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HR 1869 113th Congress House Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Legislative rules and procedure

Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014

Introduced: May 8, 2013 See on congress.gov
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 11, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 492.
Dec 11, 2014
Committee on Rules discharged.
Sep 12, 2014
House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 11, 2014.
Mar 21, 2014
Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
Mar 21, 2014
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Budget. H. Rept. 113-382, Part I.
Mar 21, 2014
House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Sept. 12, 2014.
Feb 11, 2014
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 11, 2014
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 10.
May 8, 2013
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
May 8, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Biennial Budgeting and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014 - Title I: Congressional Budget Process - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA), including the Congressional Impoundment Control Act of 1974, to revise the federal and congressional budget processes by establishing a two-year budgeting and appropriations cycle and timetable, beginning with the 115th Congress. (Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year.)

(Sec. 103) Devotes the first session of any Congress to the budget resolution and to appropriations decisions, retaining current deadlines in most cases. Changes certain deadlines to conform to the biennial scheme. Devotes each second session to the President's budget review submission and the Congressonal Budget Office (CBO) report submission to congressonal budget committees.

(Sec. 104) Amends the CBA to include in the biennial budget resolution 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), and net interest.

Eliminates specified additional matters that currently may be included in a concurrent budget resolution, including:

  • an opinion on whether the goals for reducing unemployment set forth in the Employment Act of 1946 should be achieved;
  • a display of federal retirement trust fund balances;
  • Senate procedures for revising committee allocations, aggregates, and other levels for any legislation that would not increase the deficit;
  • procedures to effectuate pay-as-you-go in the House of Representatives; and
  • direct loan obligation and primary loan guarantee commitment levels.

Prohibits the budget resolution from including a suspension or alteration of the motion to strike certain amendments to reconciliation bills and resolutions that would decrease specific budget outlay reductions below the provided level without making comparable decreases in other specific budget outlays, increases in other specific federal revenues, or a combination of the two.

Requires each congressional committee to review the mandatory strategic plans, performance plans, and performance reports of all agencies under the appropriate committee's jurisdiction. Allows each committee to provide its views on the plans or reports to the budget committee of the applicable chamber.

Requires each congressional budget committee to report to its chamber, on or before April 1 of each odd-numbered year, the budget resolution for the biennium beginning on October 1 of that year.

Requires the report accompanying the budget resolution to include:

  • new budget authority and outlays for each major functional category, based on allocations of the total levels specified in the CBA;
  • for each major functional category, an estimate of total new budget authority and total outlays, with the estimates divided between discretionary and direct spending (currently, discretionary and mandatory) amounts; and
  • total outlays, total federal revenues, the surplus or deficit, and new budget authority and outlays for non-defense discretionary spending, defense discretionary spending, Medicare, Medicaid and other health-related spending, other direct spending (excluding interest), Social Security, and other major functional categories as appropriate, and net interest as set forth in such resolution as a percentage of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP).

States that if the budget resolution provides an allocation to any committee (other than the Committee on Appropriations) in excess of current law levels, its accompanying report must include a justification for not subjecting any program, project, or activity (for which the allocation is made) to annual discretionary appropriations.

Repeals authority for the report accompanying the budget resolution to include:

  • information, data, and comparisons on the share of total federal budget outlays and of GDP devoted to investment in the budget submitted by the President and in the resolution; and
  • the assumed levels of budget authority and outlays for public buildings, with a division between amounts for construction and repair and for rental payments.

(Sec. 106) Makes it out of order in either chamber to consider any measure that contains an authorization of appropriations for any purpose unless it includes such an authorization for that purpose for at least each fiscal year in one or more bienniums.

Excludes from this prohibition any authorization of appropriations for a single fiscal year for a program, project, or activity if the measure containing the authorization states that Congress finds that no authorization of appropriation is required for the applicable program, project, or activity for any subsequent fiscal year.

(Sec. 107) Makes conforming amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

Title II: Conforming Amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives and the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 - (Sec. 201) Makes conforming amendments to the Rules of the House of Representatives as well as the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

Title III: Conforming Amendments to Titles I, 5, 31, and 39, United States Code - (Sec. 301) Requires all Acts making regular appropriations for the support of the government to be enacted for a biennium and to specify the amount of appropriations provided for each fiscal year in that period.

(Sec. 302) Conforms requirements for the President's budget to the biennial framework.

(Sec. 303) Changes to a biennial basis specified requirements for certain federal strategic and performance plans, performance reports in budget submissions, and program performance reports.

Title IV: Effective Date - (Sec. 401) Sets forth the effective date of certain amendments made by this Act.

What's happening now December 11, 2014

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 492.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 38
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Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · Feb 21, 2014
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Feb 10, 2014
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Feb 3, 2014
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McCaul, Michael T.
Texas · Jan 7, 2014
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Dec 12, 2013
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Jordan, Jim
Ohio · Dec 11, 2013
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Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Dec 2, 2013
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Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Nov 21, 2013
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Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Nov 19, 2013
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DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Nov 15, 2013
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Nov 13, 2013
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Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Oct 23, 2013
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Oct 22, 2013
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Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Sep 12, 2013
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Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Aug 2, 2013
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Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Jul 30, 2013
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Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Jul 17, 2013
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Scott, Austin
Georgia · Jul 17, 2013
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jul 16, 2013
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jul 15, 2013
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Peters, Scott H.
California · Jul 11, 2013
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Ruiz, Raul
California · Jul 11, 2013
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Bera, Ami
California · Jul 9, 2013
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Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Jun 24, 2013
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Brownley, Julia
California · Jun 12, 2013
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Himes, James A.
Connecticut · Jun 11, 2013
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Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Jun 11, 2013
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 4, 2013
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Huffman, Jared
California · Jun 3, 2013
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Stutzman, Marlin A.
Indiana · May 22, 2013
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Harris, Andy
Maryland · May 21, 2013
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Williams, Roger
Texas · May 21, 2013
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · May 17, 2013
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · May 17, 2013
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · May 17, 2013
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Young, Todd
Indiana · May 17, 2013
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Huizenga, Bill
Michigan · May 14, 2013
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 8, 2013