Assuring Honesty and Accountability Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1278
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D-IN-9]
Introduced: 2003-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Authorization
Balanced budgets
Budget deficits
Budget reconciliation
Budget resolutions
Budget surpluses
Congress
Congressional Record
Congressional budget
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional voting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Defense budgets
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Expedited congressional procedure
Federal budgets
Government spending reductions
Government trust funds
House rules and procedure
Interest
International Affairs
Legislation
Legislative amendments
Legislative resolutions
Public debt
Senate rules and procedure
Taxation
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Assuring Honesty and Accountability Act of 2003 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to extend through FY 2008 the discretionary spending limits (spending caps) for defense and nondefense categories in new budget authority and outlays.
Retains (eliminates the expiration of) pay-as-you-go.
Retains (eliminates the expiration of) specified budget enforcement mechanisms.
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 concerning legislation which: (1) evades specified budget enforcement mechanisms; (2) provides direct spending (to be included in the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis (scoring); and (3) is unreported by committee (for purposes of budget point of order rules).
Limits the adjustment required to the discretionary spending limits in new budget authority for FY 2004 when new budget authority for operations of the Department of Homeland Security or grants to States and localities for homeland security is enacted.
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a homeland security needs assessment.
Requires reports on legislation which provide new budget, spending, or credit authority or otherwise provide an increase or decrease in revenues or tax expenditures to include a projection by CBO of the cost of debt servicing (interest).
Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to address issues of emergency spending through: (1) establishing criteria and guidelines; (2) the inclusion of a reserve fund in the President's Budget; and (3) requiring a separate House vote on an emergency designation.
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives concerning: (1) budget compliance statements (permitting inclusion of budgetary implications); and (2) justification for budget act waivers (inclusion required for bill consideration).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-03-13
text: Introduced in House