		I
		112th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 3580
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			December 7, 2011
			Mr. Mulvaney (for
			 himself, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin,
			 Mr. Hensarling,
			 Mr. Rokita,
			 Mr. Stutzman,
			 Mr. Chaffetz, and
			 Mr. Lankford) introduced the following
			 bill; which was referred to the Committee
			 on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on
			 Rules,
			 Agriculture,
			 Ways and Means,
			 Energy and Commerce, and
			 Education and the
			 Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
			 Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
			 jurisdiction of the committee concerned

		A BILL
		To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
		  Control Act of 1985 to provide for long-term budgeting, and for other
		  purposes.

		1.Short title; table of
			 contents
			(a)Short
			 titleThis Act may be cited
			 as the Balancing Our Obligations for
			 the Long-Term Act of 2011.
			(b)Table of
			 contents

					Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
					Sec. 2. Long-term direct spending limits.
					Sec. 3. Total spending limits.
					Sec. 4. Reports and orders.
					Sec. 5. Exempt programs and activities; special sequestration
				rules.
					Sec. 6. Long-term baseline projections.
					Sec. 7. Five-year fiscal sustainability review.
					Sec. 8. Concurrent resolutions on the budget to include
				long-term budgeting.
					Sec. 9. Long-term reconciliation.
					Sec. 10. Long-term spending increase point of
				order.
					Sec. 11. CBO and OMB projections.
					Sec. 12. Long-term analysis by Congressional Budget Office of
				legislation.
					Sec. 13. Long-term budgeting reflected in President’s budget
				submissions.
					Sec. 14. GAO and OMB statements of the Federal Government’s
				financial condition.
					Sec. 15. Medicare trigger.

			2.Long-term direct
			 spending limits
			(a)Control of
			 direct spendingSection 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
			 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:

					252.Direct spending
				limits
						(a)Direct spending
				limitsThe total level of direct spending as a percentage of
				current gross domestic product of the United States for each fiscal year set
				forth below is as follows:
							(1)For fiscal year 2030—
								(A)for Medicare, 4.3 percent;
								(B)for Medicaid and other health-related
				spending, 1.5 percent; and
								(C)for all other direct spending, 1.0
				percent.
								(2)For fiscal year 2040—
								(A)for Medicare, 5.0 percent;
								(B)for Medicaid and other health-related
				spending, 1.3 percent; and
								(C)for all other direct spending, 1.2
				percent.
								(3)For fiscal year 2050—
								(A)for Medicare, 4.8 percent;
								(B)for Medicaid and other health-related
				spending, 1.0 percent; and
								(C)for all other direct spending, 0.8
				percent.
								(b)Sequestration(1)Within 15 calendar days
				after Congress adjourns to end a session and on the same day as a sequestration
				under section 252A, but after any sequestration required by that section, there
				shall be a sequestration to eliminate any direct spending in excess of the
				direct spending limits set forth in subsection (a) for the budget year.
							(2)The amount required to be sequestered in a
				fiscal year under paragraph (1)—
								(A)for Medicare spending shall be obtained
				from non-exempt direct spending accounts for Medicare;
								(B)for Medicaid and other health-related
				spending shall be obtained from non-exempt direct spending accounts for
				Medicaid and other health-related spending; and
								(C)for all other direct spending shall be
				obtained from non-exempt direct spending accounts.
								(3)Each account referred to in
				subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) shall be reduced by the uniform
				percentage necessary to reduce any excess direct spending in accounts in that
				subparagraph to the applicable level set forth in subsection (a) for the budget
				year.
							(c)Scorekeeping
				guidelinesOMB and CBO, after consultation with each other and
				the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate,
				shall—
							(1)determine common
				scorekeeping guidelines; and
							(2)in conformance
				with such guidelines, prepare estimates under this
				section
							.
			(b)DefinitionsSection
			 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is
			 amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

					(22)The term Medicare means
				programs within budget function 570.
					(23)The term Medicaid and other
				health-related spending means programs within budget function
				550.
					(24)The term other direct spending
				means direct spending programs other than those within budget functions 550 and
				570, excluding Social Security and net
				interest.
					.
			(c)Conforming
			 amendmentThe item relating to section 252 in the table of
			 contents set forth in 250(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
			 Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:

						Sec. 252. Direct spending
				limits.

					.
			3.Total spending
			 limits
			(a)Total spending
			 limitsThe Balanced Budget
			 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding after section
			 252 the following new section:

					252A.Total spending
				limits
						(a)Sequestration(1)Within 15 calendar days after Congress
				adjourns to end a session and on the same day as a spending reduction ordered
				under section 252, but after any spending reduction required by that section,
				there shall be a sequestration of all non-exempt direct spending accounts and
				discretionary accounts to eliminate any total spending in excess of the total
				spending limits set forth in subsection (c) for the budget year.
							(2)Each account referred to in paragraph
				(1) shall be reduced by the uniform percentage necessary to reduce total
				spending to the applicable level set forth in subsection (c) for the budget
				year.
							(b)Total spending
				limits
							(1)fiscal year 2030: 20 percent;
							(2)fiscal year 2040: 20 percent; and
							(3)fiscal year 2050: 20 percent;
							of the current projected gross
				domestic product of the United States for the budget
				year..
			(b)DefinitionsSection 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and
			 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as amended by section 2) is further
			 amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

					(25)The term
				total spending means all outlays of the Government, including
				those from off-budget entities and budget authority and outlays flowing
				therefrom.
					.
			(c)Conforming
			 amendmentThe table of contents set forth in 250(a) of the
			 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by
			 inserting after the item relating to section 252 the following new item:

						Sec. 252A. Total spending
				limits.

					.
			4.Reports and
			 ordersSection 254 of the
			 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—
			(1)in subsection (c),
			 by repealing paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:

					(1)Reporting
				requirementOn the dates
				specified in subsection (a), OMB and CBO shall issue a preview report regarding
				discretionary, direct, total, and deficit sequestration based on laws enacted
				through those
				dates.
					;
			(2)in subsection (c),
			 by repealing paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraph:

					(3)Direct spending
				sequestration reportsThe
				preview report shall set forth for the budget year estimates for each of the
				following:
						(A)The amount of any
				excess direct spending for Medicare, for Medicaid and other health-related
				spending, and for all other direct spending.
						(B)The sequestration
				percentage or percentages necessary to reduce direct spending in accounts for
				Medicare, for Medicaid and other health-related spending, and for all other
				direct spending, as applicable.
						(C)For a budget year,
				the current projected gross domestic product of the United States for that
				year.
						;
			(3)in subsection (c),
			 by repealing paragraph (4), by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6),
			 and by inserting the following new paragraphs:

					(4)Total spending
				sequestration reportsThe
				preview report shall set forth for the budget years 2030, 2040, and 2050
				estimates for each of the following:
						(A)The amount of any
				excess total spending.
						(B)The sequestration
				percentage necessary to eliminate any excess total spending.
						(5)Deficit
				sequestration reportsThe preview report shall set forth for the
				budget year estimates for each of the following:
						(A)The amount of the
				current gross domestic product of the United States.
						(B)The estimated
				deficit.
						(C)The amount by
				which the estimated deficit exceeds the deficit limit.
						(D)The sequestration
				percentage necessary to achieve the required reduction in spending to comply
				with the applicable deficit limit set forth in section
				253(c).
						;
			(4)in subsection
			 (f)(3), by amending the side heading and the first sentence to read as follows:
			 Direct, total, and deficit
			 sequestration reports.—The final report shall contain all the
			 information required in the direct, total, and deficit sequestration preview
			 reports.;
			(5)in subsection (f),
			 by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:

					(4)Explanation of
				differencesThe OMB report
				shall explain any material differences between OMB and CBO estimates in any
				comparable reports.
					;
				and
			(6)in subsection (g),
			 by striking (f)(4) and inserting (f)(5).
			5.Exempt programs
			 and activities; special sequestration rulesSections 255 and 256 of the Balanced Budget
			 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are amended to read as
			 follows:

				255.Exempt programs
				and activities
					(a)Exempt programs
				and activitiesThe following
				shall be exempt from reduction under any order issued under this part:
						(1)Payments for net
				interest.
						(2)Benefits payable
				under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program established
				under title II of the Social Security Act.
						(3)Compensation,
				pensions, and benefits provided to veterans defined as direct spending payable
				by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
						(4)Obligated balances
				of budget authority carried over from prior fiscal years.
						(5)Any obligations of
				the Federal Government required to be paid under the United States Constitution
				or legally contractual obligations.
						(6)Claims, Judgments,
				and Relief Acts (20–1895–0–1–808).
						(7)Intragovernmental
				transfers.
						(b)Optional
				Exemption of Military Personnel
						(1)In
				generalThe President may, with respect to any military personnel
				account, exempt that account from sequestration or provide for a lower uniform
				percentage reduction than would otherwise apply.
						(2)LimitationThe
				President may not use the authority provided by paragraph (1) unless the
				President notifies the Congress of the manner in which such authority will be
				exercised on or before the date specified in section 254(a) for the budget
				year.
						256.General and
				special sequestration rules
					(a)Limitations(1)No direct spending
				program that OMB estimates for the budget year is growing at a rate that
				exceeds the estimated rate of growth of the consumer price index for that year
				shall be subject to a spending reduction of more than four percent of its
				budgetary resources.
						(2)No direct spending program that OMB
				estimates for the budget year is growing at a rate that is equal to or less
				than the consumer price index for that year shall be subject to a spending
				reduction.
						(b)Student
				loansFor all student loans under part B or D of title IV of the
				Higher Education Act of 1965 made during the period when a sequestration order
				under section 254 is in effect as required by section 252, 252A, or 253,
				origination fees under sections 438(c)(2) and (6) and 455(c) and loan
				processing and issuance fees under section 428(f)(1)(A)(ii) of that Act shall
				each be increased by the uniform percentage specified in that sequestration
				order, and, for student loans originated during the period of the sequestration
				accruing during the period of the sequestration shall be reduced by the uniform
				percentage specified in that sequestration order.
					(c)Special rules
				for Medicare program
						(1)Calculation of
				reduction in payment amountsTo achieve the total percentage
				reduction in those programs required by section 252, 252A, or 253, subject to
				paragraph (2), and notwithstanding section 710 of the Social Security Act, OMB
				shall determine, and the applicable Presidential order under section 254 shall
				implement, the percentage reduction that shall apply, with respect to the
				health insurance programs under title XVIII of the Social Security Act—
							(A)in the case of
				parts A and B of such title, to individual payments for services furnished
				during the one-year period beginning on the first day of the first month
				beginning after the date the order is issued (or, if later, the date specified
				in paragraph (4)); and
							(B)in the case of
				parts C and D, to monthly payments under contracts under such parts for the
				same one-year period;
							such that
				the reduction made in payments under that order shall achieve the required
				total percentage reduction in those payments for that period.(2)Uniform
				reduction rate; maximum permissible reductionReductions in
				payments for programs and activities under such title XVIII pursuant to a
				sequestration order under section 254 shall be at a uniform rate across all
				such programs and activities subject to such order.
						(3)Timing of
				application of reductions
							(A)In
				generalExcept as provided in subparagraph (B), if a reduction is
				made under paragraph (1) in payment amounts pursuant to a sequestration order,
				the reduction shall be applied to payment for services furnished during the
				effective period of the order. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the
				case of inpatient services furnished for an individual, the services shall be
				considered to be furnished on the date of the individual's discharge from the
				inpatient facility.
							(B)Payment on the
				basis of cost reporting periodsIn the case in which payment for
				services of a provider of services is made under title XVIII of the Social
				Security Act on a basis relating to the reasonable cost incurred for the
				services during a cost reporting period of the provider, if a reduction is made
				under paragraph (1) in payment amounts pursuant to a sequestration order, the
				reduction shall be applied to payment for costs for such services incurred at
				any time during each cost reporting period of the provider any part of which
				occurs during the effective period of the order, but only (for each such cost
				reporting period) in the same proportion as the fraction of the cost reporting
				period that occurs during the effective period of the order.
							(4)Timing of
				subsequent sequestration orderA sequestration order required by
				section 252, 252A, or 253 with respect to programs under such title XVIII shall
				not take effect until the first month beginning after the end of the effective
				period of any prior sequestration order with respect to such programs, as
				determined in accordance with paragraph (1).
						(5)No increase in
				beneficiary charges in assignment-related casesIf a reduction in
				payment amounts is made under paragraph (1) for services for which payment
				under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act is made on the basis of
				an assignment described in section 1842(b)(3)(B)(ii), in accordance with
				section 1842(b)(6)(B), or under the procedure described in section 1870(f)(1),
				of such Act, the person furnishing the services shall be considered to have
				accepted payment of the reasonable charge for the services, less any reduction
				in payment amount made pursuant to a sequestration order, as payment in
				full.
						(6)Sequestration
				disregarded in computing payment amountsThe Secretary of Health
				and Human Services shall not take into account any reductions in payment
				amounts which have been or may be effected under this part, for purposes of
				computing any adjustments to payment rates under such title XVIII, specifically
				including—
							(A)the part C growth
				percentage under section 1853(c)(6);
							(B)the part D annual
				growth rate under section 1860D–2(b)(6); and
							(C)application of
				risk corridors to part D payment rates under section 1860D–15(e).
							(d)Effects of
				sequestrationThe effects of sequestration shall be as
				follows:
						(1)Budgetary
				resources sequestered from any account shall be permanently cancelled, except
				as provided in paragraph (6).
						(2)Except as
				otherwise provided, the same percentage sequestration shall apply to all
				programs, projects, and activities within a budget account (with programs,
				projects, and activities as delineated in the appropriation Act or accompanying
				report for the relevant fiscal year covering that account, or for accounts not
				included in appropriation Acts, as delineated in the most recently submitted
				President's budget).
						(3)Administrative
				regulations or similar actions implementing a sequestration shall be made
				within 120 days of the sequestration order. To the extent that formula
				allocations differ at different levels of budgetary resources within an
				account, program, project, or activity, the sequestration shall be interpreted
				as producing a lower total appropriation, with the remaining amount of the
				appropriation being obligated in a manner consistent with program allocation
				formulas in substantive law.
						(4)Except as
				otherwise provided, obligations in sequestered accounts shall be reduced only
				in the fiscal year in which a sequester occurs.
						(5)If an automatic
				spending increase is sequestered, the increase (in the applicable index) that
				was disregarded as a result of that sequestration shall not be taken into
				account in any subsequent fiscal year.
						(6)Budgetary
				resources sequestered in revolving, trust, and special fund accounts and
				offsetting collections sequestered in appropriation accounts shall not be
				available for obligation during the fiscal year in which the sequestration
				occurs, but shall be available in subsequent years to the extent otherwise
				provided in law.
						(e)Commodity Credit
				Corporation
						(1)Powers and
				authorities of the commodity credit corporationThis title shall
				not restrict the Commodity Credit Corporation in the discharge of its authority
				and responsibility as a corporation to buy and sell commodities in world trade,
				to use the proceeds as a revolving fund to meet other obligations and otherwise
				operate as a corporation, the purpose for which it was created.
						(2)Reduction in
				payments made under contracts(A)Loan eligibility under
				any contract entered into with a person by the Commodity Credit Corporation
				prior to the time an order has been issued under section 254 shall not be
				reduced by an order subsequently issued. Subject to subparagraph (B), after an
				order is issued under such section for a fiscal year, any cash payments for
				loans or loan deficiencies made by the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be
				subject to reduction under the order.
							(B)Each loan contract entered into with
				producers or producer cooperatives with respect to a particular crop of a
				commodity and subject to reduction under subparagraph (A) shall be reduced in
				accordance with the same terms and conditions. If some, but not all, contracts
				applicable to a crop of a commodity have been entered into prior to the
				issuance of an order under section 254, the order shall provide that the
				necessary reduction in payments under contracts applicable to the commodity be
				uniformly applied to all contracts for the next succeeding crop of the
				commodity, under the authority provided in paragraph (3).
							(3)Delayed
				reduction in outlays permissibleNotwithstanding any other
				provision of this title, if an order under section 254 is issued with respect
				to a fiscal year, any reduction under the order applicable to contracts
				described in paragraph (1) may provide for reductions in outlays for the
				account involved to occur in the fiscal year following the fiscal year to which
				the order applies.
						(4)Uniform
				percentage rate of reduction and other limitationsAll reductions
				described in paragraph (2) which are required to be made in connection with an
				order issued under section 254 with respect to a fiscal year shall be made so
				as to ensure that outlays for each program, project, activity, or account
				involved are reduced by a percentage rate that is uniform for all such
				programs, projects, activities, and accounts, and may not be made so as to
				achieve a percentage rate of reduction in any such item exceeding the rate
				specified in the order.
						(5)Dairy
				programNotwithstanding any other provision of this subsection,
				as the sole means of achieving any reduction in outlays under the milk price
				support program, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide for a reduction to
				be made in the price received by producers for all milk produced in the United
				States and marketed by producers for commercial use. That price reduction
				(measured in cents per hundred weight of milk marketed) shall occur under
				section 201(d)(2)(A) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446(d)(2)(A)),
				shall begin on the day any sequestration order is issued under section 254, and
				shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the reduction in outlays under the
				milk price support program that otherwise would have been achieved by reducing
				payments for the purchase of milk or the products of milk under this subsection
				during the applicable fiscal year.
						(6)Certain
				authority not to be limitedNothing in this joint resolution
				shall limit or reduce, in any way, any appropriation that provides the
				Commodity Credit Corporation with budget authority to cover the Corporation's
				net realized losses.
						.

		6.Long-term
			 baseline projectionsSection
			 257(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is
			 amended—
			(1)by inserting
			 (1) Baseline for the
			 budget year.— before For any budget
			 year and by moving the text 2 ems to the right; and
			(2)by inserting after
			 paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:

					(2)Long-term
				estimatesFor the three ten fiscal-year periods beginning after
				the last such outyear based on enacted law, the baseline refers to an estimate
				of current year levels of budget authority, outlays, or receipts for—
						(A)discretionary spending;
						(B)Medicare;
						(C)Medicaid and other health-related
				spending;
						(D)other direct spending;
						(E)social security;
						(F)other categories, as appropriate;
				and
						(G)net interest,
						as a
				percentage of the current gross domestic product of the United
				States..
			7.Five-year fiscal
			 sustainability review
			(a)Five-Year fiscal
			 sustainability reviewTitle
			 III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the
			 following new section:

					316.Five-year fiscal sustainability review(a)Congressional spending
				review reportBeginning for
				fiscal year 2018 and every fifth year thereafter, not later than 45 calendar
				days after the date of the transmittal of the report referred to in subsection
				308(e), the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the
				Senate shall issue, and have printed in the Congressional Record, an assessment
				of such report.
						(b)Committee
				recommendationsNot later than 30 calendar days after the date of
				the report of the review referred to in subsection (c), the committees of the
				House of Representatives and the Senate shall submit to the Committees on the
				Budget of the House of Representatives and Senate, as applicable,
				recommendations, if any, such committees deem appropriate in response to the
				Spending Review Report issued pursuant to subsection (c).
						(c)Expedited
				consideration of spending review legislation
							(1)Consideration in
				the House of Representatives
								(A)Introduction of
				spending review legislation(i)If the report referred
				to in section 308(e) indicates that the OASDI Trust Funds are not solvent, or
				that Medicare, Medicaid and other health-related spending, or other direct
				spending programs are not sustainable, or total spending exceeds the limits set
				forth in section 252 or 252A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
				Control Act of 1985 for any year within the period referred to in such report,
				then not later than 30 calendar days after the transmittal of the report
				referred to in subsection (a), if any, the majority leader and minority leader
				of the House of Representatives shall each introduce legislation to make such
				programs sustainable or solvent, as applicable.
									(ii)If spending review legislation is
				not introduced pursuant to this subparagraph—
										(I)by the majority leader, the chairman of
				the Committee on the Budget shall introduce spending review legislation;
				or
										(II)by the minority leader, the ranking
				member of the Committee on the Budget shall introduce spending review
				legislation,
										not later
				than 45 calendar days after the transmittal of the report referred to in
				subsection (a) sufficient to achieve the same spending levels.(iii)Spending review legislation shall
				be referred to the Committee on the Budget of the House of
				Representatives.
									(iv)Spending review legislation introduced
				pursuant to this section shall cause total spending to be reduced by an amount
				equal or greater than the amount of the breach of the limits set forth in
				section 252 or 252A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
				1985, and may cause the OASDI Trust Funds to achieve solvency, and may cause
				Medicare, Medicaid and other health-related spending, and other direct spending
				programs to achieve sustainability.
									(B)Referral and
				reportingThe Committee on the Budget of the House of
				Representatives shall report spending review legislation to the House of
				Representatives not later than the seventh legislative day after the date of
				introduction of the legislation referred to in subparagraph (A). If such
				committee fails to report the spending review legislation within that period or
				the House of Representatives has adopted a concurrent resolution providing for
				adjournment sine die at the end of a Congress, such committee shall be
				automatically discharged from further consideration of the spending review
				legislation and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
								(C)Proceeding to
				considerationAfter spending review legislation is reported by or
				discharged from the Committee on the Budget or the House of Representatives has
				adopted a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment sine die at the end
				of a Congress, it shall be in order to move to proceed to consider the spending
				review legislation in the House of Representatives. Such a motion shall be in
				order in the legislative schedule within two legislative days after the day on
				which the proponent announces his intention to offer the motion. Such a motion
				shall not be in order after the House of Representatives has disposed of a
				motion to proceed with respect to that special message. The previous question
				shall be considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption without
				intervening motion. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is
				disposed of shall not be in order.
								(D)ConsiderationThe
				spending review legislation shall be considered as read. All points of order
				against spending review legislation and against its consideration are waived.
				The previous question shall be considered as ordered on a spending review
				legislation to its passage without intervening motion except five hours of
				debate equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent and one
				motion to limit debate on the spending review legislation. A motion to
				reconsider the vote on passage of the spending review legislation shall not be
				in order.
								(E)Senate spending
				review legislationSpending review legislation received from the
				Senate shall not be referred to any committee.
								(2)Consideration in
				the Senate
								(A)Motion to
				proceed to considerationA motion to proceed to the consideration
				of spending review legislation under this subsection in the Senate shall not be
				debatable. It shall not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the
				motion to proceed is agreed to or disagreed to.
								(B)Limits on
				debateDebate in the Senate on spending review legislation under
				this subsection, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith
				(including debate pursuant to subparagraph (D)), shall not exceed 10 hours,
				equally divided and controlled in the usual form.
								(C)AppealsDebate
				in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in connection with spending
				review legislation under this subsection shall be limited to not more than 1
				hour, to be equally divided and controlled in the usual form.
								(D)Motion to limit
				debateA motion in the Senate to further limit debate on spending
				review legislation under this subsection is not debatable.
								(E)Motion to
				recommitA motion to recommit spending review legislation under
				this subsection is not in order.
								(F)Consideration of
				the House of Representatives spending review legislation(i)If the Senate has
				received the House of Representatives companion resolution to the spending
				review legislation introduced in the Senate prior to the vote required under
				paragraph (1)(C), then the Senate may consider, and the vote under paragraph
				(1)(C) may occur on, the House of Representatives companion resolution.
									(ii)If the Senate votes, pursuant to
				paragraph (1)(C), on the spending review legislation introduced in the Senate,
				then immediately following that vote, or upon receipt of the House of
				Representatives companion resolution, the House of Representatives spending
				review legislation shall be deemed to be considered, read the third time, and
				the vote on passage of the Senate resolution shall be considered to be the vote
				on the spending review legislation received from the House of
				Representatives.
									(3)JurisdictionDuring
				consideration of spending review legislation under this section, the Committees
				on the Budget of the House of Representatives and Senate shall have
				jurisdiction over such legislation for all purposes of the rules of either
				House.
							.
			(b)Conforming
			 amendmentThe table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the
			 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding
			 after the item relating to section 318 the following new item:

						Sec. 316. Five-year fiscal sustainability
				review.

					.
			8.Concurrent
			 resolutions on the budget to include long-term budgeting
			(a)Required
			 contents of concurrent resolutionSection 301(a) of the
			 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended by striking
			 paragraph (4) and inserting the following:

					(4)subtotals of new budget authority and
				outlays for nondefense discretionary spending, defense discretionary spending,
				Medicare, Medicaid and other health-related spending, other direct spending
				(excluding interest), contingencies, and net
				interest;
					.
			(b)Long-Term
			 budgetingSection 301 of the
			 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following
			 new subsection:

					(k)Long-Term
				budgetingIn addition to the
				levels required to be included in a concurrent resolution on the budget under
				subsection (a), such concurrent resolution shall set forth appropriate levels,
				as a percent of the current gross domestic product of the United States, for
				total Federal revenues, total outlays, debt held by the public, and the surplus
				or deficit in the budget for the fiscal year 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years
				after the last fiscal year of the concurrent resolution on the
				budget.
					.
			9.Long-term
			 reconciliation
			(a)Long-Term
			 reconciliationSection 310 of
			 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the
			 following new subsection:

					(h)Long-Term
				reconciliation directives in a concurrent resolution on the budget
						(1)Long-term
				reconciliation directivesIn addition to a reconciliation measure
				as set forth in subsection (a), a concurrent resolution on the budget for any
				fiscal year, to the extent necessary to effectuate the spending levels as set
				forth for such categories in section 301(a) (providing for long-term spending
				levels as a percentage of gross domestic product) of such resolution,
				may—
							(A)specify the total
				amount by which Medicare, Medicaid, the OASDI Trust Funds, and other direct
				spending outlays are to be reduced within the jurisdiction of a committee as a
				percentage of gross domestic product of such fiscal year; and
							(B)direct that
				committee to determine and recommend changes to accomplish a reduction of such
				total amount for such categories as a percentage of gross domestic
				product.
							(2) Limitation on
				amendments to long-term reconciliation legislation(A)It shall not be in order
				in the House of Representatives to consider any amendment to a reconciliation
				bill or reconciliation resolution if such amendment decreases outlay reductions
				below the level of such outlay reductions provided (for the fiscal years
				covered) in the reconciliation instructions which relate to such long-term
				reconciliation bill.
							(B)It shall not be in order in the Senate
				to consider any amendment to a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution
				if such amendment decreases outlay reductions below the level of such outlay
				reductions provided (for the fiscal years covered) in the reconciliation
				instructions which relate to such long-term reconciliation bill.
							(C)Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not
				apply if a declaration of war by the Congress is in effect.
							(D)For purposes of this section, the
				levels of outlays as a percentage of a gross domestic product for a fiscal year
				shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the
				Budget of the House of Representatives or of the Senate.
							(E)In the Senate, a motion to strike a
				provision shall always be in order.
							(3)Subject
				matterSubject matter included in a long-term reconciliation bill
				may be any of the following:
							(A)Any part of the
				Medicare Program.
							(B)Medicaid and other
				health-related spending.
							(C)The Old-Age,
				Survivors, and Disability Insurance Trust Fund to make the program
				solvent.
							(D)Other direct
				spending.
							(4)ApplicationSubsections
				(b)(1)(E) and (F) of section 313 and subsections (c), (d), and (g) of this
				section shall not apply to long-term reconciliation measures reported under
				this subsection. Reforms that are necessary for the fundamental restructuring
				of any program included in any such measure shall not be deemed to be
				extraneous for purposes of such section
				313.
						.
			(b)Conforming
			 amendmentSection 310(b) of
			 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking subsection
			 (a) and inserting subsections (a) and (h).
			10.Long-term
			 spending increase point of order
			(a)In
			 generalTitle III of the
			 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 6) is further amended
			 by adding at the end the following new section:

					317.Long-term spending increase point of
		  order(a)Congressional Budget
				Office analysis of proposalsThe Director of the Congressional Budget
				Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare for each bill and joint
				resolution reported from committee, and amendments thereto and conference
				reports thereon, an estimate of whether the measure causes, relative to current
				law, a net increase in direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of
				the four ten fiscal-year periods beginning in the first fiscal year after the
				last fiscal year covered in the most recently enacted concurrent resolution on
				the budget.
						(b)In the
				SenateIt shall not be in
				order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion,
				or conference report that causes a net increase in deficits in excess of
				$5,000,000,000 in any of the four ten fiscal-year periods beginning in the
				first fiscal year after the last fiscal year covered in the most recently
				enacted concurrent resolution on the budget.
						(c)In the House of
				RepresentativesIt shall not
				be in order in the House of Representatives to consider any bill, joint
				resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that causes a net increase
				in deficits in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the four ten fiscal-year
				periods beginning in the first fiscal year after the last fiscal year covered
				in the most recently enacted concurrent resolution on the budget.
						(d)Determinations
				of budget levelsFor purposes of this section, the levels of net
				deficit increases shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the
				chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on the Budget, as
				applicable.
						.
			(b)Conforming
			 amendmentThe table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the
			 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by
			 inserting after the item relating to section 319 the following new item:

						Sec. 317. Long-term spending increase
				point of
				order.

					.
			11.CBO and OMB
			 projections
			(a)Congressional
			 Budget OfficeSection 308 of
			 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the
			 following new subsections:

					(e)Long-Term
				projectionsEach year, the
				Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall issue a report projecting
				total spending, revenue, deficits, and debt for at least 40 years beginning
				with the first fiscal year after the last fiscal year covered in the most
				recently enacted concurrent resolution on the budget as a percentage of current
				projected gross domestic product annually based on current law and current law
				levels as modified to maintain current policy.
					(f)CBO spending
				review report issuanceAs a
				component of the report required by subsection (e), the Director of the
				Congressional Budget Office shall issue a Spending Review Report and transmit
				such report to the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and
				the Senate.
					(g)Content of
				spending review reportThe content of the Spending Review Report
				referred to in subsection (f) shall include analyses of the following:
						(1)OASDIThe solvency of the Old-Age, Survivors, and
				Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
						(2)MedicareThe
				long-range sustainability of the spending levels of Medicare.
						(3)Medicaid and
				other health-related spendingThe long-range sustainability of
				the spending levels of Medicaid and other health-related spending.
						(4)Other direct
				spendingThe long-range sustainability of spending levels of
				other direct spending.
						(5)Long-term
				sustainabilityThe long-term sustainability of total Government
				outlays, deficit, and debt.
						(6)Net
				interestProjections of net interest.
						(h)DefinitionsFor
				purposes of the development of the Spending Review Report referred to in
				subsection (f):
						(1)Solvency of the
				OASDIThe term
				solvency as used in this section means the solvency of the Old-Age
				Security and Disability Insurance Trust Funds over a 75-year period beginning
				in the year the Spending Review Report is reported and in the last year of that
				period.
						(2)SustainabilityThe term sustainability means
				that the projected growth in the Medicare program, the Medicaid program or
				other health-related spending, or any other direct spending program (other than
				the Old-Age Security and Disability Insurance Trust Funds or the Medicare or
				Medicaid program), beginning with the first fiscal year after the last fiscal
				year covered in the most recently enacted concurrent resolution on the budget,
				does not exceed the annual rate of growth of the gross domestic product of the
				United
				States.
						.
			(b)Office of
			 Management and BudgetSection
			 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by redesignating the second
			 paragraph (37) as paragraph (39) and by adding at the end the following new
			 paragraph:

					(40)long-term
				projections of total spending over 30 years (or 75 years in the case of Social
				Security) as a percentage of gross domestic product annually and the impact of
				proposed policies over that
				period.
					.
			12.Long-term
			 analysis by Congressional Budget Office of legislation
			(a)Long-Term
			 analysis by Congressional Budget Office(1)Part A of title IV of
			 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the
			 following new section:

						407.Long-term analysis by Congressional Budget Office of
		  legislation(a)AnalysisThe Director of the Congressional Budget
				Office shall, to the extent practicable, prepare—
								(1)for major
				legislation reported by any committee of the House of Representatives or the
				Senate; and
								(2)for any bill or
				resolution so requested by the chairman or ranking member of the Committee on
				the Budget or the chairman or ranking member of the committee of
				jurisdiction,
								and
				submit to such committee or to the chairman of the Committee on the Budget
				making such request an estimate of the costs which would be incurred in
				carrying out such bill or resolution for the ten fiscal-year period beginning
				with the first fiscal year after the last fiscal year covered by the most
				recently enacted concurrent resolution on the budget subject to the analysis of
				such bill or resolution by the Director under section 402, together with the
				basis for each such estimate. The estimates, comparison, and description so
				submitted shall be included in the report accompanying such bill or resolution
				if timely submitted to such committee before such report is filed.(b)DefinitionAs used in this section, the term
				major legislation means any bill or joint resolution if the gross
				spending or revenue effect of such bill or resolution for any fiscal year for
				which an estimate was made under section 402 is greater than .25 percent of the
				estimated gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States for the fiscal
				year.
							.
				(2)The table of contents set forth in
			 section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting
			 after the item relating to section 406 the following new item:

							Sec. 407. Long-term analysis by Congressional Budget Office of
				legislation.

						.
				(b)Analysis by
			 Congressional Budget OfficeParagraph (1) of section 402 of the
			 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking in each of the 4
			 fiscal years following such fiscal year and inserting in at
			 least each of the 9 fiscal years following such fiscal year.
			13.Long-term
			 budgeting reflected in President’s budget submissionsParagraphs (5), (6), and (12)(B) of section
			 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, are amended by striking 4
			 fiscal years after that year and inserting 9 fiscal years after
			 that year and the ten fiscal-year period beginning thereafter.
		14.GAO and OMB
			 statements of the Federal Government’s financial condition
			(a)Government
			 Accountability OfficeNot
			 later than 6 weeks after the President’s budget submission under section
			 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, or 6 weeks after the President submits
			 his budget review, the Government Accountability Office shall submit a report
			 on the financial condition of the Government, including the long-term unfunded
			 obligations.
			(b)Definition of
			 long-Term unfunded obligationsSection 3 of the Congressional
			 Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new
			 paragraph:

					(12)The term unfunded obligations
				means the dollar sum of the Total Net Position as displayed in the United
				States Government Balance Sheets contained within the most recently published
				Financial Report of the United States Government; plus the 75-year actuarial
				balances, using the intermediate open-group assumption, of Medicare’s Hospital
				Insurance, Supplementary Medical Insurance, and Prescription Drug programs
				contained within the most recently published Annual Report of the Boards of
				Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical
				Insurance Trust Funds; plus the 75-year actuarial balance, using the
				intermediate open group assumption, of the Old-Age Survivors and Disability
				Insurance program contained within the most recently published Annual Report of
				the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and
				Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds; plus the 75-year actuarial balance of
				the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (20–8144–0–7–601); plus the 75-year
				actuarial balance of the Rail Industry Pension Fund (60–8011–0–7–601) under
				section 255(g)(1)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
				of
				1985.
					.
			(c)President’s
			 budget submissionSection
			 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, (as amended by section 8(b)) is
			 further amended by adding at the end the following:

					(41)a report on the
				financial condition of the Government, including the long-term unfunded
				obligations.
					.
			15.Medicare
			 trigger
			(a)Section
			 803Section 803 of the Medicare Prescription
			 Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173) is
			 amended—
				(1)in subsection
			 (b)—
					(A)in paragraph
			 (3)(A), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon;
					(B)in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the period
			 at the end and inserting a semicolon;
					(C)in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the
			 following new subparagraphs:

							(C)the most recent
				report of the Medicare Trustees (including any illustrative scenario prepared
				by the Office of the Actuary);
							(D)an analysis by the
				Chief Actuary of Medicare on the proposed legislation; and
							(E)the assessment of
				the Committee on the Budget of the report of the Trustees and the analysis by
				the Chief Actuary of Medicare on the proposed
				legislation.
							;
				and
					(D)by adding at the
			 end the following new paragraph:

							(4)Effective
				certificationThe certification referred to in paragraph (3)
				shall have no force or effect unless and until all of the criteria set forth
				therein are inserted in the Congressional
				Record.
							;
					(2)by amending
			 subsection (c) to read as follows:

						(c)Fallback
				procedure for floor consideration if the House fails To vote on final passage
				by July 30After July 30 of
				any year during which the President is required to submit proposed legislation
				to Congress under section 1105(h) of title 31, United States Code, unless the
				House of Representatives has voted on final passage of any medicare funding
				legislation for which there is an affirmative certification under subsection
				(b)(3)(A), then, after the expiration of 30 calendar days (and concurrently 5
				legislative days), the medicare funding legislation shall be discharged from
				any committee to which it has been
				referred.
						;
				and
				(3)by adding at the
			 end the following new subsection:

						(h)Inapplicability
				of procedures to certain legislationProcedures set forth in this section shall
				not apply to any legislation including—
							(1)changes in budget
				authority and outlays not within function 570 (spending outside the medicare
				program); or
							(2)revenue increases
				other than those receipts from a dedicated medicare financing
				source.
							.
				(b)Section
			 804Section 804 of the Medicare Prescription
			 Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173) is
			 amended—
				(1)in subsection
			 (d)(1), by striking , then any Senator and all that follows and
			 inserting , then the medicare funding legislation measure shall be
			 discharged from the committee.; and
				(2)in subsection (e),
			 by adding at the end the following new sentence: The motion to proceed
			 shall be nondebatable..
				(c)Section
			 805(1)Subtitle A of title VIII
			 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003
			 (Public Law 108–173) is amended by adding at the end the following new
			 section:

						805.Dedication of
				savingsThe chairman of the
				Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or the Senate, as
				appropriate, shall adjust the appropriate allocations, aggregates, and other
				levels to reflect the budget impact achieved by legislation introduced pursuant
				to section 803(a) for purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the
				Balanced Budget Emergency and Deficit Control Act of 1985, the Rules of the
				House of Representatives, or the Standing Rules of the
				Senate.
						.
				(2)The table of contents set forth in section
			 1(d) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of
			 2003 (Public Law 108–173) is amended by inserting after the item relating to
			 section 804 the following new item:

							Sec. 805. Dedication of
				savings.

						.


117 HR 2816 IH: Legacy Roads and Trails Act
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2021-04-22
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I117th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 2816IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 22, 2021Ms. Schrier (for herself, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Neguse, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concernedA BILLTo provide for the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Legacy Roads and Trails Act. 2.Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation ProgramPublic Law 88–657 (16 U.S.C. 532 et seq.) (commonly known as the Forest Roads and Trails Act) is amended by adding at the end the following:8.Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program(a)EstablishmentThe Secretary shall establish the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program (referred to in this section as the Program).(b)AdministrationThe Program shall be administered by the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.(c)ActivitiesIn carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall, taking into account predicted changes in weather and hydrology related to global climate change—(1)carry out storm damage risk reduction, including deferred maintenance, repairs, road and trail relocation, and associated activities on National Forest System roads, National Forest System trails, and tunnels and bridges under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service;(2)restore waterways and natural migration for fish and other aquatic species by removing, repairing, or replacing culverts or other infrastructure from such waterways; and(3)decommission National Forest System roads and unauthorized roads and trails under National Forest System jurisdiction in accordance with subsections (f) and (g).(d)PriorityIn implementing the Program, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that protect or restore—(1)water quality and watershed function;(2)a watershed that supplies a public drinking water system;(3)the habitat of a threatened, endangered, or sensitive fish or wildlife species, or species of conservation concern; or(4)a watershed for which the Secretary has completed a watershed protection and restoration action plan pursuant to section 304 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 6543).(e)National forest systemExcept with respect to a project carried out on a watershed for which the Secretary has a cooperative agreement under section 323 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 1011a), each project carried out under this section shall be on a National Forest System road, National Forest System trail, or unauthorized roads and trails under National Forest System jurisdiction.(f)Identification of minimum road systemsNot later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall identify at the scale of a National Forest System unit or greater, the minimum road system and unneeded roads in accordance with section 212.5(b) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this section).(g)Unneeded National Forest System roadsAs soon as practicable after identifying a road as unneeded under subsection (f), the Secretary shall—(1)decommission such road; or(2)convert such road to a system trail.(h)Review; revisionThe Secretary shall review, and may revise, an identification made under subsection (f) in accordance with part 212, subpart A of title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this section).(i)Authorization of appropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2030..


115 HRES 1163 IH: Recognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United States.
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2018-11-29
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IV115th CONGRESS2d SessionH. RES. 1163IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESNovember 29, 2018Mr. Grijalva (for himself, Ms. Norton, Ms. Moore, Ms. Bass, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Nolan, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. O'Halleran, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Takano, Ms. Lee, Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, and Mr. Cole) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government ReformRESOLUTIONRecognizing National Native American Heritage Month and celebrating the heritages and cultures of
			 Native Americans and the contributions of Native Americans to the United
			 States.

 Whereas, from November 1, 2018, through November 30, 2018, the United States celebrates National Native American Heritage Month;
 Whereas National Native American Heritage Month is an opportunity to consider and recognize the contributions of Native Americans to the history of the United States;
 Whereas Native Americans are descendants of the original, indigenous inhabitants of what is now the United States;
 Whereas the Bureau of the Census estimated that, in 2010, there were more than 5,000,000 individuals of Native American descent in the United States;
 Whereas Native Americans maintain vibrant cultures and traditions and hold a deeply rooted sense of community;
 Whereas Native Americans have moving stories of tragedy, triumph, and perseverance that need to be shared with future generations;
 Whereas Native Americans speak and preserve indigenous languages, which have contributed to the English language by being used as names of individuals and locations throughout the United States;
 Whereas Congress has consistently reaffirmed the support of the United States of tribal self-governance and self-determination and the commitment of the United States to improving the lives of all Native Americans by—
 (1)enhancing health care and law enforcement resources; and (2)improving the housing and socioeconomic status of Native Americans;
 Whereas the United States is committed to strengthening the government-to-government relationship that the United States has maintained with the various Indian tribes;
 Whereas Congress has recognized the contributions of the Iroquois Confederacy and the influence of the Iroquois Confederacy on the Founding Fathers in the drafting of the Constitution of the United States with the concepts of—
 (1)freedom of speech; (2)the separation of governmental powers; and
 (3)the system of checks and balances between the branches of government; Whereas, with the enactment of the Native American Heritage Day Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–33; 123 Stat. 1922), Congress—
 (1)reaffirmed the government-to-government relationship between the United States and Native American governments; and
 (2)recognized the important contributions of Native Americans to the culture of the United States; Whereas Native Americans have made distinct and important contributions to the United States and the rest of the world in many fields, including the fields of agriculture, medicine, music, language, and art;
 Whereas Native Americans have distinguished themselves as inventors, entrepreneurs, spiritual leaders, and scholars;
 Whereas Native Americans have served with honor and distinction in the Armed Forces and continue to serve in the Armed Forces in greater numbers per capita than any other group in the United States;
 Whereas the United States has recognized the contribution of the Native American code talkers in World War I and World War II, who used indigenous languages as an unbreakable military code, saving countless lives in the United States; and
 Whereas the people of the United States have reason to honor the great achievements and contributions of Native Americans and their ancestors: Now, therefore, be it

 That the House of Representatives— (1)recognizes National Native American Heritage Month;
 (2)recognizes Native American Heritage Day in accordance with section 2(10) of the Native American Heritage Day Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–33; 123 Stat. 1923); and
 (3)urges the people of the United States to observe National Native American Heritage Month and Native American Heritage Day with appropriate programs and activities.


109 HR 2675 IH: To suspend temporarily the duty on TMC114.
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2005-05-26
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I
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2675
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 26, 2005
Mr. Holt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL
To suspend temporarily the duty on TMC114.

1.TMC114
(a)In generalSubchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following new heading:

9902.33.41 3-[4-Aminobenzensulfonyl)isobutylamino]-1-benzyl-2-hydroxypropyl]carbamic acid, hexahydrofuro[2,3-b]furan-3-yl ester ethanolate (CAS No. 206361–99–1) (provided for in subheading 2932.99.61)FreeNo changeNo changeOn or before 12/31/2008.
(b)Effective dateThe amendment made by subsection (a) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.


110 HR 3991 IH: To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend the time

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		I
		110th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 3991
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			October 29, 2007
			Mr. Stupak introduced
			 the following bill; which was referred to the
			 Committee on Armed
			 Services

		A BILL
		To amend title 10, United States Code, to extend the time
		  limit for the use of education benefits by members of the Selected Reserve and
		  certain members of the reserve component, and for other
		  purposes.

		1.Extension of time limit for
			 use of educational assistance by members of the Selected ReserveSection 16133(a) of title 10, United States
			 Code, is amended by inserting that is ten years after the date on
			 which after (2) on the date.
		2.Reserve component
			 members supporting contingency operationsSection 16164(a) of title 10, United States
			 Code, is amended as follows:
			(1)By striking
			 chapter while serving— and inserting
			 chapter—.
			(2)In paragraph
			 (1)—
				(A)by inserting
			 while serving before in the Selected Reserve of;
			 and
				(B)by striking
			 ; or and inserting a semicolon.
				(3)In
			 paragraph (2)—
				(A)by inserting
			 while serving before in the Ready Reserve,;
			 and
				(B)by striking the
			 period and inserting ; or.
				(4)By adding at the
			 end the following new paragraph:

					(3)before the date that is ten years after the
				last day on which the member is deployed in support of a contingency
				operation.
					.
			3.Effective
			 Dates
			(a)Chapter
			 1606The amendment made by section 1 shall apply with respect to
			 a person who becomes eligible for benefits under chapter 1606 of title 10,
			 United States Code, on or after October 7, 2001.
			(b)Chapter
			 1607The amendments made by
			 section 2 shall apply with respect to a person who becomes eligible for
			 benefits under chapter 1607 of title 10, United States Code, on or after
			 October 28, 2004.


117 HR 2438 IH: Justice in Forensic Algorithms Act of 2021
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I
117th CONGRESS1st Session
H. R. 2438
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 8, 2021
Mr. Takano (for himself and Mr. Evans) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL
To prohibit the use of trade secrets privileges to prevent defense access to evidence in criminal proceedings, provide for the establishment of Computational Forensic Algorithm Testing Standards and a Computational Forensic Algorithm Testing Program, and for other purposes.

1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Justice in Forensic Algorithms Act of 2021. 2.Computational forensic algorithm testing standards (a)In generalNot later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall establish a program to provide for creation and maintenance of standards for testing computational forensic software, to be known as the Computational Forensic Algorithm Testing Standards, consistent with the following:
(1)Testing standards shall include an assessment for the potential for disparate impact, on the basis of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, and other demographic features. (2)Testing standards shall address—
(A)the underlying scientific principles and methods implemented in computational forensic software; and (B)requirements for testing the software including the conditions under which it needs to be tested, types of testing data to be used, testing environments, testing methodologies, and system performance statistics required to be reported including—
(i)accuracy, including false positive and false negative error rates; (ii)precision;
(iii)reproducibility; (iv)robustness;
(v)sensitivity; and (vi)system failure rates;
(C)requirements for publicly available documentation by developers of computational forensic software of the purpose and function of the software, the development process, including source and description of data used to develop the tool, and internal testing methodology and results, including source and description of testing data; (D)requirements for laboratories and any other entities using computational forensic software to validate it for use, including to specify the conditions under which the lab has validated it for their use, requirements for what information needs to be included in a public report on the lab or other entity’s validation, and requirements for internal validation updates when there are material changes to the software; and
(E)requirements for reports provided to defendants by prosecution produced documenting the use and results of computational forensic software used in individual cases. (3)Testing standards shall be issued as a rulemaking under section 553 of title 5, United States Code.
(4)The Director shall consult with outside experts in forensic science, bioethics, algorithmic discrimination, data privacy, racial justice, criminal justice reform, exonerations, and other relevant areas of expertise identified through public input. (b)Protection of trade secrets (1)There shall be no trade secret evidentiary privilege to withhold relevant evidence in criminal proceedings in the United States courts.
(2)Nothing in this section may be construed to alter the standard operation of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, or the Federal Rules of Evidence, as such rules would function in the absence of an evidentiary privilege. (c)Requirements for federal use of forensic algorithmsAny Federal law enforcement agency or crime laboratory providing services to a Federal law enforcement agency using computational forensic software may use only software that has been tested under the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Computational Forensic Algorithm Testing Program and shall conduct an internal validation according to the requirements outlined in the Computational Forensic Algorithm Testing Standards and make the results publicly available. The internal validation shall be updated when there is a material change in the software that triggers a retesting by the Computational Forensic Algorithm Testing Program.
(d)Testing programThe Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall establish a Computational Forensic Algorithm Testing Program, whose activities include the following: (1)Testing individual software programs using the testing requirements established in the Computational Forensic Algorithm Testing Standards.
(2)Using realistic sample testing data similar to what would be used by law enforcement in criminal investigations in performing such testing, including incomplete and contaminated samples. (3)Using testing data that represents diversity of racial, ethnic, and gender identities and intersections of these identities in performing such testing.
(4)Using testing data that tests the limits of the software and demonstrates the boundaries of reliability described in the performance measures defined in the Computational Forensic Algorithm Testing Standards in performing such testing. (5)Publishing the results of testing the software online including results under conditions specified in the testing standards and across diversity of racial, ethnic, and gender identities and intersections of these identities in a publicly available format.
(e)Testing frequencyRetesting shall be conducted when a material change is made to the software that impacts its performance and may affect its outputs. The Director shall establish requirements for determining whether changes are material or nonmaterial. (f)Use of Computational Forensic SoftwareAny results or reports resulting from analysis by computational forensic software shall be provided to the defendant, and the defendant shall be accorded access to both an executable copy of and the source code for the version of the computational forensic software—as well as earlier versions of the software, necessary instructions for use and interpretation of the results, and relevant files and data—used for analysis in the case and suitable for testing purposes. Such a report on the results shall include—
(1)the name of the company that developed the software; (2)the name of the lab where test was run;
(3)the version of the software that was used; (4)the dates of the most recent changes to the software and record of changes made, including any bugs found in the software and what was done to address those bugs;
(5)documentation of procedures followed based on procedures outlined in internal validation; (6)documentation of conditions under which software was used relative to the conditions under which software was tested; and
(7)any other information specified by the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the Computational Forensic Algorithm Testing Standards. (g)Inadmissibility of certain evidenceIn any criminal case, evidence that is the result of analysis by computational forensic software is admissible only if—
(1)the computational forensic software used has been submitted to the Computational Forensic Algorithm Testing Program of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and there have been no material changes to that software since it was last tested; and (2)the developers and users of the computational forensic software agree to waive any and all legal claims against the defense or any member of its team for the purposes of the defense analyzing or testing the computational forensic software.
(h)DefinitionsIn this Act: (1)Computational forensic softwareThe term computational forensic software means software that relies on an automated or semiautomated computational process, including one derived from machine learning, statistics, or other data processing or artificial intelligence techniques, to process, analyze, or interpret evidence.
(2)Material changeThe term material change means an update to computational forensic software that may affect the performance measures defined in the Computational Forensic Algorithm Testing Standards or the use or output of the software. (3)Nonmaterial changeThe term nonmaterial change means an update to computational forensic software that does not affect the performance measures, use, or output of the software.


		II
		112th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		S. 1350
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			July 12, 2011
			Mr. Coons (for himself,
			 Mr. Crapo, Mrs.
			 Murray, and Mr. Kirk)
			 introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
			 Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
			 and Pensions

		A BILL
		To expand the research, prevention, and awareness
		  activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National
		  Institutes of Health with respect to pulmonary fibrosis, and for other
		  purposes.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 Pulmonary Fibrosis Research
			 Enhancement Act.
		2.FindingsCongress makes the following
			 findings:
			(1)Pulmonary fibrosis
			 (in this section referred to as PF) is a relentlessly progressive,
			 ultimately fatal disease that affects the lungs, gradually robbing a person of
			 the ability to breathe.
			(2)More than 200,000
			 individuals may be living with PF in the United States, 48,000 individuals in
			 the United States are diagnosed with PF annually, and as many as 40,000 die
			 annually.
			(3)Prevalence of PF
			 has increased more than 150 percent since 2001, and is expected to continue
			 rising.
			(4)The median survival
			 rate for a person with PF is 2.8 years.
			(5)The cause of PF is
			 not well understood, and in most cases is unknown, though there is growing
			 evidence that one cause of PF may be environmental or occupational exposure to
			 pollutants.
			(6)There is no Food
			 and Drug Administration-approved treatment or cure for PF.
			(7)Public awareness
			 of PF remains low compared to rare diseases of lesser prevalence, despite PF’s
			 increasing prevalence.
			(8)There has been no
			 federally funded national awareness or educational effort to improve
			 understanding of PF in the public or medical communities, though nonprofit
			 patient education and research groups have begun to increase awareness. The
			 first Federal legislation expressing Congress’s support for PF research, H.
			 Con. Res. 182, was agreed to by both Houses of Congress in 2007.
			3.Pulmonary
			 fibrosis advisory board and registryPart B of title III of the Public Health
			 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 317T
			 the following:

				317U.Pulmonary
				fibrosis advisory board and registry
					(a)Advisory
				Board
						(1)EstablishmentNot
				later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the
				Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
				Prevention, shall establish a board to be known as the National Pulmonary
				Fibrosis Advisory Board (in this section referred to as the Advisory
				Board). The Advisory Board shall be composed of at least one member, to
				be appointed by the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for
				Disease Control and Prevention, representing each of the following:
							(A)The National
				Institutes of Health.
							(B)The National
				Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
							(C)The Department of
				Veterans Affairs.
							(D)The Agency for
				Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
							(E)The Centers for
				Disease Control and Prevention.
							(F)Patients with PF
				or their family members and other individuals with an interest in developing
				and maintaining the National PF Registry.
							(G)Patient advocates,
				including organizations representing such advocates.
							(H)Clinicians with
				expertise on PF and related diseases.
							(I)Epidemiologists
				with experience working with data registries.
							(J)Geneticists or
				experts in genetics who have experience with the genetics of PF or other
				interstitial lung diseases.
							(2)DutiesThe
				Advisory Board shall—
							(A)review information
				and make recommendations to the Secretary concerning—
								(i)the development
				and maintenance of the National PF Registry;
								(ii)the type of
				information to be collected and stored in the National PF Registry;
								(iii)the manner in
				which such data is to be collected;
								(iv)the use and
				availability of such data, including guidelines for such use; and
								(v)the collection of
				information about diseases and disorders that primarily affect the lungs that
				are considered essential to furthering the study and cure of PF; and
								(B)consult with the Director of the Centers
				for Disease Control and Prevention regarding preparation of the National
				Pulmonary Fibrosis Education and Awareness Plan under section 4(a) of the
				Pulmonary Fibrosis Research Enhancement Act.
							(3)ReportNot
				later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Advisory
				Board shall submit to the Secretary, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of
				the House of Representatives, and the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
				Committee of the Senate a report on the review conducted under paragraph (2),
				including the recommendations of the Advisory Board resulting from such
				review.
						(b)Establishment of
				registry
						(1)In
				generalNot later than 1 year after the receipt of the report
				required by subsection (a)(3), the Secretary, acting through the Director of
				the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in consultation with
				patients, patient advocates, and others with expertise in research and care of
				pulmonary fibrosis (referred to in this section as PF),
				shall—
							(A)develop a system
				to collect data on PF and other interstitial lung diseases that are related to
				PF, including information with respect to the incidence and prevalence of the
				disease in the United States; and
							(B)establish a national registry (in this
				section referred to as the National PF Registry) that—
								(i)is
				used for the collection and storage of data described in subparagraph (A);
				and
								(ii)includes a population-based registry of
				cases in the United States of PF and other interstitial lung diseases that are
				related to PF.
								(2)PurposeThe
				purpose of the National PF Registry shall be to gather available data
				concerning—
							(A)PF, including the
				incidence and prevalence of PF in the United States;
							(B)environmental and
				occupational factors that may be associated with the disease;
							(C)age, race or
				ethnicity, gender, and family history of individuals who are diagnosed with the
				disease;
							(D)pathogenesis of
				PF; and
							(E)other matters as
				determined appropriate by the Secretary.
							(c)Coordination
				with State, local, and Federal registries
						(1)In
				generalIn establishing the National PF Registry under subsection
				(b), the Secretary shall—
							(A)identify, build
				upon, expand, and coordinate among existing data and surveillance systems,
				surveys, registries, and other Federal public health and environmental
				infrastructure wherever possible, including—
								(i)existing systems
				in place at universities, medical centers, and government agencies;
								(ii)State-based PF
				registries, National Institutes of Health registries, and Department of
				Veterans Affairs registries, as available; and
								(iii)any other
				relevant databases that collect or maintain information on interstitial lung
				diseases; and
								(B)provide for
				research access to PF data in accordance with applicable statutes and
				regulations, including those protecting personal privacy.
							(2)Coordination
				with NIH and Department of Veterans AffairsConsistent with
				applicable privacy statutes and regulations, the Secretary shall ensure that
				epidemiological and other types of information obtained under subsection (b) is
				made available to the National Institutes of Health and the Department of
				Veterans Affairs.
						(d)Authorization of
				AppropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to carry
				out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and $2,500,000 for each of the
				fiscal years 2013 through
				2016.
					.
		4.National
			 Pulmonary Fibrosis Education and Awareness Plan
			(a)In
			 General
				(1)Preparation of
			 planThe Director of the
			 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in consultation with the National
			 Pulmonary Fibrosis Advisory Board established under section 317U of the Public
			 Health Service Act, as added by section 3 of this Act, shall prepare a
			 comprehensive plan (in this section referred to as the National Pulmonary
			 Fibrosis Education and Awareness Plan).
				(2)Report to
			 CongressNot later than one year after the date of the enactment
			 of this Act, and at the same time as the report is submitted under section
			 317U(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act, the Director of the Centers for
			 Disease Control and Prevention shall submit the National Pulmonary Fibrosis
			 Education and Awareness Plan to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the
			 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and to the
			 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on
			 Appropriations of the Senate.
				(b)ContentThe
			 National Pulmonary Fibrosis Education and Awareness Plan shall—
				(1)focus on strategies to increase public
			 education and awareness of pulmonary fibrosis;
				(2)accelerate patient
			 education strategies, with respect to pulmonary fibrosis, nationwide;
				(3)address the need
			 for new physician education strategies to improve diagnosis and treatment
			 standards with respect to pulmonary fibrosis;
				(4)assess and monitor
			 the costs of pulmonary fibrosis and its burden on patients and families;
			 and
				(5)develop such
			 strategies in partnership with patients, patient advocates, and others with
			 expertise in research and care of pulmonary fibrosis.
				(c)Authorization of
			 appropriationsThere are
			 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for fiscal
			 year 2012.
			5.Pulmonary
			 fibrosis research expansionSubpart 2 of part C of title IV of the
			 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 285b et seq.) is amended by inserting
			 after section 424C the following:

				424D.Pulmonary
				fibrosis research expansionThe Director of the Institute is encouraged
				to expand, intensify, and coordinate the activities of the Institute with
				respect to research on pulmonary fibrosis, as
				appropriate.
				.


		IIB
		111th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 1178
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED
		  STATES

			May 13, 2009
			Received; read twice and referred to the
			 Committee on Homeland Security and
			 Governmental Affairs

		AN ACT
		To direct the Comptroller General of the
		  United States to conduct a study on the use of Civil Air Patrol personnel and
		  resources to support homeland security missions, and for other
		  purposes.

		1.Civil Air Patrol
			 Study
			(a)StudyThe Comptroller General of the United
			 States shall conduct a study of the functions and capabilities of the Civil Air
			 Patrol to support the homeland security missions of State, local, and tribal
			 governments and the Department of Homeland Security. In conducting the study,
			 the Comptroller General shall review the process by which the Civil Air Patrol
			 may provide assistance to the Secretary of Homeland Security, other Federal
			 agencies, and States to support homeland security missions by—
				(1)providing aerial
			 reconnaissance or communications capabilities for border security;
				(2)providing
			 capabilities for collective response to an act of terrorism, natural disaster,
			 or other man-made event by assisting in damage assessment and situational
			 awareness, conducting search and rescue operations, assisting in evacuations,
			 transporting time-sensitive medical or other materials;
				(3)providing assistance in the exercise and
			 training of departmental resources responsible for the intercept of aviation
			 threats to designated restricted areas; and
				(4)carrying out such
			 other activities as may be determined appropriate by the Comptroller General in
			 the conduct of this review.
				(b)ReportNot
			 later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
			 General shall submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Committees on
			 Homeland Security and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
			 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
			 of the Senate a report containing the findings of the review conducted under
			 subsection (a). The report shall include—
				(1)an assessment of
			 the feasibility and cost effectiveness of using Civil Air Patrol assets for the
			 purposes described in subsection (a); and
				(2)an assessment as
			 to whether the current mechanisms for Federal agencies and States to request
			 support from the Civil Air Patrol are sufficient or whether new agreements
			 between relevant Federal agencies and the Civil Air Patrol are
			 necessary.
				(c)Report to
			 CongressNot later than 90
			 days after the date of receipt of the report under subsection (b), the
			 Secretary of Homeland Security shall review and analyze the study and submit to
			 the Committees on Homeland Security and Transportation and Infrastructure of
			 the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and
			 Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on such review and analysis, which
			 shall include any recommendations of the Secretary for further action that
			 could affect the organization and administration of the Department of Homeland
			 Security.

			Passed the House of
			 Representatives May 12, 2009.
			Lorraine C. Miller,
			Clerk.


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IV116th CONGRESS1st SessionH. RES. 269IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMarch 28, 2019Mr. Latta (for himself, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Stefanik, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Gallagher, Mr. Green of Tennessee, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. Steube, Mr. Moulton, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Cisneros, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, and Mr. Byrne) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
			 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concernedRESOLUTIONExpressing support for the designation of March 2, 2020, as Gold Star Families Remembrance Day.

 Whereas March 2, 2020, marks the 91st anniversary of President Calvin Coolidge signing an Act of Congress that approved and funded the first Gold Star pilgrimage to enable Gold Star families to travel to the gravesites of their loved ones who died during World War I;
 Whereas the members and veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States bear the burden of protecting the freedom of the people of the United States; and
 Whereas the sacrifices of the families of the fallen members and veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States should never be forgotten: Now, therefore, be it

 That the House of Representatives— (1)supports the designation of Gold Star Families Remembrance Day;
 (2)honors and recognizes the sacrifices made by the families of members and veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States who gave their lives to defend freedom and protect America; and
 (3)encourages the people of the United States to observe Gold Star Families Remembrance Day by— (A)performing acts of service and good will in their communities; and
 (B)celebrating the lives of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice so that others could continue to enjoy life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.


		II
		110th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		S. 3679
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			October 2
			 (legislative day, September 17), 2008
			Mrs. Dole introduced the
			 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
			 Committee on
			 Finance

		A BILL
		To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the
		  credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced
		  from biomass for on-site use.

		1.Modification of renewable
			 electricity production credit for biomass facilities
			(a)In
			 generalSubsection (e) of
			 section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end
			 the following new paragraph:

					(12)Credit allowed
				for electricity produced from biomass for on-site useIn the case
				of electricity produced after December 31, 2008, at any facility described in
				paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (d) which is equipped with a metering device
				to determine electricity consumption or sale, subsection (a)(2) shall be
				applied without regard to subparagraph (B) thereof with respect to such
				electricity produced and consumed at such
				facility.
					.
			(b)Credit period
			 for electricity produced from open-loop biomass for on-site
			 useSubparagraph (B) of section 45(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue
			 Code of 1986 is amended—
				(1)by striking
			 clause (ii) or clause (iii) in clause (i) and inserting
			 clause (ii), (iii), or (iv),
				(2)by redesignating
			 clause (iii) as clause (iv), and
				(3)by inserting
			 after clause (ii) the following new clause:

						(iii)Electricity
				produced for on-site use at certain open-loop biomass
				facilitiesIn the case of electricity produced and consumed as
				described in subsection (e)(12) at any facility described in subsection
				(d)(3)(A)(ii) which is placed in service before the date of the enactment of
				this clause, the 5-year period beginning on January 1, 2009, shall be
				substituted for the 10-year period in subsection
				(a)(2)(A)(ii).
						.
				(c)Effective
			 dateThe amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
			 date of the enactment of this Act.