[House Report 112-543]
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Union Calendar No. 389
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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))
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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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.
Union Calendar No. 389
112th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 112-543
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ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
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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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