Congress 108 - HR 180 - Budget Fraud Elimination Act of 2003

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Appropriations Armed Forces and National Security Auditing Authorization Biennial budgets Budget deficits Budget reconciliation Budget resolutions Budget surpluses Capital investments Central Intelligence Agency Civil service retirement Coast guard Congress Congressional budget Congressional committees Congressional investigations Congressional pensions Congressional Record Congressional reporting requirements Debt limit Department of Commerce Department of Defense Department of Health and Human Services Department of Homeland Security Department of State Economic forecasting Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Executive impoundment of appropriated funds Expedited congressional procedure Federal budget process Federal budgets Federal employees Foreign service Government employees' health insurance Government Operations and Politics Government spending reductions Government trust funds Health House rules and procedure Intelligence officers International Affairs Labor and Employment Legislation Legislative amendments Legislative resolutions Military pensions Off-budget expenditures Officer personnel Planning-programming-budgeting Presidential messages Public health personnel Rescission of appropriated funds Retired military personnel Retiree health benefits Senate rules and procedure Strategic planning Tax expenditures Taxation Veterans' medical care Waste in government spending

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Budget Fraud Elimination Act of 2003 - Redefines the public debt to exclude intragovernment obligations and reduces the public debt ceiling.

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to establish biennial budgeting. Makes conforming amendments, including requirements for government strategic and performance plans. Creates a special transition period for the 109th Congress.

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to state that certain emergency legislation shall not be extended in the baseline. Establishes emergency criteria.

Spending Accountability Reserve Act of 2003 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a spending accountability reserve ledger to credit any reductions in new budget authority in an appropriation bill. Adjusts the respective appropriation allocation and discretionary spending limits downward accordingly.

Enhanced Rescissions Act of 2003 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose at any time the rescission of any budget authority he identifies as wasteful spending.

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to extend the budget enforcement mechanisms of discretionary spending limits (caps) and pay-as-you-go (Paygo).

Provides for treatment of extraneous appropriations in omnibus appropriation measures.

Amends the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund to provide for accrual funding of pensions and retirement pay for Federal employees and Uniformed Services Personnel. Provides accrual funding of retirement benefits for Federal employees covered by the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Retirement System, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Retirement System, and the Coast Guard Military Retirement Fund.

Provides for the accrual funding of post-retirement health benefits costs.

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Nov 22, 2004

House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 10, 2004.
Nov 19, 2004

House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 22, 2004.
Oct 1, 2004

House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 19, 2004.
Jul 22, 2004

House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 1, 2004.
Jun 1, 2004

House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 23, 2004.
Jan 31, 2004

House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than June 1, 2004.
Nov 21, 2003

House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Jan. 31, 2004.
Nov 7, 2003

House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 21, 2003.
Oct 31, 2003

House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 7, 2003.
Oct 3, 2003

House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 31, 2003.
Sep 9, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process.
Jul 25, 2003

House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 3, 2003.
Jul 25, 2003

Committee on Government Reform discharged.
Jul 25, 2003

Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
Jul 25, 2003

Committee on The Budget discharged.
Jul 25, 2003

House Committee on Government Reform Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 25, 2003.
Jul 25, 2003

House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 25, 2003.
Jun 2, 2003

House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 25, 2003.
Feb 28, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management.
Jan 7, 2003

Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Ways and Means, 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.
Jan 7, 2003

Introduced in House

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