Protecting Our Children’s Future Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 5, 2019 Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 5, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Our Children's Future Act of 2019
This bill makes several changes to the federal budget process. The changes to the budget process include
- converting the existing annual budget and appropriations process to a biennial process;
- changing the calendar period for the federal fiscal year (currently October 1 through September 30) to January 1 through December 31;
- requiring mandatory spending programs to be subject to the appropriations process with exceptions for Social Security, Medicare, programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and TRICARE;
- requiring the baseline budget of each department or agency to be assumed to be zero and each proposed expenditure to be justified as if it were a new expenditure;
- requiring Congress to consider appropriations bills using procedures similar to the existing budget reconciliation process, which includes expedited procedures that prevent a filibuster and restrict amendments in the Senate; and
- withholding pay for Members of Congress if the House and Senate have not jointly agreed to a congressional budget resolution by June 30 of the first year of a Congress.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2019 to Mar 11, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Bradley Byrne | Original | Mar 5, 2019 |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Mar 11, 2019 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2019 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2019 |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Mar 5, 2019 |
| House | Committee on House Administration | Referred Mar 5, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 2019Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3832 | Paul Mitchell I-MI | May 15, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 39, March 5, 2019, page H2369.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 236 | No Budget, No Pay Act | Related bill | Jan 3, 2019 |
| HR 5538 | Mandatory Spending Control and Accountability Act | Related bill | Jan 3, 2020 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To modify the congressional budget and appropriations process to provide fiscal stability for the United States, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protecting Our Children’s Future Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
