House Report 112-383 - PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3578) TO AMEND THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985 TO REFORM THE BUDGET BASELINE, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3582) TO AMEND THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 TO PROVIDE FOR MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF LEGISLATION

[House Report 112-383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

112th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 112-383

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3578) TO AMEND THE
BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985 TO REFORM THE
BUDGET BASELINE, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R.
3582) TO AMEND THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 TO PROVIDE FOR
MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF LEGISLATION

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February 1, 2012.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed

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Mr. Woodall, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

R E P O R T

[To accompany H. Res. 534]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 534, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be
adopted.

summary of provisions of the resolution

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3578, the
Baseline Reform Act of 2011, under a structured rule. The
resolution provides one hour of debate equally divided and
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the
Committee on the Budget. The resolution waives all points of
order against consideration of the bill. The resolution
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-9, dated
January 25, 2012, shall be considered as adopted, and provides
that the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The
resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the
bill, as amended. The resolution makes in order the amendment
to H.R. 3578 printed in part A of this report if offered by
Representative Jackson Lee of Texas or her designee. The
amendment shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for
10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and
an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not
be subject to a demand for division of the question. The
resolution waives all points of order against the amendment
printed in part A of this report. The resolution provides one
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
The resolution further provides for consideration of H.R.
3582, the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2011, under a structured
rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on the Budget. The resolution
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
The resolution makes in order as original text for purpose of
amendment, the amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-10, dated
January 25, 2012, and provides that it shall be considered as
read. The resolution waives all points of order against the
amendment in the nature of a substitute. The resolution makes
in order only those further amendments printed in part B of
this report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the
order printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member
designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall
be debatable for the time specified in this report equally
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall
not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a
demand for division of the question in the House or the
Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives all points of
order against the amendments printed in part B of this report.
Finally, the resolution provides one motion to recommit with or
without instructions.

explanation of waivers

Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of H.R. 3578, the Committee is not aware of any
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
provisions in H.R. 3578, as amended, the Committee is not aware
of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of H.R. 3582, the Committee is not aware of any
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
The waiver of all points of order against the amendment in
the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules
Committee Print 112-10 dated January 25, 2012, includes a
waiver of clause 7 of rule XVI, prohibiting non-germane
amendments. When the Committee on the Budget ordered the bill
reported, it included provisions not germane to the bill as
introduced. This waiver is necessary because Rules Committee
Print 112-10 consists of the text of the bill as reported by
the Committee on the Budget.

committee votes

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion
to report, together with the names of those voting for and
against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 183

Motion by Mr. McGovern to report open rules for H.R. 3578
and H.R. 3582. Defeated: 4-8.

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Sessions.................................... Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... Yea
Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea
Mr. Nugent...................................... Nay
Mr. Scott of South Carolina..................... Nay
Mr. Webster..................................... Nay
Mr. Dreier, Chairman............................ Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 184

Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to make in order the
following amendments and provide the appropriate waivers:
amendment #4 to H.R. 3578, offered by Rep. Jackson Lee (TX),
which would require the Congressional Budget Office and the
Federal Reserve Bank, to the extent practicable, to jointly
prepare a study on the Consumer Price Index, and other relevant
indicators of inflation upon enactment of this bill; amendment
#1 to H.R. 3578, offered by Rep. Loebsack (IA), which would
exempt Department of Veterans Affairs discretionary
appropriations, amendment #10 to H.R. 3582, offered by Rep.
Jackson Lee (TX), which would require the Congressional Budget
Office, to the extent practicable, to include a microeconomic
and statistical component in order to ascertain the potential
impact of the Act on small businesses; amendment #7 to H.R.
3582, offered by Rep. Quigley (IL), which would require the CBO
to prepare a macroeconomic impact analysis for any bill or
resolution that provides aggregate new budget authority for any
fiscal year for infrastructure spending estimated under Section
402 to be greater than 0.25 percent of GDP. The analysis would
only be done for those sections of the bill or resolution that
contain infrastructure spending. Defeated: 4-8.

summary of the amendment in part a made in order

1. Jackson Lee (TX): Would require the CBO to prepare an
analysis and study on the impact of the Act on present and
future Social Security recipients. (10 minutes)

summary of the amendments in part b made in order

1. Peters (MI): Would add a findings section addressing the
macroeconomic impact of the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003. (10
minutes)
2. Connolly (VA): Would extend the requirement for the
Congressional Budget Office to prepare macroeconomic analysis
of major legislation to bills or resolutions reported by the
Appropriations Committees of each Chamber. (10 minutes)
3. Walz (MN): Would include interest rates among the major
economic variables to be estimated in the macroeconomic
economic impact analysis. (10 minutes)
4. Fudge (OH): Would add income equality among the
variables used to determine the economic impact of the bill.
(10 minutes)
5. Jackson Lee (TX): Would require CBO to include as part
of their macroeconomic analysis estimates of the potential
impact, if any, on HUB ZONE areas as defined by the Small
Business Act. (10 minutes)
6. Quigley (IL): Would require the CBO to establish a
website where taxpayers could enter their annual income and
receive an estimate of the amount of their projected
contribution to or receipt from any applicable major bill or
resolution over the next 10 years, assuming the taxpayer has
constant annual income. (10 minutes)
7. Flake (AZ): Would lower the threshold for requiring a
dynamic score from .25% of the current GDP to $5 billion. (10
minutes)
8. Cicilline (RI): (SUBSTITUTE) Would amend the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that, in addition
to preparing cost estimates for each bill or resolution
reported by any committee of the House, the Congressional
Budget Office also prepare an estimate of the number of jobs
which would be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out the
measure--including regional and State level estimates. (10
minutes)

part a--text of amendment made in order

At the end of the bill, add the following new section:

SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL CBO REPORT TO BUDGET COMMITTEES ON IMPACT OF THIS
ACT ON SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS.

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall
prepare an analysis and study of the impact of the amendments
made by this Act on present and future recipients of benefits
under title II of the Social Security Act and transmit such
analysis and study to the Committees on the Budget of the House
of Representatives and the Senate.

part b--text of amendments made in order

1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Peters of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 1, line 1, after ``short title'' insert ``; findings''.

Page 1, line 2, insert ``(a) Short Title.--'' before ``This
Act''.

Page 1, after line 3, insert the following new subsection:

(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) On January 8, 2003, White House Press Secretary
Ari Fleischer said that President Bush believed that
the tax cut package enacted in 2001 and expanded in
2003 would ``create additional revenues for the Federal
Government and pay for itself.''.
(2) Before the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 were
enacted, the Congressional Budget Office projected
gradually rising surpluses, from 2.7 percent of gross
domestic product in 2001 to 5.3 percent of gross
domestic product by 2011, with the Federal Government
operating debt free by 2009.
(3) The Congressional Budget Office estimates that
the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 have added over $2
trillion to budget deficits from 2002-2011.
(4) Despite signing the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003
into law, President George W. Bush's administration
had, according to the Wall Street Journal, ``the worst
track record for job creation since the government
began keeping records'' in 1939.
(5) From 2001 to 2009, gross domestic product grew at
the slowest pace for any eight-year span since 1953.
(6) Median household income declined during the Bush
Administration for the first time since 1967, when this
data began to be tracked.

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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 1, lines 14 and 15, strike ``(except the Committee on
Appropriations of each House)''.

Page 1, line 16, before the comma, insert ``or as a
standalone analysis in the case of the Committee on
Appropriations of each House''.

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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walz of Minnesota or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 2, line 14, insert ``interest rates,'' after
``employment,''.

Page 3, line 7, insert ``interest rates,'' after
``employment,''.

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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fudge of Ohio or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 2, line 14, strike ``and'' and on line 15, before the
period, insert ``, and income inequality''.

Page 3, line 7, strike ``and'' and on line 8, insert ``, and
income inequality'' after ``tax revenues''.

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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 2, line 18, after the period insert the following new
sentence: ``The analysis shall also include estimates of the
potential impact, if any, on HUBZones (as such term is defined
in section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
632(p))).''

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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Quigley of Illinois or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 3, after line 2, insert the following:

``(c) Taxpayer Receipt.--The Director shall create and
maintain a permanent website with the domain name
TaxpayerReceipt.gov (or a similar name if that is unavailable)
and that includes a calculator that allows taxpayers to enter
their annual income and receive an estimate of the amount of
their projected contribution to or receipt from any applicable
major bill or resolution in the budget year and the succeeding
nine years, assuming the taxpayer has a constant annual
income.''.

Page 3, line 3, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(d)''.

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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Flake of Arizona or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 3, lines 20 through 22, strike ``.25 percent of the
current projected gross domestic product of the United States''
and insert ``$5,000,000,000''.

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8. An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute To Be Offered by
Representative Cicilline of Rhode Island or His Designee, Debatable for
10 Minutes

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Jobs Score Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974.

Section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
653) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'';
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4) an estimate of the number of jobs which would
be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out such
bill or resolution in the fiscal year in which it is to
become effective and in each of the 4 fiscal years
following such fiscal year, together with the basis for
each such estimate, and to the extent practicable, the
analysis shall include regional and State-level
estimates of jobs that would be created, sustained, or
lost.''.