Emergency Spending Control Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 16, 2007 Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 16, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emergency Spending Control Act of 2007 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to revise the contents of the annual concurrent resolution on the budget (eliminating certain matters in an effort to keep such resolution to one page).
Requires the report accompanying the budget resolution to include: (1) new budget authority and outlays for each major functional category, based on allocations of the total levels set forth in the resolution; and (2) with respect to each major functional category, an estimate of total new budget authority and total outlays, with the estimates divided between discretionary and direct (currently, mandatory) spending amounts.
Allows reconciliation directives to be included in the report.
Modifies the President's budget request to Congress to eliminate most current requirements and include only: (1) totals of new budget authority and outlays; (2) total federal revenues and the amount, if any, by which their aggregate level should be increased or decreased by bills and resolutions to be reported by the appropriate committees; (3) the surplus or deficit in the budget; (4) subtotals of new budget authority and outlays for nondefense and defense discretionary spending, direct spending (excluding interest), interest, and emergencies (for the reserve fund and for military operations in the Act); (5) the public debt; and (6) as a separately delineated statement, the levels required in (1) through (5) for at least each of the four ensuing fiscal years.
Repeals sequestration requirements of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) regarding: (1) adjustments for emergency appropriations (except those covering agricultural crop disaster assistance); (2) emergency legislation; and (3) the scope of estimates of such legislation.
Eliminates adjustments of appropriations designated as emergency requirements under the CBA.
Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to define "emergency" as an unanticipated situation that requires new budget authority and outlays (or new budget authority and the outlays flowing therefrom) for the prevention or mitigation of, or response to, loss of life or property, or a threat to national security.
Amends the CBA to set forth requirements with respect to: (1) the President's budget request for reserve funds for emergencies; (2) treatment of emergency legislation to fund both nonmilitary emergencies and certain military operations; and (3) committee notification of any emergency legislation.
Prohibits floor amendments to amendments reported by the Committee on the Budget (or from the consideration of which the Committee has been discharged) with respect to legislation for emergency reserve funds for certain military operations.
Requires congressional summary budget scorekeeping reports to include an up-to-date tabulation of amounts remaining in the reserve fund for emergencies.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2007 to Mar 26, 2007.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SC | Bob Inglis | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-TN | David Davis | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-GA | John Linder | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-NC | Patrick T. McHenry | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Peter Hoekstra | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Mar 9, 2007 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Mar 9, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 16, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 16, 2007Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Authorization
- Budget deficits
- Budget reconciliation
- Budget resolutions
- Budget surpluses
- Congress
- Congressional budget
- Congressional committees
- Congressional Record
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Defense budgets
- Disaster relief
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Expedited congressional procedure
- Federal budget process
- Federal budgets
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Legislation
- Legislative amendments
- Legislative resolutions
- Military operations
- Public debt
- Standards
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- Feb 16, 2007Introduced in House
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