HR 3964 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act of 2009

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 29, 2009 Referred to House Ways and Means

Progress

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  1. IntroducedOct 29, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act of 2009 - Enhanced Spending Control and Budget Enforcement Act of 2009 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require joint (currently, concurrent) budget resolutions signed by the President.

Repeals the requirement for submission to the House of Representatives of an allocation and sub-allocations, consistent with the discretionary spending levels in the most recently agreed to budget resolution, in the event that no new budget resolution becomes law before April 15 of any year.

Prescribes procedures for expedited consideration in each chamber of a presidential veto of a budget resolution.

Revises requirements for adjustments for emergencies. Provides for a reserve fund for emergencies.

Prescribes requirements for biennial budget resolutions, appropriations Acts, and government strategic and performance plans instead of annual ones if the President and Congress so agree.

Spending Enforcement and Reform Act of 2009 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to establish discretionary spending limits for FY2011-FY2019. Prescribes certain deficit control enforcement mechanisms for such period.

Budget Reform and Long-Term Sustainability Act of 2009 - Amends the CBA to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to: (1) make an annual 75-year projection of total spending, revenue, deficits, and debt as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), based on current law levels as modified to maintain current policy; (2) issue a Spending Review Report analyzing the solvency of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Fund and the long-range sustainability of the spending levels of Medicare, Medicaid, and other direct spending. Prescribes procedures for introduction and expedited consideration in each chamber of spending review legislation if such report indicates OASDI Trust Fund insolvency or the non-sustainability of Medicare, Medicaid, and other direct spending.

Requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) each to report on the federal government's financial condition, including the long-term unfunded obligations. .

Requires inclusion in a joint budget resolution of specified long-term reconciliation directives in addition to, as under current law, a reconciliation measure.

Requires CBO to estimate whether each measure reported from committee (except those under the Committee on Appropriations) causes a net increase in direct spending in excess of $5 billion in any of the four 10-year periods beginning in FY2019-FY2058. Makes it out of order in both chambers, subject to certain waivers or suspensions, to consider any measure that causes such a net increase in deficits

Federal Program Sunset Act of 2009 - Establishes the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to review and report to Congress on the efficiency and public need for each federal agency, recommending abolishment or reorganization.

Legislative Line-Item Veto Act of 2009 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President to propose to Congress the cancellation (line item veto) of any dollar amount of discretionary budget authority, item of direct spending, or targeted tax benefit.

Prescribes procedures for expedited consideration in each chamber of legislation to approve such proposal.

Authorizes the President to: (1) withhold discretionary budget authority temporarily from obligation; or (2) suspend temporarily direct spending, a limited tariff, or targeted tax benefit.

Declares that all such spending reductions related to this title shall be for deficit reduction.

Amends Rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports), Rule X (Organization of Committees), and Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House to prescribe procedures for consideration of rescission measures.

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act of 2009 - Establishes the Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies to: (1) evaluate executive agencies and their programs, using specified criteria; and (2) submit to Congress a plan recommending agencies and programs that should be realigned or eliminated, and proposing implementing legislation. Prescribes procedures for congressional consideration of reform proposals.

Transparency in Budgeting Act of 2009 - Provides for accrual funding of: (1) the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (2) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System; and (3) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System.

Establishes in the Treasury: (1) the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Retirement Fund; (2) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Retirement Fund; and (3) the Coast Guard Military Retirement Fund.

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

Changes the name of the Department of Defense (DOD) Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund to Uniformed Services Health Care Fund (thus, providing health care programs for all uniformed service retirees, under certain conditions).

Establishes a Joint Select Committee on Earmark Reform. Declares a moratorium on consideration of earmarks until the Joint Select Committee files its report.

Revises requirements for limiting the public debt.

Repeals Rule XXVIII (the Gephardt Rule, relating to mandatory adjustment of the statutory limit on the public debt to conform to a budget resolution).

Amends the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 to require adjustment for market risks in the estimation of net present values for calculation of the estimated long-term cost to the federal government of a direct loan or loan guarantee or modification.

Budget Enforcement and Congressional Control Act of 2009 - Amends the CBA to prohibit consideration of extraneous appropriations in omnibus appropriations measures, or of more than a 20% increase in new direct spending in reconciliation legislation.

Amends Rule XIII (Calendars and Committee Reports) to make it out of order to consider any waiver of spending and deficit limits under this Act or the CBA.

Directs the chairs of the congressional budget committees to each maintain a deficit reduction Discretionary Account and a deficit reduction Mandatory Account.

Revises Rule X to suspend certain requirements limiting terms of service on the House Budget Committee. Establishes a House select committee to review the effectiveness of such requirements.

Provides for expedited judicial consideration and review of a complaint by a Member of Congress or individual who is adversely affected by this Act.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 29, 2009 to Mar 16, 2010, with 20 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MOBlaine LuetkemeyerOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-WYCynthia M. LummisOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-CODoug LambornOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-OHJim JordanOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-TXJoe BartonOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-AZJohn B. ShadeggOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-CAJohn CampbellOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-PAJoseph R. PittsOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-TXKevin BradyOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-TNMarsha BlackburnOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-GAPaul C. BrounOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-WIPaul D. RyanOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-TXRandy NeugebauerOriginalOct 29, 2009
R-UTRob BishopOriginalOct 29, 2009

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 29, 2009Introduced in House
  2. Oct 29, 2009Referred to House Appropriations
  3. Oct 29, 2009Referred to House Budget
  4. Oct 29, 2009Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
  5. Oct 29, 2009Referred to House Rules

Related bills 4

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3026Fiscal Freeze Act of 2010Related billFeb 23, 2010
S 3096Economic Disaster Prevention Act of 2010Related billMar 10, 2010
S 3652Deficit Reduction and Budget Reform Act of 2010Related billJul 27, 2010
HR 5323Save America's Future Economy Act of 2010Related billMay 18, 2010

Subjects

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  1. Oct 29, 2009Introduced in House

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