[House Report 113-680]
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Union Calendar No. 511
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ACTIVITIES
and
SUMMARY REPORT
of the
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress
second session
(Pursuant to House Rule XI, Cl. 1.(d))
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December 18, 2014.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 2014
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin, Chairman
TOM PRICE, Georgia CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland,
SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey Ranking Minority Member
JOHN CAMPBELL, California ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania
KEN CALVERT, California JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
TOM COLE, Oklahoma BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
TOM McCLINTOCK, California TIM RYAN, Ohio
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin
DIANE BLACK, Tennessee KATHY CASTOR, Florida
REID J. RIBBLE, Wisconsin JIM McDERMOTT, Washington
BILL FLORES, Texas BARBARA LEE, California
TODD ROKITA, Indiana DAVID N. CICILLINE, Rhode Island
ROB WOODALL, Georgia HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES, New York
MARSHA BLACKBURN, Tennessee MARK POCAN, Wisconsin
ALAN NUNNELEE, Mississippi MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, New Mexico
E. SCOTT RIGELL, Virginia JARED HUFFMAN, California
VICKY HARTZLER, Missouri TONY CAARDENAS, California
JACKIE WALORSKI, Indiana EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
TOM RICE, South Carolina KURT SCHRADER, Oregon
ROGER WILLIAMS, Texas
SEAN P. DUFFY, Wisconsin
Vacant
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, December 18, 2014.
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 113th Congress.
Sincerely,
Paul Ryan, Chairman.
Union Calendar No. 511
113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 113-680
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ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
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December 18, 2014.--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
R E P O R T
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 as well as 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 also 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 budget, 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 2014 Budget Resolution
On March 13, 2013, the Committee on the Budget marked up
the fiscal year 2014 concurrent resolution on the budget, House
Concurrent Resolution 25 (113th Congress). The report
accompanying House Concurrent Resolution 25 (113th Congress),
House Report 113-17, was filed on March 15, 2013. This report
established allocations of spending authority to House
committees and identified accounts eligible for advance
appropriations.
The Committee on Rules reported a rule (House Resolution
122) providing for the consideration of House Concurrent
Resolution 25 (113th Congress). The rule provided for four
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 or their
designees.
The Resolution specified certain amendments in order and
waived all points of order against consideration of the
concurrent resolution.
The House passed House Resolution 122 on March 19, 2013.
After the adoption of House Resolution 122, floor debate on
House Concurrent Resolution 25 proceeded on March 19-21, 2013.
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 Mulvaney [SC-5] was defeated. Failed
by recorded vote: 154-261 (Roll no. 83).
Amendment No. 2: An amendment in the nature of a substitute
offered by Representative Scott [VA-3] was defeated. Failed by
recorded vote: 105-305, 1 Present (Roll no. 84).
Amendment No. 3: An amendment in the nature of a substitute
offered by Representative Grijalva [AZ-3] was defeated. Failed
by recorded vote: 84-327, 1 Present (Roll no. 85).
Amendment No. 4: An amendment in the nature of a substitute
offered by Representative Woodall [GA-7] was defeated. Failed
by recorded vote: 104-132, 171 Present (Roll no. 86).
Amendment No. 5: An amendment in the nature of a substitute
offered by Representative Van Hollen [MD-8] was defeated.
Failed by recorded vote: 165-253 (Roll no. 87).
The fiscal year 2014 concurrent resolution on the budget
passed the House on March 21, 2013. On agreeing to the
resolution: Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 221-207 (Roll no.
88).
On March 22, 2013, the House-passed fiscal year 2014
concurrent resolution on the budget (House Concurrent
Resolution 25) was received in the Senate and placed on the
Senate Calendar under General Orders Calendar No. 33.
On October 16, 2013, Mr. Ryan [WI-1] made a unanimous
consent request that the House be considered to have taken from
the Speaker's table S. Con. Res. 8; adopted an amendment in the
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H. Con. Res.
25, as adopted by the House; adopted such concurrent
resolution, as amended; insisted on its amendment; and
requested a conference with the Senate thereon; and during the
remainder of the 113th Congress, it shall not be in order to
offer a motion under clause 7(c) of rule 22 with respect to S.
Con. Res. 8. This unanimous consent request was agreed to
without objection. The Speaker appointed conferees. The Senate
disagreed to the House amendment, but agreed to the request for
a conference, and appointed conferees.
On October 17, 2013, a message on the Senate's action was
sent to the House.
On October 30, 2013, the Budget Conference Committee held
its first meeting.
On November 13, 2013, the Budget Conference Committee held
its second meeting.
While the conferees did not complete action on S. Con. Res.
8, Congress did put in place a concurrent resolution on the
budget by using another legislative vehicle. On December 12,
2013, Mr. Ryan [WI-1] moved that the House recede and concur
with an amendment in the Senate amendment to House Joint
Resolution 59. On motion that the House recede and concur with
an amendment in the Senate amendment: Agreed to by recorded
vote: 332-94 (Roll no. 640). This House amendment, the
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, included legislation putting in
place a budget resolution for fiscal year 2014 as well as other
changes in law. It also provided a mechanism to put in place a
budget resolution for fiscal year 2015 if Congress did not
complete action on a budget resolution.
Pursuant to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, Public Law
113-67, Chairman Ryan submitted for printing in the
Congressional Record committee allocations, aggregates, and
other budgetary levels for fiscal year 2014 on January 27,
2014. This statement can be found on pages H1428-H1429 of the
Congressional Record (113th Congress). The Committee's print on
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 provides the legislative
history of this law.
Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Resolution
On April 2, 2014, the Committee on the Budget marked up the
fiscal year 2015 concurrent resolution on the budget, House
Concurrent Resolution 96 (113th Congress). The report
accompanying House Concurrent Resolution 96 (113th Congress),
House Report 113-403, was filed on April 4, 2014. This report
established allocations of spending authority to House
committees and identified accounts eligible for advance
appropriations in fiscal year 2015 and beyond.
The Committee on Rules reported a rule (House Resolution
544) providing for the consideration of House Concurrent
Resolution 96 (113th Congress). The rule provided for four
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 or their
designees.
The Resolution specified certain amendments in order and
waived all points of order against consideration of the
concurrent resolution.
The House passed House Resolution 544 on April 8, 2014.
After the adoption of House Resolution 544, floor debate on
House Concurrent Resolution 96 proceeded on April 9 and 10,
2014.
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 Mulvaney [SC-5] was defeated. Failed
by recorded vote: 2-413 (Roll no. 171).
Amendment No. 2: An amendment in the nature of a substitute
offered by Representative Moore [WI-4] was defeated. Failed by
recorded vote: 116-300, (Roll no. 172).
Amendment No. 3: An amendment in the nature of a substitute
offered by Representative Grijalva [AZ-3] was defeated. Failed
by recorded vote: 89-327, 1 Present (Roll no. 173).
Amendment No. 4: An amendment in the nature of a substitute
offered by Representative Woodall [GA-7] was defeated. Failed
by recorded vote: 133-291 (Roll no. 175).
Amendment No. 5: An amendment in the nature of a substitute
offered by Representative Van Hollen [MD-8] was defeated.
Failed by recorded vote: 163-261 (Roll no. 176).
The fiscal year 2015 concurrent resolution on the budget
passed the House on April 10, 2014. On agreeing to the
resolution: Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 219-205 (Roll no.
177).
On April 11, 2014, the House-passed fiscal year 2015
concurrent resolution on the budget (House Concurrent
Resolution 96) was received in the Senate and placed on the
Senate Calendar under General Orders Calendar No. 365.
Pursuant to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, Public Law
113-67, Chairman Ryan submitted for printing in the
Congressional Record committee allocations, aggregates, and
other budgetary levels for fiscal year 2015 on April 29, 2014.
This statement can be found on pages H3288-H3290 of the
Congressional Record (113th Congress).
Other Legislative Activities
H. Res. 5, Adopting Rules for the 113th Congress
The organizing resolution (H. Res. 5) adopted by the House
on January 3, 2013, at the commencement of the 113th Congress
contained several provisions related to the congressional
budget process. House Resolution 5 provides that the Rules of
the 112th Congress are the Rules of the 113th Congress.
House Resolution 5 also provides that in the first session
of the 113th Congress and prior to the adoption of a fiscal
year 2014 budget resolution, the provisions of H. Con. Res. 112
(112th Congress) remain in force and effect and the allocations
of spending authority included in tables 11 and 12 of House
Report 112-421 (112th Congress) shall be regarded as the
allocations under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 in the House.
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) spending reduction amendments in appropriations
bills and (2) estimates of direct spending in concurrent
resolutions on the budget.
H. Res. 6, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the House
of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 3, 2013 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 3, 2013 and
elected Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr.
Pascrell, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Moore, Ms. Castor of Florida,
Ms. Lee of California, and Mr. Cicilline to the Committee on
the Budget.
H. Res. 22, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 14, 2013 and
elected Mr. McDermott to rank immediately after Ms. Castor of
Florida, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Lujan Grisham of New
Mexico, Mr. Huffman, and Mr. Caardenas to the Committee on the
Budget.
H. Res. 42, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 23, 2013 and
elected Mr. Schrader to the Committee on the Budget.
H. Res. 53, Electing Members to a Standing Committee of the House of
Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on February 5, 2013 and
elected Mr. Garrett, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Cole, Mr.
McClintock, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Flores, Mr. Rokita,
Mr. Woodall, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Rigell, Mrs.
Hartzler, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Messer, Mr. Rice of South
Carolina, and Mr. Williams to the Committee on the Budget.
H. Res. 64, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on February 13, 2013 and
elected Mr. Blumenauer to rank immediately after Mr. Caardenas
to the Committee on the Budget.
H. Res. 82, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on February 26, 2013 and
elected Mr. Price of Georgia to rank immediately after Mr.
Cole, Mrs. Black to rank immediately after Mr. Lankford, and
Mr. Duffy to the Committee on the Budget.
H. Res. 531, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on April 1, 2014 and elected
Mr. Doggett and Mr. Kildee to the Committee on the Budget.
H.R. 1871, Baseline Reform Act of 2014
On June 25, 2013, the Committee on the Budget reported H.R.
1871, the Baseline Reform Act of 2014. This bill addresses the
baseline's assumption of higher spending each year and removes
this pro-spending bias. Specifically, this bill removes the
assumption that discretionary spending will increase by
inflation in each year of the baseline. In addition, it removes
the exceptions to the general inflationary rule for expiring
housing contracts, social-insurance administrative expenses,
and annualization of federal-employee pay. It also codifies the
Congressional Budget Office's current practice of providing a
long-term budget outlook no later than July 1 each year.
Finally, the Baseline Reform Act does not change how mandatory
or revenue baselines are calculated. H.R. 1871 passed the House
on April 8, 2014. On passage: Passed by recorded vote: 230-185
(Roll no. 168).
H.R. 1874, Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2014
On July 19, 2013, the Committee on the Budget reported H.R.
1874, the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2014. This bill requires
the Congressional Budget Office to prepare an analysis of the
effect that major legislation would have on the U.S. economy.
This macro-economic impact analysis would be supplemental
information in addition to the official congressional cost
estimate of the legislation. H.R. 1874 passed the House on
April 4, 2014. On passage: Passed by recorded vote: 224-182
(Roll no. 164).
House Amendment to H.J. Res. 59, Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (BBA) was a House
amendment to the Senate amendment to House Joint Resolution 59.
The BBA established an enforceable budget for fiscal year 2014
as well as a process for the timely adoption of an enforceable
budget for fiscal year 2015. Additionally, the BBA authorized
an increase in the caps on discretionary spending for fiscal
years 2014 and 2015. It specifically provided $63 billion in
higher discretionary-caps relief over two years, split evenly
between defense and non-defense programs. This discretionary-
cap relief is more than fully offset by $85 billion in savings
elsewhere in the budget through specific, concrete spending
cuts, which eliminate waste, cut corporate welfare, and take
steps toward real reform and not tax increases. Among these
offsets, the BBA extended the mandatory sequester for two more
years, fiscal years 2022 and 2023, which will result in $28
billion in savings. The legislation reduces the deficit by $23
billion over ten years.
H.R. 1869, Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014
On March 21, 2014, the Committee on the Budget reported
H.R. 1869, the Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of
2014. This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act, House
rules, laws governing the contents of the President's budget
submission, and appropriations bills to provide for a two-year
budget, appropriations, and authorization process.
H.R. 1872, Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2014
On March 18, 2014, the Committee on the Budget reported
H.R. 1872, the Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2014.
This bill requires fair value accounting for federal credit
programs. It brings Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on-budget and
requires that agencies make public the budgetary justification
materials prepared in support of their request for use of
taxpayer dollars. In addition, it requires the CBO and OMB to
conduct a study and make recommendations on extending this fair
value methodology to federal insurance programs, as well as
conducting a study on the use of budgetary terms related to
money collected by the Federal Government. H.R. 1872 passed the
House on April 7, 2014. On passage: Passed by recorded vote:
230-165 (Roll no. 166).
Adjustments and Current Level Reports
Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2012 and
2013 Budget Resolutions
Bill Number--H.R. 8 (112th Congress)
Title--American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Date--January 22, 2013
Congressional Record--H220
Status Report on Current Spending Levels of On-Budget Spending and
Revenues for Fiscal Year 2013 and the 10-Year Period Fiscal
Year 2013 through Fiscal Year 2022
Date--January 25, 2013
Congressional Record--H290-292
Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2013
Budget Resolution
Bill Number--H.R. 45
Title--To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
and health care-related provisions in the Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Date--May 14, 2013
Congressional Record--H2600-2601
Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2014
Budget Resolution
Date--June 4, 2013
Congressional Record--H3042-3043
Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2014
Budget Resolution Related to Legislation Reported by the
Committee on Appropriations
Bill Number--H.R. 2217
Title--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014
Date--June 4, 2013
Congressional Record--H3043
Status Report on Current Spending Levels of On-Budget Spending and
Revenues for Fiscal Years 2013, 2014 and the 10-Year Period
Fiscal Year 2014 through 2023
Date--June 25, 2013
Congressional Record--H4024-4026
Revisions to the Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Resolution
Related to Legislation Reported by the Committee on
Appropriations
Date--July 8, 2013
Congressional Record--H4211
Status Report on Current Levels of On-Budget Spending and Revenues for
Fiscal Years 2013, 2014 and the 10-Year Period Fiscal Year 2014
through Fiscal Year 2023
Date--September 11, 2013
Congressional Record--H5502-5506
Revisions to the Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Resolution
Related to H.J. Res. 85, National Emergency and Disaster
Recovery Act
Bill Number--H.J. Res. 85
Title--Federal Emergency Management Agency Continuing
Appropriations Resolution, 2014
Date--October 4, 2013
Congressional Record--H6288
Status Report on Current Spending Levels of On-Budget Spending and
Revenues for Fiscal Years 2013, 2014 and the 10-Year Period
Fiscal Year 2014 through Fiscal Year 2023
Date--October 29, 2013
Congressional Record--H6895-6899
Revisions to the Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Resolution
Related to Legislation Reported by the Committee on
Appropriations
Date--October 29, 2013
Congressional Record--H6899
Revisions to the Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Resolution
Related to H.R. 4015, the SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider
Payment Modernization Act of 2014
Date--March 12, 2014
Congressional Record--H2359
Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2015
Budget Resolution
Date--June 17, 2014
Congressional Record--H5392
Status Report on Current Spending Levels of On-Budget Spending and
Revenues for Fiscal Years 2014, 2015 and the 10-Year Period
Fiscal Year 2015 through Fiscal Year 2024
Date--June 17, 2014
Congressional Record--H5393
Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2015
Budget Resolution
Bill Number--H.R. 83
Title--Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act,
2015
Date--December 11, 2014
Congressional Record--H10310
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 on
spending and revenue. The Committee provided ongoing oversight
of the Office of Management and Budgets 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, the authorizing committees, and the Committee
on Rules on spending and tax legislation to enforce 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 Committees
jurisdiction are the Office of Management and Budget and the
Congressional Budget Office.
In addition to these general oversight responsibilities,
theBudget 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 February 13, 2013 to
organize for the 113th 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's 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.
Pursuant to the Committee's request, the Government
Accountability Office published the following reports:
March 1 Joint Committee Sequestration for Fiscal Year 2013
[7/31/2013]
Budget Issues: Key Questions to Consider When Evaluating
Balances in Federal Accounts [9/30/2013]
Federal User Fees: Fee Design Options and Implications for
Managing Revenue Instability [9/30/2013]
Fiscal Exposures: Improving Cost Recognition in the Federal
Budget [10/29/2013]
Sequestration: Observations on the Department of Defense's
Approach in Fiscal Year 2013 [11/7/2013]
2013 Sequestration: Selected Federal Agencies Reduced Some
Services and Investments, While Taking Short-Term Actions to
Mitigate Effects [5/28/2014]
The oversight plan specifically calls on the Committee to
study the budgetary effects 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.
H.R. 8 (112TH CONGRESS)
Sponsor--Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
Date Introduced--July 24, 2012
Title--American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
July 24, 2012--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.
August 1, 2012--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage
Passed by recorded vote: 256-171 (Roll no. 545).
January 1, 2013--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate,
under the order of January 1, 2013, having achieved 60 votes in
the affirmative, with an amendment and an amendment to the
Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 89-8. Record Vote Number: 251.
January 1, 2013--Resolving differences--House actions: On
motion that the House agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to
by recorded vote: 257-167 (Roll no: 659).
January 2, 2013--Presented to the President, signed by the
President, and became Public Law 112-240.
H.R. 15
Sponsor--Hon. Joe Garcia [FL-26]
Date Introduced--October 2, 2013
Title--Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration
Modernization Act
October 10, 2013--Referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign
Affairs, Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Armed Services,
Natural Resources, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce,
Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform, the
Budget, Science, Space, and Technology, Financial Services, and
Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 26, 2014--Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr.
Garcia Petition No: 113-9.
H.R. 41
Sponsor--Hon. Scott Garrett [NJ-5]
Date Introduced--January 3, 2013
Title--To temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out
the National Flood Insurance Program.
January 3, 2013--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.
January 4, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill: Agreed to by the Yeas and
Nays: (two-thirds required): 354-67 (Roll no. 7).
January 4, 2013--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in
the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and
passed without amendment by Voice Vote. Presented to the
President.
January 6, 2013--Signed by the President and became Public
Law 113-1.
H.R. 45
Sponsor--Hon. Michele Bachmann [MN-6]
Date Introduced--January 3, 2013
Title--To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
and health care-related provisions in the Health Care
and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
January 3, 2013--Referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and
the Workforce, Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Natural
Resources, Rules, House Administration, Appropriations, 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.
May 16, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed
by the Yeas and Nays: 229-195 (Roll no. 154).
May 20, 2013--Received in the Senate.
May 21, 2013--Read the first time. Placed on the Senate
Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
May 22, 2013--Read the second time. Placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 78.
H.R. 152
Sponsor--Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--January 4, 2013
Title--Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
January 4, 2013--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.
January 15, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage
Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 241-180 (Roll no. 23).
January 22, 2013--Received in the Senate.
January 28, 2013--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed
Senate, under the order of January 24, 2013, having achieved 60
votes in the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote.
62-36. Record Vote Number: 4.
January 29, 2013--Presented to the President, signed by the
President, and became Public Law 113-2.
H.R. 254
Sponsor--Hon. Jason Chaffetz [UT-3]
Date Introduced--January 15, 2013
Title--Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
January 15, 2013--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.
April 9, 2013--Reported by the Committee on Natural
Resources. H. Rept. 113-25, Part I.
April 9, 2013--Committee on the Budget discharged.
April 9, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill: Agreed to by the Yeas and
Nays: (two-thirds required): 400-4 (Roll no. 90).
April 10, 2013--Received in the Senate, read twice.
July 10, 2013--Passed/agreed to in the Senate: passed
Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
July 12, 2013--Presented to the President.
July 18, 2013--Signed by the President and became Public
Law 113-20.
H.R. 367
Sponsor--Hon. Todd C. Young [IN-9]
Date Introduced--January 23, 2013
Title--Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act
of 2013
January 23, 2013--Referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, 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.
July 19, 2013--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on the
Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-160, Part I. Committee on Rules and
Committee on the Budget discharged.
August 2, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage
Passed by recorded vote: 232-183 (Roll no. 445).
September 9, 2013--Received in the Senate and read twice
and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs.
H.R. 444
Sponsor--Hon. Tom Price [GA-6]
Date Introduced--February 1, 2013
Title--Require a PLAN Act
February 1, 2013--Referred to the House Committee on the
Budget.
February 6, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage
Passed by recorded vote: 253-167 (Roll no. 38).
February 7, 2013--Received in the Senate and Read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Budget.
H.R. 668
Sponsor--Hon. Luke Messer [IN-6]
Date Introduced--February 13, 2013
Title--To amend section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
Code, to require that annual budget submissions of the
President to Congress provide an estimate of the cost
per taxpayer of the deficit, and for other purposes.
February 13, 2013--Referred to the House Committee on the
Budget.
March 5, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill: Agreed to by the Yeas and
Nays: (two-thirds required): 392-28, 1 Present (Roll no. 57).
March 7, 2013--Received in the Senate and Read twiceand
referred to the Committee on the Budget.
H.R. 899
Sponsor--Hon. Virginia Foxx [NC-5]
Date Introduced--February 28, 2013
Title--Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of
2014
February 28, 2013--Referred to the Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the
Budget, Rules, 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.
February 14, 2014--Reported by the Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform. H. Rept. 113-352, Part I. Committee on
the Budget, Committee on Rules, and Committee on Judiciary
discharged.
February 28, 2014--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage
Passed by recorded vote: 234-176 (Roll no. 90).
March 4, 2014--Received in the Senate and Read twice and
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs.
H.R. 915
Sponsor--Hon. Joseph P. Kennedy III [MA-4]
Date Introduced--February 28, 2013
Title--To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to
establish a commemorative work in the District of
Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
February 28, 2013--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.
January 23, 2014--Reported by the Committee on Natural
Resources. H. Rept. 113-329, Part I. Committee on Budget
discharged.
For further action, see S.230, which became Public Law 113-
78 on January 24, 2014.
H.R. 933
Sponsor--Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--March 4, 2013
Title--Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act,
2013.
March 4, 2013--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 6, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed
by the Yeas and Nays: 267-151 (Roll no. 62).
March 7, 2013--Received in the Senate. Read twice, and
ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General
Orders. Calendar No. 21.
March 20, 2013--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate
with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay
Vote. 73-26. Record Vote Number: 44.
March 21, 2013--Resolving Differences--On motion that the
House agree to the Senate amendments Agreed to by the Yeas and
Nays: 318-109 (Roll no. 89).
March 22, 2013--Presented to the President.
March 26, 2013--Signed by the President and became Public
Law 113-6.
H.R. 1164
Sponsor--Hon. James Lankford [OK-5]
Date Introduced--March 14, 2013
Title--Government Shutdown Prevention Act
March 14, 2013--Referred to the House Committee on
Appropriations.
H.R. 1765
Sponsor--Hon. Tom Latham [IA-3]
Date Introduced--April 26, 2013
Title--Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013
April 26, 2013--Referred to the Committee on
Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on
Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 26, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and
Nays: (two-thirds required): 361-41 (Roll no. 125).
April 30, 2013--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Pursuant to the
order of April 25, 2013, ordered received, read twice,
considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment
by Unanimous Consent.
April 30, 2013--Presented to the President.
May 1, 2013--Signed by the President and became Public Law
113-9.
H.R. 1869
Sponsor--Hon. Reid J. Ribble [WI-8]
Date Introduced--May 8, 2013
Title--Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014
May 8, 2013--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.
March 21, 2014--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on the
Budget. H. Rept. 113-382, Part I. Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform discharged. Committee on Rules granted an
extension for further consideration ending not later than
September 12, 2014.
September 12, 2014--House Committee on Rules granted an
extension for further consideration ending not later than
December 11, 2014.
December 11, 2014--Committee on Rules discharged. Placed on
the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 492.
H.R. 1871
Sponsor--Hon. Rob Woodall [GA-7]
Date Introduced--May 8, 2013
Title--Baseline Reform Act of 2014
May 8, 2013--Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
June 25, 2013--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on the
Budget. H. Rept. 113-129.
April 8, 2014--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed
by recorded vote: 230-185 (Roll no. 168).
April 9, 2014--Received in the Senate and Read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Budget.
H.R. 1872
Sponsor--Hon. Scott Garrett [NJ-5]
Date Introduced--May 8, 2013
Title--Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2014
May 8, 2013--Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and
in addition to the Committee on 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.
March 18, 2014--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on the
Budget. H. Rept. 113-381, Part I. Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform discharged. April 7, 2014--Passed/agreed to
in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 230-165 (Roll no.
166).
April 8, 2014--Received in the Senate and Read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Budget.
H.R. 1874
Sponsor--Hon. Tom Price [GA-6]
Date Introduced--May 8, 2013
Title--Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2014
May 8, 2013--Referred to the House 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.
July 19, 2013--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on
Budget. H. Rept. 113-161, Part I. Committee on Rules
discharged.
April 4, 2014--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed
by recorded vote: 224-182 (Roll no. 164).
April 7, 2014--Received in the Senate and Read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Budget.
H.R. 1896
Sponsor--Hon. David G. Reichert [WA-8]
Date Introduced--May 8, 2013
Title--International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act of
2013
May 8, 2013--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 18, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and
Nays: (two-thirds required): 394-27 (Roll no. 252).
June 19, 2013--Received in the Senate and read twice and
referred to the Committee on Finance.
For further action, see H.R. 4980, which became Public Law
113-183 on September 29, 2014.
H.R. 1911
Sponsor--Hon. John Kline [MN-2]
Date Introduced--May 9, 2013
Title--Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013
May 9, 2013--Referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce, 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 20, 2013--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on
Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 113-82, Part I. Committee
on the Budget discharged.
May 23, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed
by recorded vote: 221-198 (Roll no. 183).
June 3, 2013--Received in the Senate.
July 24, 2013--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate,
under the order of July 23, 2013, having achieved 60 votes in
the affirmative, with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 81-18.
Record Vote Number: 185.
July 31, 2013--Resolving differences--House actions: On
motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate
amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (two-thirds
required): 392-31 (Roll no. 426).
August 1, 2013--Presented to the President.
August 9, 2013--Signed by the President and became Public
Law 113-28.
H.R. 2821
Sponsor--Hon. Frederica S. Wilson [FL-24]
Date Introduced--July 24, 2013
Title--American Jobs Act of 2013
July 24, 2013--Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means,
and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Education
and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation and
Infrastructure, Financial Services, House Administration,
Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
September 18, 2014--Motion to Discharge Committee filed by
Ms. Wilson (FL). Petition No: 113-12.
H.R. 3080
Sponsor--Hon. Bill Shuster [PA-9]
Date Introduced--September 11, 2013
Title--Water Resources Development Act of 2014
September 11, 2013--Referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the
Committees on the Budget, Ways and Means, and Natural
Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case forconsideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
October 21, 2013--Reported (Amended) by the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-246, Part I.
Committee on the Budget, Committee on Ways and Means, and
Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
October 23, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage
Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 417-3 (Roll no. 560).
October 31, 2013--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed/agreed
to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous
Consent.
October 31, 2013--Resolving differences--Senate actions:
Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference.
November 4, 2013--Resolving differences--Senate actions:
Senate appointed conferees.
November 14, 2013--Resolving differences--House actions:
The Speaker appointed conferees.
November 20, 2013--Conference held.
February 12, 2014--Resolving differences--Senate actions:
Senate appointed conferee(s) Sanders by unanimous consent.
May 15, 2014--Conference report H. Rept. 113-449 filed.
May 20, 2014--Conference report agreed to in the House: On
motion to suspend the rules and agree to the conference report
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays (two thirds required): 412-4
(Roll No. 220).
May 22, 2014--Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate
agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 91-7. Record Vote
Number: 163.
June 3, 2014--Presented to the President.
June 10, 2014--Signed by the President and became Public
Law 113-121.
H.R. 3771
Sponsor--Hon. Eric Swalwell [CA-15]
Date Introduced--December 12, 2013
Title--Philippines Charitable Giving Assistance Act
March 24, 2014--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended, agreed to by
voice vote.
March 25, 2014--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the
Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and
passed, pursuant to the order of March 6, 2014, without
amendment by Unanimous Consent.
March 25, 2014--Presented to the President, signed by the
President, and became Public Law 113-92.
H.R. 3992
Sponsor--Hon. Michael K. Simpson [ID-2]
Date Introduced--February 5, 2014
Title--Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014
February 5, 2014--Referred to the Committee on the Budget,
and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, 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.
July 11, 2014--Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr.
Peters (CA). Petition No: 113-10.
H.R. 4302
Sponsor--Hon. Joseph R. Pitts [PA-16]
Date Introduced--March 26, 2014
Title--Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014
March 27, 2014--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill, agreed to by voice vote.
March 31, 2014--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate,
under the order of March 27, 2014, having achieved 60 votes in
the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 64-35.
Record Vote Number: 93.
April 1, 2014--Presented to the President, signed by the
President, and became Public Law 113-93.
H.R. 4841
Sponsor--Hon. Ann Kirkpatrick [AZ-1]
Date Introduced--June 11, 2014
Title--Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability,
and Transparency Act of 2014
June 11, 2014--Referred to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and
Government Reform, 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.
For further action, see H.R. 3230, which became Public Law
113-146 on August 7, 2014.
H.R. 4980
Sponsor--Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
Date Introduced--June 26, 2014
Title--Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families
Act
June 26, 2014--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.
July 23, 2014--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill: Agreed to by voice vote.
September 18, 2014--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed
Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
September 26, 2014--Presented to the President.
September 29, 2014--Signed by the President and became
Public Law 113-183.
H.R. 5404
Sponsor--Hon. Jeff Denham [CA-10]
Date Introduced--September 8, 2014
Title--Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act
of 2014
September 8, 2014--Referred to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed 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.
September 16, 2014--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by
voice vote.
September 18, 2014--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed
Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
September 23, 2014--Presented to the President.
September 26, 2014--Signed by the President and became
Public Law 113-175.
H.R. 5771
Sponsor--Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
Date Introduced--December 1, 2014
Title--Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014
December 1, 2014--Referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the
Workforce, 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.
December 3, 2014--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage
Passed by recorded vote: 378-46 (Roll no. 544).
December 8, 2014--Received in the Senate.
December 16, 2014: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed
Senate, under the order of December 16, 2014, having achieved
60 votes in the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote.
76-16. Record Vote Number: 364.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 59
Sponsor--Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--September 10, 2013
Title--Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
September 10, 2013--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.
September 20, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage
Passed by recorded vote: 230-189 (Roll No. 478).
September 23, 2013--Received in the Senate. Read twice.
Pursuant to the order of September 19, 2013, Placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 195.
September 27, 2013--Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed
Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-44. Record Vote
Number: 209.
September 29, 2013--Resolving differences--House actions:
On agreeing to the Senate amendment with amendment #1 Agreed to
by the Yeas and Nays: 248-174 (Roll no. 497).
September 30, 2013--Resolving differences--House actions:
On receding from the House amendments, and concurring in the
Senate amendment with amendment Agreed to by recorded vote:
228-201 (Roll no. 504).
October 1, 2013--Resolving differences--House actions: The
Speaker appointed conferees for consideration of the Senate
amendment and the House amendment, and modifications committed
to conference: Cantor, Camp, Ryan (WI), and Graves (GA).
October 1, 2013--Message on House action received in Senate
and at desk: House requests a conference.
October 1, 2013--Considered by Senate.
October 1, 2013--Motion to table the message from the House
with respect to H.J. Res. 59 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay.
54-46. Record Vote Number: 212.
October 1, 2013--Message on Senate action sent to the
House.
December 12, 2013--Mr. Ryan (WI) moved that the House
recede and concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment.
December 12, 2013--On motion that the House recede and
concur with an amendment in the Senate amendment Agreed to by
recorded vote: 332-94 (Roll no. 640).
December 12, 2013--Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
December 12, 2013--Message on House action received in
Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
December 15, 2013--Measure laid before the Senate by
unanimous consent.
December 15, 2013--Motion by Senator Reid to concur in the
House amendment to the Senate amendment made in Senate.
December 15, 2013--Cloture motion on the motion to concur
in the House amendment to the Senate amendment presented in
Senate.
December 17, 2013--Cloture on the motion to concur in the
House amendment to the Senate amendment invoked in the Senate
by Yea-Nay Vote. 67-33. Record Vote Number: 279.
December 18, 2013--Senate agreed to the House amendment to
the Senate amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 64-36. Record Vote
Number: 281.
December 19, 2013--Presented to the President.
December 26, 2013--Signed by the President and became
Public Law 113-67.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 124
Sponsor--Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--September 9, 2014
Title--Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015
September 9, 2014--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.
September 17, 2014--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage
Passed by recorded vote: 319-108 (Roll no. 509).
September 18, 2014--Measure laid before Senate by unanimous
consent. Cloture motion on the measure presented in the Senate.
Cloture on the measure invoked in the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote.
73-27. Record Vote Number: 269. Passed Senate without amendment
by Yea-Nay Vote. 78-22. Record Vote Number: 270.
September 19, 2014--Presented to the President, signed by
the President, and became Public Law 113-164.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 5
Sponsor--Hon. Eric Cantor [VA-7]
Date Introduced--January 3, 2013
Title--Adopting rules for the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress
January 3, 2013--Considered as privileged matter.
January 3, 2013--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 not to
report back the same until it has conducted a full and complete
study of, and made a determination on, whether there is any
reason to deny Delegates voting right in the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union.
January 3, 2013--Mr. Cantor moved to table the motion to
refer.
January 3, 2013--On motion to table the motion to refer
Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 224-187 (Roll no. 3).
January 3, 2013--The House proceeded with one hour of
debate on H. Res. 5.
January 3, 2013--Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to
the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 228-196 (Roll
no. 6).
HOUSE RESOLUTION 174
Sponsor--Hon. Chris Van Hollen [MD-8]
Date Introduced--April 23, 2013
Title--Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
that the Speaker should immediately request a
conference and appoint conferees to complete work on a
fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate.
April 23, 2013--Referred to the Committee on the Budget.
June 20, 2013--Motion to discharge Committee filed by Mr.
Van Hollen. Petition No: 113-3.
S. 230
Sponsor--Hon. Rob Portman [OH]
Date Introduced--February 7, 2013
Title--A bill to authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative
Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the
District of Columbia and its environs, and for other
purposes.
April 22, 2013--Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written
report No. 113-21.
June 19, 2013--Passed/agreed to in the Senate: Passed
Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
June 20, 2013--Received in the House.
June 20, 2013--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.
January 13, 2014--Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and
Nays: (two-thirds required): 387-7 (Roll no. 13).
January 15, 2014--Presented to the President.
January 24, 2014--Signed by the President and became Public
Law 113-78.
Bills and Resolutions Reffered to the Budget Committee
H.R. 8 (112TH CONGRESS)
Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
H.R. 4
Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
Jobs for America Act
H.R. 15
Hon. Joe Garcia [FL-26]
Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration
Modernization Act
H.R. 41
Hon. Scott Garrett [NJ-5]
To temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the
National Flood Insurance Program.
H.R. 45
Hon. Michele Bachmann [MN-6]
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and
health care-related provisions in the Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
H.R. 46
Hon. Michele Bachmann [MN-6]
To repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act.
H.R. 152
Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013
H.R. 201
Hon. Barbara Lee [CA-13]
Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2013
H.R. 206
Hon. Loretta Sanchez [CA-46]
STALKERS Act of 2013
H.R. 239
Hon. Dennis A. Ross [FL-15]
Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act
of 2013
H.R. 243
Hon. Dennis A. Ross [FL-15]
Bowles-Simpson Plan of Lowering America's Debt Act
H.R. 254
Hon. Jason Chaffetz [UT-3]
Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
H.R. 319
Hon. Darrell E. Issa [CA-49]
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for an
expedited process for increasing the statutory limit on
the public debt.
H.R. 326
Hon. Doug Lamborn [CO-5]
Budget Before Borrowing Act of 2013
H.R. 367
Hon. Todd C. Young [IN-9]
Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013
H.R. 372
Hon. Paul C. Broun [GA-10]
Budget or Bust Act
H.R. 381
Hon. Chaka Fattah [PA-2]
Reinvesting and Ensuring America's Ability to Lead Act of 2013
H.R. 444
Hon. Tom Price [GA-6]
Require a PLAN Act
H.R. 476
Hon. Phil Gingrey [GA-11]
GAAP Act
H.R. 505
Hon. Keith Ellison [MN-5]
Balancing Act
H.R. 522
Hon. Steve Daines [MT]
Balanced Budget Accountability Act
H.R. 545
Hon. Raaul M. Grijalva [AZ-3]
Prioritize Emergency Job Creation Act
H.R. 593
Hon. Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon [CA-25]
Down Payment to Protect National Security Act of 2013
H.R. 607
Hon. Mac Thornberry [TX-13]
To delay until 2016 provisions of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act scheduled to take effect in 2014 or
2015 and to delay the application of sequestration
until 2014.
H.R. 668
Hon. Luke Messer [IN-6]
To amend section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to
require that annual budget submissions of the President
to Congress provide an estimate of the cost per
taxpayer of the deficit, and for other purposes.
H.R. 699
Hon. Chris Van Hollen [MD-8]
Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act
H.R. 729
Hon. Jim McDermott [WA-7]
Medical Research Protection Act of 2013
H.R. 773
Hon. J. Randy Forbes [VA-4]
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 to exempt the Department of Defense from
reduction under any order issued to carry out a
sequestration pursuant to section 251A.
H.R. 787
Hon. Tim Murphy [PA-18]
Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act
H.R. 804
Hon. Mike Coffman [CO-6]
Smarter Than Sequester Defense Spending Reduction Act
H.R. 811
Hon. Peter T. King [NY-2]
Never Forget 9/11 Heroes Act
H.R. 816
Hon. Reid J. Ribble [WI-8]
Sequestration Flexibility Act of 2013
H.R. 823
Hon. John Abney Culberson [TX-7]
Space Leadership Preservation Act of 2013
H.R. 849
Hon. Adam Smith [WA-9]
Sequestration Relief Act of 2013
H.R. 857
Hon. Paul Cook [CA-8]
Protect Troops at War Act of 2013
H.R. 879
Hon. Joe Wilson [SC-2]
Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act
H.R. 899
Hon. Virginia Foxx [NC-5]
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2014
H.R. 900
Hon. John Conyers, Jr. [MI-13]
Cancel the Sequester Act of 2013
H.R. 915
Hon. Joseph P. Kennedy III [MA-4]
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. 933
Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013
H.R. 958
Hon. Rick Larsen [WA-2]
Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act of 2013
H.R. 987
Hon. David G. Reichert [WA-8]
TANF Extension Act of 2013
H.R. 996
Hon. Louise McIntosh Slaughter [NY-25]
Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act
H.R. 1014
Hon. Steven M. Palazzo [MS-4]
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 to provide that military technicians (dual
status) shall be included in military personnel
accounts for purposes of any order issued under that
Act.
H.R. 1031
Hon. Peter A. DeFazio [OR-4]
Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2013
H.R. 1124
Hon. Maxine Waters [CA-43]
TIGER Grants for Job Creation Act
H.R. 1165
Hon. Ken Calvert [CA-42]
Maximize Offshore Resource Exploration Act of 2013
H.R. 1202
Hon. Austin Scott [GA-8]
One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2013
H.R. 1266
Hon. William L. Owens [NY-21]
To amend title 40, United States Code, concerning the
calculation of transactions for the lease of land ports
of entry and international bridges, and for other
purposes.
H.R. 1270
Hon. Martha Roby [AL-2]
Honest Budget Act of 2013
H.R. 1365
Hon. Zoe Lofgren [CA-19]
Refugee Protection Act of 2013
H.R. 1371
Hon. Betty McCollum [MN-4]
To restore to the Indian Health Service funds sequestered under
section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 to the extent that the
percentage reduction for that program exceeded 2
percent.
H.R. 1416
Hon. Renee L. Ellmers [NC-2]
Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013
H.R. 1445
Hon. Frank Pallone, Jr. [NJ-6]
Sandy Disaster Fisheries Relief Act
H.R. 1475
Hon. Lynn Jenkins [KS-2]
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for
supplemental estimates of certain revenue bills or
joint resolutions that incorporates the macroeconomic
effects of that measure.
H.R. 1478
Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton [DC]
Member of Congress Pay Sequestration and Fairness Act
H.R. 1576
Hon. Ted Poe [TX-2]
Dollar Bill Act of 2013
H.R. 1616
Hon. David B. McKinley [WV-1]
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2013
H.R. 1624
Hon. Ted Poe [TX-2]
Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act of 2013
H.R. 1654
Hon. James B. Renacci [OH-16]
Budget Process Improvement Act of 2013
H.R. 1668
Hon. Nydia M. Velaazquez [NY-7]
Safely Sheltering Disaster Victims Act of 2013
H.R. 1713
Hon. Tim Murphy [PA-18]
Social Security and Medicare Protection Act
H.R. 1715
Hon. Gary C. Peters [MI-14]
Expedited Consideration of Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings
Act of 2013
H.R. 1727
Hon. Timothy J. Walz [MN-1]
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013
H.R. 1753
Hon. Frank Pallone, Jr. [NJ-6]
Sandy Disaster Fisheries Relief Act
H.R.1762
Hon. Mac Thornberry [TX-13]
Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2013
H.R. 1765
Hon. Tom Latham [IA-3]
Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013
H.R. 1766
Hon. Maxine Waters [CA-43]
Safe and Reliable Air Travel Act of 2013
H.R. 1868
Hon. Diane Black [TN-6]
Legally Binding Budget Act of 2013
H.R. 1869
Hon. Reid J. Ribble [WI-8]
Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2013
H.R. 1870
Hon. Paul Ryan [WI-1]
Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of
2013
H.R. 1871
Hon. Rob Woodall [GA-7]
Baseline Reform Act of 2014
H.R. 1872
Hon. Scott Garrett [NJ-5]
Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2014
H.R. 1873
Hon. Jason Chaffetz [UT-3]
Review Every Dollar Act of 2013
H.R. 1874
Hon. Tom Price [GA-6]
Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2014
H.R. 1896
Hon. David G. Reichert [WA-8]
International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act of 2013
H.R. 1911
Hon. John Kline [MN-2]
Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013
H.R. 2060
Hon. Chris Van Hollen [MD-8]
Stop the Sequester Job Loss Now Act Through 2014
H.R. 2161
Hon. Louie Gohmert [TX-1]
Assisting Students with Loans Act
H.R. 2177
Hon. Marcy Kaptur [OH-9]
Unemployment Restoration Act
H.R. 2238
Hon. Jim Costa [CA-16]
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 to exempt the Crime Victims Fund from
sequestration.
H.R. 2290
Hon. Marcy Kaptur [OH-9]
Rural Energy Investment Act of 2013
H.R. 2300
Hon. Tom Price [GA-6]
Empowering Patients First Act of 2013
H.R. 2348
Hon. David Schweikert [AZ-6]
Jumpstart GSE Reform Act
H.R. 2417
Hon. Trent Franks [AZ-8]
Secure High-voltage Infrastructure for Electricity from Lethal
Damage Act
H.R. 2447
Hon. Daniel Lipinski [IL-3]
American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013
H.R. 2518
Hon. Adam Kinzinger [IL-16]
Truth in Spending Act of 2013
H.R. 2582
Hon. Michael M. Honda [CA-17]
PATENT Jobs Act
H.R. 2613
Hon. John Barrow [GA-12]
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 to provide the President with the authority to
exempt civilian Department of Defense personnel
accounts from sequestration.
H.R. 2614
Hon. John Barrow [GA-12]
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 to provide the President with the authority to
exempt civilian Department of Defense personnel
accounts from sequestration.
H.R. 2663
Hon. Michael C. Burgess [TX-26]
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the
scoring of preventative health savings.
H.R. 2686
Hon. Kurt Schrader [OR-5]
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that the
President's annual budget submission to Congress list
the current fiscal year spending level for each
proposed program and a separate amount for any proposed
spending increases, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2695
Hon. Hakeem S. Jeffries [NY-8]
American Public Housing Act of 2013
H.R. 2725
Hon. Leonard Lance [NJ-7]
Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of
2013
H.R. 2821
Hon. Frederica S. Wilson [FL-24]
American Jobs Act of 2013
H.R. 2913
Hon. Charles W. Boustany, Jr. [LA-3]
Veterans' Local Access Act
H.R. 2944
Hon. Rick Larsen [WA-2]
TIGER CUBS Act
H.R. 2967
Hon. Aaron Schock [IL-18]
INFORM Act
H.R. 3059
Hon. Ed Whitfield [KY-1]
Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2013
H.R. 3080
Hon. Bill Shuster [PA-9]
Water Resources Development Act of 2013
H.R. 3149
Hon. Scott H. Peters [CA-52]
Pay Down the Debt Act of 2013
H.R. 3181
Hon. Michael H. Michaud [ME-2]
Defending Veterans from Sequestration Act of 2013
H.R. 3229
Hon. Don Young [AK]
Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2013
H.R. 3486
Hon. Tom Graves [GA-14]
Transportation Empowerment Act
H.R. 3592
Hon. David N. Cicilline [RI-1]
Jobs Score Act of 2013
H.R. 3639
Hon. Jim Bridenstine [OK-1]
Provide for the Common Defense Act of 2013
H.R. 3644
Hon. Jack Kingston [GA-1]
Eliminate Preventable Waste Act
H.R. 3666
Hon. Rosa L. DeLauro [CT-3]
Sequester Delay and Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act
H.R. 3667
Hon. Andy Harris [MD-1]
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase by 10
percentage points the required State match for certain
newly eligible individuals under the Medicaid program
and to apply savings against sequestration reductions
otherwise required, and for other purposes.
H.R. 3771
Hon. Eric Swalwell [CA-15]
To accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash
contributions for the relief of victims of the Typhoon
Haiyan in the Philippines.
H.R. 3808
Hon. Chris Van Hollen [MD-8]
To provide that the annual adjustment of retired pay for
members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 under
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 shall not apply to
members retired for disability and to retired pay used
to compute certain Survivor Benefit Plan annuities.
H.R. 3815
Hon. Tom Marino [PA-10]
To repeal the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2013
H.R. 3830
Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014
H.R. 3855
Hon. Cynthia M. Lummis [WY]
Intelligence Budget Transparency Act of 2014
H.R. 3870
Hon. Earl Blumenauer [OR-3]
Superfund Reinvestment Act
H.R. 3886
Hon. Peter A. DeFazio [OR-4]
To amend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 to exempt payments made to
States and counties under such Act from any reduction
pursuant to a sequestration order and to reimburse
those States and counties that returned a portion of
their January 2013 payment because of sequestration,
and for other purposes.
H.R. 3990
Hon. Carol Shea-Porter [NH-1]
Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2014
H.R. 3992
Hon. Michael K. Simpson [ID-2]
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act of 2014
H.R. 4039
Hon. Jim Costa [CA-16]
To direct the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of
Commerce, and the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency to take actions to provide additional
water supplies and disaster assistance to the State of
California due to drought, and for other purposes.
H.R. 4090
Hon. Xavier Becerra [CA-34]
Social Security Fraud and Error Prevention Act of 2014
H.R. 4099
Hon. Bruce L. Braley [IA-1]
Temporary Resources for Emergency Eradication Act of 2014
H.R. 4134
Hon. Richard B. Nugent [FL-11]
America First Act
H.R. 4209
Hon. John F. Tierney [MA-6]
SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of
2014
H.R. 4239
Hon. Jared Huffman [CA-2]
To provide drought assistance to the State of California and
other affected western States
H.R. 4270
Hon. James B. Renacci [OH-16]
To clarify that funding for the standard setting body
designated pursuant to section 19(b) of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Securities Investor Protection
Corporation, and the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester
H.R. 4302
Hon. Joseph R. Pitts [PA-16]
Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014
H.R. 4304
Hon. Steve Scalise [LA-1]
Jumpstarting Opportunities with Bold Solutions Act
H.R. 4384
Hon. Anna G. Eshoo [CA-18]
America HEALS Act
H.R. 4444
Hon. Reid J. Ribble [WI-8]
Long-Term SCORE Act
H.R. 4655
Hon. Kevin Yoder [KS-3]
Unfunded Mandates Accountability Act of 2013
H.R. 4731
Hon. Jim Jordan [OH-4]
Welfare Reform Act of 2014
H.R. 4834
Hon. Thomas E. Petri [WI-6]
To authorize highway infrastructure and safety, transit, motor
carrier, rail, and other surface transportation
programs, and for other purposes
H.R. 4841
Hon. Ann Kirkpatrick [AZ-1]
Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and
Transparency Act of 2014
H.R. 4896
Hon. Reid J. Ribble [WI-8]
Do Your Job Act
H.R. 4948
Hon. Julia Brownley [CA-26]
VA Investigation and Accountability Act
H.R. 4956
Hon. Timothy J. Walz [MN-1]
American Energy Opportunity Act of 2014
H.R. 4980
Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act
H.R. 5034
Hon. Sam Graves [MO-6]
Stop the EPA Act of 2014
H.R. 5156
Hon. Carol Shea-Porter [NH-1]
Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2014
H.R. 5216
Hon. Earl Blumenauer [OR-3]
Columbia River Basin Restoration Act of 2014
H.R. 5294
Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard [CA-40]
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2014
H.R. 5306
Hon. John B. Larson [CT-1]
Social Security 2100 Act
H.R. 5352
Hon. Barbara Lee [CA-13]
To strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and
initiatives.
H.R. 5360
Hon. Mick Mulvaney [SC-5]
To enhance the competitiveness of American manufacturers and
exports in the global marketplace by providing tax
relief, regulatory relief, liability relief, and
ensuring access to abundant and affordable supplies of
energy, and other purposes.
H.R. 5404
Hon. Jeff Denham [CA-10]
Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2014
H.R. 5503
Hon. Carolyn B. Maloney [NY-12]
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act
H.R. 5580
Hon. Rosa L. DeLauro [CT-3]
Accelerating Biomedical Research Act
H.R. 5618
Hon. Derek Kilmer [WA-6]
Veterans Health Administration Management Improvement Act
H.R. 5724
Hon. Kathy Castor [FL-14]
Permanent Investment in Health Research Act of 2014
H.R. 5733
Hon. Jared Huffman [CA-2]
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act of 2014
H.R. 5771
Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014
H.R. 5806
Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
Supporting America's Charities Act
HOUSE RESOLUTION 20
Hon. E. Scott Rigell [VA-2]
Providing that the House of Representatives is committed to
restoring America's financial foundation by achieving a
Federal spending target of 20 percent of gross domestic
product (GDP) and a Federal revenue target of 20
percent of GDP by the end of calendar year 2020.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 174
Hon. Chris Van Hollen [MD-8]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the
Speaker should immediately request a conference and
appoint conferees to complete work on a fiscal year
2014 budget resolution with the Senate.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 375
Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee [TX-18]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
Congress should refrain from conditioning the
resolution of fiscal and budgetary disputes on the
taking of action relating to non-germane legislative
matters.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 737
Hon. Cory Gardner [CO-4]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
performance-based contracts for energy savings are a
budget-neutral means to support the Federal Government
in reducing its energy consumption without increasing
spending while simultaneously supporting United States
based jobs and economic development.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 59
Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 62
Hon. Tom Graves [GA-14]
Stability, Security, and Fairness Resolution of 2013
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 65
Hon. Eric A. ``Rick'' Crawford [AR-1]
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 66
Hon. Tom Reed [NY-23]
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 67
Hon. Eric A. ``Rick'' Crawford [AR-1]
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 69
Hon. Tom Reed [NY-23]
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 100
Hon. George Miller [CA-11]
Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 124
Hon. Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015
S. 230
Hon. Rob Portman [OH]
A bill to authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to
establish a commemorative work in the District of
Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
Committee Reports
HOUSE REPORT 113-17
House Concurrent Resolution 25
March 15, 2013
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget--Fiscal Year 2014
HOUSE REPORT 113-129
H.R. 1871
June 25, 2013
Baseline Reform Act of 2013
HOUSE REPORT 113-161, PART 1
H.R. 1874
July 19, 2013
Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2013
HOUSE REPORT 113-306
December 23, 2013
Activities and Summary Report of the Committee on the Budget,
House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth
Congress First Session
HOUSE REPORT 113-381, PART 1
H.R. 1872
March 18, 2014
Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2014
HOUSE REPORT 113-382, PART 1
H.R. 1869
March 21, 2014
Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014
HOUSE REPORT 113-403
House Concurrent Resolution 96
April 4, 2014
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget--Fiscal Year 2015
Hearings
The Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic Outlook [2/13/
2013]
Witness: Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget
Office
Members' Day [3/7/2013]
Witnesses: Members of the 113th Congress
The President's Fiscal Year 2014 Budget [4/11/2013]
Witness: The Honorable Jeffrey Zients, Acting Director and
Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management
and Budget
The President's Fiscal Year 2014 Revenue and Economic Policy Proposals
[4/16/2013]
Witness: The Honorable Jacob J. Lew, Secretary, Department of
the Treasury
State of the Highway Trust Fund: Long-term Solutions for Solvency [4/
24/2013]
Witnesses: Robert Poole, Searle Freedom Trust Transportation
Fellow and Director of Transportation Policy, Reason
Foundation; R. Richard Geddes, Director of the Cornell
Program in Infrastructure Policy and Associate
Professor, Cornell University; Janet F. Kavinoky,
Executive Director, Transportation and Infrastructure,
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Vice President, Americans for
Transportation Mobility Coalition
The Department of Defense and the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget [6/12/2013]
Witnesses: The Honorable Charles T. Hagel, Secretary,
Department of Defense; General Martin E. Dempsey,
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Robert F. Hale, Under
Secretary (Comptroller), Department of Defense
America's Energy Revolution: A New Path to Jobs and Economic Growth [6/
26/2013]
Witnesses: Martin J. Durbin, President and Chief Executive
Officer, America's Natural Gas Alliance; John W.
Larson, Vice President, Economics and Country Risk,
IHS; Daniel J. Weiss, Senior Fellow, Center for
American Progress
The War on Poverty: A Progress Report [7/31/2013]
Witnesses: Eloise Anderson, Secretary, Wisconsin Department of
Children and Families; Jon Baron, President, Coalition
for Evidence-Based Policy; Douglas Besharov, Professor,
University of Maryland School of Public Policy; Simone
Campbell, SSS, Executive Director, NETWORK
The Congressional Budget Office's Long-Term Budget Outlook [9/26/2013]
Witness: Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget
Office
Meeting of the Committee of Conference on the Fiscal Year 2014
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget (S. Con. Res. 8) [10/30/
2013]
Meeting of the Committee of Conference on the Fiscal Year 2014
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget (S. Con. Res. 8) [11/13/
2013]
A Progress Report on the War on Poverty: Expanding Economic Opportunity
[1/28/2014]
Witnesses: Ron Haskins, Co-Director, Center on Children and
Families, Brookings Institution; Scott Winship, Walter
B. Wriston Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy
Research; Robert Greenstein, President, Center on
Budget and Policy Priorities
The Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic Outlook [2/5/
2014]
Witness: Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget
Office
The President's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget [3/5/2014]
Witness: The Honorable Sylvia M. Burwell, Director, Office of
Management and Budget
Members' Day [3/25/2014]
Witnesses: Members of the 113th Congress
A Progress Report on the War on Poverty: Lessons from the Frontlines
[4/30/2014]
Witnesses: Bishop Shirley Holloway, Founder, House of Help City
of Hope; Robert Woodson, President, Center for
Neighborhood Enterprise; Marian Wright Edelman,
President, Children's Defense Fund
A Progress Report on the War on Poverty: Reforming Federal Aid [6/10/
2014]
Witnesses: The Honorable James E. Clyburn, United States House
of Representatives; Robert Doar, Morgridge Fellow in
Poverty Studies, American Enterprise Institute; Jason
A. Turner, Executive Director, Secretary's Innovation
Group; Olivia Golden, Executive Director, Center for
Law and Social Policy
A Progress Report on the War on Poverty: Working with Families in Need
[7/9/2014]
Witnesses: Heather Reynolds, President and CEO, Catholic
Charities Fort Worth; Jennifer Tiller, Director of
Operations, America Works of Washington, D.C.; Tianna
Gaines-Turner, Member, Witnesses to Hunger
The Long-Term Budget Outlook [7/16/2014]
Witness: Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget
Office
The President's Funding Request for Overseas Contingency Operations [7/
17/2014]
Witnesses: The Honorable Heather Higginbottom, Deputy Secretary
for Management and Resources, Department of State; The
Honorable Robert O. Work, Deputy Secretary, Department
of Defense; Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., Vice
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Committee Publications
A Debt Crisis in America: What It Might Look Like [2/22/2013]
The Path to Prosperity, A Responsible, Balanced Budget [3/12/
2013]
A Contrast in Visions, Senate Democrats: Take More to Spend
More, Unserious and Unbalanced; House Republicans: A
Responsible, Balanced Budget [3/15/2013]
The President's Plan Takes More to Spend More [4/10/2013]
The Facts About the President's Budget [4/11/2013]
The President's Budget: Bad for Economic Growth and Bad for
Jobs [4/12/2013]
CBO: Spending Is Still the Problem [5/14/2013]
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill
Update (H.R. 2216) [6/4/2013]
Title--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014
Bill Number--H.R. 2216
Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Update (H.R. 2217) [6/5/
2013]
Title--Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014
Bill Number--H.R. 2217
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill Update (H.R.
2609) [7/9/2013]
Title--Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2014
Bill Number--H.R. 2609
Department of Defense Appropriations Bill Update (H.R. 2397)
[7/23/2013]
Title--Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014
Bill Number--H.R. 2397
The Case for Structural Reform [10/9/2013]
The Need to Reform Military Compensation [12/10/2013]
The Transportation Security Administration and the Aviation-
Security Fee [12/10/2013]
User Fees in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 [12/10/2013]
The Bipartisan Budget Agreement's Spending Cuts [12/10/2013]
Setting the Record Straight: The Bipartisan Budget Agreement
[12/10/2013]
The Bipartisan Budget Act Builds on Fiscal Discipline [12/12/
2013]
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 Committee Print [2/2014]
The War on Poverty: 50 Years Later [3/3/2014]
The Path to Prosperity: Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Resolution [4/
2014]
The Threat to National Security [4/1/2014]
House Republicans' Commitment to Oversight and Accountability
[4/1/2014]
CBO and the Macroeconomics Benefits of Deficit Reduction [4/1/
2014]
National Security: A Contrast in Commitment [4/1/2014]
Responsible Spending Restraint and Reform [4/7/2014]
President Obama's Tax-Hike Hypocrisy [4/8/2014]
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill
Update (H.R. 4486) [4/30/2014]
Title--Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
Bill Number--H.R. 4486
Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill Update (H.R. 4487) [4/
30/2014]
Title--Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015
Bill Number--H.R. 4487
Higher Education: A Contrast in Commitment [5/21/2014]
Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill Update (H.R.
4660) [5/28/2014]
Title--Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2015
Bill Number--H.R. 4660
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations
Bill Update (H.R. 4745) [6/9/2014]
Title--Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015
Bill Number--H.R. 4745
Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Bill Update (H.R. 4800) [6/11/2014]
Title--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2015
Bill Number--H.R. 4800
Department of Defense Appropriations Bill Update (H.R. 4870)
[6/18/ 2014]
Title--Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015
Bill Number--H.R. 4870
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill Update (H.R.
4923) [7/9/ 2014]
Title--Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2015
Bill Number--H.R. 4923
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill
Update (H.R. 5016) [7/14/ 2014]
Title--Financial Services and General Government Appropriations
Act, 2015
Bill Number--H.R. 5016
Expanding Opportunity in America: A Discussion Draft from the
House Budget Committee [7/24/2014]
House Budget Committee Democratic Caucus 113th Congress, Second Session
Summary Report
The primary goal of the federal budget should be to reflect
the values and priorities of the American people. That is why
the Democratic budget focuses on our policies to expand the
economy, boost job growth, and provide for more broadly shared
prosperity. Our budget also reinforces the federal commitment
to health care and retirement security, and places the budget
on a sustainable fiscal path. Those are some of the goals and
policies behind the amendments Democrats proposed to the fiscal
year 2015 Republican budget resolution in the Budget Committee
markup on April 2, and behind the alternative budget resolution
that Democrats offered on the House floor on April 10.
In addition to considering the budget resolution, in the
second session of the 113th Congress the Committee held a
number of hearings described as a ``progress report'' on the
War on Poverty. The testimony highlighted key principles that
should be the end result of any changes to federal anti-poverty
programs, including: helping more individuals climb the ladder
of opportunity from poverty to the middle class by expanding
access to tools necessary for self-sufficiency and by making
work pay; providing a decent safety net for those unable to
support themselves; and serving as an effective automatic
stabilizer during economic downturns and responding in real
time to increased need.
The Democratic Caucus of the Budget Committee published a
variety of materials that highlight our objections to
Republican budget legislation and the disconnect between the
Chairman's proposal to address poverty and the Republican
budget that guts the safety net, as well as materials that
explain the Democratic approach and proposals.
Legislation Offered by the Democratic Caucus Fiscal Year 2015 Budget
Resolution
On April 2, 2014, during the House Budget Committee markup
of the Republican budget resolution for fiscal year 2015,
Democrats offered 27 different amendments to improve the budget
by putting Americans back to work in the short-term, growing
the economy through wise investments, protecting the middle
class from tax increases, protecting government guarantees to
our seniors, preserving the safety net for those who need it,
and ensuring truth and transparency in budgeting. None of the
amendments would have increased the deficit and, in fact,
several would have reduced the deficit. The amendments offset
any proposed spending by reducing future unnecessary funding
for the war or by cutting unproductive tax breaks--including
subsidies for big oil companies, egregious tax breaks such as
tax deductions for corporate jets, and additional tax breaks
for the wealthiest in society--closing tax loopholes in the
U.S. international corporate tax system that result in fewer
American jobs, or implementing selected business tax reform
proposals from the Republican tax reform plan. Republicans
rejected every Democratic amendment.
On April 10, 2014, on the House floor, Budget Committee
Democrats offered a substitute to the Republican 2015 budget
resolution. The Democratic budget supports investments in job
creation and education, tax reform that promotes the growth of
American businesses and tax fairness, and policies that support
access to health care, retirement security, and a safe and
secure nation. It adheres to the discretionary spending caps
established for 2015 by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. But
to support additional key investments in jobs, economic
opportunity and national security, the Democratic resolution
supports additional discretionary funding for 2015, divided
equally between defense and non-defense, once offsets are
identified. To adequately serve the nation's needs, it
eliminates the sequester on mandatory spending entirely,
eliminates the non-defense discretionary sequester starting in
2016, and keeps the nation secure with defense funding at the
President's requested level. It is committed to fiscal
responsibility, with debt declining as a share of the economy
at the end of the budget window.
Publications of the Democratic Caucus
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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Jan. 28, 2014 Frequently Asked Questions about Sequestration:
Updated to Reflect Changes under the Bipartisan
Budget Act of 2013
Feb. 4, 2014 CBO Report Highlights Need for Action to Create Jobs
Feb. 5, 2014 What CBO Said about the Affordable Care Act
Mar. 4, 2014 Brief Analysis of the President's 2015 Budget
Mar. 11, 2014 Education and Training: The President's Fiscal Year
2015 Budget in Brief
Mar. 11, 2014 Infrastructure: The President's Fiscal Year 2015
Budget in Brief
Mar. 18, 2014 Minority Views on Markup of H.R. 1872, the Budget
and Accounting Transparency Act of 2014
Apr. 1, 2014 Fact Sheet: GOP Budget Rigs the Game for Powerful
Special Interests While Cutting Jobs and
Dismantling Opportunity for Everyone Else
Apr. 3, 2014 Fact Sheet on H.R. 1871: Vote No on Creating
Misleading Baseline
Apr. 3, 2014 Fact Sheet on H.R. 1872: Vote No on Overstating
Credit Costs
Apr. 3, 2014 Fact Sheet on H.R. 1874: Vote No on Dynamic Scoring
Apr. 7, 2014 Highlights & Summary Tables of the 2015 Democratic
Budget
Apr. 7, 2014 Comparison of Republican Budget and 2015 Democratic
Alternative
Apr. 7, 2014 Summary and Analysis of the 2015 Republican Budget
Apr. 7, 2014 Fact Sheet: The Republican Budget Hurts Seniors
Apr. 7, 2014 Fact Sheet: The Republican Budget Does Not Balance
Apr. 8, 2014 Fact Sheet: GOP Budget Ends the Medicare Guarantee
Apr. 8, 2014 Fact Sheet: Diagnosis and Treatment--Why the House
Republican Budget Plan is Not Responsible Medicaid
Policy
Apr. 8, 2014 Fact Sheet: GOP Budget Guts Investments Critical to
Powering the Economy and Sharpening America's
Competitive Edge
Apr. 8, 2014 Top Reasons to Oppose the House Republican Budget
Apr. 8, 2014 Top Reasons to Support the Democratic Alternative
Budget
Apr. 8, 2014 Report on the Democratic 2015 Budget Resolution--
Powering our Economy and Expanding Opportunity
May 2, 2014 Democratic Amendments to 2015 Republican Budget
Resolution
July 18, 2014 Fact Check of Pharmaceutical Company CEO's Op-Ed on
Corporate ``Tax Inversions''
July 22, 2014 House Budget Committee Hearings on the War on
Poverty--Lessons Learned
July 29, 2014 Chairman Ryan's Poverty Plan Eliminates Crucial
Safety-Net Guarantees, Opens Door to Republican
Budget's Deep Cuts
Sep. 18, 2014 Fact Sheet: CEO-Employee Pay Fairness Act
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