the Budget 
Control Act--not just one year, as the Republican plan does. 
The second amendment would have exempted Medicare from the 2013 
sequester. Both amendments were defeated.

                Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and
                        Rescissions Act of 2011

    On January, 24, 2012, Democrats offered amendments to H.R. 
2521, the Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions 
Act of 2011, during the House Budget Committee mark-up.
    One amendment would have made targeted tax benefits subject 
to cancellation, in addition to the rescission of discretionary 
budget authority already allowed by the bill. Another amendment 
made technical corrections.

                     Democratic Caucus Publications

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


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       Date                                 Title
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Feb. 1, 2012        CBO Forecast Confirms Economy Slowly on the Rebound
                     But Deficits Continue
Feb. 2, 2012        Fact Sheets on Budget Process Reform Legislation--
                     H.R. 3582 & H.R. 3578
Feb. 7, 2012        Fact Sheets on Budget Process Reform Legislation--
                     H.R. 3581
Feb. 8, 2012        Fact Sheet on The Expedited Legislative Line-Item
                     Veto and Rescissions Act of 2011 (H.R. 3521)
Feb. 13, 2012       The President's 2013 Budget: Focus on Jobs and a
                     Balanced Approach to Deficit Reduction
Feb. 14, 2012       Highlights of the President's Fiscal Year 2013
                     Budget
Mar. 23, 2012       Report on Democratic Amendments to the Republican
                     2013 Budget Resolution
Mar. 23, 2012       Minority Views on the House Budget Committee FY 2013
                     Budget Resolution, (Report to Accompany H. Con.
                     Res. 112)
Mar. 23, 2012       Republican Budget Makes the Wrong Choices
Mar. 26, 2012       Summary of the 2013 Democratic Budget
Mar. 28, 2012       The Democratic Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year
                     2013; Make it in America, Preserve the Medicare
                     Guarantee, and Provide Tax Relief for Working
                     Families while Responsibly Reducing the Deficit
Mar. 28, 2012       Top Reasons to Support Democratic Budget Alternative
Mar. 28, 2012       Top Reasons to Oppose the Republican Budget
Mar. 28, 2012       Myth vs. Reality: The Republican Budget
Mar. 28, 2012       Republican Budget Ends Medicare Guarantee and Shreds
                     Social Safety Net
Mar. 28, 2012       What Outside Groups are Saying about the FY 2013
                     Republican Budget and the Latest GOP Plan to End
                     the Medicare Guarantee
May 3, 2012         Republican Reconciliation Bills Reflect Wrong
                     Priorities
May 9, 2012         Minority Views on the Sequester Replacement Act of
                     2012, (Report to accompany H.R.4966)
May 9, 2012         Minority Views on the Sequester Replacement
                     Reconciliation Act of 2012, (Report to accompany
                     H.R. 5652)
May 10, 2012        The Republican Reconciliation Bill--Like Their
                     Budget--Makes the Wrong Choices for America
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  112th Congress, First Session: Legislation Offered by the Democratic
                                 Caucus
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Apr. 6, 2011        Democratic amendments offered to FY 2012 budget
                     during House Budget Committee mark-up
Apr. 13, 2011       FY 2012 Democratic budget offered on House floor
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      112th Congress, First Session: Democratic Caucus Publications
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Jan. 5, 2011        Republican House Rules Make Fiscally Irresponsible
                     Changes
Jan. 31, 2011       CBO Forecast Confirms Economy on the Rebound But
                     Deficits Continue
Feb. 23, 2011       Summary and Analysis of President Obama's Fiscal
                     Year 2012 Budget
Apr. 8, 2011        Summary & Analysis of Democratic Amendments Offered
                     to FY 2012 Budget at House Budget Committee Mark-up
Apr. 11, 2011       Summary and Analysis of the House Budget Committee-
                     reported FY 2012 Budget Resolution
Apr. 11, 2011       Minority Views on the House Budget Committee FY 2012
                     Budget Resolution
Apr. 13, 2011       Key Aspects of the 2012 Democratic Budget
Apr. 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
June 27, 2011       Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment is Guise to
                     Push the Republican Budget Agenda
July 11, 2011       Budget Committee Hearing on ``Budgeting for
                     America's National Security''
July 18, 2011       ``Cut, Cap, and Balance Act'' is a More Extreme
                     Version of Republican Budget Resolution
July 28, 2011       Republican Debt Plan Threatens the Nation's
                     Financial Security
Aug. 3, 2011        Summary of the Budget Control Act of 2011
Nov. 14, 2011       Do We Really Want the Courts Making Budget
                     Decisions? A Constitutional Requirement to Balance
                     the Budget Will Involve the Courts
Nov. 16, 2011       Vote ``No'' on the Constitutional Amendment:
                     H.J.Res. 2 is Not Fiscally Responsible
Dec. 13, 2011       Frequently Asked Questions about Sequestration under
                     the Budget Control Act of 2011
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