Congress 111 - HCONRES 85 - Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 and 2011 through 2014.

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Appropriations Arms control and nonproliferation Bank accounts, deposits, capital Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Child health Congressional oversight Crime victims Defense spending Department of Defense Disability assistance Economic performance and conditions Economics and Public Finance Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Employment discrimination and employee rights Energy assistance for the poor and aged Energy storage, supplies, demand Executive agency funding and structure Financial crises and stabilization Fraud offenses and financial crimes Great Lakes Health care quality Higher education Home and outpatient care Homeland security House Committee on Education and Labor House Committee on Energy and Commerce House Committee on Ways and Means Housing and community development funding Income tax credits Income tax deductions Income tax rates Legislative rules and procedure Medicare Military medicine Military operations and strategy Military personnel and dependents Military procurement, research, weapons development National Guard and reserves Nutrition and diet Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Poverty and welfare assistance Public contracts and procurement Roads and highways Sales and excise taxes Separation, divorce, custody, support Small business Social security and elderly assistance Student aid and college costs Tax treatment of families Terrorism Transfer and inheritance taxes Transportation programs funding Unemployment Veterans' medical care Wages and earnings Water quality Women's health

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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2010, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2009, and FY2011-FY2014.

Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Recommends budgetary levels and amounts for FY2009-FY2014 with respect to: (1) federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits (on-budget); (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public.

(Sec. 102) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for specified major functional categories for FY2009-FY2014.

Title II: Reconciliation - (Sec. 201) Sets forth reconciliation instructions for the Committees on: (1) Energy and Commerce; (2) Ways and Means; and (3) Education and Labor.

Authorizes the House to direct the House Clerk to add at the end of a health care reform bill or an education investment bill, subject to these reconciliation instructions, the text of another such measure as passed by the House to form a single engrossed reconciliation bill.

Title III: Reserve Funds - (Sec. 301) Creates certain deficit-neutral reserve funds, subject to specified conditions, for legislation concerning: (1) health care reform; (2) college access, affordability, and completion; (3) an increase in energy independence; (4) America's veterans and servicemembers; (5) certain tax relief; (6) a 9/11 health program; (7) child nutrition; (8) structural unemployment insurance reforms; (9) child support; (10) the Affordable Housing Trust Fund; (11) home visiting for certain individuals and families; and (12) a low-income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP) trigger.

(Sec. 313) Creates a reserve fund, subject to specified conditions, for legislation concerning reauthorization of surface transportation programs.

(Sec. 314) Creates a current policy reserve fund, subject to specified conditions, for legislation concerning: (1) Medicare improvements; (2) middle-class tax relief; (3) Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) reform; and (4) the Estate and Gift Tax.

Title IV: Budget Enforcement - (Sec. 401) Prescribes adjustments for direct spending and revenues to maintain such current policy reserves, only if certain conditions and pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) requirements are met.

Authorizes adjustments for the LIHEAP program, and prescribes other adjustments for the deposit insurance guarantee commitment (in effect as of the enactment of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 [EESA]).

(Sec. 402) Authorizes or prescribes adjustments to discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allocations for: (1) continuing disability reviews, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) redeterminations, and SSI asset verification by the Social Security Administration (SSA); (2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax compliance; (3) the health care fraud and abuse control program; (4) unemployment insurance improper payments reviews; and (5) a Partnership Fund for Program Integrity Innovation in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

States that new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from adoption of legislation making appropriations for FY2009-FY2010 for overseas deployments and related activities, or appropriations for discretionary spending to meet emergency needs, shall not count for certain purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA).

(Sec. 403) Prohibits House legislation that would require advance appropriations, except certain FY2011 or FY2012 programs, projects, activities, or accounts.

(Sec. 404) Encourages all House committees to: (1) conduct rigorous oversight hearings to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in all aspects of federal spending and operations, giving particular scrutiny to issues raised by the Office of Inspector General or Comptroller General; and (2) make recommendations, based on these oversight efforts, to reduce wasteful federal spending to promote deficit reduction and long-term fiscal responsibility.

(Sec. 405) Requires in the House the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any budget resolution to include in its allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the SSA and of the Postal Service.

Title V: Policy - (Sec. 501) Declares the policy of this resolution on: (1) middle-income tax relief and revenues; and (2) defense priorities.

Title VI: Sense of the House - (Sec. 601) Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives on: (1) veterans' and servicemembers' health care; (2) homeland security; (3) American innovation and economic competitiveness; (4) pay parity; (5) college affordability; (6) Great Lakes restoration; and (7) the importance of child support enforcement.

Actions

Apr 2, 2009

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 2, 2009

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 196 (Roll no. 192). (text: CR H4431-4437)
Apr 2, 2009

Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 196 (Roll no. 192).(text: CR H4431-4437)
Apr 2, 2009

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4487)
Apr 2, 2009

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H. Con. Res. 85.
Apr 2, 2009

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 316, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Ryan (WI) amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Apr 2, 2009

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 316, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Lee(CA) amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Apr 2, 2009

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 316, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Jordan(OH) amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Apr 2, 2009

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 316, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Woolsey amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Apr 2, 2009

The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
Apr 2, 2009

GENERAL LEAVE - Mr. Spratt asked unanimous consent that Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on H.Con.Res. 85. Agreed to without objection.
Apr 2, 2009

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H. Con. Res. 85 as unfinished business.
Apr 2, 2009

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with the remaining one hour of general debate on H. Con. Res. 85.
Apr 2, 2009

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4415-4487)
Apr 2, 2009

On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
Apr 2, 2009

Mrs. Maloney moved that the Committee rise.
Apr 1, 2009

GENERAL DEBATE - General Debate on H. Con. Res. 85 continued beyond 12 midnight and on into April 2, 2009.
Apr 1, 2009

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with four hours of general debate on H. Con. Res. 85.
Apr 1, 2009

The Speaker designated the Honorable Ellen O. Tauscher to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
Apr 1, 2009

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 305 and Rule XVIII.
Apr 1, 2009

Rule provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 85 with 4 hours of general debate. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution.
Apr 1, 2009

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 305. (consideration: CR H4370-4393)
Apr 1, 2009

Rule H. Res. 305 passed House.
Mar 31, 2009

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 305 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 85 with 4 hours of general debate. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution.
Mar 27, 2009

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 25.
Mar 27, 2009

The House Committee on The Budget reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111-60, by Mr. Spratt.
Mar 27, 2009

Introduced in House

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