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Committee on the Budget

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16 bills referred in the 109th Congress

357 across the 13 Congresses on file, most in the 112th at 48. A referral is not a hearing: most bills sent to a committee are never taken up.

Bills referred, by Congress 107th to 119th

Members

Served in the 109th Congress

Members, 109th Congress 23

Everyone who held a seat in the 109th Congress, leaders first, with the day they joined or left when it was not with the rest.

Seat	Member	Role
R-NH	Judd Gregg	Chair
D-ND	Kent Conrad	Ranking Member
D-FL	Bill Nelson
R-IA	Chuck Grassley
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow
R-AL	Jeff Sessions
R-KY	Jim Bunning
R-TX	John Cornyn
R-NV	John Ensign
D-NJ	Jon S. CorzineLeft Dec 21, 2005
R-TN	Lamar Alexander
R-SC	Lindsey Graham
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi
R-ID	Mike Crapo
D-WA	Patty Murray
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes
R-NM	Pete V. Domenici
D-WV	Robert C. Byrd
D-NJ	Robert MenendezJoined Jan 18, 2006
D-OR	Ron Wyden
D-WI	Russell D. Feingold
D-SD	Tim Johnson
R-CO	Wayne Allard

Record

Bills, meetings, hearings, reports and more, newest first. In the 109th Congress.

Newest activity first. In the 109th Congress.

Bill	Title	Referral	Date
S 4062	Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2006	Referred To	Nov 16, 2006
S 4036	Budget Enforcement Legislative Tools Act of 2006	Referred To	Sep 30, 2006
S 3521	Stop Over Spending Act of 2006	Reported By	Jul 14, 2006
S 3491	SAFE Commission Act	Referred To	Jun 12, 2006
S 2381	Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006	Hearings By	May 2, 2006
SCONRES 83	An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2006 and 2008 through 2011.	Reported Original Measure	Mar 10, 2006
S 2372	Expedited Budget Item Veto Review Act of 2006	Referred To	Mar 6, 2006
S 1932	Deficit Reduction Act of 2005	Reported Original Measure	Oct 27, 2005

The published transcripts, newest first, from GovInfo. In the 109th Congress.

Hearing	Title	Held
S. Hrg. 109-695	State of the Economy and Budget119 pagesOn S. 3521 4 witnesses Edwards, Chris, Director of Tax Policy Studies, CATO Institute...72, Hassett, Kevin, Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute...........................................59, Lazear, Edward, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisor............25, Orszag, Peter, Deputy Director of Economic Studies, Brookins Institute......................................................83,	Sep 28, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-651	Nomination of Hon. Robert J. Portman111 pages 3 witnesses Honorable Jim Bunning............................................ 1, Honorable Mike DeWine, A United States Senator from the State of Ohio Honorable Robert J. Portman, of Ohio, Nominee to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget............................23,	May 11, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-650	S. 2381, a Bill to Amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to Provide Line Item Rescission Authority102 pagesOn S. 2381 1 witness Panel One Senator Byrd.....................................................12,	May 2, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-649	Concurrent Resolution on the Budget Fiscal Year 2007Held Feb 2, 2006 to Mar 2, 2006 · 527 pagesOn S. 489, S. 1927 9 witnesses Hon. Joshua Bolten, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget........................................................88, Gordon England, Deputy Secretary, US Department of Defense.....479, Hon. Mark W. Everson, Commissioner, Interanal Revenue Service..174, Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Department of Defense Michael O. Leavitt, Hon., Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services...............................................397, Mr. Donald Marron, acting Director, Congressional Budget Office..19, Nina Olsen, National Taxpayer Advocate, Taxpayer Advocate Services.....................................................240, Hon. Condoleeza Rice, Secretary, US Department of State........285, Hon. David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, US Government Accountability Office..........................189,	Feb 2, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-667	Field Hearings for Fiscal Year 2007Held Jan 16, 2006 to Aug 30, 2006 · 377 pagesOn H.R. 1023, H.R. 5198, S. 1537, S. 2005, S. 2433 and 4 more 30 witnesses Kenneth R. Buck, Weld County District Attorney.................347, Wallace Buckingham, Past Commander Department of North Dakota AMVETS Birch P. Burdick, Cass County State's Attorney...................28, Paul Cullinan, Chief of Human Resources Cost Estimates, Cngressional Budget Office...................................288, Tony Gagliardi, Colorado State Director, National Federal of Independent Business.........................................350, Bruce Gjovig, Director and Entrepreneur Coach UND Center for Innovation Gerald H. Groenewold, Director, Energy and Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota Bob Hanson, Commissioner, North Dakota Department of Veterans' Affairs John D. Hanson, Member National Legislative Committee, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Dr. Alice L. Hoffert, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management, University of North Dakota Helen Krieble, President and Founder, The Vernon K. Krieble Foundation...................................................353, Karen E. Larson, Deputy Director of the Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas.....................................60, Dr. Barry Milavetz, Associate Vice President for Research, University of North Dakota Governor Bill Owens, Governor, State of Colorado...............268, Paula Presley, Commander, El Paso County Sheriff's Office......343, Robert Rector, Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation.302, Sebastian Roll, National Vice-Commander, The American Legion Dean A. Ross, Valley City Chief of Police........................36, Dan Rubinstein, Chief Deputy District Attorney and Mesa County Meth Task Force Executive Board Member.......................339, Wayne Stenehjem, North Dakota Attorney General...................12, Dan Stenvold, VVA Mayor Ed Tauer, Mayor, Aurora, Colorado........................332, Keith A. Ternes, Interim Chief of Police, Fargo Police Department32, Warren Tobin, Past Department Commander of the Disabled American Veterans Department of North Dakota Logan Tong, Student, University of North Dakota Rod Trottier, BIA Police Chief, Belcourt, North Dakota Karin L. Walton, Director of the North Dakota Higer Education Consortium for Substance Abuse Prevention....................114, Dr. H. David Wilson, Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean at the University of North Dakota Drew Wrigley, US Attorney, Department of Justice Dr. Delore Zimmerman, President CEO Praxis, Inc. and Director, Coordinating Center of the Red River Valley Research Corridor	Jan 16, 2006
S. Hrg. 109-169	Mid-Session Hearings on the BudgetHeld Apr 21, 2005 to Jul 20, 2005 · 261 pages 4 witnesses Bradley D. Belt, Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation....................................................91, Alan Greenspan, Hon., Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.................................................24, Holtz-Eakin, Douglas, Director, Congressional Budget Office....131, Michael O. Leavitt, Hon., Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services...............................................214,	Apr 21, 2005
S. Hrg. 109-244	Fiscal Year 2006 Field Hearing52 pages 4 witnesses Bixby, Robert, Executive Director of the Concord Coalition Blake, Venus, Retiree From Fargo Cheney, Janis, State Director of the North Dakota AARP Savelkoul, Stuart, Housing Coordinator at Dickinson State University	Mar 23, 2005
S. Hrg. 109-114	Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2006Held Feb 1, 2005 to Mar 1, 2005 · 532 pagesOn S. 239 8 witnesses Bolten, Joshua, Hon., Director, Office of Management and Budget179, Brown, Jeffrey, PhD., Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign..............................417, Holtz-Eakin, Douglas, Director, Congressional Budget Of17, 58, 356, Jonas, Tina, Undersecretary of Defense/Comptroller, Department of Defense........................................................ Pace, Peter, General, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense.......................................... Quam, Lois, E., Chief Executive Officer, Ovations, A UnitedHealth Group Company................................................429, Saving, Thomas R., Director, Private Enterprise Research Center402, Snow, John, Hon., Secretary, Department of the Treasury........279, Walker, David M., Hon., Comptroller General of the United States Government Accountability Office..............................96, Wolfowitz, Paul, Deputy Secretary, Department of Defense	Feb 1, 2005

The committee's written reports, most on a bill it sent to the floor. In the 109th Congress.

Report	Title	Issued
S. Rept. 109-283	The Stop Over Spending Act of 2006On S. 3521	Jul 14, 2006

Referred to this committee for confirmation, newest first, with the outcome and the latest action. In the 109th Congress.

Nomination	Nominee and post	Outcome	Received
PN1669	Stephen S. McMillin, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Joel David Kaplan.Executive Office of the President	Confirmed Jul 28, 2006Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Jun 12, 2006
PN1484	Robert J. Portman, of Ohio, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Joshua B. Bolten.Executive Office of the President	Confirmed May 26, 2006Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote.	Apr 27, 2006

Reports, rules and messages sent to Congress by agencies and the President, and petitions and memorials, referred to this committee. Newest first. In the 109th Congress.

Number	Communication	Referred
PM-42	A message from the President of the United States, transmitting a draft of proposed legislation entitled "Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006"; to the Committee on the Budget.Presidential message	Mar 6, 2006
PM-36	A message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2007; referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975 as modified by the order of April 11, 1986; to the Committees on the Budget; and Appropriations.Presidential message	Feb 6, 2006
EC-4769	A communication from the Special Assistant to the President and Director, Office of Administration, Executive Office of the President, transmitting, pursuant to law, the personnel report for personnel employed in the White House Office, the Executive Residence at the White House, the Office of the Vice President, the Office of Policy Development (Domestic Policy Staff), and the Office of Administration; to the Committee on the Budget.Executive communication	Dec 13, 2005
POM-146	A joint resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee relative to proposed cuts in agriculture-related programs and initiatives; to the Committee on the Budget.Petition or memorial	Jul 20, 2005
POM-44	A joint resolution adopted by the Legislature of the State of Nevada relative to the sale of land in Nevada to lower the federal deficit; to the Committee on the Budget.Petition or memorial	Apr 20, 2005
PM-3	A message from the President of the United States, transmitting, pursuant to law, the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2006; referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975 as modified by the order of April 11, 1986; to the Committees on the Budget; and Appropriations.Presidential message	Feb 7, 2005

Reference documents the committee published: studies, compilations of law, rules. In the 109th Congress.

Print	Title	Text
S. Prt. 109-72	TAX EXPENDITURES Compendium of Background Material on Individual Provisions	PDF · Text

By Congress

The committee's record in each Congress on file. Choose one to see the page as it stood then: its members, subcommittees and record. A dash means the official source has nothing that early, not that the committee did nothing.

Congress	Members	Bills referred	Reported	Became law	Reports	Meetings	Printed hearings	Nominations	Communications	Prints
119th2025–2026, sitting	22	26	3	2	1	13	3	3	18	0
118th2023–2024	21	27	2	0	2	42	44	0	17	3
117th2021–2022	22	28	1	0	0	18	16	4	7	4
116th2019–2020	21	32	4	1	1	12	6	2	39	2
115th2017–2018	25	29	3	0	0	—	5	2	48	3
114th2015–2016	22	35	3	0	2	—	5	0	31	2
113th2013–2014	22	46	3	0	0	—	8	3	18	2
112th2011–2012	24	48	1	0	0	—	5	1	11	1
111th2009–2010	26	28	3	0	0	—	11	2	4	4
110th2007–2008	23	14	3	0	0	—	7	1	3	2
109th2005–2006	23	16	5	1	1	—	8	2	6	1
108th2003–2004	23	9	3	0	0	—	3	0	11	1
107th2001–2002	23	19	4	0	1	—	4	0	47	0

Membership changes 2

Who joined, left or changed role after the committee was first filled in the 109th Congress, newest first, each with the official record.

Date	Member	Change	Record
Jan 18, 2006	Robert Menendez D-NJ	Joined	S.Res. 348
Dec 21, 2005	Jon S. Corzine D-NJ	Left Congress	Last recorded vote

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