[House Report 112-147]
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Union Calendar No. 94
112th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Report 112-147
ACTIVITIES
AND
SUMMARY REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
One Hundred Twelfth Congress
FIRST QUARTER
(Pursuant to House Rule XI, Cl. 1(d))
July 14, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin, Chairman
SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland,
MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho Ranking Minority Member
JOHN CAMPBELL, California ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania
KEN CALVERT, California MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
W. TODD AKIN, Missouri LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas
TOM COLE, Oklahoma EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
TOM PRICE, Georgia BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota
TOM McCLINTOCK, California JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
JASON CHAFFETZ, Utah BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
MARLIN A. STUTZMAN, Indiana MICHAEL M. HONDA, California
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma TIM RYAN, Ohio
DIANE BLACK, Tennessee DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
REID J. RIBBLE, Wisconsin GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin
BILL FLORES, Texas KATHY CASTOR, Florida
MICK MULVANEY, South Carolina HEATH SHULER, North Carolina
TIM HUELSKAMP, Kansas PAUL TONKO, New York
TODD C. YOUNG, Indiana KAREN BASS, California
JUSTIN AMASH, Michigan
TODD ROKITA, Indiana
FRANK C. GUINTA, New Hampshire
ROB WOODALL, Georgia
Professional Staff
Austin Smythe, Staff Director
Thomas S. Kahn, Minority Staff Director
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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House of Representatives,
Committee on the Budget,
Washington, DC, July 14, 2011.
Hon. Karen L. Haas,
Clerk of the House, U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Ms. Haas: Pursuant to Clause 1(d) of House Rule XI, I
am pleased to transmit a report on the activities of the
Committee on the Budget during the first quarter of the 112th
Congress.
Sincerely,
Paul Ryan,
Chairman.
Union Calendar No. 94
112th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 112-147
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ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
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July 14, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, from the Committee on the Budget, submitted the
following
REPORT
Jurisdiction and Functions
of the Committee
The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 established the
Committee on the Budget. The Committee has been responsible for
developing and reporting the annual congressional budget
resolution, for assembling and reporting any reconciliation
legislation required by that resolution, and for working on the
congressional budget process.
The budget resolution provides an overall framework and
plan for action on spending, revenue, and debt limit
legislation. It sets ceilings on total budget authority and
outlays and a floor on total revenues. It also allocates
spending authority to the appropriations committees and among
the various authorizing committees that have jurisdiction over
direct spending programs. The limits and allocations set by the
budget resolution are enforced through points of order.
The budget may also include the optional reconciliation
process, which directs appropriate authorizing committees to
revise programs under their jurisdiction in order to adjust
either projected spending or revenues by specified amounts. If
more than one committee receives reconciliation instructions,
the Budget Committee is responsible for assembling the reports
submitted by the various committees for consideration on the
House floor. The budget reconciliation process is used when
changes in entitlement or tax law are needed to implement the
plan set out in the budget resolution: to reconcile actual
spending and revenue in law with the guidelines set out in the
resolution.
In response to reconciliation instructions, the various
committees report their legislative recommendations to the
Budget Committee. The Budget Committee then assembles the
legislation into an omnibus legislative package without making
any substantive revisions for consideration by the House. The
Budget Committee not only has jurisdiction over budget
resolutions and reconciliation bills, it has legislative
jurisdiction over major elements of the budget process and
various statutory controls over the Federal budget.
When the House of Representatives adopted Rules for the
104th Congress (H. Res. 6) on January 5, 1995, the Budget
Committee achieved for the first time legislative jurisdiction
over major elements of the congressional budget process and
various statutory controls over the Federal budget. In adopting
the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 105th
Congress (H. Res. 5) on January 7, 1997, the House extended the
Budget Committee's legislative jurisdiction to cover not only
the congressional budget process but the budget process in
general. The committee's jurisdictional statement, House Rule
X, clause 1(d), now reads as follows:
(1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in
section 3(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), other
matters required to be referred to the committee under titles
III and IV of that Act, and other measures setting forth
appropriate levels of budget totals for the United States
Government.
(2) Budget process generally.
(3) Establishment, extension, and enforcement of special
controls over the Federal budget, including the budgetary
treatment of off-budget Federal agencies and measures providing
exemption from reduction under any order issued under part C of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Under the above subparagraph (1), the Budget Committee has
exclusive jurisdiction over both budgetary levels and budgetary
concepts. Under subparagraph (2), the Budget Committee has
primary jurisdiction over the budget process, as well as,
secondary jurisdiction over purely procedural aspects of the
congressional budget process. Finally under subparagraph (3),
the Budget Committee has exclusive jurisdiction over the
establishment, extension, and enforcement of mandatory and
discretionary spending limits, pay-go requirements, and other
special budgetary mechanisms to control spending, the deficit,
or the Federal budgets, including the sequestration process.
In addition to its legislative duties, the Budget Committee
continues to have responsibilities for oversight and studies.
These responsibilities include oversight of the Congressional
Budget Office; study of the outlay effects of existing and
proposed legislation; study of off-budget entities; study of
tax expenditures; and study of proposals to improve and
facilitate the congressional budget process.
Summary of Activities
Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Resolution
During the 111th Congress, the House adopted House
Resolution 1493, setting forth some of the requirements of a
budget resolution for fiscal year 2011. In the absence of a
conference report on the budget for that fiscal year, it
allowed for the enforcement of certain points of order under
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The House adopted the
resolution on July 1, 2010, setting the allocation of new
discretionary budget authority and outlays to the Committee on
Appropriations for fiscal year 2011.
On January 5, 2011, the House adopted House Resolution 5 to
provide interim budget levels until the adoption of the FY2012
concurrent resolution on the budget. On February 8, 2011,
pursuant to section 3(d) of House Resolution 5 (112th
Congress), the resolution adopting the rules for the One
Hundred and Twelfth Congress, Chairman Ryan submitted for
printing in the Congressional Record the 302(a) allocation for
fiscal year 2011 to the Committee on Appropriations.
This interim 302(a) allocation was used to enforce section
302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Bills or
amendments causing spending to exceed the level triggers a
point of order under section 302(f) of the Act. It prohibits
the consideration of legislation inconsistent with the
budgetary levels set forth in the budget resolution and the
accompanying report.
This submission also included language related to Advance
Appropriations as required by House Resolution 5 (112th
Congress).
On February 11, 2011, pursuant to section 3(d) of House
Resolution 5 (112th Congress), Chairman Ryan submitted for
printing in the Congressional Record budget aggregates and
allocations for fiscal year 2011. This submission included an
allocation and aggregates of budget authority, outlays, and
revenue for fiscal year 2011 and the period of fiscal years
2011 through 2015.
These interim levels were used to enforce sections 302(f),
303(a) and 311(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Sections 302(f) and 311(a) prohibit the consideration of
legislation inconsistent with the budgetary levels set forth in
the budget resolution and the accompanying report. Section
303(a) prohibits the consideration of legislation providing new
budget authority or changing revenue until Congress adopts a
budget resolution for a fiscal year.
For House authorizing committees, the interim allocations
and aggregates were set for fiscal year 2011 and the period of
fiscal years 2011 through 2015, at the levels included in the
Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2011 to 2021
published by the Congressional Budget Office (the CBO
baseline). They reflect legislation enacted through the end of
the 111th Congress.
The aggregates serve as a ceiling on spending and a floor
for revenue levels. These levels served as the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2011, a year for which
Congress did not adopt a budget resolution. The levels and
enforcement procedures remain in effect unless superseded by
the adoption of a concurrent budget resolution for fiscal year
2012.
Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Resolution
The fiscal year 2012 budget cycle commenced on April 6,
2011, with the markup of the fiscal year 2012 concurrent
resolution on the budget, House Concurrent Resolution 34 (112th
Congress). The report accompanying House Concurrent Resolution
34 (112th Congress), House Report 112-058, was filed on April
11, 2011.
The Committee on Rules reported a rule (House Resolution
223) providing for the consideration of House Concurrent
Resolution 34 (112th Congress). The rule provided for 4 hours
of general debate: three hours controlled by the chair and the
ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget, equally
divided; and one hour on the subject of economic goals and
policies equally divided between the Chair and Ranking Minority
Member of the Joint Economic Committee.
The Resolution specified certain amendments in order and
waived all points of order against consideration of the
concurrent resolution.
After the adoption of House Resolution 223, floor debate on
House Concurrent Resolution 34 proceeded on April 14 and 15,
2011. The Committee of the Whole passed House Resolution 223 on
April 14, 2011.
The Committee of the Whole proceeded with four hours of
general debate on the resolution and then proceeded to full
substitute amendments:
Cleaver substitute amendment No. 1, the amendment was defeated.
(Black Caucus Substitute)
Grijalva substitute amendment No. 3, the amendment was
defeated. (Progressive Caucus Substitute)
Garrett substitute amendment No. 4, the amendment was defeated.
(Republican Study Committee Substitute)
Van Hollen substitute amendment No. 5, the amendment was
defeated. (Democratic Substitute).
Other Legislative Activities
H. Res. 5, Adopting Rules for the 112th Congress
The organizing resolution (H. Res. 5) adopted by the House
on January 5, 2011 at the commencement of the 112th Congress
contained several provisions related to the congressional
budget process. H. Res. 5 replaced the Pay-As-You-Go [PAYGO]
requirements with a Cut-As-You-Go [CUTGO] requirement. CUTGO
prohibits consideration of legislation if it has the net effect
of increasing mandatory spending within a five- or ten-year
budget window.
The next provision requires the inclusion in the CUTGO
evaluation of legislation of the entire text of a separate
House passed measure or measures added as new matter to such
legislation pursuant to special order of the House.
Further, H. Res. 5 excludes from such evaluation any
provision expressly designated as an emergency for the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (but not any amendment so
designated, which is subjected to the evaluation).
A third provision repealed Rule XXVIII of the Rules of the
House, which provided for an automatic engrossment and
transmittal to the Senate of a joint resolution changing the
public debt limit, upon the adoption of a congressional budget
resolution. Rule XXVIII allowed for the House to avoid a
separate vote on public debt limit legislation.
Next, the resolution authorizes the chair of the Budget
Committee to provide authoritative guidance concerning the
impact of a legislative proposal on the levels of new budget
authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority,
and revenues codified as clause 4 of House Rule XXIX.
The resolution also amended the budget enforcement process,
making it out of order in the House to consider general
appropriations legislation that (1) provides spending authority
beyond what is actually derived from receipts deposited in the
Highway Trust Fund (excluding any transfers that have already
occurred from the General Fund of the Treasury); or (2) spends
those receipts for any purpose other than authorized activities
for the highway or mass transit categories. Furthermore, H.
Res. 5 makes it out of order to consider a budget resolution,
amendment, or conference report containing reconciliation
directives that specify changes in law that would cause an
increase in net direct spending.
Additionally, H. Res. 5 specifies separate orders relating
to the treatment of legislation in view of certain budget
requirements of these Rules, including orders concerning: (1)
emergencies; (2) contingency operations directly related to the
global war on terrorism; (3) a deficit-neutral revenue reserve;
(4) limitations on advance appropriations and long-term
spending (with specified exemptions); (5) spending reduction
amendments in appropriations bills; and (6) budget enforcement
with respect to discretionary administrative expenses of the
Social Security Administration and of the Postal Services.
Finally, House Resolution 5 (112th Congress) required the
Chair of the Committee on the Budget to submit for printing in
the Congressional Record budget aggregates and allocations
contemplated by section 301 (Content of the Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget) for 2011, and 2011 through 2015.
Publication of these aggregates and allocations will be
considered to be the adoption of a concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2011. This provision is intended to give
the Chair of the Committee on the Budget authority to set
aggregates and allocations to complete the unfinished fiscal
year 2011 budget resolution cycle, taking into account the
latest CBO baseline, including its 5-year projections.
H. Res. 6, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the House
of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 5, 2011 and
elected Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin as Chairman of the Committee on
the Budget.
H. Res. 7, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the House
of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 5, 2011 and
elected Mr. Van Hollen as the Ranking Member of the Committee
on the Budget.
H. Res. 37, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 25, 2011 and
elected Mr. Garrett, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Calvert,
Mr. Akin, Mr. Cole, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. McClintock, Mr.
Stutzman, Mr. Lankford, Mrs. Black, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Flores, Mr.
Mulvaney, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Young of Indiana, Mr. Amash, and
Mr. Rokita to the Committee on the Budget.
H. Res. 52, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 25, 2011 and
elected Ms. Schwartz, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Blumenauer,
Ms. McCollum, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Honda, Mr. Ryan of
Ohio, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Moore, Ms. Castor of Florida,
Mr. Shuler, Mr. Tonko, and Ms. Bass of California to the
Committee on the Budget.
H. Res. 53, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 25, 2011 and
elected Mr. Chaffetz, to rank immediately after Mr. McClintock;
and Mr. Guinta to the Committee on the Budget.
H. Res. 78, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on February 9, 2011 and
elected Mr. Woodall to the Committee on the Budget.
Budget Enforcement
In the first quarter of the 112th Congress, the staff of
the Committee on the Budget monitored all legislation prepared
for consideration on the House floor for spending and revenue
implications. By working with committee staff, the Rules
Committee and House leadership, legislation that would have
violated the budget was often modified to avoid conflicts with
the budget or dropped from House floor consideration
altogether. The Committee provided ongoing oversight of the
Office of Management and Budget's implementation of budget
submission, control, execution and enforcement procedures under
the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 and the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
Pursuant to House Resolution 5 (112th Congress), Chairman
Ryan provided authoritative guidance concerning the impact of a
legislative proposition on the levels of new budget authority,
outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, and
revenues.
Additionally, the Committee monitored reclassifications of
budget accounts, re-estimates of the subsidies of credit
programs, consistency in cost estimates for direct spending and
tax bills, compliance with the relevant laws, in the
development of budget projections and changes in spend-out
rates for discretionary programs.
The Committee worked with the Committee on Appropriations
and the authorizing committees to ensure that spending and tax
legislation did not breach the appropriate levels in the budget
resolution as required under sections 302(f) and 311(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or violate any budget
provisions contained in the Rules of the House of
Representatives.
Economic Policy
The Committee is studying, and will continue to study, how
economic policies affect the Federal budget. Among other
hearings in the first quarter, the Committee received testimony
from the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, to
review economic conditions, fiscal conditions, and monetary
policy.
Oversight Activities
The primary responsibility of the Budget Committee is the
development of a concurrent budget resolution that sets
spending and revenue levels in aggregate and across 21 budget
functions. These budget functions encompass all Federal
programs or activities. Certain programs are considered off-
budget, such as Social Security and the Postal Service, and
some are considered non-budgetary, such as the Federal Reserve.
The subject matter of the budget is inherently broad, but
the Committee's formal oversight responsibility focuses on law
governing the budget process and the agencies responsible for
administering elements of those laws. Under clauses 1(d)(2) and
(3) of House Rule X, the major laws falling within its
oversight are the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and the Statutory Pay-
As-You-Go Act of 2010. The two agencies with primary
responsibility for administering elements of these laws and
hence which fall under the Committee's jurisdiction are the
Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget
Office.
In addition to these general oversight responsibilities,
the Budget Committee has the special oversight responsibility
under clause 3(c) of House rule X to study the effect of budget
outlays of existing and proposed legislation and to request and
evaluate continuing studies of tax expenditures.
The House Budget Committee met on January 26, 2011 to
organize for the 112th Congress. In addition to adopting rules
of procedure, the Committee also adopted a written oversight
plan. The Committee held hearings in the process of developing
the annual concurrent budget resolution. Additionally, the
Committee received testimony from Members of Congress, Cabinet
level and other Federal officials, State and local officials,
and expert witnesses to review the budget and economic outlook,
the President's budget submissions and other budget and
economic matters.
The Committee oversight plan calls for continuous
assessment of the performance of Federal agencies in both the
administration and service delivery by reviewing performance
data in the President's budget submissions and the relevant
reports and audits of the Government Accountability Office and
the Offices of the Inspectors General.
The oversight plan specifically calls on the Committee to
study the budgetary effect of existing law and proposed
legislation, as well as government regulation on government
spending and to explore ways of reducing waste, fraud, and
abuse in government agencies. Furthermore, the Committee drew
on the authorizing Committees' Views and Estimates on the
President's budget, which are submitted to the Committee
pursuant to section 301(d) of the Congressional Budget Act, to
coordinate its oversight activities with other committees.
The House Budget Committee also plans to continue to review
the budgetary treatment of assistance to, and ongoing
operations of: Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie
Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).
Moreover, the Committee plan calls for continued oversight of
the Office of Management and Budget's implementation of budget
submission, control, execution, and enforcement procedures
under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, and other applicable laws.
The oversight plan also calls for the evaluation and study of
direct spending and tax policies.
In furtherance of the Committee oversight plan, the
Committee held 12 hearings in the first half of the First
Session of the 112th Congress. A list of the hearings held and
the witnesses questioned can be found under the Committee
Hearings section of this report. Furthermore, the Committee
received one report from the Government Accountability Office;
six responses to the Chairman's inquiries from the
Congressional Budget Office; and one report from the Office of
Personnel Management.
Legislative History of Measures on Which Action Was Taken
The following legislative measures were acted on by the
Committee on the Budget or contained provisions relating to the
congressional budget process.
H. RES. 5 (112TH CONGRESS)
Sponsor--Eric Cantor [VA-7]
Date Introduced--January 5, 2011
Title--Adopting rules for the One Hundred Twelfth Congress
January 5, 2011--Considered as privileged matter.
January 5, 2011--Ms. Norton moved to refer the resolution
to a select committee of five members, to be appointed by the
Speaker, not more than three of whom shall be from the same
political party, with instructions to report back the same
until it has conducted a full and complete study of, and made a
determination on, the constitutionality of the provision that
would be eliminated from the Rules that granted voting rights
in the Committee of the Whole to the Delegates.
January 5, 2011--Mr. Cantor moved to table the motion to
refer
January 5, 2011--On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by
the Yeas and Nays: 238--191
H.R. 662
Sponsor--John L. Mica [FL-7]
Date Introduced--February 11, 2011
Title--Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011
February 11, 2011--Referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the
Committees on Ways and Means, and Natural Resources, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
February 28, 2011--Referred sequentially to the House
Committee on the Budget for a period ending not later than Feb.
28, 2011 for consideration of such provisions of the bill as
fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to
clause 1(d), rule X.
March 2, 2011--On Passage, Passed by recorded vote: 421-4.
March 2, 2011--Received in the Senate
March 3, 2011--Passed Senate without amendment by voice
vote
March 3, 2011--Presented to the President
March 4, 2011--Signed by President and became Public Law
No.: 112-5.
H.R. 1
Sponsor--Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--February 11, 2011
Title--Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
February 11, 2011--Referred to the Committee on
Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget
February 19, 2011--On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays:
235--189
H.J.RES. 44
Sponsor--Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--February 28, 2011
Title--Further Continuing Appropriations Amendments, 2011
February 28, 2011--2/28/2011: Referred to the Committee on
Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget,
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
March 1, 2011--On passage Passed by recorded vote: 335--91
H. RES. 126
Sponsor--Paul Ryan [WI-1]
Date Introduced--February 28, 2011
Title--Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on
the Budget in the One Hundred Twelfth Congress
February 28, 2011--Referred to the House Committee on House
Administration
H.R. 1194
Sponsor--Jim McDermott [WA-7]
Date Introduced--March 17, 2011
Title--To renew the authority of the Secretary of Health and
Human Services to approve demonstration projects
designed to test innovative strategies in State child
welfare programs
March 17, 2011--Referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 31, 2011--On motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill: Agreed to by voice vote.
H.R. 1249
Sponsor--Lamar Smith [TX-21]
Date Introduced--March 30, 2011
Title--America Invents Act
March 30, 2011--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary,
in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
June 23, 2011--On passage, Passed by recorded vote: 304-117
H.R. 1255
Sponsor--Steve Womack [AR-3]
Date Introduced--March 30, 2011
Title--General Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011
March 30, 2011--Referred to the Committee on
Appropriations, in addition to the Committees on Oversight and
Government Reform, House Administration, and the Budget, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
April 1, 2011--On passage Passed by recorded vote: 221--202
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 34
Sponsor--Paul Ryan [WI-1]
Date Introduced--April 4, 2011
Title--Establishing the budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2021
April 11, 2011--The House Committee on The Budget reported
an original measure, H. Rept. 112-58, by Mr. Ryan (WI).
April 15, 2011--On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by
the Yeas and Nays: 235--193
April 15, 2011--Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
H.R. 1363
Sponsor--Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--April 4, 2011
Title--Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Amendments,
2011
April 4, 2011--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations,
in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
April 7, 2011--On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays:
247--181
April 8, 2011--Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice
Vote
April 9, 2011--House agreed to Senate amendment 348-70
April 9, 2011--Presented to President, Signed by President,
and became Public Law No.: 112-8
H.R. 1473
Sponsor--Harold Rogers [KY-5]
Date Introduced--April 11, 2011
Title--Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2011
April 11, 2011--Referred to the Committee on
Appropriations, in addition to the Committees on the Budget,
and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned.
April 14, 2011--On Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 260--167
April 14, 2011--Received in the Senate, read twice,
considered, read a third time, and passed without amendment by
Yea-Nay. 81-91.
April 15, 2011--Presented to the President, signed by
President, and became Public Law No.: 112-10.
H. RES. 287
Sponsor--Tom Reed [NY-29]
Date Introduced--May 31, 2011
Title--Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2017)
making appropriations for the Department of Homeland
Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012,
and for other purposes
May 31, 2011--The House Committee on Rules reported an
original measure, H. Rept. 112-95, by Mr. Reed.
June 1, 2011--On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by
recorded vote: 231--187
Bills and Resolutions
Referred to the Budget Committee
H.R. 87
Hon. Michele Bachmann [MN-6]
Repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act.
H.R. 105
Hon. Dan Burton [IN-5]
Empowering Patients First Act
H.R. 114
Hon. David Dreier [CA-26]
Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2011
H.R. 186
Hon. Joe Wilson [SC-2]
Expand the eligibility for concurrent receipt of military
retired pay and veterans' disability compensation
H.R. 188
Hon. Rob Woodall, [GA-7]
Government Spending Responsibility Act
H.R. 196
Hon. Loretta Sanchez [CA-47]
Simplifying The Ambiguous Law, Keeping Everyone Reliably Safe
Act of 2011
H.R. 296
Hon. Don Young [AK]
Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution Act
H.R. 368
Hon. Henry C. ``Hank'' Johnson, Jr. [GA-4]
Removal Clarification Act of 2011
H.R. 373
Hon. Virginia Foxx [NC-5]
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2011
H.R. 385
Hon. Barbara Lee [CA-9]
Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2011
H.R. 386
Hon. Dan Lungren [CA-3]
Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2011
H.R. 398
Hon. Zoe Lofgren [CA-16]
To Amend the Immigration and Nationality Act
H.R. 408
Hon. Jim Jordan [OH-4]
Spending Reduction Act of 2011
H.R. 460
Hon. Jason Chaffetz [UT-3]
Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act
H.R. 470
Hon. Joseph J. Heck [NV-3]
Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011
H.R. 475
Hon. Dan Boren [OK-2]
Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act
H.R. 536
Hon. Tom Cole [OK-4]
Indian Healthcare Improvement Act of 2011
H.R. 556
Hon. Thaddeus G. McCotter [MI-11]
Preserving Patients' Choice Act
H.R. 622
Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other
purposes
H.R. 634
Hon. Jeff Flake [AZ-6]
Debt Buy-Down Act of 2011
H.R. 668
Hon. Trent Franks [AZ-2]
Secure High-Voltage Infrastructure for Electricity from Lethal
Damage Act
H.R. 675
Hon. Wally Herger [CA-2]
Strengthening Medicare Anti-Fraud Measures Act of 2011
H.R. 796
Hon. Peter A. DeFazio [OR-4]
Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2011
H.R. 821
Hon. Dennis Ross [FL-12]
To require zero-based budgeting for departments and agencies of
the Government
H.R. 854
Hon. Sam Farr [CA-17]
To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to
establish a commemorative work in the District of
Columbia, and its environs, and for other purposes
H.R. 903
Hon. Ken Calvert [CA-44]
Maximize Offshore Resource Exploration Act of 2011
H.R. 913
Hon. Robert B. Aderholt [AL-4]
Free and Fair Trade Act of 2011
H.R. 920
Hon. Louie Gohmert [TX-1]
Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2011
H.R. 1008
Hon. John J. Duncan Jr. [TN-2]
Benton MacKaye Cherokee National Forest Land Consolidation Act
H.R. 1043
Hon. Chris Van Hollen [MD-8]
Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2011
H.R. 1125
Hon. Chaka Fattah [PA-2]
Debt Free America Act
H.R. 1135
Hon. Jim Jordan [OH-4]
Welfare Reform Act of 2011
HR.1155
Hon. Gary C. Peters [MI-9]
Expedited Consideration of Terminations, Reductions, and
Savings Act of 2011
H.R. 1167
Hon. Jim Jordan [OH-4]
Welfare Reform Act of 2011
H.R. 1257
Hon. Roscoe G. Bartlett [MD-6]
Protect America from U.S. Military Expenses in Libya Act of
2011
H.R. 1302
Hon. Mike Quigley [IL-5]
Transparent and Sustainable Budget Act of 2011
H.R. 1323
Hon. Roscoe G. Bartlett [MD-6]
Protect America from U.S. Military Expenses in Libya Act of
2011
H.R. 1366
Hon. Daniel Lipinski [IL-3]
National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2011
H.R. 1596
Hon. Earl Blumenauer [OR-3]
Superfund Reinvestment Act
H.R. 1602
Hon. Danny K. Davis [IL-7]
Children's Budget Act
H.R. 1605
Hon. John J. Duncan, Jr. [TN-2]
CAP Act of 2011
H.R. 1630
Hon. Tim Murphy [PA-18]
Social Security and Medicare Protection Act
H.R. 1637
Hon. Ted Poe [TX-2]
Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act of 2011
H.R. 1638
Hon. Ted Poe [TX-2]
Dollar Bill Act of 2011
H.R. 1685
Hon. Judy Biggert [IL-13]
Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act of 2011
H.R. 1745
Hon. Dave Camp [MI-4]
JOBS Act of 2011
H.R. 1848
Hon. Connie Mack [FL-14]
One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2011
H.R. 1861
Hon. Tim Murphy [PA-18]
Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act
H.R. 2041
Hon. Jack Kingston [GA-1]
Returning to Responsible Fiscal Policies Act
H.R. 2086
Hon. Heath Shuler [NC-11]
Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2011
H.R. 2110
Hon. Timothy H. Bishop [NY-1]
Long Island Sound Improvement Act Amendments of 2011
H.R. 2185
Hon. Zoe Lofgren [CA-16]
Refugee Protection Act of 2011
H.R. 2231
Hon. Kristi L. Noem [SD]
Ethanol Modernization and Deficit Reduction Act
H. Con. Res. 14
Hon. Benjamin Quayle [AZ-3]
Expressing the sense of the Congress that non-defense, non-
security, non-veterans discretionary spending should be
reduced by 20 percent
H. Con. Res. 37
Hon. Scott Garrett [NJ-5]
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for
fiscal year 2012 and setting forth appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2011 and fiscal years
2013 through 2021
Committee Reports
H. Rept. 112-058 (H. Con. Res. 34)
April 11, 2011
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget--Fiscal Year 2012
Hearings
Committee on the Budget Hearings of the First Half of the
First Session of the 112th Congress
Markup: House Budget Committee Organizational Meeting [1/26/
2011]
The Fiscal Consequences of the New Health Care Law [1/26/2011]
Witnesses: Richard S. Foster, Chief Actuary Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services; James C. Capretta,
Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center; Dennis Smith,
Secretary, Wisconsin Department of Health Services;
Paul N. Van de Water, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget
and Policy and Priorities.
The State of the U.S. Economy [2/9/2011]
Witness: Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
The Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic Outlook
[2/10/2011]
Witness: Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget
Office.
The President's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget [2/15/2011]
Witness: The Honorable Jacob J. Lew, Director, Office of
Management and Budget.
Department of the Treasury Fiscal Year 2012 Budget [2/16/2011]
Witness: The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary,
Department of the Treasury.
Lifting the Crushing Burden of Debt [3/10/2011]
Witnesses: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action
Forum, Former Director of the Congressional Budget
Office; Carmen M. Reinhart, Senior Fellow, Peterson
Institute for International Economics; Maya MacGuineas,
President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget;
John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American
Progress.
Fulfilling the Mission of Health and Retirement Security [3/17/
2011]
Witnesses: Alice M. Rivlin, Senior Fellow, Brookings
Institution, Founding Director of the Congressional
Budget Office, Former Director of the Office of
Management and Budget; Charles Blahous, Research
Fellow, Hoover Institution and Public Trustee for
Social Security; James C. Capretta, Fellow, Ethics and
Public Policy Center, Former Associate Director of the
Office of Management and Budget; Paul N. Van de Water,
Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Members' Day [3/30/2011]
Mark-Up of Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year
2012 [4/6/2011]
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac & FHA: Taxpayer Exposure in the Housing
Markets [6/2/2011]
Witnesses: Deborah J. Lucas, Assistant Director, Congressional
Budget Office; Alex J. Pollock, Senior Fellow, American
Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; Sarah
Rosen Wartell, Executive Vice President, Center for
American Progress & Center for American Progress Action
Fund.
The Congressional Budget Office's Long-Term Budget Outlook [6/
23/2011]
Witness: Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget
Office.
Committee Publications
The majority staff produced 18 of initial analyses and reports
on budget related issues.
House Budget Committee Minority Caucus
Summary Report
In the 112th Congress the Budget Committee faces the task
of developing a budget plan to guide the country as we emerge
from an economic recession and tackle a daunting fiscal crisis.
Republicans and Democrats have different views and support
different choices on how we should move forward. The fiscal
year 2012 Republican budget aims to reduce the deficit solely
through spending cuts, ending the Medicare guarantee and
slashing investments that make the country stronger, while
extending tax breaks for big corporations and the wealthiest
Americans.
In contrast, in April Democrats offered a fiscal year 2012
budget resolution on the House floor that would put our fiscal
house in order, reducing the deficit in a responsible way that
boosts the economy, while also investing in our nation's
future. As recommended by the President's bipartisan Fiscal
Commission, the Democratic budget cuts spending gradually at
first, so as not to weaken the recovery and cost jobs. To the
contrary, it helps small businesses to create jobs while giving
our children and grandchildren the tools to keep America
competitive in this global economy. For example, the Democratic
budget includes a deficit-neutral reserve fund designed to spur
investments that create jobs, including in the nation's
highways and transit systems, clean energy, and infrastructure
such as aviation and ports. The budget takes a balanced
approach to spending and revenue, and achieves primary balance
in 2018. To help reduce the deficit, the plan identifies
targeted, well-timed spending cuts ranging from security and
non-security agencies to agricultural subsidies. Finally, it
calls for shared responsibility and sacrifice, asking the
wealthiest Americans and special interests to help pay their
fair share.
Publications of the Democratic Caucus
The following publications were prepared by the staff of
the Democratic Caucus of the Committee on the Budget, and were
not approved by the full Membership of the Committee.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS PUBLICATIONS
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Date Title
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January 5, 2011 Republican House Rules Make Fiscally Irresponsible
Changes
January 31, 2011 CBO Forecast Confirms Economy on the Rebound But
Deficits Continue
February 23, 2011 Summary and Analysis of President Obama's Fiscal
Year 2012 Budget
April 8, 2011 Summary & Analysis of Democratic Amendments Offered
to FY 2012 Budget at House Budget Committee Markup
April 11, 2011 Summary and Analysis of the House Budget Committee-
reported FY 2012 Budget Resolution
April 11, 2011 Minority Views on the House Budget Committee FY 2012
Budget Resolution
April 13, 2011 Key Aspects of the 2012 Democratic Budget
April 15, 2011 Win the Future: Make it in America--the Democratic
Budget Resolution
May 13, 2011 Comparing the Republican Medicare Voucher Plan and
the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
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DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS LEGISLATION
April 6, 2011 Democratic Amendments offered to FY 2012 Budget
during House Budget Committee markup
April 13, 2011 FY 2012 Democratic Budget offered on House floor
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