To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that the President's annual budget submission to Congress list the current fiscal year spending level for each proposed program and a separate amount for any proposed spending increases, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jul 11, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 11, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the President's budget submission to Congress to: (1) list each program, and its proposed funding level, that will be a one-time expense for the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted; and, in addition to the performance standards required, (2) a proposal, by budget function and agency, for reductions in spending for each of the four ensuing fiscal years.
Requires the President, for each budget item being conducted in the current fiscal year, to provide: (1) the amount appropriated or otherwise made available for the item in that year, and (2) the amount of any proposed adjustment in the funding level for the item and its justification.
Requires the President, if he proposes an adjustment resulting in a funding increase for a budget item, to include with the proposal the amount of the adjustment that is a result of inflation and the amount that is a result of an increase in employees' salaries or benefits.
Requires the President to provide for each major program in a budget function specified in the required estimated budget outlays and proposed budget authority: (1) the amount appropriated or otherwise made available for it in the current fiscal year; and (2) a separate amount (if any) of its expected increase in the following fiscal year owing to inflation, pay increases, or benefit increases.
Cosponsors 45
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 11, 2013 to Nov 12, 2014; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| R-WI | Thomas E. Petri | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| R-AR | Tim Griffin | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Original | Jul 11, 2013 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| R-MI | Kerry L. Bentivolio | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-NY | William L. Owens | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| R-VA | E. Scott Rigell | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Jul 22, 2013 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Aug 2, 2013 | |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Sep 10, 2013 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Sep 12, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Sep 23, 2013 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Dec 12, 2013 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Jan 10, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | May 27, 2014 | |
| R-AR | Steve Womack | Jul 31, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Nov 12, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Jul 11, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 11, 2013Introduced in House
- Jul 11, 2013Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Research
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Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4485.
Related bills 2
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Titles 1
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- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that the President's annual budget submission to Congress list the current fiscal year spending level for each proposed program and a separate amount for any proposed spending increases, and for other purposes.
Subjects
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Text 1
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- Jul 11, 2013Introduced in House
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