Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013.

Bill: 110-hconres-312
Sponsor: Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5]
Introduced: 2008-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Affordable housing
Afghanistan
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Congress
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Transportation and Public Works
Unemployment insurance
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Veterans' disability compensation
Veterans' employment
Veterans' medical care
War casualties
Waste in government spending
Water Resources Development
World War II

Summary:
action_date: 2008-03-07
text: 
Revises and replaces the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2008.
 
 Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2009, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2010-FY2013.
 
Recommends budgetary levels and amounts for FY2008-FY2013 for: (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 FY2008-FY2013. 
 
Sets forth reconciliation instructions for the Committee on Ways and Means.
 
Authorizes certain deficit-neutral reserve funds for: (1) the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); (2) veterans and servicemembers; (3) educational benefits for servicemembers, veterans, and their families; (4) infrastructure investment; (5) renewable energy and energy efficiency; (6) middle-income tax relief and economic equity; (7) alternative minimum tax revision; (8) higher education; (9) affordable housing; (10) Medicare improvements; (11) health care quality, effectiveness, and efficiency; (12) Medicaid and other programs; (13) trade adjustment assistance and unemployment insurance modernization; (14) county payments legislation; (15) San Joaquin River restoration and Navajo Nation Water Rights settlement; (16) the National Park Centennial Fund; and (17) child support enforcement.
 
Provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits, budgetary authority, and outlays for: (1) continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) redeterminations by the Social Security Administration (SSA); (2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax compliance; (3) the health care fraud and abuse control program; and (4) unemployment insurance program integrity activities.
 
Prohibits House legislation that would require advance appropriations, except certain FY2010 or FY2011 programs, projects, activities, or accounts.
 
States that new budget authority and outlays resulting from adoption of legislation making appropriations for FY2008-FY2009 for overseas deployments and related activities, or emergency appropriations for nondefense discretionary spending, shall not count for certain purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA).
 
Declares the policy of this resolution on: (1) middle-income tax relief; and (2) defense priorities.
 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives on: (1) the Innovation Agenda and America Competes Act; (2) servicemembers' and veterans' health care and other priorities; (3) homeland security; (4) long-term fiscal revision; (5) waste, fraud, and abuse; (6) extension of the statutory PAYGO rule; (7) long-term budgeting; (8) the need to maintain and build upon efforts to fight hunger; (9) affordable health coverage; (10) pay parity; (11) subprime lending and foreclosures; and (12) the importance of child support enforcement.

action_date: 2008-03-07
text: 

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

 
Revises and replaces the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2008.
 
 Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2009, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2010-FY2013.
 

Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts
 - (Sec. 101) Recommends budgetary levels and amounts for FY2008-FY2013 for: (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 FY2008-FY2013. 
 

Title II: Reconciliation
 - (Sec. 201) Sets forth reconciliation instructions for the House Committee on Ways and Means.
 

Title III: Reserve Funds
 - (Sec. 301) Creates certain deficit-neutral reserve funds, subject to specified conditions, for legislation concerning: (1) the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); (2) veterans and servicemembers; (3) educational benefits for servicemembers, veterans, and their families; (4) infrastructure investment; (5) renewable energy and energy efficiency; (6) middle-income tax relief and economic equity; (7) alternative minimum tax revision; (8) higher education; (9) affordable housing; (10) Medicare improvements; (11) health care quality, effectiveness, and efficiency; (12) Medicaid and other programs; (13) trade adjustment assistance (TAA) and unemployment insurance modernization; (14) county payments legislation; (15) San Joaquin River restoration and Navajo Nation Water Rights settlement; (16) the National Park Centennial Fund; and (17) child support enforcement.
 

Title IV: Budget Enforcement
 - (Sec. 401) Provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allocations for: (1) continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) redeterminations by the Social Security Administration (SSA); (2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax compliance; (3) the health care fraud and abuse control program; and (4) unemployment insurance improper payments reviews.
 
(Sec. 402) Requires all House committees to: (1) review programs within their jurisdiction to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in program spending, giving particular scrutiny to issues raised by Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports; and (2) recommend, based on these oversight efforts and committee performance reviews, improved governmental performance in annual views and estimates reports to the House Committee on the Budget.
 
 
(Sec. 403) Prohibits House legislation that would require advance appropriations, except certain FY2010 or FY2011 programs, projects, activities, or accounts.
 
(Sec. 404) States that new budget authority and outlays resulting from adoption of legislation making appropriations for FY2008-FY2009 for overseas deployments and related activities, or emergency appropriations for nondefense discretionary spending, shall not count for certain purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA).
 
(Sec. 405) Requires in the House the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any budget resolution to include in its allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the SSA and of the Postal Service.
 

Title V: Policy
 - (Sec. 501) Declares the policy of this resolution on: (1) middle-income tax relief; and (2) defense priorities.
 

Title VI: Sense of the House
 - (Sec. 601) Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives on: (1) the Innovation Agenda and America Competes Act; (2) servicemembers' and veterans' health care and other priorities; (3) homeland security; (4) long-term fiscal revision; (5) waste, fraud, and abuse; (6) extension of the statutory PAYGO rule; (7) long-term budgeting; (8) the need to maintain and build upon efforts to fight hunger; (9) affordable health coverage; (10) pay parity; (11) subprime lending and foreclosures; and (12) the importance of child support enforcement.

action_date: 2008-03-13
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

 
Revises and replaces the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2008.
 
 Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2009, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2010-FY2013.
 

Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts
 - (Sec. 101) Recommends budgetary levels and amounts for FY2008-FY2013 for: (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 FY2008-FY2013. 
 

Title II: Reconciliation
 - (Sec. 201) Sets forth reconciliation instructions for the House Committee on Ways and Means.
 

Title III: Reserve Funds
 - (Sec. 301) Creates certain deficit-neutral reserve funds, subject to specified conditions, for legislation concerning: (1) the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); (2) veterans and servicemembers; (3) educational benefits for servicemembers, veterans, and their families; (4) infrastructure investment; (5) renewable energy and energy efficiency; (6) middle-income tax relief and economic equity; (7) alternative minimum tax revision; (8) higher education; (9) affordable housing; (10) Medicare improvements; (11) health care quality, effectiveness, and efficiency; (12) Medicaid and other programs; (13) trade adjustment assistance (TAA) and unemployment insurance modernization; (14) county payments legislation; (15) San Joaquin River restoration and Navajo Nation Water Rights settlement; (16) the National Park Centennial Fund; and (17) child support enforcement.
 

Title IV: Budget Enforcement
 - (Sec. 401) Provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allocations for: (1) continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) redeterminations by the Social Security Administration (SSA); (2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax compliance; (3) the health care fraud and abuse control program; and (4) unemployment insurance improper payments reviews.
 
(Sec. 402) Requires all House committees to: (1) review programs within their jurisdiction to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in program spending, giving particular scrutiny to issues raised by Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports; and (2) recommend, based on these oversight efforts and committee performance reviews, improved governmental performance in annual views and estimates reports to the House Committee on the Budget.
 
 
(Sec. 403) Prohibits House legislation that would require advance appropriations, except certain FY2010 or FY2011 programs, projects, activities, or accounts.
 
(Sec. 404) States that new budget authority and outlays resulting from adoption of legislation making appropriations for FY2008-FY2009 for overseas deployments and related activities, or emergency appropriations for nondefense discretionary spending, shall not count for certain purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA).
 
(Sec. 405) Requires in the House the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any budget resolution to include in its allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the SSA and of the Postal Service.
 

Title V: Policy
 - (Sec. 501) Declares the policy of this resolution on: (1) middle-income tax relief; and (2) defense priorities.
 

Title VI: Sense of the House
 - (Sec. 601) Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives on: (1) the Innovation Agenda and America Competes Act; (2) servicemembers' and veterans' health care and other priorities; (3) homeland security; (4) long-term fiscal revision; (5) waste, fraud, and abuse; (6) extension of the statutory PAYGO rule; (7) long-term budgeting; (8) the need to maintain and build upon efforts to fight hunger; (9) affordable health coverage; (10) pay parity; (11) subprime lending and foreclosures; and (12) the importance of child support enforcement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1190, H. Con. Res. 312 is laid on the table.
action_date: 2008-05-14
text: Rule H. Res. 1190 passed House.
action_date: 2008-05-13
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1190 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. Con. Res. 70 and H. Con. Res. 312. Measure will be considered read. The rule adopts as an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text H. Con. Res. 312 as adopted by the House, adopts S. Con. Res. 70, as amended, and provides that the House insists on its amendment and requests a conference with the Senate.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 207 (Roll no. 141). (text: CR H1627-1633)
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 207 (Roll no. 141).(text: CR H1627-1633)
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H1683)
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H. Con. Res. 312.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1036, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Ryan (WI) amendment in the nature of a substitute.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Considered as unfinished business.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: On motion that the Committee rise. Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Ms. Lee moved that the Committee rise.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1036, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Lee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1036, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Kilpatrick amendment in the nature of a substitute.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2008-03-13
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1627-1659, H1661-1684)
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H. Con. Res. 312 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole resumed debate on H. Con. Res. 312.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1580-1597)
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H. Con. Res. 312 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: The Committee of the Whole resumed debate on H. Con. Res. 312.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1575-1580)
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H. Con. Res. 312 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: GENERAL DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1036, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 4 hours of general debate on H. Con. Res. 312.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Ellen O. Tauscher to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 1036 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Rule provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 312 with 4 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1036. (consideration: CR H1561-1573)
action_date: 2008-03-12
text: Rule H. Res. 1036 passed House.
action_date: 2008-03-11
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1036 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 312 with 4 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
action_date: 2008-03-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 331.
action_date: 2008-03-07
text: The House Committee on The Budget reported an original measure, H. Rept. 110-543, by Mr. Spratt.
action_date: 2008-03-07
text: The House Committee on The Budget reported an original measure, H. Rept. 110-543, by Mr. Spratt.
action_date: 2008-03-07
text: Introduced in House