Spending Control Act of 2004

Summary

Spending Control Act of 2004 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to: (1) revise for FY 2004 discretionary spending limits (spending caps) for the highway and mass transit categories; (2) set forth for FY 2005 and 2006 new budget authority and outlays for the general purpose discretionary category, outlays for the highway category and new budget authority and outlays for the mass transit category; and (3) set forth for FY 2007 through 2009 outlays for the highway category and new budget authority and outlays for the mass transit category. Revises the requirement that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) make adjustments to the highway category to conform to estimated levels of highway receipts. Sets forth the level of obligation limitations (sum of budget authority and obligation limitations) for the highway and mass transit categories for FY 2004 through 2009. Provides that, in any of FY 2005 through 2006, discretionary advance appropriations provided in appropriation Acts in excess of $23,558 billion shall be counted against the discretionary spending limits for the fiscal year for which the appropriation Act containing the advance appropriation is enacted. Extends PAY-AS-YOU-GO requirements through FY 2009 to provide for an offsetting sequestration for direct spending (currently, direct spending and receipts) legislation that is enacted before October 1, 2009, that causes a net increase in direct spending (currently, net deficit increase). Provides, under specified conditions, for additional new budget authority in FY 2005 or 2006 for fire suppression and for an adjustment in the discretionary spending limit for FY 2005 for appropriations for the global war on terrorism. Excludes from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and OMB estimates certain extending provisions in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. Requires the estimates set forth in the discretionary sequestration preview and final reports issued by OMB and CBO to include the current year and each subsequent year through FY 2006 (or FY 2009 solely to enforce the discretionary spending limits for the highway and mass transit categories). Extends: (1) certain budget enforcement requirements through FY 2006 (or 2009 for enforcement of spending caps for highway and mass transit categories); and (2) PAY-AS-YOU-GO requirements through FY 2013.

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Timeline

1. 23 June 2004

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 23 June 2004

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 23 June 2004

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 24 June 2004

   Floor

   The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.

   Source: Floor

5. 24 June 2004

   Floor

   Mr. Stenholm moved to recommit with instructions to The Budget. (consideration: CR 6/25/2004 H5064-5065)

   Source: Floor

6. 24 June 2004

   Passed

   The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

   Source: Floor

7. 24 June 2004

   Floor

   The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR 6/25/2004 H5064)

   Source: Floor

8. 24 June 2004

   Floor

   The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4663.

   Source: Floor

9. 24 June 2004

   Floor

   The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

   Source: Floor

10. 24 June 2004

    Floor

    Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4663 as unfinished business.

    Source: Floor

11. 24 June 2004

    Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4663 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.

    Source: Floor

12. 24 June 2004

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable Steven C. LaTourette to act as Chairman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

13. 24 June 2004

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 692 and Rule XVIII.

    Source: Floor

14. 24 June 2004

    Reported

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 692. (consideration: CR H4898-4908; text of measure as reported in House: CR 6/25/2004 H6970-6972)

    Source: Floor

15. 24 June 2004

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 692 passed House.

    Source: Floor

16. 24 June 2004

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 692 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4663 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.

    Source: Floor

17. 25 June 2004

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

18. 25 June 2004

    Vote

    On passage Failed by recorded vote: 146 - 268 (Roll no. 318).

    Source: Floor

19. 25 June 2004

    Vote

    Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On passage Failed by recorded vote: 146 - 268 (Roll no. 318).

    Source: Floor

20. 25 June 2004

    Vote

    On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 196 - 218 (Roll no. 317).

    Source: Floor

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

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Sponsors

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• related to → Discretionary Spending Control Act of 2004
• related to → Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4663) to amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to extend the discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go through fiscal year 2009.
• amends ← Amendment in the nature of a substitute.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 108-566 to provide for an automatic continuing resolution in the event that an agreement is not reached on spending levels by the legal deadline.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 108-566 to eliminate the requirement to provide budget authority and outlays for the 20 separate functions in the budget resolution. Under the amendment, the required contents of the budget resolution would include: total of new budget authority and outlays; revenues; surplus or deficit; and public debt.
• amends ← An amendment in the nature of a substitute numbered 16 printed in House Report 108-566 to establish a joint budget resolution signed by the President with the force of law, requiring the President and Congress to commit to the same budget before spending money. Replaces 20 functions withone-page budget, setting spending for five categories: mandatory, non- defense, defense, interest, and emergencies. Permits biennial budgeting if President and Congress agree in advance. Non-military emergencies must be handled with "rainy day" fund; spending from fund must be for sudden, urgent, unforeseen, and temporary emergencies. Requires two-thirds supermajority vote in both houses for over-budget spending. Establishes "Family Budget Protection Accounts" to allow Congress to redirect savings found during appropriations process to tax relief or deficit reduction at the end of fiscal year. Limits growth in entitlement spending to inflation adjustment for each program and population growth; discretionary caps allow growth for inflation, with firewall separating defense, non-defense, and emergency spending. Limits protected by points of order and enforced by sequesters. Expands programs eligible for sequester; exempts Social Security and Medicare Part A; protects Medicare Parts B, C, and D, Medicaid, veterans, military, federal retiree benefits,.and certain low-income programs from reductions greater than 2%; President can exempt defense or homeland security accounts for national security. Sunsets every voluntary entitlement program and all discretionary programs in FY08 and FY09 to allow cost-benefit analysis of continued funding (exempts earned benefits). Creates point of order to freeze program funding where authorization has lapsed. Provides expedited Congressional consideration of proposed presidential rescissions. Commission recommends cutting waste, fraud, and abuse; proposals receive expedited Congressional consideration (including in defense and entitlement spending). Requires use of nominal dollars to compare current spending with proposed spending. Requires agencies to fund government shareof accruing costs of pension, retiree pay, and retiree health benefits earned by federal civilian and military employees (no change to retiree benefits). Defines public debt accurately by excluding debt government owesto itself. Risk-assumed budgeting provides for consideration of long-term liabilities of business-related federal insurance programs.
• amends ← An amendment in the nature of a substitute numbered 17 printed in House Report 108-566 to replace the current emergency appropriations procedure with a "rainy day fund" reserve account for emergencies, which is built up over time and drawn down as needed. Budget projections for the coming year will be compared to actual spending for the previous year, not inflation- adjusted "baselines." Federal spending above a set cap will trigger a spending sequester that imposes automatic, across-the-board spending reductions. Social Security and Medicare accounts will be protected from spending cuts. Discretionary spending must stay within an annual cap. Enhanced Rescissions of Budget Authority Identified by the President as Wasteful Spending. The President would be given authority to eliminate wasteful spending, by proposing a rescission package of spending. Congress will consider the President's proposed rescission package though expedited debate and an up-or-down vote. The President will appoint a bipartisan Commission to make recommendations on proposals to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in the Federal budget. The Commission will prepare a report to Congress that includes a list of wasteful or duplicative programs that should be reviewed by Congress. Through accrual accounting, Federal funding of pensions and retiremen. benefits for federal employees and uniformed services personnel will be properly accounted for in the annual budget. Using accrual accounting principles, the budget will note the present value costs of health benefitsfor federal employees and uniformed services personnel. Federal debt to thepublic would break out a separate accounting of intra-governmental debt. The limit on Federal debt to the public would be adjusted to apply solely to publicly issued Treasury securities. PAYGO rules related to spending are extended until 2007.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 108-566 to impose an entitlement cap under which the total level of direct spending is limited to inflation and the growth in a given program's beneficiary population. Under the amendment, inflation will be the higher of either the CPI or whatever inflator (if any) is currently applicable to each program.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 108-566 to establish Budget Protection Accounts which would allow Congress to target spending during the appropriation and direct spending processes and redirect that spending for deficit reduction at the end of the fiscal year.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 108-566 to replace the current 20 budget functions with a one-page budget that divides spending into five categories: mandatory spending, defense discretionary spending, non-defense descretionary spending, emergency spending, and interest on the debt. The emergency spending category would be composed of "rainy day" funds for specified occasions.

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