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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 113–400 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1874) TO AMEND THE 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 TO PROVIDE FOR MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF LEGISLATION, PROVIDING 

FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1871) TO AMEND THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985 TO 

REFORM THE BUDGET BASELINE, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1872) TO AMEND THE BALANCED BUDGET AND 

EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985 TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN FEDERAL BUDGETING, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

APRIL 3, 2014.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. WOODALL, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 539] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 539, by a record vote of 7 to 4, report the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1874, the ProGrowth Budgeting Act of 2013, under a structured rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget. The resolution waives all points of order 

against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the 

amendments recommended by the Committee on the Budget now 

printed in the bill and the amendment printed in part A of this report shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall 

be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order 

against provisions in the bill, as amended. The resolution makes in 

order only those further amendments printed in part B of this report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member designated in 

this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 

time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by the 

proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, 

and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question 

in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The resolution 

waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part 


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B of this report. The resolution provides one motion to recommit 

with or without instructions. 

Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 

1871, the Baseline Reform Act of 2013, under a closed rule. The 

resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget. The resolution waives all points of order 

against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the 

amendment recommended by the Committee on the Budget now 

printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as 

amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all 

points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

Section 3 of the resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 

1872, the Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of 2014, under 

a closed rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate equally 

divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 

of the Committee on the Budget. The resolution waives all points 

of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides 

that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 

the Committee on the Budget now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as 

read. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions 

in the bill, as amended. The resolution provides for one motion to 

recommit with or without instructions. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 1874, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 1874, as amended, the Committee is not aware of any 

points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendments to H.R. 1874 printed in part B of this report, the 

Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 1871, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 1871, as amended, the Committee is not aware of any 

points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 1872, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 1872, as amended, the Committee is not aware of any 

points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 


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Rules Committee record vote No. 123 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report open rules for H.R. 1871, H.R. 

1872, and H.R. 1874. Defeated: 4–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ ................... Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... Yea 

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Nay 

Mr. Webster ...................................................... Nay 

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ............................................. ...................

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 124 

Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 7–4 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Nay 

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... Yea Mr. McGovern ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ ................... Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Nay 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea Mr. Polis ........................................................... Nay 

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Yea 

Mr. Webster ...................................................... Yea 

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ............................................. ...................

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Yea 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1874 IN PART A CONSIDERED

AS ADOPTED

Ryan, Paul (WI): Changes the short title of the bill to the ProGrowth Budgeting Act of 2014 and clarifies how macroeconomic 

analysis will be conducted for bills containing revenue provisions, 

which parallels the practice under current law for preparing cost 

estimates. Under the amendment, the Joint Committee on Taxation would be responsible for preparing the analysis for revenueonly legislation. For legislation containing both revenue and nonrevenue provisions, JCT would be responsible for analyzing the revenue provisions and CBO would be responsible for analyzing the 

non-revenue provisions. 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1874 IN PART B MADE IN

ORDER

1. Connolly (VA): Subjects Congressional appropriations bills to 

dynamic scoring, and it changes the threshold to trigger such scoring to $1 billion. (10 minutes) 

2. Israel (NY): Adds a bill’s impact on state and local governments to the parameters that CBO must analyze in a supplemental 

analysis under this bill. (10 minutes) 

3. Cicilline (RI): Requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) 

to include jobs impact statements (estimates of the number of jobs 

which would be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out such bill 

or resolution) using the CBO’s existing analytical principles and 

procedures, for ‘‘major bills or resolutions’’ as defined in H.R. 1874. 

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4. Bishop, Tim (NY): Requires the Congressional Budget Office to 

review the accuracy of the macroeconomic impact analysis for any 

enacted bill or joint resolution. (10 minutes) 

5. Jackson Lee (TX): Requires CBO to include as part of their 

macroeconomic analysis estimates of the potential impact on HUB 

ZONE areas as defined by the Small Business Act. (10 minutes) 

PART A—TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1874 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Page 3, line 5, strike ‘‘2013’’ and insert ‘‘2014’’. 

Page 5, line 23, strike the closing quotation mark and second period and after such line insert the following new subsection: 

‘‘(d) LEGISLATION WITH REVENUE PROVISIONS.—The macroeconomic analysis described in subsection (c) shall rely on macroeconomic analysis prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation for 

any provisions of such legislation that are described in section 

201(f). For legislation consisting solely of provisions described in 

section 201(f), the macroeconomic analysis described in subsection 

(c) shall be prepared by the Joint Committee on Taxation.’’. 

PART B—TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1874 MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CONNOLLY

OF VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 3, lines 16 and 17, strike ‘‘(except the Committee on Appropriations of each House)’’. 

Page 3, line 18, before the comma, insert ‘‘or as a standalone 

analysis in the case of the Committee on Appropriations of each 

House’’. 

Page 5, lines 13 through 15, strike ‘‘.25 percent of the current 

projected gross domestic product of the United States for any such 

fiscal year;’’ and insert ‘‘$1,000,000,000 for any such fiscal year;’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ISRAEL OF

NEW YORK OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 4, line 9, strike ‘‘, and labor supply’’ and insert ‘‘, labor supply, and State and local governments’’. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CICILLINE

OF RHODE ISLAND OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 4, after line 20, insert the following new subsection: 

‘‘(c) JOBS IMPACT.—The analysis prepared under subsection (a) 

shall also, using analytical principles and procedures consistent 

with section 402, provide an estimate of the number of jobs which 

would be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out the applicable 

major bill or resolution in the fiscal year in which it is to become 

effective and in each of the 4 fiscal years following such fiscal year, 

together with the basis for each such estimate, and to the extent 

practicable, the analysis shall include regional and State-level estimates of jobs that would be created, sustained, or lost. 

Page 4, line 21, strike ‘‘(c)’’ and insert ‘‘(d)’’. 


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4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BISHOP OF

NEW YORK OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 4, after line 20, insert the following new subsection: 

‘‘(c) REPORTING ON ACCURACY OF MACROECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSES.—Upon completion of the fifth fiscal year beginning after the 

date of enactment of any major bill or joint resolution for which the 

Congressional Budget Office prepared an analysis under subsection 

(a), the Congressional Budget Office shall report on the accuracy of 

the original macroeconomic impact analysis of such enacted bill or 

joint resolution and submit these reports to the Committees on the 

Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

Page 4, line 21, strike ‘‘(c)’’ and insert ‘‘(d)’’. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 5, after line 23, insert the following: 

‘‘(d) HUBZONE.—The Director shall include in any macroeconomic impact analysis submitted pursuant to this section the 

impact, if any, of the applicable major bill or resolution on any historically underutilized business zone, as that term is defined in section 3(p)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(1)).’’. 

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