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H.CON.RES.68
Sponsor: Rep Kasich, John R.(introduced 3/23/1999)
Related Bills: H.RES.131, H.RES.137, S.CON.RES.20
Latest Major Action: 4/15/1999 Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-44. Record Vote No: 86.
Title: Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2000 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2009.
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3/23/1999 3:19pm:
The House Committee on The Budget reported an original measure, H. Rept. 106-73, by Mr. Kasich.
3/23/1999 3:19pm:
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 39.
3/24/1999 8:59pm:
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 131 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H. Con. Res. 68 with 3 hours of general debate. Points of order are waived against consideration of the concurrent resolution for failure to comply with clause 4(a) of rule XIII are waived. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
3/25/1999 11:46am:
Rule H. Res. 131 passed House.
3/25/1999 11:48am:
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 131.
3/25/1999 11:49am:
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 131 and Rule XXIII.
3/25/1999 11:49am:
The Speaker designated the Honorable Dave Camp to act as Chairman of the Committee.
3/25/1999 3:23pm:
H.AMDT.39 Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Kasich.
An amendment to make technical changes, add a sense of the Congress on child nutrition, increase defense outlays in FY 2000 by $2 billion, and require CBO to consult with Social Security trustees when re-estimating the Social Security surplus. Pursuant to the rule the amendment shall be considered as adopted.
3/25/1999 3:23pm:
H.AMDT.39 On agreeing to the Kasich amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.
3/25/1999 3:24pm:
H.AMDT.40 Amendment (A002) in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Coburn.
Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to replace the text of the resolution with the President's completed budget proposal as scored by CBO.
3/25/1999 4:37pm:
H.AMDT.40 On agreeing to the Coburn amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 2 - 426, 1 Present (Roll no. 74).
3/25/1999 4:38pm:
H.AMDT.41 Amendment (A003) in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Minge.
Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to reserve 100 percent of the Social Security surplus for Social Security, allocate 50 percent of the on-budget surplus to debt reduction, 25 percent for tax relief, and 25 percent for spending priorities.
3/25/1999 5:54pm:
H.AMDT.41 On agreeing to the Minge amendment (A003) Failed by recorded vote: 134 - 295 (Roll no. 75).
3/25/1999 5:55pm:
H.AMDT.42 Amendment (A004) in the nature of a substitute offered by Mr. Spratt.
Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to require the enactment of legislation extending the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund to 2050 and the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund for 12 additional years prior to the enactment of net new tax cuts or net new spending initiatives.
3/25/1999 6:56pm:
H.AMDT.42 On agreeing to the Spratt amendment (A004) Failed by recorded vote: 173 - 250 (Roll no. 76).
3/25/1999 7:10pm:
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H. Con. Res. 68.
3/25/1999 7:10pm:
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
3/25/1999 7:27pm:
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 208 (Roll no. 77).
3/25/1999 7:27pm:
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
3/25/1999:
Received in the Senate.
3/25/1999:
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
3/25/1999:
Senate struck all after the Resolving Clause and substituted the language of S.CON.RES. 20 amended.
3/25/1999:
Resolution agreed to in Senate in lieu of S.CON.RES. 20 with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-44. Record Vote No: 81.
3/25/1999:
Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference.
4/12/1999 5:53pm:
Mr. Kasich asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
4/12/1999 5:53pm:
On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
4/12/1999 5:53pm:
Mr. Spratt moved that the House instruct conferees.
4/12/1999 5:54pm:
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion require the managers on the part of the House to insist, within the scope of the conference, that the tax cuts set forth in the reconciliation directives be reported at the latest possible date, within the scope of the conference, and to require that the reconciliation legislation implementing those tax cuts not be reported any earlier.
4/12/1999:
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
4/12/1999 7:04pm:
The previous question was ordered without objection.
4/12/1999 7:51pm:
On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 349 - 44 (Roll no. 80).
4/12/1999 7:51pm:
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
4/12/1999 7:52pm:
The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on the Budget: Kasich, Chambliss, Shays, Spratt, and McDermott.
4/13/1999:
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk:.
4/13/1999:
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
4/13/1999:
Motion to appoint conferees made in Senate.
4/13/1999:
Motion by Senator Lautenberg to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate.
4/13/1999:
Motion by Senator Kennedy to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate.
4/13/1999:
Amendment SP 252 proposed by Senator Domenici.
4/13/1999:
S.AMDT.252 Proposed amendment SP 252 withdrawn in Senate.
To include instructions to the Kennedy motion to instruct conferees.
4/13/1999:
Motion by Senator Domenici to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate.
4/13/1999:
Motion by Senator Dodd to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate.
4/13/1999:
Motion by Senator Dorgan to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate.
4/13/1999:
Motion by Senator Dorgan to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
4/13/1999:
Motion by Senator Lautenberg to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 98-0. Record Vote No: 82.
4/13/1999:
Motion by Senator Domenici to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57-42. Record Vote No: 83.
4/13/1999:
Motion by Senator Kennedy to instruct Senate conferees tabled in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55-45. Record Vote No: 84.
4/13/1999:
Motion by Senator Dodd to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66-33. Record Vote No: 85.
4/13/1999:
Conferees agreed to file conference report.
4/13/1999:
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
4/13/1999:
Senate appointed conferees Domenici; Grassley; Nickles; Gramm; Gorton; Lautenberg; Conrad; Boxer; Murray by unanimous consent.
4/14/1999 12:18am:
Conference report H. Rept. 106-91 filed.
4/14/1999 1:18am:
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 137 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H. Con. Res. 68 with 1 hour of general debate.
4/14/1999 11:53am:
Rule H. Res. 137 passed House.
4/14/1999 11:55am:
Mr. Kasich brought up conference report H. Rept. 106-91 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 137.
4/14/1999 1:12pm:
The previous question was ordered without objection.
4/14/1999 1:33pm:
On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 220 - 208 (Roll no. 85).
4/14/1999 1:33pm:
Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
4/14/1999:
Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
4/14/1999:
Conference report considered in Senate.
4/15/1999:
Conference report considered in Senate.
4/15/1999:
Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 54-44. Record Vote No: 86.
4/16/1999:
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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AMENDMENT(S):

1. H.AMDT.39 to H.CON.RES.68 An amendment to make technical changes, add a sense of the Congress on child nutrition, increase defense outlays in FY 2000 by $2 billion, and require CBO to consult with Social Security trustees when re-estimating the Social Security surplus. Pursuant to the rule the amendment shall be considered as adopted.
Sponsor: Rep Kasich, John R.- Latest Major Action: 3/25/1999 House amendment agreed to

2. H.AMDT.40 to H.CON.RES.68 Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to replace the text of the resolution with the President's completed budget proposal as scored by CBO.
Sponsor: Rep Coburn, Tom A.- Latest Major Action: 3/25/1999 House amendment not agreed to

3. H.AMDT.41 to H.CON.RES.68 Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to reserve 100 percent of the Social Security surplus for Social Security, allocate 50 percent of the on-budget surplus to debt reduction, 25 percent for tax relief, and 25 percent for spending priorities.
Sponsor: Rep Minge, David- Latest Major Action: 3/25/1999 House amendment not agreed to

4. H.AMDT.42 to H.CON.RES.68 Amendment in the nature of a substitute sought to require the enactment of legislation extending the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund to 2050 and the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund for 12 additional years prior to the enactment of net new tax cuts or net new spending initiatives.
Sponsor: Rep Spratt, John M., Jr.- Latest Major Action: 3/25/1999 House amendment not agreed to

5. S.AMDT.252 to H.CON.RES.68 To include instructions to the Kennedy motion to instruct conferees.
Sponsor: Sen Domenici, Pete V.- Latest Major Action: 4/13/1999 Proposed amendment SP 252 withdrawn in Senate.

COSPONSOR(S):

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SUMMARY AS OF:
4/13/1999--Conference report filed in House.    (There are 3 other summaries)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Levels and Amounts

Title II: Budgetary Restraints and Rulemaking

Title III: Sense of Congress, House, and Senate Provisions

Subtitle A: Sense of Congress Provisions

Subtitle B: Sense of the House Provisions

Subtitle C: Sense of the Senate Provisions

Sets forth the congressional budget for the Government for FY 2000, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY 2001 through 2009.

Title I: Levels and Amounts - Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY 2000 through 2009, with respect to: (1) Federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits or surpluses; and (5) public debt.

(Sec. 102) Sets forth for such fiscal years specified amounts of revenues and outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

(Sec. 103) Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for specified major functional categories for FY 2000 through 2009.

(Sec. 104) Directs the Finance Committee to report to the Senate, and the Ways and Means Committee to report to the House of Representatives, a reconciliation bill proposing necessary changes to reduce revenues by specified amounts for FY 2000 through 2009.

Title II: Budgetary Restraints and Rulemaking - Makes it out of order in the House or the Senate to consider any revision to this or the FY 2001 concurrent budget resolution (or an amendment or conference report) that sets forth a deficit for any fiscal year. Makes such point of order inapplicable if the deficit results solely from legislation to enhance retirement security through structural programmatic reform. Excludes from any deficit level any adjustments in aggregates made pursuant to any reserve fund that provides for adjustments in allocations and aggregates for such legislation.

(Sec. 202) Provides that whenever the Ways and Means Committee or the Finance Committee reports a measure (or offers an amendment or submits a conference report) that enhances retirement security through structural programmatic reform, the appropriate Budget Committee chairman may: (1) increase appropriate allocations and aggregates of new budget authority and outlays by the amount of such authority provided by the measure; (2) in the Senate, adjust levels used for determining compliance with the pay-as-you-go requirements of this resolution; and (3) reduce the revenue aggregates by the amount of the revenue loss resulting from the measure.

(Sec. 203) Authorizes the appropriate Budget Committee chairman, when legislation is reported that implements structural Medicare reform and extends the solvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund without the use of transfers of new subsidies from the general fund, to change committee allocations and spending aggregates if such legislation will not cause an on-budget deficit for FY 2000 through 2009. Permits an adjustment to be made to address the cost of the prescription drug benefit.

(Sec. 204) Authorizes the appropriate Budget Committee chairman, whenever the House Committee on Agriculture or the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry reports a bill that provides risk management or income assistance for agriculture producers, to increase the allocation of budget authority and outlays to that committee by the amount of budget authority provided by such legislation, provided such legislation does not cause certain net increases in budget authority or outlays and subject to specified limitations in budget authority and outlays.

(Sec. 205) Authorizes the Senate Budget Committee chairman to reduce spending and revenue aggregates and revise committee allocations for legislation that reduces revenues if such legislation will not increase the deficit or decrease the surplus for periods through FY 2009.

(Sec. 206) Provides that the criteria to be considered in determining whether a proposed expenditure or tax change is an emergency requirement in legislation are whether it is: (1) necessary, essential, or vital; (2) sudden, quickly coming into being, and not building up over time; (3) an urgent, pressing, and compelling need requiring immediate action; (4) unforeseen, unpredictable, and unanticipated; and (5) not permanent, temporary in nature. Requires a committee report or the statement of managers to justify why a requirement should be accorded emergency status if it does not meet such criteria.

Strikes emergency requirements in legislation under consideration in the Senate when a point of order is sustained against such requirements. Makes this requirement inapplicable with respect to emergency designations for provisions making discretionary appropriations in the defense category.

Waives this section in the Senate with a three-fifths majority vote. Requires the same majority vote to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.

Terminates this section on the adoption of the FY 2001 concurrent budget resolution.

(Sec. 207) Provides a point of order in the Senate against the consideration of direct spending or revenue legislation that would increase, or cause, an on-budget deficit during specified time periods.

Waives this section with a three-fifths majority vote. Requires the same majority vote to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.

Terminates this section on the last day of FY 2002.

(Sec. 208) Provides for the application and effect of changes in allocations and aggregates made pursuant to this resolution.

(Sec. 209) Considers the levels submitted pursuant to H. Res. 5 (106th Congress) or S. Res. 312 (105th Congress) to be those for the FY 1999 concurrent budget resolution.

(Sec. 210) Allows Senate revenue and spending aggregates and other appropriate budgetary levels and limits to be adjusted and allocations revised for legislation that finances disability programs designed to allow individuals with disabilities to become employed and remain independent, provided that this budget resolution does not include the costs of such legislation and such legislation will not increase the deficits or decrease the surplus for FY 2000 through 2009. Authorizes the Budget Committee chairman to file revised allocations, functional levels, and aggregates in such event, and for any amendments to such legislation.

(Sec. 211) Requires the Congressional Budget Office to update its economic and budget forecast for FY 2000 by July 1, 1999. Authorizes the appropriate Budget Committee chairman, if such report estimates an on-budget surplus for FY 2000, to make the following adjustments in an amount equal to such surplus: (1) reduce the on-budget revenue aggregate; (2) increase the on-budget surplus levels used for determining compliance with pay-as-you-go requirements of this resolution; and (3) adjust the instruction in sections 104 and 105 to reduce revenues for FY 2000 and increase the reduction in revenues for FY 2000 through 2009.

(Sec. 212) Authorizes the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, upon the reporting of a bill, the offering of an amendment, or submission of a conference report thereon that allows local educational agencies to use appropriated funds to carry out activities under part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, to increase the outlay aggregate and allocation for FY 2000 by a limited amount and adjust the levels used for determining compliance with pay-as-you-go requirements of this resolution. Conditions such authority on the legislation not causing a net increase in budget authority or outlays for FY 2000 through 2009.

Title III: Sense of Congress, House, and Senate Provisions - Subtitle A: Sense of Congress Provisions - Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to: (1) the use of social security surpluses for payment of benefits, retirement security, social security reform, or reduction of debt held by the public; (2) the use within the classrooms of funds appropriated for elementary and secondary education programs; (3) modification of the Federal tax law to encourage asset-building of the working poor; (4) improvements to nutrition programs, particularly with regard to low-income children; and (5) full funding for part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Act before making appropriations for new education programs.

Subtitle B: Sense of the House Provisions - Expresses the sense of the House with respect to: (1) funding for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom; and (2) a report from the Secretary of Labor assessing the Welfare-to-Work Program.

Subtitle C: Sense of the Senate Provisions - Expresses the sense of the Senate with respect to: (1) opposition to investing contributions in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors and Disability Trust Funds in private financial markets; (2) the solvency of Medicare; (3) education; (4) tax relief and reform; (5) choices, access, and services under the Medicare+Choice program; (6) funding for law enforcement; (7) improving security for U.S. diplomatic missions and additional budgetary resources for international affairs funding; (8) budgetary increases for biomedical research and additional resources for autism research; (9) objection to Kyoto Protocol funding prior to Senate ratification; (10) distribution of excess Federal gasoline tax revenues to the States; (11) reauthorization of funds for the Farmland Protection Program; (12) social security reform and the disabled; (13) reporting an itemization of on-budget trust fund levels; (14) South Korea's international trade practices on pork and beef; and (15) congressional procedures for funding emergencies, including natural disasters.