H. Con. Res. 112 - Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2013

Bill Text

    Text of H. Con. Res. 112 PDF XML

    Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2013. 

    Text of H. Rept. 112-42 PDF XML

    Report from the Committee on the Budget

Rule Information

 

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Tuesday, March 27, 2012.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 597: 
Adopted by record vote of 241-184, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 235-183 on Wednesday, March 28, 2012.  

MANAGERS: Woodall/Slaughter

1. Structured rule. 

2. Provides four hours of general debate, with three hours confined to the congressional budget equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget and one hour on the subject of economic goals and policies equally divided and controlled by Rep. Brady of Texas and Rep. Hinchey of New York or their designees.

3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution.

4. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report.  Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject to amendment.

5. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report except that the adoption of an amendment in the nature of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment.

6. Provides, upon the conclusion of consideration of the concurrent resolution for amendment, a final period of general debate, which shall not exceed 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget.

7. Permits the chair of the Committee on the Budget to offer amendments in the House pursuant to section 305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to achieve mathematical consistency.

8. Provides that the concurrent resolution shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.

9. Provides that it shall be in order at any time on the legislative day of March 29, 2012, for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules, as though under clause 1 of rule XV, relating to a measure extending expiring surface transportation authority.

 

 

Amendments (click headers to sort)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
11Version 1Baldwin (WI)DemocratWould prevent the increase in the Stafford Loan interest rate for Fiscal Years 2013 through 2022 and would implement the Buffet Rule to require millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share.Submitted
2Version 1Cleaver (MO), Scott, Bobby (VA), Moore, Gwen (WI), Bass (CA)_DemocratSUBSTITUTE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS SUBSTITUTE. Would make investments in education, job training, transportation and infrastructure, and advanced research and development programs that will accelerate our economic recovery. Would protect the social safety net without cutting Social Security, Medicaid or Medicare and close certain corporate tax loopholes and preferences, saving trillions of dollars on the deficit over the next decade.Made In Order
13Version 1Cooper (TN), LaTourette (OH), Schrader (OR), Bass (NH), Quigley (IL), Reed (NY), Costa (CA), Dold (IL), Lipinski (IL)Bi-PartisanSUBSTITUTE Would establish the budget for FY 2013 and set forth the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2014 through FY 2022.Made In Order
10Version 1Frank (MA)DemocratWould, for fiscal year 2013, reduce the recommended level of new budget authority relating to Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism by $5,600,000,000 and for each of fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015, reduce the recommended level of outlays relating to Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism by $4,257,000,000, $1,066,000,000, and $276,000,000, respectively. Submitted
9Version 1Garrett (NJ), Jordan (OH), Mulvaney (SC), McClintock (CA), Huelskamp (KS)RepublicanSUBSTITUTE REPUBLICAN STUDY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE. Would make reforms to several federal programs, freeze spending at $931 billion until the federal budget is balanced, and balance the budget by 2017.Made In Order
1Version 1Honda (CA), Ellison (MN), Grijalva, Raul (AZ), Woolsey (CA), Lee, Barbara (CA)DemocratSUBSTITUTE CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS SUBSTITUTE. Would provide for deficit reduction and job creation that protects the social safety net.Made In Order
14Version 1Larsen, Rick (WA), Manzullo (IL)Bi-PartisanWould express the sense of Congress that the Export-Import Bank should be immediately reauthorized for at least four years with a lending cap increase of at least $40 billion.Submitted
15Version 1Larsen, Rick (WA)DemocratWould express the sense of Congress that VAWA should be immediately reauthorized.Submitted
5Version 1Lee, Barbara (CA)DemocratWould express the Sense of the House that funding for Overseas Contingency Operations in Afghanistan should be obligated solely for the purpose of executing the safe and orderly withdrawal of all U.S. troops and Defense Department contractor personnel from Afghanistan.Submitted
6Version 1Lee, Barbara (CA)DemocratWould require the Congressional Budget Office to generate a separate analysis, in conjunction with their work on the majority and minority budgets, which identifies and organizes all of the funding levels for the federal programs or tax expenditures and credits which impact the benefits and services that meet the basic human needs of Americans in poverty and near poverty or are meant to provide a pathway out of poverty like job training programs or educational grants for low income students.Submitted
7Version 1Lee, Barbara (CA)DemocratWould express the sense of the House that funds should not be authorized in excess of FY2012 unless Defense Department makes available audit-ready financial documents within 180 days of enactment of this Act.Submitted
8Version 1Lee, Barbara (CA)DemocratWould express the sense of the House that Defense Department spending should return to 2008 level, with exemptions for personnel and health accounts. Submitted
4Version 1Mulvaney (SC)RepublicanSUBSTITUTE Would insert President Obama’s budget proposal, as scored by CBO.Made In Order
3Version 1Stearns (FL)RepublicanWould advise the Energy and Commerce Committee to authorize the reallocation and auction of the government spectrum between 1755-1780 MHz on the timetable specified for other spectrum auctions in the recently enacted Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. Would also give the FCC the authority to pair this spectrum with the AWS-3 band (2155-2180) and would provide that any proceeds from the auction not reserved to cover the relocation or sharing costs of the affected Federal entities shall be used to offset any sequester for the Department of Defense.Submitted
12Version 1Van Hollen, Chris (MD)DemocratSUBSTITUTE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS SUBSTITUTE. Would emphasize job creation, protecting Medicare beneficiaries, and ending additional tax breaks for special interests and the wealthiest Americans by including a number of job-creation initiatives, preserving the Medicare guarantee, and extending tax relief for the middle-class. Would also set discretionary spending at the Budget Control Act levels and using alternative savings to replace that law’s future sequesters.Made In Order