[House Report 113-400]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 113-400
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1874) TO AMEND THE
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 TO PROVIDE FOR MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS
OF THE IMPACT OF LEGISLATION, PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL
(H.R. 1871) 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. 1872) TO AMEND THE BALANCED BUDGET AND
EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985 TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN
FEDERAL BUDGETING, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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April 3, 2014.--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. 539]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 539, by a record vote of 7 to 4, 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. 1874, the
Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2013, 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
provides that the amendments recommended by the Committee on
the Budget now printed in the bill and the amendment printed in
part A of this report shall be considered as adopted and 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 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 in the Committee of the Whole. The
resolution waives all points of order against the amendments
printed in part B of this report. The resolution provides one
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of
H.R. 1871, the Baseline Reform Act of 2013, under a closed
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 recommended by the
Committee on the Budget now printed in the bill shall be
considered as adopted and 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
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Section 3 of the resolution provides for the consideration
of H.R. 1872, the Budget and Accounting Transparency Act of
2014, under a closed 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 recommended by the Committee on the Budget now
printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and 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 provides for one motion to recommit
with or without instructions.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of H.R. 1874, 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. 1874, 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
the amendments to H.R. 1874 printed in part B of this report,
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. 1871, 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. 1871, 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. 1872, 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. 1872, as amended, the Committee is not aware
of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
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. 123
Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report open rules for H.R. 1871,
H.R. 1872, and H.R. 1874. Defeated: 4-7
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... Yea
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Cole........................................ ............ Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... Yea
Mr. Nugent...................................... Nay
Mr. Webster..................................... Nay
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................ ............
Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 124
Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 7-4
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter..................... Nay
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Yea Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Mr. Cole........................................ ............ Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay
Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea Mr. Polis......................... Nay
Mr. Nugent...................................... Yea
Mr. Webster..................................... Yea
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................ ............
Mr. Burgess..................................... Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Yea
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1874 IN PART A CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
Ryan, Paul (WI): Changes the short title of the bill to the
Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2014 and clarifies how
macroeconomic analysis will be conducted for bills containing
revenue provisions, which parallels the practice under current
law for preparing cost estimates. Under the amendment, the
Joint Committee on Taxation would be responsible for preparing
the analysis for revenue-only legislation. For legislation
containing both revenue and non-revenue provisions, JCT would
be responsible for analyzing the revenue provisions and CBO
would be responsible for analyzing the non-revenue provisions.
SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1874 IN PART B MADE IN ORDER
1. Connolly (VA): Subjects Congressional appropriations
bills to dynamic scoring, and it changes the threshold to
trigger such scoring to $1 billion. (10 minutes)
2. Israel (NY): Adds a bill's impact on state and local
governments to the parameters that CBO must analyze in a
supplemental analysis under this bill. (10 minutes)
3. Cicilline (RI): Requires the Congressional Budget Office
(CBO) to include jobs impact statements (estimates of the
number of jobs which would be created, sustained, or lost in
carrying out such bill or resolution) using the CBO's existing
analytical principles and procedures, for ``major bills or
resolutions'' as defined in H.R. 1874. (10 minutes)
4. Bishop, Tim (NY): Requires the Congressional Budget
Office to review the accuracy of the macroeconomic impact
analysis for any enacted bill or joint resolution. (10 minutes)
5. Jackson Lee (TX): Requires CBO to include as part of
their macroeconomic analysis estimates of the potential impact
on HUB ZONE areas as defined by the Small Business Act. (10
minutes)
PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1874 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
Page 3, line 5, strike ``2013'' and insert ``2014''.
Page 5, line 23, strike the closing quotation mark and second
period and after such line insert the following new subsection:
``(d) Legislation With Revenue Provisions.--The macroeconomic
analysis described in subsection (c) shall rely on
macroeconomic analysis prepared by the Joint Committee on
Taxation for any provisions of such legislation that are
described in section 201(f). For legislation consisting solely
of provisions described in section 201(f), the macroeconomic
analysis described in subsection (c) shall be prepared by the
Joint Committee on Taxation.''.
PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1874 MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 3, lines 16 and 17, strike ``(except the Committee on
Appropriations of each House)''.
Page 3, line 18, before the comma, insert ``or as a
standalone analysis in the case of the Committee on
Appropriations of each House''.
Page 5, lines 13 through 15, strike ``.25 percent of the
current projected gross domestic product of the United States
for any such fiscal year;'' and insert ``$1,000,000,000 for any
such fiscal year;''.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Israel of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 4, line 9, strike ``, and labor supply'' and insert ``,
labor supply, and State and local governments''.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cicilline of Rhode
Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 4, after line 20, insert the following new subsection:
``(c) Jobs Impact.--The analysis prepared under subsection
(a) shall also, using analytical principles and procedures
consistent with section 402, provide an estimate of the number
of jobs which would be created, sustained, or lost in carrying
out the applicable major 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.
Page 4, line 21, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(d)''.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bishop of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 4, after line 20, insert the following new subsection:
``(c) Reporting on Accuracy of Macroeconomic Impact
Analyses.--Upon completion of the fifth fiscal year beginning
after the date of enactment of any major bill or joint
resolution for which the Congressional Budget Office prepared
an analysis under subsection (a), the Congressional Budget
Office shall report on the accuracy of the original
macroeconomic impact analysis of such enacted bill or joint
resolution and submit these reports to the Committees on the
Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Page 4, line 21, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(d)''.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 5, after line 23, insert the following:
``(d) HUBZone.--The Director shall include in any
macroeconomic impact analysis submitted pursuant to this
section the impact, if any, of the applicable major bill or
resolution on any historically underutilized business zone, as
that term is defined in section 3(p)(1) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(1)).''.