Budget Fraud Elimination Act of 2003
Latest action · Nov 22, 2004 House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 10, 2004.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 7, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 7, 2003 to Feb 10, 2004; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Original | Jan 7, 2003 |
| R-SC | J. Gresham Barrett | Feb 27, 2003 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Oct 16, 2003 | |
| R-ID | C. L. (Butch) Otter | Feb 10, 2004 | |
| R-MI | Peter Hoekstra | Feb 10, 2004 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Jan 7, 2003Discharged Jul 25, 2003 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Jan 7, 2003 |
| Legislative and Budget Process Subcommittee | Referred Sep 9, 2003 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 7, 2003Discharged Jul 25, 2003 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 7, 2003Discharged Jul 25, 2003 |
| Government Efficiency and Financial Management Subcommittee | Referred Feb 28, 2003 |
Actions 21
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 22, 2004House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 10, 2004.
- Nov 19, 2004House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 22, 2004.
- Oct 1, 2004House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 19, 2004.
- Jul 22, 2004House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 1, 2004.
- Jun 1, 2004House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 23, 2004.
- Jan 31, 2004House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than June 1, 2004.
- Nov 21, 2003House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Jan. 31, 2004.
- Nov 7, 2003House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 21, 2003.
- Oct 31, 2003House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 7, 2003.
- Oct 3, 2003House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 31, 2003.
- Sep 9, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process.
- Jul 25, 2003House Committee on Ways and Means Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 25, 2003.
- Jul 25, 2003House Committee on Government Reform Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 25, 2003.
- Jul 25, 2003Committee on The Budget discharged.
- Jul 25, 2003Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- Jul 25, 2003Committee on Government Reform discharged.
- Jul 25, 2003House Committee on Rules Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Oct. 3, 2003.
- Jun 2, 2003House Committee on The Budget Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than July 25, 2003.
- Feb 28, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management.
- Jan 7, 2003Introduced in House
- Jan 7, 2003Referred 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33635 | Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals: History and Current Status Archived | Report | Jun 18, 2010 |
| RL32164 | Performance Management and Budgeting in the Federal Government: Brief History and Recent Developments Archived | Report | Mar 16, 2005 |
| RL30223 | Presidential Rescission Authority: Efforts to Modify the 1974 Framework Archived | Report | Dec 23, 2004 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reform Federal budget procedures to restrain congressional spending, foster greater oversight of the budget, account for accurate Government agency costs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Budget Fraud Elimination Act of 2003
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Enhanced Rescissions Act of 2003
- Spending Accountability Reserve Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- 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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 7, 2003Introduced in House
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