An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2005 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2006 through 2009.

Bill: 108-sconres-95
Sponsor: Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK]
Introduced: 2004-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Access to health care
Afghanistan
Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Armed forces abroad
Auditing
Authorization
Biological warfare
Budget deficits
Budget reconciliation
Budget resolutions
Buy American
Child health
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Congress
Congressional Record
Congressional budget
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional voting
Consumer education
Cost control
Cost effectiveness
Cost of living adjustments
Crime and Law Enforcement
Debt limit
Defense budgets
Department of the Treasury
Drug approvals
Drugs
EBB Terrorism
Education
Emergency Management
Energy
Entitlements
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to transportation
Federal budget process
Federal budgets
Federal employees
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Fire prevention
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forest fires
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government lending
Government spending reductions
Government trust funds
Health
Health education
Health insurance
Health surveys
Higher education
Highway finance
Highway use tax
House rules and procedure
Imports
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Infrastructure
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Item veto
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislation
Legislative amendments
Legislative resolutions
Liability (Law)
Mass rapid transit
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical fees
Medical malpractice
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medically uninsured
Medicare
Middle East and North Africa
Military dependents
Military occupation
Military operations
Military pay
Military pensions
Military personnel
Military surveillance
Names
National forests
Off-budget expenditures
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Ordnance
Pay equity
Performance measurement
Pharmaceutical research
Physicians
Prescription pricing
Productivity in government
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public debt
Recruiting of employees
Rescission of appropriated funds
Road construction
Salaries
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Senate rules and procedure
Social Security Administration
Social Welfare
South Asia
Supplemental appropriations
Survivors' benefits
Tax administration
Tax deductions
Tax evasion
Taxation
Taxpayer compliance
Terrorism
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation engineering
User charges
Veterans' benefits
Waste in government spending
Welfare eligibility

Summary:
action_date: 2004-03-05
text: Sets forth the congressional budget for the Federal Government for FY 2005, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2006 through 2009. 
Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY 2005 through 2009, with respect to: (1) Federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits; (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public. 
Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for Social Security and specified major functional categories for FY 2005 through 2009. 
Sets forth reconciliation instructions for the Senate Committee on Finance. 
Provides for certain reserve funds for health insurance for the uninsured, higher education, and energy legislation. 
Provides for adjustments with respect to discretionary spending for: (1) surface transportation; (2) supplemental appropriations for Iraq and related activities; and (3) wildland fire suppression 
 
Prohibits Senate legislation that would require advanced appropriations, with a specified exception. 
Amends H.Con.Res. 95 (108th Congress, 1st Session) to provide that, 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 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), any new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from any provision designated as an emergency requirement shall count (currently, shall not count) for purposes of Senate discretionary spending limits and PAYGO requirements of H.Con.Res. 95. Declares that new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from any provision designated as an emergency requirement shall not count for the purposes of any concurrent resolution on the budget. 
Establishes specified discretionary spending limits in the Senate. 
Adopts scoring rules for Pell Grant Awards and the Project Bioshield. 
Declares the sense of the Senate on: (1) budget process reform; (2) budget process reform with regard to the creation of bipartisan commissions to combat waste, fraud, and abuse and to promote spending efficiency; (3) the relationship between annual deficit spending and increases in debt service costs; (4) the costs of the medicare prescription drug program; (5) pay parity; (6) returning stability to payments under medicare physician fee schedule; (7) the use of Federal funds to support American companies and American workers; (8) closing the &quot;tax gap&quot;; and (9) drug comparativeness studies.
action_date: 2004-03-05
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Sets forth the congressional budget for the Federal Government for FY 2005, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2006 through 2009. 
 

Title I: Levels and Amounts
 - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY 2005 through 2009, with respect to: (1) Federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits; (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public. 
(Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for Social Security and specified major functional categories for FY 2005 through 2009. 

Title II: Reconciliation 
- (Sec. 201) Directs the Senate Committee on Finance to report a reconciliation bill by September 30, 2004, that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to: (1) reduce revenues by no more than $12.311 billion for FY 2005 and $80.642 billion for FY 2005 through 2009; (2) increase the statutory debt limit by $664.028 billion; and (3) provide direct spending to reduce outlays to $2.888 billion for FY 2005 and $3.423 billion for FY 2005 through 2009. 

Title III: Reserve Funds and Adjustments - Subtitle A: Reserve Funds
 - (Sec. 301) Authorizes the chairman of the Committee on the Budget (Chairman), if the Senate Finance Committee or the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reports legislation that provides health insurance for the uninsured or expands access to care for the uninsured, increases access to health insurance through lowering costs, and does not increase the costs of current health insurance coverage, to revise allocations of new budget authority and outlays, as well as revenue aggregates and other appropriate aggregates to reflect such legislation, provided that the legislation would not increase the deficit for FY 2005 and for FY 2005 through 2009. 
(Sec. 302) Allows the Chairman, if the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reports legislation that provides funding for reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to revise committee allocations and other appropriate budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to $1 billion in new budget authority and $1 billion in outlays for FY 2005, and $5 billion in new budget authority and $5 billion in outlays for FY 2005 through 2009. 
Allows the Chairman, if the same committee reports legislation that provides funding for a measure that eliminates the accumulated shortfall of budget authority resulting from insufficient appropriations of discretionary new budget authority previously enacted for the Pell Grant Program for awards made through award year 2004-2005, to revise the committee allocation and other appropriate budgetary aggregates by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to $3.7 billion in new budget authority only for FY 2005. 
(Sec. 303) Authorizes the Chairman, if legislation predominately within the jurisdiction of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is considered in the Senate that provides for a national energy policy and does not reduce revenues by more than $1.785 billion in FY 2005 and $15.092 billion for FY 2005 through 2009, to revise committee allocations and other budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays by the amount provided by the legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to $261 billion in new budget authority and $221 billion in outlays for FY 2005 and $1.465 billion in new budget authority and $1.465 billion in outlays for FY 2005 through 2009. 

Subtitle B: Adjustments With Respect to Discretionary Spending 
- (Sec. 311) Allows the Chairman, if one or another specified congressional committee reports legislation providing new budget authority for the budget accounts in the highway and transit categories in excess of $41.772 billion for FY 2005, or $207.293 billion for FY 2005 through 2009, to adjust budget aggregates and increase the allocation of new budget authority to the appropriate committee for FY 2005 and for FY 2005 through 2009 to the extent such excess is offset by an increase in net new user-fee receipts appropriated to the highway trust fund for the applicable fiscal year caused by such legislation. 
Specifies adjustments for outlays. 
 
(Sec. 312) Allows the Chairman, if the President requests supplemental appropriations for activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Senate Committee on Appropriations reports legislation providing additional discretionary appropriations exceeding levels assumed in this resolution for FY 2005 defense-related activities, to revise the allocation (and all other appropriate levels and aggregates) for that committee for such purpose, but not to exceed $30 billion in new budget authority for FY 2005 and the outlays that flow therefrom. 
(Sec. 313) Authorizes the Chairman, if the amount appropriated for Wildland Fire Suppression in a fiscal year is not less than the specified base amount, to adjust the allocations and budgetary levels in the most recently agreed to budget resolution for any reported legislation providing additional wildland fire suppression funding, but not to exceed: (1) for the Forest Service, $400 billion for FY 2005 and 2006; and (2) for the Department of the Interior, $100 billion for FY 2005 and 2006. 
 

Title IV: Budget Enforcement
 - (Sec. 401) Sets forth prohibitions on advance appropriations in the Senate. Excepts advance appropriations for FY 2006 and 2007 for specified accounts identified for advance appropriations. Allows waiver or suspension of a point of order on advance appropriations in the Senate only by an affirmative three-fifths (60) majority vote. 
(Sec. 402) Amends H.Con.Res. 95 (108th Congress, 1st Session) to provide that, 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 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), any new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from any provision designated as an emergency requirement shall count (currently, shall not count) for purposes of Senate discretionary spending limits and PAYGO requirements of H.Con.Res. 95. Declares that new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from any provision designated as an emergency requirement shall not count for the purposes of any concurrent resolution on the budget. 
(Sec. 403) Extends Senate discretionary limits for FY 2005 through 2006. 
(Sec. 404) Adopts the following scoring rules for Pell Grant Awards and the Project Bioshield to provide that for purposes of points of order under any concurrent resolution on the budget and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: (1) the cost of the Pell Grant Program shall be estimated full cost associated with the maximum award provided for an award year beginning with 2005-2006 in an Appropriation Act, notwithstanding the amount of new budget authority provided in the text of the appropriation for that purpose; and (2) in the Senate, legislation that changes the availability of any amounts appropriated for Project Bioshield pursuant to Public Law 108-90 shall not be scored with respect to the level of budget authority or outlays contained in the legislation. 
(Sec. 405) Requires the Chairman: (1) 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 legislation providing for a change in concepts or definitions; and (2) if legislation is reported that changes the nature of offsetting receipts collected from the Power Marketing Administration from mandatory to discretionary, to revise the appropriate allocations for such committee and other appropriate levels in this resolution. 

Title V: Sense of the Senate 
- (Sec. 501) Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress and the President should work together to enact budget process reform legislation that would include mechanisms to restrain Government spending such as: (1) deficit targets that, when exceeded, would result in across-the-board reductions in Federal spending except Social Security, Medicare, and Veterans' benefits; (2) revision of the content of budget resolutions to increase their focus on aggregate levels, and to include easily understood enforcement tools such as discretionary spending limits, pay-as-you-go, and explicit committee allocations; (3) emergency spending procedures which budget for emergency needs; (4) pay-as-you-go limitations which apply to non-budget expenditures; (5) limitations on unauthorized appropriations; and (6) enhanced rescission or constitutional line-item veto authority for the President. 
(Sec. 502) Expresses the sense of the Senate that legislation should be enacted that would create a bipartisan commission to recommend ways to: (1) eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse; and (2) achieve cost savings through enhancing program efficiencies in all discretionary and entitlement programs. 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that a bipartisan commission should be established to: (1) audit Federal domestic agencies, and programs within such agencies, with the express purpose of providing Congress with recommendations and legislation; (2) implement those recommendations; and (3) realign or eliminate government agencies and programs that are duplicative, inefficient, outdated, irrelevant, or have failed to accomplish their intended purpose. 
(Sec. 503) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congressional Budget Office shall consult with the Senate Committee on the Budget in order to prepare a report discussing: (1) the relationship between annual deficit spending and increases in debt service costs; (2) the relationship between incremental increases in discretionary spending and debt service costs; and (3) the feasibility of providing estimates of debt service costs in the cost estimates prepared pursuant to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
(Sec. 504) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Senate Finance Committee should report a bill that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to ensure that spending within part D of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit program in FY 2005 through FY 2013 does not exceed the total of $409 billion as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office. 
(Sec. 505) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) compensation for civilian and military employees of the United States must be sufficient to support our critical efforts to recruit, retain, and reward quality people effectively and responsibly; and (2) the rate of increase in the compensation of civilian employees should be equal to that proposed for the military in the President's Fiscal Year 2005 Budget. 
(Sec. 506) Expresses the sense of the Senate that further congressional action is urgently needed to put in place a new formula or mechanism for updating Medicare physicians fees in FY 2006 and thereafter in order to ensure: (1) that payment rates keep pace with practice cost increases; and (2) future access to physicians' services for Medicare beneficiaries. 
(Sec. 507) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this resolution assume that Federal departments and agencies will: (1) to the maximum extent possible, purchase goods and services from American companies; and (2) ensure that, to the maximum extent possible, the work required by Federal contracts for goods and services will be performed in the United States. 
(Sec. 508) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Internal Revenue Service should be provided the resources necessary to increase enforcement activities concentrated on efforts to reduce the &quot;tax gap&quot; substantially by the end of FY 2009. 
(Sec. 509) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the overall discretionary levels set in this resolution assume $75 billion in new budget authority in FY 2005 and new outlays that flow from this budget authority in FY 2005 and subsequent years, to fund new research and ongoing literature surveys in the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. Requires these activities to be designed to: (1) improve scientific evidence related to the comparative effectiveness and safety of prescription drugs and other treatments; and (2) disseminate the findings and underlying data from such research to health care practitioners, consumers, and health care purchasers.
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: 
Sets forth the congressional budget for the Federal Government for FY 2005, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2006 through 2009. 
 

Title I: Levels and Amounts
 - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY 2005 through 2009, with respect to: (1) Federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits; (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public. 
(Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for Social Security and specified major functional categories for FY 2005 through 2009. 

Title II: Reconciliation 
- (Sec. 201) Directs the Senate Committee on Finance to report a reconciliation bill by September 30, 2004, that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to: (1) reduce revenues by no more than $12.311 billion for FY 2005 and $80.642 billion for FY 2005 through 2009; (2) increase outlays by not more than $2 billion for FY 2005 through 2009; and (3) increase the statutory debt limit by $664.028 billion. 

Title III: Reserve Funds and Adjustments - Subtitle A: Reserve Funds
 - (Sec. 301) Authorizes the chairman of the Committee on the Budget (Chairman), if the Senate Finance Committee or the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reports legislation that provides health insurance for the uninsured or expands access to care for the uninsured (including legislation to reallocate and maintain expiring State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) funds rather than allowing them to revert to the Treasury), increases access to health insurance through lowering costs, and does not increase the costs of current health insurance coverage, to revise allocations of new budget authority and outlays, as well as revenue aggregates and other appropriate aggregates to reflect such legislation to establish a reserve fund, provided that the legislation would not increase the deficit for FY 2005 and for FY 2005 through 2009. 
(Sec. 302) Allows the Chairman, if the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions reports legislation that provides funding for reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965, to revise committee allocations and other appropriate budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to $1 billion in new budget authority and $1 billion in outlays for FY 2005, and $5 billion in new budget authority and $5 billion in outlays for FY 2005 through 2009. 
Allows the Chairman, if the same committee reports legislation that provides funding for a measure that eliminates the accumulated shortfall of budget authority resulting from insufficient appropriations of discretionary new budget authority previously enacted for the Pell Grant Program for awards made through award year 2004-2005, to revise the committee allocation and other appropriate budgetary aggregates by the amount provided by such legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to $3.7 billion in new budget authority only for FY 2005. 
(Sec. 303) Authorizes the Chairman, if legislation predominately within the jurisdiction of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources is considered in the Senate that provides for a national energy policy and does not reduce revenues by more than $1.785 billion in FY 2005 and $15.092 billion for FY 2005 through 2009, to revise committee allocations and other budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays by the amount provided by the legislation to establish a reserve fund of up to $261 billion in new budget authority and $221 billion in outlays for FY 2005 and $1.465 billion in new budget authority and $1.465 billion in outlays for FY 2005 through 2009. 
(Sec. 304) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Senate Committees on Armed Services or on Appropriations report legislation that expands access to health care for members of the reserve components, to revise allocations of new budget authority and outlays, revenue aggregates, other appropriate aggregates, and the discretionary spending limits to reflect such legislation and to establish a reserve fund, providing that the legislation: (1) would not increase the deficit for FY 2005 and for FY 2005 through 2009, or would offset such deficit increases through reduction of unobligated balances from Iraqi reconstruction; and (2) does not exceed $5.6 billion for FY 2005 through 2009. 
(Sec. 305) Authorizes the Chairman, if the same committees report legislation that increases benefit levels under the Montgomery GI Bill for members of the Selected Reserves, to revise allocations of new budget authority and outlays, revenue aggregates, other appropriate aggregates, and the discretionary spending limits to reflect such legislation and to establish a reserve fund, providing that the legislation: (1) would not increase the deficit for FY 2005 and for FY 2005 through 2009; and (2) does not exceed $1.2 billion for FY 2005 through 2009. 
(Sec. 306) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Senate Committee on Finance reports legislation that increases the Hope credit to $4,000, makes the credit available for four years and refundable, to revise committee allocations and other appropriate budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays by the amount provided by that measure for that purpose and to establish a reserve fund, if it would not increase the deficit for FY 2005 or for the total of FY 2005 through 2009. 
(Sec. 307) Authorizes the Chairman, if the same committee reports legislation that expands the pediatric vaccine distribution program established under the Social Security Act to include coverage for children administered a vaccine at a public health clinic or Indian clinic and repeals the price cap for pre-1993 vaccines, to revise allocations of new budget authority and outlays, revenue aggregates and other appropriate aggregates to reflect such legislation and to establish a reserve fund, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit for FY 2005 and for FY 2005 through 2009. 
(Sec. 308) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Senate Committee on Appropriations reports legislation that addresses minority health disparities through activities including those at the Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, the Office of Civil Rights, the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the Minority HIV/AIDS initiative, health professions training, and through the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health at the Centers for Disease Control and provides up to $400 billion in new budget authority for FY 2005, to revise allocations of new budget authority and outlays and other appropriate aggregates to reflect such legislation and to establish a reserve fund, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit for FY 2005 and for FY 2005 through 2009. 
(Sec. 309) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs reports legislation that reforms the U.S. Postal Service to improve its economic viability, to revise committee allocations and other appropriate budgetary aggregates and allocations of new budget authority and outlays by the amount provided by that measure for that purpose and to establish a reserve fund, if that measure would not increase the deficit for FY 2005 and for FY 2005 through 2009. 

Subtitle B: Adjustments With Respect to Discretionary Spending
 - (Sec. 311) Allows the Chairman, if one or another specified congressional committee reports legislation providing new budget authority for the budget accounts in the highway and transit categories in excess of $41.772 billion for FY 2005, or $207.293 billion for FY 2005 through 2009, to adjust budget aggregates and increase the allocation of new budget authority to the appropriate committee for FY 2005 and for FY 2005 through 2009 to the extent such excess is offset by an increase in net new user-fee receipts appropriated to the highway trust fund for the applicable fiscal year caused by such legislation. 
Specifies adjustments for outlays. 
 
(Sec. 312) Allows the Chairman, if the President requests supplemental appropriations for activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Senate Committee on Appropriations reports legislation providing additional discretionary appropriations exceeding levels assumed in this resolution for FY 2005 defense-related activities, to revise the allocation (and all other appropriate levels and aggregates) for that committee for such purpose, but not to exceed $30 billion in new budget authority for FY 2005 and the outlays that flow therefrom. 
(Sec. 313) Authorizes the Chairman, if the amount appropriated for Wildland Fire Suppression in a fiscal year is not less than the specified base amount, to adjust the allocations and budgetary levels in the most recently agreed to budget resolution for any reported legislation providing additional wildland fire suppression funding, but not to exceed: (1) for the Forest Service, $400 million for FY 2005 and 2006 each; and (2) for the Department of the Interior, $100 million for FY 2005 and 2006 each. 
 
(Sec. 314) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Senate Committees on Armed Services or on Appropriations report legislation that provides for an increase to the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older, to revise the aggregates, functional totals, allocations, discretionary caps, and other appropriate levels and limits in this resolution by up to $2.757 billion in budget authority and $2.757 billion in outlays over the total of FY 2005 through 2009. 

Title IV: Budget Enforcement
 - (Sec. 401) Sets forth prohibitions on advance appropriations in the Senate. Excepts advance appropriations for FY 2006 and 2007 for specified accounts identified for advance appropriations. Allows waiver or suspension of a point of order on advance appropriations in the Senate only by an affirmative three-fifths (60) majority vote. 
(Sec. 402) Amends H.Con.Res. 95 (108th Congress, 1st Session) to provide that, 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 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act), any new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from any provision designated as an emergency requirement shall count (currently, shall not count) for purposes of Senate discretionary spending limits and PAYGO requirements of H.Con.Res. 95. Declares that new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from any provision designated as an emergency requirement shall not count for the purposes of any concurrent resolution on the budget. 
(Sec. 403) Extends Senate discretionary limits for FY 2005 through 2006. 
(Sec. 404) Adopts the following scoring rules for funding for Project Bioshield and the energy savings performance contract program. Provides that, for legislation that makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY 2005, the Chairman shall revise the aggregates, functional totals, and allocations to the Senate Committee on Appropriations, discretionary spending limits, and other appropriate levels and limits in this resolution by $2.528 billion in budget authority for FY 2005, and by the amount of outlays flowing therefrom in FY 2005 and subsequent years for Project Bioshield. 
Directs the Congressional Budget Office to score the energy savings performance contract program under the National Energy Conservation Policy Act as zero. Provides that for purposes of any point of order under any budget resolution and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the cost of such program shall be zero. 
(Sec. 405) Requires the Chairman: (1) 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 legislation providing for a change in concepts or definitions; and (2) if legislation is reported that changes the nature of offsetting receipts collected from the Power Marketing Administration from mandatory to discretionary, to revise the appropriate allocations for such committee and other appropriate levels in this resolution. 
(Sec. 408) Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider any direct spending or revenue legislation that would increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget deficit for any one of the three following applicable time periods: (1) the first year covered by the most recently adopted budget resolution; (2) the first five fiscal years covered by the resolution; or (3) the five fiscal years following the first five fiscal years covered in the resolution. 
Excludes from the meaning of &quot;direct-spending legislation&quot; and &quot;revenue legislation&quot; any: (1) budget resolution; or (2) provision of legislation that affects the full funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance guarantee commitment in effect on the enactment of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990. 
Requires estimates to be prepared by: (1) using the baseline surplus or deficit used for the most recently adopted budget resolution; and (2) calculating under the requirements of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act for fiscal years beyond those covered by such resolution. 
Provides that, if direct spending or revenue legislation increases the on-budget deficit or causes an on-budget deficit when taken individually, it must also increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget deficit when taken together with all direct spending and revenue legislation enacted since the beginning of the calendar year not accounted for in the baseline. States that direct spending or revenue effects resulting in net deficit reduction enacted pursuant to reconciliation instructions since the beginning of that same calendar year shall not be available.
 
Permits: (1) waiver or suspension of such provisions only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate; and (2) appeals in the Senate from the decisions of the Chair on such provisions.
 
Terminates this section on September 30, 2009.
 

Title V: Sense of the Senate 
- (Sec. 501) Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress and the President should work together to enact budget process reform legislation that would include mechanisms to restrain Government spending such as: (1) deficit targets that, when exceeded, would result in across-the-board reductions in Federal spending except Social Security, Medicare, and Veterans' benefits; (2) revision of the content of budget resolutions to increase their focus on aggregate levels, and to include easily understood enforcement tools such as discretionary spending limits, pay-as-you-go, and explicit committee allocations; (3) emergency spending procedures which budget for emergency needs; (4) pay-as-you-go limitations which apply to non-budget expenditures; (5) limitations on unauthorized appropriations; and (6) enhanced rescission or constitutional line-item veto authority for the President. 
(Sec. 502) Expresses the sense of the Senate that legislation should be enacted that would create a bipartisan commission to recommend ways to: (1) eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse; and (2) achieve cost savings through enhancing program efficiencies in all discretionary and entitlement programs. 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that a bipartisan commission should be established to: (1) audit Federal domestic agencies, and programs within such agencies, with the express purpose of providing Congress with recommendations and legislation; (2) implement those recommendations; and (3) realign or eliminate government agencies and programs that are duplicative, inefficient, outdated, irrelevant, or have failed to accomplish their intended purpose. 
(Sec. 503) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congressional Budget Office shall consult with the Senate Committee on the Budget in order to prepare a report discussing: (1) the relationship between annual deficit spending and increases in debt service costs; (2) the relationship between incremental increases in discretionary spending and debt service costs; and (3) the feasibility of providing estimates of debt service costs in the cost estimates prepared pursuant to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
(Sec. 504) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Senate Finance Committee should report a bill that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to ensure that spending within part D of the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit program in FY 2005 through FY 2013 does not exceed the total of $409 billion as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office. 
(Sec. 505) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) compensation for civilian and military employees of the United States must be sufficient to support critical efforts to recruit, retain, and reward quality people effectively and responsibly; and (2) the rate of increase in the compensation of civilian employees should be equal to that proposed for the military in the President's Fiscal Year 2005 Budget. 
(Sec. 506) Expresses the sense of the Senate that further congressional action is urgently needed to put in place a new formula or mechanism for updating Medicare physicians fees in FY 2006 and thereafter in order to ensure: (1) that payment rates keep pace with practice cost increases; and (2) future access to physicians' services for Medicare beneficiaries. 
(Sec. 507) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the functional totals in this resolution assume that Federal departments and agencies will: (1) to the maximum extent possible, purchase goods and services from American companies; and (2) ensure that, to the maximum extent possible, the work required by Federal contracts for goods and services will be performed in the United States. 
(Sec. 508) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Internal Revenue Service should be provided the resources necessary to increase enforcement activities concentrated on efforts to reduce the &quot;tax gap&quot; substantially by the end of FY 2009. 
(Sec. 509) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the overall discretionary levels set in this resolution assume $75 billion in new budget authority in FY 2005 and new outlays that flow from this budget authority in FY 2005 and subsequent years, to fund new research and ongoing literature surveys in the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality. Requires these activities to be designed to: (1) improve scientific evidence related to the comparative effectiveness and safety of prescription drugs and other treatments; and (2) disseminate the findings and underlying data from such research to health care practitioners, consumers, and health care purchasers. 
(Sec. 510) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the: (1) budget of the United States should provide adequate funding for port security projects and not less than the amount adequate to implement an effective port security plan; (2) implementation of the budget should permit the provision of Federal funds over multiple years to fund long-term security improvement projects at U.S. ports; and (3) the Secretary of Homeland Security should, as soon as practicable, develop a funding plan for port security that permits multiyear funding for such projects. 
(Sec. 511) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) this resolution recognizes the funding challenges faced by tribal colleges and universities and assumes that priority consideration will be provided to them through funding of 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 the intent of Congress to continue to work toward statutory Federal funding authorization goals for tribal colleges and universities. 
(Sec. 512) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume: (1) an adequate increase in funding for each of FY 2005 and 2006 to carry out the Federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); (2) an adequate increase in funding for FY 2005 and an adequate increase in funding for FY 2006 to carry out the weatherization assistance program (WAP); (3) appropriations, for these programs, of sufficient additional funds to realistically address the cooling and heating needs of low-income families; and (4) advance appropriations of the necessary funds to ensure the smooth operation of the programs during times of peak demand. 
(Sec. 513) Expresses the sense of the Senate that levels in this resolution assume that in making appropriations and revenue decisions, the Senate supports: (1) the restoration of the 33 accounts of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; (2) the FY 2005 funding of the National Research Initiative; and (3) the FY 2005 funding of competitive research programs of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service in an amount that is adequate to fight obesity and stave off chronic diseases, combat insects and animal and plant diseases, establish new crops, improved livestock, and economic opportunities for producers, and keep pathogens and other dangers out of the air, water, soil, plants, and animals. 
(Sec. 514) Authorizes the Chairman to revise the aggregates, functional totals, allocations to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, discretionary spending limits, and other appropriate levels and limits in this resolution by up to $1.545 billion in budget authority for FY 2005, and by the amount of outlays flowing therefrom in FY 2005 and subsequent years, for legislation providing additional FY 2005 discretionary appropriations, in excess of the levels provided in this resolution, to establish a reserve fund for DHS programs. 
(Sec. 515) Expresses the sense of the Senate that, of DHS funds: (1) $800 million shall be allocated for the State Homeland Security Grant program; (2) $250 million for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program; and (3) $275 million for Port Security Grants. 
Expresses the further sense of the Senate that the State Homeland Security Grant Program shall be increased by $220 million in order to provide for a more equitable formula for distributing funds. 
(Sec. 516) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the increased funding for DHS programs shall come from the cancellation of planned future deliveries of oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
(Sec. 517) Expresses the sense of the Senate that levels in this resolution assume that in making appropriations and revenue decisions, the Senate supports: (1) the development and implementation of a national animal identification program; (2) the provision by the Secretary of Agriculture of a time-line for the development and implementation of the program as soon as practicable after approval of this resolution, and of ensurance that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, State animal health agencies, and agricultural producers are provided funds necessary to implement such a program; and (3) the establishment of a program that is not overly burdensome to agricultural producers and ensures the privacy of their information. 
(Sec. 518) Expresses the sense of the Senate that this resolution and subsequent appropriations Acts should provide sufficient funds to continue matching contributions from other sources to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria on a one-to-two basis. 
(Sec. 519) Expresses the sense of the Senate that levels in this resolution assume that, in making appropriations and revenue decisions, the Senate supports the retention in the conference report for the resolution of the additional funds provided for the reauthorization of Federal child nutrition programs. 
(Sec. 520) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) claims for occupational illness, which are determined to be caused by exposure to toxic substances at Department of Energy (DOE) facilities under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA), should be promptly, equitably, and efficiently compensated; (2) administrative and technical changes should be made to EEOICPA to improve claims processing and review by physicians panels to ensure cost-effective and efficient consideration and determination of workers' claims, provide for membership in additional special exposure cohorts, and address eligibility issues at facilities with residual radiation; and (3) the President and Congress should work together at the earliest opportunity to develop a plan that effectively resolves the issue of a lack of a willing payor for many claims that are determined under EEOICPA to be related to exposure to a toxic substance at DOE facilities. 
(Sec. 521) Expresses the sense of the Senate that if tax relief measures are passed in accordance with the assumptions in this resolution in this session of Congress, such legislation should include: (1) tax and other financial incentives, similar to those included in the New Homestead Act (S. 602), to help rural communities fight the economic decimation caused by chronic out-migration by giving such communities the tools they need to attract individuals to live and work, or to start and grow a business, in such rural areas; and (2) revenue provisions which fully offset the cost of such tax and other financial incentives. 
(Sec. 522) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the levels in this resolution assume that in making appropriations and revenue decisions in Function 600 (Income Security), the Senate supports the provision, to the Food and Nutrition Service and other appropriate agencies within the Department of Agriculture, of $15 million for FY 2005, and $127 million for FY 2005 through 2009, to enable those agencies to expand the summer food pilot projects (established under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act) to all States and to all service institutions (including certain private nonprofit organizations described in such Act).
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: 
Sets forth the congressional budget for the Government for FY 2005, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2004 and for FY 2006 through 2009.
 

Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts
 - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY 2004 through 2009 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 2004 through 2009.
 

Title II: Reconciliation and Report Submission
 - (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) Agriculture; (2) Education and the Workforce; (3) Energy and Commerce; (4) Government Reform; and (5) Ways and Means.
 
Requires the House Committee on the Budget to report to the House a reconciliation bill carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive revision.
 
Requires the House Committee on Ways and Means to report a budget reconciliation bill that consists of changes in laws within its jurisdiction sufficient to reduce revenues by not more than $13.182 billion for FY 2005 and by not more than $137.580 billion for FY 2005 through 2009.
 
Provides that if such reconciliation bill does not increase the deficit for such fiscal years above the permitted levels, the chairman of the House Committee on the Budget (Chairman) may revise the reconciliation instructions to permit the Committee on Ways and Means to increase the level of direct spending outlays, make conforming adjustments to the revenue instruction to decrease the reduction in revenues, and make conforming changes in allocations to the Committee on Ways and Means and in budget aggregates.
 
(Sec. 202) Requires the House Committee on Armed Services to report to the House Budget Committee on its findings that identify $2 billion in savings from activities determined to be a low priority to the successful execution of current military operations, or to be wasteful or unnecessary to national defense.
 
Requires the identified funds to be reallocated to programs and activities that directly contribute to enhancing the combat capabilities of the U.S. military forces with an emphasis on force protection, munitions, and surveillance capabilities. Directs the Chairman to insert the report by the Committee on Armed Services in the Congressional Record by May 21, 2004.
 

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 reports legislation that provides health insurance for the uninsured, to make the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates to the extent such measure is deficit neutral in FY 2005 and for FY 2005 through 2009.
 
(Sec. 302) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Committee on Energy and Commerce reports legislation that provides medicaid coverage for children with special needs (the Family Opportunity Act), to make the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates to the extent such measure is deficit neutral in FY 2005 and for FY 2005 through 2009. 
 
(Sec. 303) Authorizes the Chairman, if the Committee on Armed Services reports legislation that increases survivors' benefits under the Military Survivors' Benefit Plan, to make the appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates to the extent such measure is deficit neutral resulting from a change other than to discretionary appropriations in FY 2005 and for FY 2005 through 2009.
 
(Sec. 304) Authorizes the Chairman, for any bill, including a bill that provides for the safe importation of FDA-approved prescription drugs or places limits on medical malpractice litigation, that has passed the House in the first session of the 108th Congress and, after the adoption of this resolution, is acted on by the Senate, enacted by Congress, and presented to the President, to make the appropriate adjustments in the allocations and aggregates to reflect any resulting savings from any such measure.
 

Subtitle B: Contingency Procedure - 
(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 mandatory outlays from the Highway Trust Fund or an increase in receipts appropriated to such Fund, to revise committee allocations, aggregates, and allocations of budget authority and outlays in this resolution by the amount provided in such legislation.
 
Authorizes the Chairman to increase the allocation of outlays and appropriate aggregates for FY 2004 or 2005 for a House Committee by the amount of outlays corresponding to such obligation limitations if such committee reports legislation establishing obligation limitations in excess of $40.116 billion for FY 2004 or $41.204 billion for FY 2005 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.
 

Title IV: Budget Enforcement
 - (Sec. 401) Sets forth prohibitions on advance appropriations in the House. Allows advance appropriations for FY 2006 or 2007 for specified accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this resolution, but only in an aggregate of up to $23.568 billion in new budget authority.
 
(Sec. 402) States that if legislation is reported that makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2005 for contingency operations related to the global war on terrorism, or for any emergency requirements, then the resulting new budget authority, new entitlement authority, outlays, and receipts shall not count for certain purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for the provisions of such measure that are designated as making appropriations for such contingency operations. 
 
Requires the committee report and any accompanying managers' statement, if legislation is designated as an emergency requirement, to explain the manner in which it meets specified emergency criteria, including a threat to life, property, or the national security that is sudden, quick, unforeseen, unpredictable, and temporary in nature. Requires the committee to cause the explanation to be printed in the Congressional Record in advance of floor consideration if such legislation is to be considered by the House without being reported.
 
Deems an emergency that is part of an aggregate level of anticipated emergencies, particularly when normally estimated in advance, as not unforeseen.
 
(Sec. 403) 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. 
 
 
Title V: Sense of the House
 - (Sec. 501) Expresses the sense of the House that, in order to enact legislation to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse to ensure the efficient use of taxpayer dollars, authorizing committees should actively engage in oversight utilizing: (1) the plans and goals submitted by executive agencies pursuant to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993; and (2) the performance evaluations submitted by such agencies (that are based upon the Program Assessment Rating Tool which is designed to improve agency performance).
 
Expresses the sense of the House that: (1) all Federal programs should be periodically reauthorized and funding for unauthorized programs should be level-funded in FY 2005 unless there is a compelling justification; (2) committees should submit written justifications for earmarks and should consider not funding those most egregiously inconsistent with national policy; (3) the FY 2005 budget resolution should be vigorously enforced and legislation should be enacted establishing statutory limits on appropriations and a PAY-AS-YOU-GO rule for new and expanded entitlement programs; and (4) Congress should make every effort to offset nonwar-related supplemental appropriations.
 
(Sec. 502) Expresses the sense of the House that authorizing committees should: (1) systematically review all means-tested entitlement programs and track beneficiary participation across programs and time; (2) enact legislation to develop common eligibility requirements for such programs, accurately rename them, and coordinate program benefits in order to limit to a reasonable period of time the Government dependency of means-tested entitlement program participants; (3) evaluate the costs of, and justifications for, nonmeans-tested, nonretirement-related entitlement programs; and (4) identify and utilize resources that have conducted cost-benefit analyses of participants in multiple means- and nonmeans-tested entitlement programs to understand their cumulative costs and collective benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-05-20
text: Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 213 (Roll no. 198).
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 213 (Roll no. 198).
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H3369)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 95.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Mr. Nussle brought up conference report H. Rept. 108-498 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 649. (consideration: CR H3358-3369)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Rule H. Res. 649 passed House.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 649 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to S. Con. Res. 95 with 1 hour of general debate. Upon adoption in the House of the conference report to accompany Senate Concurrrent Resolution 95, and until a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2005 has been adopted by the Congress the provisions of the conference report and its joint explanatory statement shall have force and effect in the House and for purposes for title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the conference report shall be considered adopted by the Congress. Nothing in this section may be construed to engage rule XXVII.
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Conference report H. Rept. 108-498 filed. (text of conference report: CR 5/18/2004 H3187-3226)
action_date: 2004-05-19
text: Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 108-498 filed.(text of conference report: CR 5/18/2004 H3187-3226)
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stenholm motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Nussle objected to the voice vote based upon the absence of a quorum and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a later time. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Stenholm motion to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 95. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to, within the scope of the conference, reject provisions that provide for an increase in the statutory debt limit.
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: Mr. Stenholm moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H3162-3168; text: CR H3162)
action_date: 2004-05-18
text: NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT - Mr. Price of North Carolina notified the House of his intent to offer a motion to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 95.
action_date: 2004-05-17
text: NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT - Mr. Stenholm notified the House of his intent to offer a motion to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 95.
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-05-13
text: On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 207 - 211 (Roll no. 171). (consideration: CR H2949-2950)
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Pomeroy motion to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 95.
action_date: 2004-05-12
text: Mr. Pomeroy moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H2876-2882)
action_date: 2004-05-11
text: NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT - Mr. Pomeroy notified the House of his intention to offer a motion to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 95.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 208 - 215 (Roll no. 145).
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Moore motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Moore demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed the ordered vote until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: The previous question was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Moore motion to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 95. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to agree to the pay-as-you-go enforcement provisions within the scope of the conference regarding direct spending increases and tax cuts in the House and Senate by receding to the Senate on the provisions contained in section 408 of the Senate concurrent resolution (relating to the pay-as-you-go point of order regarding all legislation increasing the deficit a a result of direct spending increases and tax cuts).
action_date: 2004-05-05
text: Mr. Moore moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H2585-2593, H2598-2599)
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Conference held.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Conference committee actions: Conference held.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-03-31
text: Senate disagreed to House amendment, agreed to request for conference, and appointed conferees. Nickles; Domenici; Grassley; Gregg; Conrad; Hollings; Sarbanes. (consideration: CR S3393-3407; text as Senate disagreed to House amendment: CR S3393-3397)
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: The Speaker appointed conferees for consideration of the Senate concurrent resolution and the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Nussle, Portman, and Spratt.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 209 (Roll no. 97).
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: The previous question was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Thompson of California motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to agree to the pay-as-you-go enforcement provisions within the scope of the conference regarding direct spending increases and tax cuts in the House and Senate. In complying with this instruction, such managers shall be instructed to recede to the Senate on the provisions contained in section 408 of the Senate concurrent resolution (relating to pay-as-you-go point of order regarding all legislation increasing the deficit as a result of spending increases and tax cuts).
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Mr. Thompson (CA) moved that the House instruct conferees.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: On motion that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-03-30
text: Mr. Nussle asked unanimous consent that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H1602-1611)
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H1602-1611)
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: The House struck all after the enacting clause and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of a similar measure H. Con. Res. 393. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H1602-1611)
action_date: 2004-03-29
text: Mr. Nussle asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2004-03-16
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2004-03-16
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2004-03-16
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. Record Vote Number: 58. (text as passed Senate: CR 3/24/2004 S3101-3110)
action_date: 2004-03-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. Record Vote Number: 58.(text as passed Senate: CR 3/24/2004 S3101-3110)
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2591-2641, S2643-2650, CR 3/12/2004 S2651-2699)
action_date: 2004-03-10
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2465-2537)
action_date: 2004-03-09
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2377-2403, S2404-2430)
action_date: 2004-03-08
text: Measure laid before Senate. (consideration: CR S2256-2294, S2375)
action_date: 2004-03-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
action_date: 2004-03-05
text: Committee on the Budget. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Nickles under authority of the order of the Senate of 03/04/2004. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-03-05
text: Committee on the Budget. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Nickles under authority of the order of the Senate of 03/04/2004. Without written report.
action_date: 2004-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
action_date: 2004-03-04
text: Committee on the Budget ordered to be reported an original measure.