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Bill 114-HR-164 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Ensuring the Full Faith and Credit of the United States and Protecting America's Soldiers and Seniors Act

 Requires the following to take equal priority over all other federally incurred obligations in the event that the public debt reaches the statutory limit: (1) the authority of the Department of the Treasury to pay with legal tender the principal and interest on debt held by the public; (2) the authority of the Commissioner of Social Security to pay monthly Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security Act; and (3) the payment of pay and allowances for members of the Armed Forces on active duty.
Bill 114-HR-165 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Transparency on Prioritizing Spending Act 

This bill requires the President to submit a report to Congress detailing the priority of paying obligations of the federal government in the event that the statutory debt limit is reached. The report must be submitted no later than 30 days after enactment of this Act.
Bill 114-HR-187 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Congress

No Budget, No Pay Act

Prohibits the payment of any pay to any Member of Congress (excluding the Vice President): (1) if both houses of Congress have not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year before October 1 of that fiscal year and have not passed all the regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year by such date, or (2) until both houses of Congress approve such a budget resolution and pass all such appropriations bills. Prohibits any retroactive pay for such a period.
Bill 114-HR-215 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Defending Veterans from Sequestration Act of 2015

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt administrative expenses of the Department of Veterans Affairs from any presidential sequestration order issued under that Act.
Bill 114-HR-282 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Long-Term Studies of Comprehensive Outcomes and Returns for the Economy Act (Long-Term SCORE Act) 

This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to prepare long-term cost estimates for legislation reported by congressional committees. It also establishes a long-term budget scoring division within CBO. The bill requires the long-term estimates to cover at least each of the next four ten-year periods. CBO currently provides cost estimates over a 5- or10-year period.
Bill 114-HR-660 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

This bill permits the President to delay the submission of the budget for a fiscal year if appropriations or continuing appropriations for any of the annual bills have only been provided for part of the current fiscal year. The President is permitted to delay the submission of the budget beyond the existing first Monday in February deadline until all full-year appropriations for the current fiscal year have been enacted.
Bill 114-HR-692 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

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

Default Prevention Act 

(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to continue to borrow to pay the principal and interest on certain obligations if the debt of the United States exceeds the statutory limit.

 If the debt limit is exceeded, Treasury is required to issue obligations solely for the payment of the principal and interest on debt held by the public or the Social Security trust funds. The bill prohibits Treasury from using obligations issued under this bill to compensate Members of Congress.

If Treasury exercises authority provided by this bill, a report must be submitted to Congress including an accounting of: (1) the principal on mature obligations and interest that is due or accrued, and (2) obligations issued under this bill.
Bill 114-HR-782 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Cancel the Sequester Act of 2015 

This bill repeals provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 that authorize sequestration to enforce specified deficit reduction goals. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.
Bill 114-HR-948 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Balanced Budget Accountability Act

 Requires each house of Congress to adopt a concurrent budget resolution for a fiscal year which provides that, for each fiscal year for which a budget is provided under the resolution (beginning by FY2025), total outlays do not exceed total receipts and are not more than 18% of the gross domestic product for such fiscal year.

Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), upon the adoption by a chamber of a concurrent budget resolution for a fiscal year, to transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President pro Tempore of the Senate (as the case may be) a certification as to whether or not that chamber has met the requirements of this Act with respect to the resolution.

Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each chamber to deposit in an escrow account all mandatory payments for compensation of Members of Congress serving in that chamber if CBO does not certify that it has adopted a concurrent budget resolution for FY2016 before April 16, 2015.

Requires deposits to begin on such date and to be released to appropriate Members on the earlier of:

 the day on which CBO certifies that the chamber has met the requirements of this Act with respect to FY2016, or the last day of the 114th Congress. Sets forth the same requirements for FY2017 if CBO does not certify that a chamber has adopted a concurrent budget resolution for FY2017 before April 16, 2016.

Requires legislation in the House and Senate that increases revenue to be agreed upon only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of that chamber.
Bill 114-HR-1024 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Government operations and politics

DHS Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

This bill requires federal employees furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations when funding for the Department of Homeland Security expires under current law on February 27, 2015, to be compensated after the lapse in appropriations ends.
Bill 114-HR-1032 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Congress

No Homeland Security, No Pay Act

Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each house of Congress to withhold a portion of the pay of a Member of Congress during a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) equal to the product of one day's worth of pay under the annual rate and the number of 24-hour periods during which the DHS shutdown is in effect.

Requires any amount of pay of a Member of Congress in the 114th Congress that is withheld due to a DHS shutdown to be held in escrow until the last day of the 114th Congress and released for payment to Members at that time.
Bill 114-HR-1048 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Finance and financial sector

Makes any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) inapplicable to funding of the standard setting body designated by the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish accounting principles "generally accepted" for securities laws.
Bill 114-HR-1049 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Finance and financial sector

Makes any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) inapplicable to funding of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
Bill 114-HR-1050 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Finance and financial sector

Makes any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) inapplicable to funding of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
Bill 114-HR-1078 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Health

Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2015 

This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt certain Food and Drug Administration user fees from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.
Bill 114-HR-1122 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Strengthening Homeland Security, Intelligence, and Essential Law Enforcement Departments Act of 2015 or the SHIELD Act of 2015

 Requires, in the event that the U.S. public debt limit is reached, priority payment of the pay and allowances of: (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserves, who perform active service; and (2) critical law enforcement officers employed by federal agencies.

Requires the Department of the Treasury, during a period of lapsed appropriations for the Armed Forces or federal agencies employing critical law enforcement officers, to make available necessary amounts to continue such pay and allowances.
Bill 114-HR-1235 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

This bill suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 30 days later. The debt limit, often referred to as the debt ceiling, is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public and to other federal agencies. Under current law, the debt limit is suspended through March 15, 2015.
Bill 114-HR-1236 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

This bill suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 60 days later. The debt limit, often referred to as the debt ceiling, is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public and to other federal agencies. Under current law, the debt limit is suspended through March 15, 2015.
Bill 114-HR-1237 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

This bill suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 90 days later. The debt limit, often referred to as the debt ceiling, is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public and to other federal agencies. Under current law, the debt limit is suspended through March 15, 2015.
Bill 114-HR-1238 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

This bill suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 120 days later. The debt limit, often referred to as the debt ceiling, is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public and to other federal agencies. Under current law, the debt limit is suspended through March 15, 2015.
Bill 114-HR-1239 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

This bill suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 150 days later. The debt limit, often referred to as the debt ceiling, is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public and to other federal agencies. Under current law, the debt limit is suspended through March 15, 2015.
Bill 114-HR-1240 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

This bill suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 180 days later. The debt limit, often referred to as the debt ceiling, is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public and to other federal agencies. Under current law, the debt limit is suspended through March 15, 2015.
Bill 114-HR-1241 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

This bill suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 210 days later. The debt limit, often referred to as the debt ceiling, is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public and to other federal agencies. Under current law, the debt limit is suspended through March 15, 2015.
Bill 114-HR-1242 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

This bill suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 240 days later. The debt limit, often referred to as the debt ceiling, is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public and to other federal agencies. Under current law, the debt limit is suspended through March 15, 2015.
Bill 114-HR-1243 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

This bill suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 270 days later. The debt limit, often referred to as the debt ceiling, is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public and to other federal agencies. Under current law, the debt limit is suspended through March 15, 2015.
Bill 114-HR-1244 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

This bill suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 300 days later. The debt limit, often referred to as the debt ceiling, is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public and to other federal agencies. Under current law, the debt limit is suspended through March 15, 2015.
Bill 114-HR-1245 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

This bill suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 330 days later. The debt limit, often referred to as the debt ceiling, is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public and to other federal agencies. Under current law, the debt limit is suspended through March 15, 2015.
Bill 114-HR-1246 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Fiscal Sanity Act for the National Debt

This bill suspends the public debt limit for the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending 365 days later. The debt limit, often referred to as the debt ceiling, is the maximum amount of debt that the Department of the Treasury can issue to the public and to other federal agencies. Under current law, the debt limit is suspended through March 15, 2015.
Bill 114-HR-1315 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

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

Requires the President's annual buget submission to Congress to provide an estimate of the pro rata cost to individuals who file an income tax return of any projected deficit for the fiscal year.
Bill 114-HR-1325 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Grant Return for Deficit Reduction Act 

This bill permits states and localities to return unused federal grant funds to the general fund of the Treasury for the purpose of deficit reduction. The Office of Management and Budget is required to submit to Congress a report detailing funds returned under this bill.
Bill 114-HR-1416 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Health

Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2015

This bill requires any new presidential sequestration order for FY2016-FY2017 to declare that no reduction shall be made with respect to payments for physician-administered drugs and biologicals under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to the extent that such payments are made based on their average sales price.

The Government Accountability Office must examine the shift of cancer care from physician-run community cancer clinics to hospitals and its consequences to costs to the federal government and to Medicare beneficiaries for cancer care under the Medicare program.
Bill 114-HR-1456 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2015

This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Congressional Budget Impoundment and Control Act of 1974, and the Rules of the House of Representatives to change the process for the President's budget submission, congressional budget resolutions, appropriations bills, and government strategic and performance plans from the current annual process to a biennial process, in which a biennium is the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year.

The Congressional Budget Office must submit to Congress a quarterly analysis comparing revenues, spending, and the deficit or surplus for the current fiscal year to assumptions included in the congressional budget resolution.

The House Budget Committee must use the second session of each Congress to study issues with long-term budgetary and economic implications.

The bill creates a point of order in the House and Senate against authorizations of appropriations that do not include specific authorizations covering at least each fiscal year in one or more bienniums.

The Office of Management and Budget must report to Congress on the impact and feasibility of changing the definition of a fiscal year and the budget process based on that definition to a two-year fiscal period.

The bill requires the biennial process to take effect beginning with the FY2020 budget process and sets forth procedures and requirements for a transition period during the 115th Congress.
Bill 114-HR-1497 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to notify Congress when the debt of the U.S. government has reached the statutory limit and if Treasury has begun using reduction measures to avoid default. Treasury must also specify which reduction measures are currently being used.

Reduction measures include the issuance of debt by the Federal Financing Bank to exchange debt that is subject to the limit; suspending investments in the Government Securities Investment Fund of the Thrift Savings Fund; suspending investments in the Exchange Stabilization Fund; suspending, redeeming, or selling investments in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund or the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund; and other measures Treasury determines to be appropriate.

For each day the debt is at the statutory limit, Treasury must publicly disclose reduction measures currently being used, the amounts that have been used and remain available for each measure, and the date on which Treasury estimates that all measures will be exhausted and the government will begin defaulting.
Bill 114-HR-1610 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2015

 This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Congressional Budget Impoundment and Control Act of 1974, and the Rules of the House of Representatives to change the process for the President's budget submission, congressional budget resolutions, appropriations bills, and government strategic and performance plans from the current annual process to a biennial process, in which a biennium is the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year.

The House Budget Committee must use the second session of each Congress to study issues with long-term budgetary and economic implications.

The bill creates a point of order in the House and Senate against authorizations of appropriations that do not include specific authorizations covering at least each fiscal year in one or more bienniums.
Bill 114-HR-1776 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Shut Down the Shutdowns Act or the Don't Interrupt America Act 

This bill prevents a government shutdown by automatically providing continuing appropriations to a federal agency if an appropriation expires prior to passage of a new appropriations measure funding the agency. If the prior appropriation expires before new appropriations are provided, the bill appropriates funds to the agency at the rate of the previous appropriation and under the same terms and conditions.
Bill 114-HR-2185 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Economics and public finance

Debt Limit Control and Accountability Act of 2015 

This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from using extraordinary measures either to prevent the United States from reaching the statutory debt limit or once the debt limit has been reached.

Under the bill, extraordinary measures are: suspending investments of the Thrift Savings Plan G Fund or the Exchange Stabilization Fund; suspending the issuance of new securities to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund; redeeming early securities held by the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund; suspending the issuance of new State and Local Government Series securities and savings bonds; replacing Treasury securities subject to the debt limit with debt issued by the Federal Financing Bank; or any other extraordinary actions taken by Treasury to avoid defaulting on the obligations of the United States.

The bill also repeals statutory provisions that established procedures for presidential modification of the debt ceiling.
Bill 114-HR-2272 — Macroeconomics / National Budget
Subject: Armed forces and national security

Intelligence Budget Transparency Act of 2015 

This bill requires the President's annual budget to include the total amount proposed for intelligence or intelligence related activities of each element of the government engaged in these activities in the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted. The budget must also include the estimated appropriation required for these activities for each of the next four fiscal years.