Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2003 and 2005 through 2013.

Bill: 108-hconres-95
Sponsor: Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2003-03-17 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Access to health care
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Congress
Congressional Budget Office
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Criminal aliens
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Government Operations and Politics
Government downsizing
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Health
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Heroin
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Senate rules and procedure
Sex offenders
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Tax credits
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Taxation
Terrorism
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Transportation and Public Works
United Kingdom
User charges
Vaccines
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War relief
Waste in government spending
Water Resources Development
Weapons of mass destruction
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Sets forth the congressional budget for the Federal Government for FY 2004, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2003 and 2005 through 2013.
Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY 2003 through 2013, with respect to: (1) Federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits (on-budget); (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public.
Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for specified major functional categories for FY 2003 through 2013.
Sets forth committee reconciliation instructions.
Provides for reserve funds for Medicaid and Project Bioshield.
Provides for contingency procedures for surface transportation and infrastructure.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the House on March 17, 2003. However, because action occurred on the measure, the summary has been expanded.)

Sets forth the congressional budget for the Government for FY 2004, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2003 and for FY 2005 through 2013.

Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts
 - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY 2003 through 2013 with respect to: (1) Federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits (on-budget); (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public.
(Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for specified major functional categories for FY 2003 through 2013.

Title II: Reconciliation - 
(Sec. 201) Requires recommendations of changes in law within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce revenues and increase or reduce (as indicated) the total level of outlays by specified amounts to the House Committee on the Budget by the following Committees: (1) Ways and Means; (2) Education and the Workforce; (3) Agriculture; (4) Energy and Commerce; (5) Financial Services; (6) Government Reform; (7) House Administration; (8) International Relations; (9) Judiciary; (10) Resources; (11) Science; (12) Small Business; (13) Transportation and Infrastructure; and (14) Veterans' Affairs.
Requires the House Committee on the Budget to report to the House a reconciliation bill carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive revision.
Sets forth a special rule that no reported reconciliation bill may be considered if the net effect of the legislation submitted by committees increases the deficits by more than $39.195 billion for FY 2004 through 2008 and $27.659 billion for FY 2004 through 2013. Requires the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget (Chairman) to make the applicable adjustments in reconciliation instructions, allocations, and budget aggregates, taking into account (at the chairman's discretion) any other Medicare reform legislation enacted after the adoption of this resolution.

Title III: Reserve Funds and Contingency Procedure - Subtitle A: Reserve Funds for Legislation Assumed in Budget Aggregates
 - (Sec. 301) Authorizes the Chairman, if the House Committee on Energy and Commerce reports legislation that will modernize Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and reduce new budget authority and outlays by $9.01 billion for FY 2009 through 2013, to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $3.258 billion in new budget authority and in outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $8.944 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2008.
(Sec. 302) Authorizes the Chairman, if the appropriate committee of jurisdiction reports legislation that establishes a program to accelerate the research, development, and purchase of biomedical threat countermeasures (bioshield), and provides new budget authority for such a program, to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $890 million in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $3.418 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2008; or (3) if a measure is reported granting new discretionary authority to carry out such program, $890 million in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004. Limits the total revision for FY 2004 to $890 million in new budget authority and outlays.

Subtitle B: Contingency Procedure for Legislation Not Assumed in Budget Aggregates -
 (Sec. 311) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure reports legislation that provides new budget authority for accounts in the highway transit categories in specified amounts and the amount of excess is offset by reductions in the deficit or receipts to the Highway Trust Fund, to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation, with a specified limitation.

Authorizes the Chairman to increase the allocation of outlays for FY 2004 for the House Committee on Appropriations by the amount of outlays corresponding to such obligation limitations if such committee reports a measure, or an amendment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is submitted, establishing obligation limitations in excess of $38.496 billion but an amount up to such limit was offset under this subtitle for programs, projects, and activities within the highway and transit categories, and if legislation has been enacted that satisfies specified conditions of this subtitle.

Subtitle C: Implementation - 
(Sec. 321) Sets forth requirements for application of allocations and adjustments made pursuant to this resolution.

Title IV: Budget Enforcement 
- (Sec. 401) Sets forth prohibitions on advance appropriations in the House. Allows advance appropriations for FY 2005 for specified accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this resolution, but only in an aggregate of up to $23.178 billion in new budget authority.
(Sec. 402) Requires all House budgetary legislation, as well as the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget, to include in its estimated levels of new budget authority and total outlays, or allocations, any discretionary amounts provided for the Social Security Administration.
action_date: 2003-03-21
text: Sets forth the congressional budget for the Government for FY 2004, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2003 and for FY 2005 through 2013.

Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts
 - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY 2003 through 2013 with respect to: (1) Federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits (on-budget); (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public.
(Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for specified major functional categories for FY 2003 through 2013.

Title II: Reconciliation
 - (Sec. 201) Requires recommendations of changes in law within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce revenues and increase or reduce (as indicated) the total level of outlays by specified amounts to the House Committee on the Budget by the following Committees: (1) Ways and Means; (2) Education and the Workforce; (3) Agriculture; (4) Energy and Commerce; (5) Financial Services; (6) Government Reform; (7) House Administration; (8) International Relations; (9) Judiciary; (10) Resources; (11) Science; (12) Transportation and Infrastructure; and (13) Veterans' Affairs.
Requires the House Committee on the Budget to report to the House a reconciliation bill carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive revision.

Title III: Reserve Funds and Contingency Procedure
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Subtitle A: Reserve Funds for Legislation Assumed in Budget Aggregates
 - (Sec. 301) Authorizes the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget (Chairman), if the Committee on Ways and Means or the Committee on Energy and Commerce reports legislation that provides prescription drug benefit and modernizes Medicare, and provides adjustments to the Medicare program on a fee-for-service, capitated, or other basis, to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $7.5 billion in new budget authority and $7.5 billion in outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $400 billion in new budget authority and $400 billion in outlays for FY 2004 through 2013.
Requires a separate allocation under section 302 (a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to the appropriate committees for Medicare for FY 2004 and for the total of FY 2004 through 2013. Declares such separate allocation shall be the exclusive allocation for Medicare under section 302 (a) of such Act.
(Sec. 302) Authorizes the Chairman, if the House Committee on Energy and Commerce reports legislation that will modernize Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and reduce new budget authority and outlays by $9.010 billion for FY 2009 through 2013, to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $3.258 billion in new budget authority and in outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $8.944 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2008.
(Sec. 303) Authorizes the Chairman, if the appropriate committee of jurisdiction reports legislation that establishes a program to accelerate the research, development, and purchase of biomedical threat countermeasures (bioshield), and provides new budget authority for such a program, to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $890 million in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $3.418 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2008; or (3) if a measure is reported granting new discretionary authority to carry out such program, $890 million in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004. Limits the total revision for FY 2004 to $890 million in new budget authority and outlays.

Subtitle B: Contingency Procedure for Legislation Not Assumed in Budget Aggregates
 - (Sec. 311) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure reports legislation that provides new budget authority for accounts in the highway and transit categories in specified amounts and the amount of excess is offset by a reduction in mandatory outlays or receipts to the Highway Trust Fund, to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation, with a specified limitation.
Authorizes the Chairman to increase the allocation of outlays for FY 2004 for the appropriate committee by the amount of outlays corresponding to such obligation limitations if such committee reports a measure, or an amendment thereto is offered or a conference report thereon is submitted, establishing obligation limitations in excess of $38.496 billion but an amount up to such limit was offset under this subtitle for programs, projects, and activities within the highway and transit categories, and if legislation has been enacted that satisfies specified conditions of this subtitle.

Subtitle C: Implementation - 
(Sec. 321) Sets forth requirements for application of allocations and adjustments made pursuant to this resolution.

Title IV: Budget Enforcement
 - (Sec. 401) Sets forth prohibitions on advance appropriations in the House. Allows advance appropriations for FY 2005 and 2006 for specified accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this resolution, but only in an aggregate of up to $23.178 billion in new budget authority.
(Sec. 402) Requires all House budgetary legislation, as well as the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget, to include in its estimated levels of new budget authority and total outlays, or allocations, any discretionary amounts provided for the Social Security Administration.
action_date: 2003-03-26
text: Sets forth the congressional budget for the Government for FY 2004, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2003 and for FY 2005 through 2013.

Title I: Levels and Amounts
 - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY 2003 through 2013 with respect to: (1) Federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits; (5) public debt; and (6) debt held by the public.
(Sec. 102) Lists the amounts of Social Security revenues and appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for FY 2003 through 2013 with respect to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Trust Fund.
(Sec. 103) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for specified major functional categories for FY 2003 through 2013.
(Sec. 104) Directs the Senate Committee on Finance to report a reconciliation bill by April 8, 2003, that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce revenues by no more than $322.524 billion, and increase the total level of outlays by no more than $27.476 billion for the period of FY 2003 through 2013.

Title II: Budget Enforcement and Rulemaking
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Subtitle A: Budget Enforcemen
t- (Sec. 201) Extends congressional supermajority enforcement requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for Senate purposes.
(Sec. 202) Prescribes Senate discretionary, highway, and mass transit spending limits for FY 2003 through 2005. Authorizes the Senate Committee on the Budget to make certain adjustments in new budget authority and outlays in a measure at specified stages of legislative action.
(Sec. 203) Prohibits advance appropriations in the Senate. Excepts from this prohibition, however, advance appropriations for FY 2005 and 2006 for specified accounts identified for advance appropriations and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Allows waiver or suspension of a point of order on advance appropriations by an affirmative three-fifths majority vote.
(Sec. 204) Prescribes the criteria for designation of emergency legislation.
(Sec. 205) Makes out of order in the Senate any direct spending or revenue legislation that would increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget deficit for any one of three specified time periods (one year, five fiscal years, more than five fiscal years) covered by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the budget. (Provides for a pay-as-you-go point of order.)
(Sec. 206) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congressional Budget Office shall consult with the Committee on the Budget of the Senate to prepare a report containing estimates of: (1) unfunded liabilities of the Federal Government; (2) contingent liabilities of Federal Programs; and (3) the current and future cost of Federal Programs.

Subtitle B: Reserve Funds and Other Adjustments
 - (Sec. 211) Authorizes the chairman of the Committee on the Budget (Chairman), if grants to States for special education are reauthorized subject to specified requirements, to make budget authority revisions for such grants under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of up to: (1) $205 million if the Committee on Appropriations reports legislation that provides in excess of $4.803 billion in new budget authority for FY 2004; and (2) $209 million if the Committee on Appropriations reports legislation that combined with any advance appropriations for FY 2005 provides in excess of $11.038 billion.
(Sec. 212) Authorizes the Chairman to revise committee allocation for the appropriate committees to reauthorize the highway, highway safety, and transit programs set out in the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century if legislative action occurs to reauthorize programs under such Act and provide new governmental receipts.
(Sec. 213) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Senate Finance Committee reports legislation to reform Medicare and improve the access of beneficiaries to prescription drugs or promote geographic equity payments, to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to $400 billion for FY 2004 through 2013.
(Sec. 214) Allows the Chairman, if the Senate Finance Committee reports legislation that provides health insurance for the uninsured, to revise committee allocations and other budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays and to revise revenue aggregates and other aggregates and allocations by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to $88 billion for FY 2004 through 2013.
(Sec. 215) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Senate Finance Committee reports legislation that authorizes States to allow families with disabled children to purchase Medicaid coverage for them, to revise committee allocations, budgetary aggregates, and allocations of new budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $43 million in new budget authority and $42 million in outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $7.462 billion in new budget authority and $7.262 billion in outlays for FY 2004 through 2013.
(Sec. 216) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Senate Finance Committee reports legislation that provides significant reform of the Medicaid Program, to revise committee allocations, budgetary aggregates, and allocations of new budget authority and outlays in this resolution, as long as they do not increase the deficit, by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $3.258 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $8.944 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2008; and (3) $12.782 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2010.
(Sec. 217) Allows the Chairman, if the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reports legislation that will facilitate procurement for inclusion by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Strategic National Stockpile of countermeasures necessary to protect the public health from threats of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agents (Project Bioshield), to revise committee allocations and other budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays and to revise revenue aggregates and other aggregates and allocations by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to specified amounts: (1) $890 million in new budget authority and $575 million in outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $5.593 billion in new budget authority and $5.593 billion in outlays for FY 2004 through2013.
(Sec. 218) Allows the Chairman, if the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources reports legislation subsequently enacted that will permit exploration and production of oil in the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and make available a portion of the resulting receipts to the National Park Service Stateside Grant Program, to revise committee allocations and other budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays and to revise revenue aggregates and other aggregates and allocations by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $750 million in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2008; and (2) $2 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2013. Conditions such a reserve on the unavailability of any funds before FY 2006. Limits to $250 million the amount made available in any single fiscal year.
(Sec. 219) Allows the Chairman, if the Committee on Finance reports legislation that extends the availability of FY 1998 and 1999 expired State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments and the expiring FY 2000 allotments, to revise committee allocations and other budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays and to revise revenue aggregates and other aggregates and allocations by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $1.26 billion in new budget authority and $85 million in outlays for FY 2003; (2) $1.33 billion in new budget authority and $85 billion in outlays for FY 2004; (3) $1.95 billion in new budget authority and $845 million in outlays for FY 2003 through 2008; and (4) $1.825 billion in new budget authority and $975 million in outlays for FY 2003 through 2013.

Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Provisions
 - (Sec. 221) Requires the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget to make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this resolution according to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) upon enactment of any bill or resolution providing for a change in concepts or definitions.
(Sec. 222) Sets forth requirements for enforcement of this resolution and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 in the House and the Senate.

Title III: Sense of the Senate
 - (Sec. 301) Expresses the sense of the Senate that rates of compensation for U.S. civilian employees should be adjusted at the same time, and in the same proportion, as are rates of compensation for members of the uniformed services.
(Sec. 302) Declares the sense of the Senate that: (1) this resolution recognizes the funding challenges faced by tribal colleges and assumes that priority consideration will be provided to them through funding through the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act, the Equity in Educational Land Grant Status Act, title III of the Higher Education Act, and the National Science Foundation Tribal College Program; and (2) such priority consideration reflects Congress' intent to continue to work toward statutory Federal funding goals for the tribal colleges and universities.
(Sec. 303) Declares the sense of the Senate that: (1) the performance of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in administering the Federal Credit Reform Act for the 504 small business credit program remains unsatisfactory; (2) the administration should develop an econometric model for the 504 program for use in the FY 2004 appropriations cycle; and (3) OMB should report to the Budget and Small Business Committees on the progress of this work by June 2003.
(Sec. 304) Declares the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that: (1) within the discretionary allocation provided to the Committee on Appropriations, the maximum Pell Grant award should be raised to the maximum extent practicable, and funding for the Pell Grant program should be higher than the level requested by the President; and (2) to the maximum extent practicable, Congress should seek to increase the maximum individual Federal Pell Grant award to $9,000 by FY 2010.
(Sec. 305) Declares the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this resolution assume that the Department of Defense will give priority to fully funding the Active Guard/Reserves and Military Technicians at least at the minimum required levels.
(Sec. 306) Declares the sense of the Senate that: (1) the functional totals in this resolution assume that the Department of Defense should give priority to fully implementing the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 with respect to establishment of additional Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams (WMD-CSTs) (at least one in each State and territory); and (2) the Department should increase its full-time manning requirements to include the 506 additional full-time National Guard personnel that will be needed to man the 23 additional WMD-CSTs.
(Sec. 307) Declares the sense of the Senate that the Senate: (1) develop a long-term drought plan that effectively recognizes the reoccurring nature of drought cycles and adequately supports emergency and disaster assistance to livestock and agricultural producers hurt by drought; and (2) establish an agricultural reserve to fund activities under such a plan.
(Sec. 308) Declares the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President, the Congress and the American people should work together at the earliest opportunity to enact legislation to achieve a solvent and permanently sustainable Social Security system; (2) Social Security reform must protect current and near retirees from any changes to Social Security benefits, reduce the pressure on future taxpayers and provide benefit levels that adequately reflect individual contribution to the Social Security system and preserve and strengthen the safety net for vulnerable populations, including the disabled and survivors; and (3) we should honor the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.
(Sec. 309) Declares the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this resolution assume that any legislation enacted to provide economic growth for the United States should include not less than $30 billion for State fiscal relief over the next 18 months (of which at least half should be provided through a temporary increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP)).
(Sec. 310) Declares the sense of the Senate that a commission should be established to review Federal domestic agencies, and programs within such agencies, with the express purpose of providing Congress with recommendations, and legislation to implement those recommendations, to realign or eliminate government agencies and programs that are duplicative, wasteful, inefficient, outdated, or irrelevant, or have failed to accomplish their intended purpose.
(Sec. 311) Declares the sense of the Senate that the Senate should only consider legislation that increases highway spending if such legislation changes highway user fees to pay for such increased spending.
(Sec. 312) Declares the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this resolution assume that: (1) expanded access to health care coverage throughout the United States is a top priority for national policymaking; and (2) to the extent that additional funds are made available, a significant portion of them should be dedicated to expanding access to health care coverage so that fewer individuals are uninsured and fewer individuals are likely to become uninsured.
(Sec. 313) Declares the sense of the Senate that: (1) the functional totals underlying this resolution on the budget assumes that the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program be funded at $585 million to reimburse State and local law enforcement agencies for the burdens imposed in FY 2003 by the incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens; and (2) Congress enact a long-term reauthorization of the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program beginning with the authorization of $750 million in FY 2004 to reimburse State and county governments for the burdens undocumented criminal aliens have placed on the local criminal justice system.
(Sec. 314) Declares the sense of the Senate that: (1) to perform vital functions the Corps of Engineers requires additional funding; and (2) the budgetary totals in this resolution assume that the level of funding provided for programs of the Corps will not be reduced below current baseline spending levels established for the programs.
(Sec. 315) Declares the sense of the Senate that the Attorney General should study the need and cost to make the radio systems used by fire departments and emergency medical services agencies interoperable with those used by law enforcement to the extent that interoperability will not interfere with law enforcement operations.
Declares the sense of the Senate that Congress should authorize and appropriate $20 million to establish a grant program through which the Attorney General would award grants to local governments to assist fire departments and emergency medical services agencies to establish radio interoperability.
(Sec. 316) Declares the sense of the Senate that the Senate should act to stop companies from avoiding paying their fair share of U.S. taxes by: (1) addressing the problem of corporations that have renounced their U.S. citizenship ("inverted") by relocating their headquarters to tax haven jurisdictions while maintaining their primary offices and production or service facilities in the United States; and (2) addressing the problem of Bermuda-based insurance companies that are using reinsurance agreements with their subsidiaries to direct property and casualty insurance premiums out of the United States into Bermuda to reduce their U.S. taxes in a way that places U.S. property and casualty insurance companies at a competitive disadvantage.
(Sec. 317) Declares the sense of the Senate that the new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2013 for National Defense are adequate to provide, and should provide, for the phase-in of concurrent receipt of retired pay and veterans' disability compensation by veterans with service-connected disabilities rated 60 percent or higher.
(Sec. 318) Declares the sense of the Senate that Congress has recognized the importance of Native American health and has enacted and increased by 500 percent the funding for a program of research for the prevention and treatment for diabetes, a major disease in the Native American community.
(Sec. 319) Authorizes the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget to revise the aggregates, function totals, allocations, and other appropriate levels and limits by up to $396 billion in budget authority and outlays for the total of fiscal years 2003 through 2013, if legislation is reported by the Senate Committee on Finance that would extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds.
(Sec. 320) Declares the sense of the Senate that if tax relief measures are passed in accordance with the assumptions in the budget resolution, such legislation should include tax and other financial incentives to help rural communities fight the economic decimation caused by chronic out-migration by giving them the tools they need to attract individuals to live and work, or to start and grow a business, in those areas.
(Sec. 321) Declares the sense of the Senate that economic stimulus legislation should include provisions to make higher education affordable, including: (1) a provision to make permanent the above-the-line deduction for the higher education expenses of a taxpayer and members of the taxpayer's family and to increase such deduction to $8,000 for taxable year 2003 and $12,000 for taxable year 2004 and thereafter; and (2) a credit against tax up to $1,500 for each taxable year for interest paid during the year on loans incurred for higher education expenses.
(Sec. 322) Declares the sense of the Senate that for fiscal year 2004, children's graduate medical education should be funded at $305 million.
(Sec. 323) Declares the sense of the Senate that the funding levels in this resolution assume that the programs authorized under the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 will be fully funded at the levels authorized for FY 2004 through 2007.
(Sec. 324) Declares the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this resolution assume that up to $20 million from funds designated, but not obligated, from drug interdiction activities for travel and administrative expenses should be used for service-oriented targeted grants for the utilization of substances that block the craving for heroin and that are newly approved for such use by the Food and Drug Administration.
(Sec. 325) Declares the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers is at least enough to ensure the number of children participating in after-school programs does not decrease.
(Sec. 326) Declares the sense of the Senate that extending the $1,000 child credit for three additional years can be accommodated within the revenue totals and instructions of this resolution.
(Sec. 327) Declares the sense of the Senate that the final budget conference agreement should not take or propose any actions that reduce the level of funding provided for domestic nutrition assistance programs administered by the Secretary of Agriculture below current baseline spending levels for the programs.
(Sec. 328) Declares the sense of the Senate the President should negotiate a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom.
(Sec. 329) Authorizes the Committee on the Budget of the Senate to revise the level of total new budget authority and outlays, the functional totals, allocations, discretionary spending limits, and levels of deficits and debt by up to $100 billion in budget authority and outlays upon favorable reporting of legislation by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate making discretionary appropriations in excess of the levels assumed in this resolution for expenses for possible military action and reconstruction in Iraq for FY 2003 through 2013.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Sets forth the congressional budget for the Government for FY 2004, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2003 and for FY 2005 through 2013.

Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts
 - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY 2003 through 2013 with respect to: (1) Federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits (on-budget); (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public.
(Sec. 102) Lists recommended Social Security budget authority, revenues, and outlays for FY 2003 through 2013 with respect to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Trust Fund.
(Sec. 103) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for specified major functional categories for FY 2003 through 2013.

Title II: Reconciliation
 - (Sec. 201) Directs the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance to report reconciliation bills consisting of changes in laws within their respective jurisdictions sufficient to reduce revenues and increase the total level of outlays by specified amounts.
(Sec. 202) Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider proposed legislation which would cause the total revenue reduction to exceed $322.524 billion or the total outlays to exceed $27.476 billion for FY 2003 through 2013, except for the purpose of inserting the text of a Senate-passed measure and requesting a conference with the House of Representatives.

Title III: Submissions of Findings Providing for the Elimination of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Mandatory Programs - 
(Sec. 301) Requires specified congressional committees to submit findings that identify changes in law within their jurisdictions that would achieve the specified level of savings through the elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse.
Requires the Comptroller General to submit to the Committees on the Budget a comprehensive report identifying instances in which the committees of jurisdiction may make legislative changes to improve the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of programs within their jurisdiction. 

Title IV: Reserve Funds and Contingency Procedure
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Subtitle A: Reserve Funds for Legislation Assumed in Budget Aggregates
 - (Sec. 401) Authorizes the Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget (House Chairman), if the House Committee on Ways and Means or the House Committee on Energy and Commerce reports legislation that provides a prescription drug benefit and modernizes Medicare, and provides adjustments to the Medicare program on a fee-for-service, capitated, or other basis, to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $7 billion in new budget authority and $7 billion in outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $400 billion in new budget authority and $400 billion in outlays for FY 2004 through 2013.
Requires a separate allocation, which shall be the exclusive allocation, to the appropriate committees for Medicare for FY 2004 and for the total of FY 2004 through 2013.
Authorizes the Chairman of the Senate Committee of the Budget, if the Committee on Finance of the Senate reports legislation that strengthens and enhances the Medicare Program and improves the access of beneficiaries to prescription drugs or promotes geographic equity payments, to revise appropriate budgetary aggregates and committee allocations of new budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $7 billion in new budget authority and $7 billion in outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $400 billion in new budget authority and $400 billion in outlays for FY 2004 through 2013.
(Sec. 402) Authorizes the appropriate chairman of the Committee on the Budget, if the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House or the Committee on Finance of the Senate reports legislation that modernizes Medicaid, to revise appropriate budgetary aggregates and committee allocations of new budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation (if it would not increase the deficit over FY 2004 through 2013) to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $3.258 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004; (2) $8.944 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2008; and (3) $12.782 billion in budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2010 if the legislation would not increase the deficit over FY 2004 through 2013.
(Sec. 403) Authorizes the Chairman of the appropriate Committee on the Budget, if the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House or the Committee on Finance of the Senate reports legislation that extends the availability of FY 1998 and 1999 expired State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) allotments and the expiring FY 2000 allotments, to revise appropriate budget aggregates and committee allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $1.26 billion in new budget authority and $85 million in outlays for FY 2003; (2) $690 million in new budget authority and $760 million in outlays for FY 2004 through 2008; and (3) $565 million in new budget authority and $890 million in outlays for FY 2004 through 2013.
(Sec. 404) Authorizes the Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget, if the appropriate committee of jurisdiction reports legislation that establishes a program to accelerate the research, development, and purchase of biomedical threat countermeasures (bioshield), and new budget authority for such a program is provided in one specified way or another, to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $890 million in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $3.418 billion in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004 through 2008; or (3) if a measure is reported granting new discretionary authority to carry out such program, $890 million in new budget authority and outlays for FY 2004. Limits the total revision for FY 2004 to $890 million in new budget authority and outlays.
Authorizes the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget, if the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reports legislation that provides for the Department of Homeland Security to procure countermeasures necessary to protect the public health from current and emerging threats of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agents for inclusion by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Strategic National Stockpile, and provides new budget authority and outlays for such, to revise appropriate budgetary aggregates and committee allocations of new budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $890 million in new budget authority and $575 million in outlays for FY 2004; and (2) $5.593 billion in new budget authority and $5.593 billion in outlays for FY 2004 through 2013.
(Sec. 405) Authorizes the appropriate chairman of the Committee on the Budget, if the committee of jurisdiction in the House or the Committee on Finance of the Senate reports legislation that provides health insurance for the uninsured (and tax deductions for specified others), to revise allocations of new budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $28.457 billion for FY 2004 through 2008; and (2) $49.965 billion for FY 2004 through 2013.
(Sec. 406) Authorizes the appropriate chairman of the Committee on the Budget, if the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House or the Committee on Finance of the Senate reports legislation that provides States with the option to expand Medicaid coverage for children with special needs, to revise committee allocations for that committee and other appropriate budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to: (1) $43 million in new budget authority and $42 million in outlays for FY 2004; (2) $1.627 billion in new budget authority and $1.566 billion in outlays for FY 2004 through 2008; and (3) $7.462 billion in new budget authority and $7.261 billion in outlays for FY 2004 through 2013.

Subtitle B: Contingency Procedure
 - (Sec. 411) Authorizes the chairman of the appropriate Committee on the Budget to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation, with specified limitations, if the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House or the Committee on Environment and Public Works, the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, or the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate reports legislation that provides new budget authority for accounts in the highway and transit categories in specified amounts and the amount of excess is offset by a reduction in mandatory outlays or receipts to the Highway Trust Fund.
Authorizes the appropriate chairman of the Committee on the Budget to increase the allocation of outlays for the particular fiscal year for the appropriate committee by the amount of outlays corresponding to such excess obligation limitations if such committee reports a measure, or other specified legislative action is taken, establishing obligation limitations in excess of $39.684 billion for FY 2004, or $40.788 billion for FY 2005, for certain highway and transit programs, projects, and activities, if legislation has been enacted that satisfies specified conditions of this subtitle.
Declares the intent of Congress that the increase in new budget authority and outlays above the baseline assumed for highways and highway safety in section 103 of this resolution is derived from the resources available to the Highway Trust Fund.

Subtitle C: Adjustments to Fiscal Year 2003 Levels
 - (Sec. 421) Requires the appropriate adjustments in the allocations and aggregates of new budget authority and outlays to reflect the difference between such measure and the corresponding levels assumed in this resolution, if legislation making supplemental appropriations for FY 2003 is enacted before May 1, 2003.

Title V: Budget Enforcement
 - (Sec. 501) Sets forth prohibitions on advance congressional appropriations for FY 2004 and 2005. Allows advance appropriations for FY 2005 and 2006 for specified accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this resolution, but only in an aggregate of up to $23.158 billion in new budget authority. Provides for specified advanced appropriations for FY 2006.
(Sec. 502) Enables Congress, if in the absence of an extension of the discretionary spending limits and PAYGO requirements under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, to designate provisions of legislation as an emergency (meeting specified criteria) in order to exempt such measures from enforcement of this resolution with respect to the new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from them.
(Sec. 503) Continues the supermajority enforcement requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as a Senate rule through FY 2008.
(Sec. 504) Establishes specified discretionary spending limits in the Senate.
(Sec. 505) Revises provisions concerning the Pay-As-You-Go point of order rule in the Senate to: (1) extend its application through FY 2008; and (2) exclude from "direct-spending legislation" and "revenue legislation" any concurrent resolution on the budget or any legislation that affect the full funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance guarantee commitment.
(Sec. 506) Requires all House budgetary legislation, as well as the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget, to include in its estimated levels of new budget authority and total outlays, or allocations, any discretionary amounts provided for the Social Security Administration.
(Sec. 507) Sets forth requirements for application of allocations and adjustments made pursuant to this resolution.
(Sec. 508) Requires the appropriate chairman of the Committee on the Budget to make adjustments to the levels and allocations in this resolution upon the enactment of legislation providing a change in concepts or definitions.

Title VI: Sense of the Senate - 
(Sec. 601) Expresses the sense of the Senate that rates of compensation for civilian employees of the United States should be adjusted at the same time, and in the same proportion, as rates of compensation for members of the uniformed services.
(Sec. 602) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that within the discretionary allocation provided to the Committee on Appropriations the maximum Pell Grant award should be raised to the maximum extent practicable.
(Sec. 603) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Senate: (1) should develop a long-term drought plan that effectively recognizes the recurring nature of drought cycles and adequately supports emergency and disaster assistance to livestock and agricultural producers hurt by drought; and (2) establish an agricultural reserve to fund theses activities.
(Sec. 604) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the President, Congress, and the American people should work together to enact legislation to achieve a solvent and permanently sustainable Social Security system; and (2) Social Security reform must protect current and near retirees from any changes to Social Security benefits, reduce the pressure on future taxpayers and other budgetary priorities, provide benefit levels that adequately reflect individual contributions to the Social Security System, and preserve and strengthen the safety net for vulnerable populations.
(Sec. 605) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this resolution assume that any legislation enacted to provide economic growth for the United States should include at least $30 billion for State fiscal relief over the next 18 months, of which at least half should be provided through a temporary increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP).
(Sec. 606) Expresses the sense of the Senate that a commission should be established to review Federal domestic agencies and programs to provide Congress with recommendations to realign or eliminate Government agencies and programs that are duplicative, wasteful, inefficient, outdated, or irrelevant, or have failed to accomplish their intended purpose.
(Sec. 607) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Senate should only consider legislation that increases highway spending if the legislation changes highway user fees to pay for such increased spending.
(Sec. 608) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congressional Budget Office shall consult with the Committee on the Budget of the Senate in order to prepare a report containing: (1) an estimate of the unfunded liabilities of the Federal Government; (2) an estimate of the contingent liabilities of Federal programs; and (3) an accrual-based estimate of the current and future cost of Federal programs.
(Sec. 609) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this resolution assume that: (1) expanded access to health care coverage throughout the United States is a top priority for national policymaking; and (2) a significant portion of such expanded health care coverage funds should be dedicated to expanding access to health care coverage so that fewer individuals are uninsured and fewer individuals are likely to become uninsured.
(Sec. 610) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Corps of Engineers requires additional funding to perform its vital functions and that the budgetary totals in this resolution assume that the level of funding provided for programs of the Corps will not be reduced below current baseline spending levels.
(Sec. 611) Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress has recognized the importance of Native American health and has enacted and increased by 500 percent the funding for a program of research for the prevention and treatment of diabetes, a major disease in the Native American community.
(Sec. 612) Expresses the sense of the Senate that if tax relief measures are enacted in accordance with the assumptions in the budget resolution in this session of Congress, such legislation should include incentives to help rural communities attract individuals to live and work and to start and grow a business in those communities.
(Sec. 613) Expresses the sense of the Senate that children's graduate medical education should be funded at $305 million.
(Sec. 614) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the funding levels in this resolution assume that the programs authorized under the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 will be fully funded at the levels authorized for FY 2004 through 2007.
(Sec. 615) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this resolution assume that $20 million from funds designated for travel and administrative expenses from drug interdiction activities should be used for service-oriented targeted grants for the utilization of substances that block the craving for heroin and that are newly approved for such use by the Food and Drug Administration.
(Sec. 616) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should negotiate a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 50. Record Vote Number: 134.
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 50. Record Vote Number: 134.
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Conference report considered in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5266-5293, S5295-5316)
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 211 (Roll no. 141).
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 211 (Roll no. 141).
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: The previous question was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Conference Report.
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Mr. Nussle brought up conference report H. Rept. 108-71 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 191. (consideration:  CR 4/10/2003 H3194-3230, H3268, H3291-3298)
action_date: 2003-04-11
text: Rule H. Res. 191 passed House.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 191 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H. Con. Res. 95. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read and shall be debatable for one hour.
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Conference report H. Rept. 108-71 filed. (text of conference report:  CR H3194-3230)
action_date: 2003-04-10
text: Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 108-71 filed.(text of conference report:  CR H3194-3230)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: The Speaker appointed conferees for consideration of the House concurrent resolution and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Nussle, Shays, and Spratt.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 399 - 22 (Roll No. 95).
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: The previous question was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Spratt motion to instruct conferees on H. Con. Res. 95. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of of the House to eliminate the reconciliation instruction to the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Transporation and Infrastructure, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Ways and Means contained in section 201(b) of the House resolution; (2) to recede to the Senate on section 319 (entitled "Reserve Fund to Strengthen Social Security") of the Senate amendment; and (3) to adjust the revenue levels by the amounts needed to offset the cost of the instructions set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2), without resulting in any increase in the deficit or reduction in surplus for any fiscal year covered by the resolution.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Mr. Spratt moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H2542-2553; text: CR H2542)
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-04-01
text: Mr. Nussle asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference. (consideration: CR H2542-2553)
action_date: 2003-03-31
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-03-26
text: See also S.Con.Res. 23.
action_date: 2003-03-26
text: Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Nickles; Domenici; Grassley; Gregg; Conrad; Hollings; Sarbanes.
action_date: 2003-03-26
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate in lieu of S.Con.Res.23 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 3/31/2003 S4579-4589)
action_date: 2003-03-26
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate in lieu of S.Con.Res.23 with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR 3/31/2003 S4579-4589)
action_date: 2003-03-26
text: Senate struck all after the Resolving Clause and substituted the language of S.Con.Res. 23 amended.
action_date: 2003-03-26
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration:  CR S4422)
action_date: 2003-03-21
text: Received in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 48.
action_date: 2003-03-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-03-21
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 212 (Roll no. 82). (text: CR 3/20/2003 H2171-2182)
action_date: 2003-03-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 212 (Roll no. 82).(text: CR 3/20/2003 H2171-2182)
action_date: 2003-03-21
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
action_date: 2003-03-21
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H. Con. Res. 95.
action_date: 2003-03-21
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with twenty minutes of additional general debate on H. Con. Res. 95.
action_date: 2003-03-21
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR 3/20/2003 H2171-2227, H2251-2262)
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H. Con. Res. 95 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 151, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Spratt amendment in the nature of a substitute.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 151, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Cummings amendment in the nature of a substitute.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 151, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Toomey amendment in the nature of a substitute.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 151, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Hill amendment in the nature of a substitute.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with 3 hours of general debate on H. Con. Res. 95.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Paul E. Gillmor to act as Chairman of the Committee.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 151 and Rule XXIII.
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Rule provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 95 with 3 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Provides for three hours of general debate with two hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget and one hour on economic goals and policies equally divided and controlled by Representative Saxton and Representative Stark. Specified amendments are in order. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute specified in part A of the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. Makes in order only those amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report which may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offer...
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 151. (consideration: CR H2145-2170)
action_date: 2003-03-20
text: Rule H. Res. 151 passed House.
action_date: 2003-03-19
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 151 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 95 with 3 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Provides for three hours of general debate with two hours equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget and one hour on economic goals and policies equally divided and controlled by Representative Saxton and Representative Stark. Specified amendments are in order. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute specified in part A of the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. Makes in order only those amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report which may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offer...
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 25.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: The House Committee on The Budget reported an original measure, H. Rept. 108-37, by Mr. Nussle.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: The House Committee on The Budget reported an original measure, H. Rept. 108-37, by Mr. Nussle.
action_date: 2003-03-17
text: Introduced in House