HCONRES 85 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

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.

Introduced Mar 27, 2009 Originated House Sponsor John M. Spratt, Jr. D-SC

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

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

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 27, 2009
  2. Agreed to in HouseApr 2, 2009
  3. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

(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.

Recorded votes 5

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 192Passed233–196Apr 2, 2009
House 191Failed137–293Apr 2, 2009
House 190On Agreeing to the AmendmentFailed113–318Apr 2, 2009

Yea 113

Nay 318

Present 1

Not voting 5

House 189Failed111–322Apr 2, 2009
House 188Failed84–348Apr 2, 2009

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseBudget Committee
Reported as an original measure Mar 28, 2009

Actions 26

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 2, 2009Mrs. Maloney moved that the Committee rise.
  2. Apr 2, 2009On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
  3. Apr 2, 2009Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4415-4487)
  4. Apr 2, 2009GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with the remaining one hour of general debate on H. Con. Res. 85.
  5. Apr 2, 2009Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H. Con. Res. 85 as unfinished business.
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In the Congressional Record 5

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
House · ExtensionsDebate and remarks E874, H4399, H4400, H4401–H4410, H4415–H4487, H4490, H4513Text printed H4401, H4431–H4437Amendments H4437, H4446, H4460, H4469Recorded votes H4411, H4446, H4459, H4469, H4486, H4487Jordan amendment (Republican Study Committee substitute)Lee of California amendment (Congressional Black Caucus substitute)Ryan of Wisconsin amendment (substitute)setting forthWoolsey amendment (Congressional Progressive Caucus substitute)Adam H. Putnam R-FL, Allen Boyd D-FL, Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA, Barbara Lee D-CA (amendment), Barney Frank D-MA, Bill Cassidy R-LA, Bob Etheridge D-NC, Bob Inglis R-SC, Brad Miller D-NC, Carol Shea-Porter D-NH, Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Chaka Fattah D-PA, Charles B. Rangel D-NY, Charlie Melancon D-LA, Chris Van Hollen D-MD, Christopher J. Lee R-NY, Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY, Daniel B. Maffei D-NY, Daniel E. Lungren R-CA, Danny K. Davis D-IL, David Dreier R-CA, David G. Reichert R-WA, David Scott D-GA, Dennis Moore D-KS, Devin Nunes R-CA, Donald M. Payne D-NJ, Donna F. Edwards D-MD, Donna M. Christensen D-VI, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Eddie Bernice Johnson D-TX, Edward R. Royce R-CA, Eliot L. Engel D-NY, Eric Cantor R-VA, Fortney Pete Stark D-CA, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Frank R. Wolf R-VA, Gary C. Peters D-MI, Ginny Brown-Waite R-FL, Gwen Moore D-WI, Howard L. Berman D-CA, J. Randy Forbes R-VA, Jack Kingston R-GA, James L. Oberstar D-MN, James P. McGovern D-MA, Jane Harman D-CA, Jeb Hensarling R-TX, Jeff Flake R-AZ, Jeff Fortenberry R-NE, Jim Jordan R-OH (amendment), Joe Wilson R-SC, John A. Boccieri D-OH, John A. Boehner R-OH, John B. Larson D-CT, John B. Shadegg R-AZ, John Conyers, Jr. D-MI, John D. Dingell D-MI, John M. Spratt, Jr. D-SC, Judy Biggert R-IL, Keith Ellison D-MN, Ken Calvert R-CA, Kurt Schrader D-OR, Linda T. Sánchez D-CA, Louie Gohmert R-TX, Lynn C. Woolsey D-CA (amendment), Lynn Jenkins R-KS, Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL, Mark Kirk R-IL, Marsha Blackburn R-TN, Maxine Waters D-CA, Michael T. McCaul R-TX, Mike Pence R-IN, Mike Rogers R-MI, Nancy Pelosi D-CA, Patrick T. McHenry R-NC, Paul D. Ryan R-WI (amendment), Paul Tonko D-NY, Paul W. Hodes D-NH, Peter A. DeFazio D-OR, Rick Larsen D-WA, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA, Robert E. Andrews D-NJ, Ron Kind D-WI, Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT, Rush Holt D-NJ, Sam Farr D-CA, Sam Johnson R-TX, Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. D-GA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Silvestre Reyes D-TX, Spencer Bachus R-AL, Steny H. Hoyer D-MD, Steve Buyer R-IN, Steve King R-IA, Steve Scalise R-LA, Thaddeus G. McCotter R-MI, Todd Tiahrt R-KS, Tom McClintock R-CA, Tom Price R-GA, Vern Buchanan R-FL, W. Todd Akin R-MOApr 2, 2009
HouseDebate and remarks H4254, H4255, H4256, H4257–H4262, H4263, H4273, H4274, H4370–H4393Text printed H4257Recorded votes H4284Albio Sires D-NJ, Allen Boyd D-FL, Allyson Y. Schwartz D-PA, Bob Etheridge D-NC, Bob Goodlatte R-VA, Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Cathy McMorris Rodgers R-WA, Charles W. Dent R-PA, Cynthia M. Lummis R-WY, Dan Burton R-IN, David Dreier R-CA, Devin Nunes R-CA, Duncan Hunter R-CA, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Erik Paulsen R-MN, George Miller D-CA, Gerald E. Connolly D-VA, Gwen Moore D-WI, J. Gresham Barrett R-SC, James P. McGovern D-MA, James R. Langevin D-RI, Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL, Jason Chaffetz R-UT, Jeb Hensarling R-TX, Jerry Lewis R-CA, Jim Jordan R-OH, Joe Wilson R-SC, John Fleming R-LA, John M. Spratt, Jr. D-SC, K. Michael Conaway R-TX, Kevin Brady R-TX, Louie Gohmert R-TX, Marcy Kaptur D-OH, Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL, Michael C. Burgess R-TX, Michele Bachmann R-MN, Mike Pence R-IN, Niki Tsongas D-MA, Patrick T. McHenry R-NC, Paul C. Broun R-GA, Paul D. Ryan R-WI, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA, Robert E. Andrews D-NJ, Robert E. Latta R-OH, Ron Paul R-TX, Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT, Scott Garrett R-NJ, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Steve Austria R-OH, Timothy H. Bishop D-NY, Timothy J. Walz D-MN, Tom Cole R-OK, Tom McClintock R-CA, Virginia Foxx R-NC, W. Todd Akin R-MO, Wally Herger R-CA, Xavier Becerra D-CAApr 1, 2009
HouseDebate and remarks H4132, H4133, H4134, H4135, H4136, H4137, H4138, H4139, H4215, H4217, H4219–H4229, H4241–H4248Brett Guthrie R-KY, Bruce L. Braley D-IA, Dan Burton R-IN, Diane E. Watson D-CA, Donald M. Payne D-NJ, Donna F. Edwards D-MD, Duncan Hunter R-CA, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Ed Perlmutter D-CO, Emanuel Cleaver D-MO, Gerald E. Connolly D-VA, Glenn Thompson R-PA, Jason Chaffetz R-UT, Jim Jordan R-OH, Joe Wilson R-SC, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Louie Gohmert R-TX, Mark Kirk R-IL, Michael A. Arcuri D-NY, Peter A. DeFazio D-OR, Russ Carnahan D-MO, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Steve Austria R-OH, Steve Scalise R-LA, Thomas J. Rooney R-FL, Virginia Foxx R-NC, W. Todd Akin R-MOMar 31, 2009
HouseDebate and remarks H4103, H4104, H4113–H4118Eliot L. Engel D-NY, Joe Wilson R-SC, Michele Bachmann R-MN, Phil Gingrey R-GA, Scott Garrett R-NJMar 30, 2009
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E784James L. Oberstar D-MNMar 26, 2009

Research

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Cite it 9

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Amendments 4

Amendments offered to this resolution.

AmendmentDescriptionOffered byStatus
HAmdt 72An amendment in the nature of a substitute numbered 1 printed in House Report 111-73 to provide $991 billion for non-military di scretionary spending in FY10, $469 billion above President Obama's request; provides $479 billion as sufficient defense spending level; and reduces the deficit by 58% by FY2012. Savings come from eliminating Cold War era weapons systems, targeting waste, fraud, and abuse at the Pentagon, military redeployment and military contractors out of Iraq, repeal of Bush tax cuts for those making more than $250,000 a year, crackdown on corporate welfare and reinstating a quarter-cent tax (0.25%) on all stock transactions. Spending increases include health care for all Americans, cutting poverty in half in ten years, additional economic stimulus, increased Foreign Assistance, combating global warming and establishing energy independence, providing comprehensive education, and providing health care to veterans as an entitlement.Lynn C. Woolsey D-CAOn agreeing to the Woolsey amendment (A001) Failed by recorded vote: 84 - 348 (Roll no. 188).
HAmdt 73An amendment in the nature of a substitute numbered 2 printed in House Report 111-73 to set spending levels, revenue levels, and deficit levels at lower amounts than what is projected by the CBO baseline or what is proposed in the President's budget request. The substitute provides defense funding at the President's level and for non-defense discretionary spending, the substitute provides a hard freeze to non-defense discretionary spending, plus a one percent reduction to prior year spending levels, and also assumes other savings from reductions to lower-priority spending.Jim Jordan R-OHOn agreeing to the Jordan (OH) amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 111 - 322 (Roll no. 189).
HAmdt 74An amendment in the nature of a substitute numbered 3 printed in House Report 111-73 to build upon the historic investments made by the President's budget and the Majority's budget. However, the budget builds on these investments by immediately repealing the 2001 and 2003 Bush-era tax cuts that benefit the wealthiest Americans. The budget also adds an extremely modest 0.565% surtax on adjustable gross income exceeding $500,000 for individuals ($1 million for joint filers). The budget shifts those savings and additional revenue towards Education, Health Care, Job Training, International Aid, Justice, Transportation, and Veterans, while still producing a five year deficit that is $67 billion smaller than the Majority's budget.Barbara Lee D-CAOn agreeing to the Lee (CA) amendment (A003) Failed by recorded vote: 113 - 318, 1 Present (Roll no. 190).
HAmdt 75An amendment in the nature of a substitute numbered 4 printed in House Report 111-73 which seeks to spend $4.8 trillion less than the President's budget over 10 years; sets spending levels which are 20.7% of GDP; freezes non-defense/non- veterans spending; borrows $3.6 trillion less than the President's budget over 10 years; seeks to hold debt to 65% of GDP; and puts forward a long-term budget to bring debt under control. The substitute also seeks to permanently extend 2001 and 2003 tax relief; permanently fix the Alternative Minimum Tax; create 2.1 million more jobs than the Democrats' budget; suspend capital gains taxes through 2010; and reduce the corporate tax rate to 25% from the current 35%. The amendment also seeks to provide $5 billion over the President's budget for Defense; $540 million over the President's budget for Veterans; to save $50 billion annually for war or unmet defense needs; and provide for health and retirement security by reforming programs to ensure they provide benefits for future beneficiaries.Paul D. Ryan R-WIOn agreeing to the Ryan (WI) amendment (A004) Failed by recorded vote: 137 - 293 (Roll no. 191).

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
SCONRES 13An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.Related billApr 29, 2009
HRES 305Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 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.Procedurally relatedApr 1, 2009
HRES 316Providing for further consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 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.Related billApr 2, 2009

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 2, 2009Engrossed in House
  2. Mar 27, 2009Reported in House

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