S Con Res 13 in Congressional Session 111

Official Summary

 

Bill Number : S Con Res 13

 

Title : An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.

 

SUMMARY AS OF:
4/27/2009-

Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2010, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2009 and FY2011-FY2014.

Title I:

Recommended Levels and Amounts

(Sec. 101)

Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2009-FY2014 with respect to:

  • federal revenues
  • new budget authority;
  • budget outlays
  • deficits (on-budget)
  • debt subject to limit
  • and debt held by the public.


(Sec. 102)

Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for the Social Security Administration (SSA), including the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, U.S. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses, and specified major functional categories for FY2009-FY2014.


Title II:

Reconciliation -

(Sec. 201)

Sets forth reconciliation instructions for the Senate Committees on Finance and on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


(Sec. 202)

Sets forth reconciliation instructions for the House Committees on Energy and Commerce, on Ways and Means, and on Education and Labor.


Title III:

Reserve Funds -

Subtitle A: Senate Reserve Funds -


(Sec. 301)

Provides for certain deficit-neutral reserve funds for legislation for:

  • transforming and modernizing America's health care system
  • investing in clean energy and preserving the environment
  • higher education
  • child nutrition programs and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
  • investing in America's infrastructure
  • promoting economic stabilization and growth
  • benefits for America's veterans and wounded servicemembers
  • revising judicial pay, judgeships, and postal retiree health coverage
  • pension coverage for current and past employees of Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories and environmental cleanup sites
  • defense acquisition and contracting reform
  • investing in the nation's counties and schools
  • the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • a comprehensive investigation into the current financial crisis
  • increased transparency at the Federal Reserve
  • 21st Century Community Learning Centers
  • providing critical resources to firefighters and fire departments
  • extending permanently the deduction for state and local sales taxes
  • extending incentives for enhanced charitable giving from individual retirement accounts (IRAs), including life-income gifts, or enhancing the employer-provided child care credit and the dependent care tax credit
  • promoting individual savings and financial security
  • increasing the borrowing authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
  • revising child welfare programs
  • and a 9/11 health program.


Subtitle B: House Reserve Funds -


(Sec. 321)

Creates certain deficit-neutral reserve funds, subject to specified conditions, for legislation concerning:

  • health care reform
  • college access, affordability, and completion
  • an increase in energy independence
  • America's veterans and wounded service members
  • certain tax relief
  • a 9/11 health program
  • child nutrition
  • structural unemployment insurance reforms
  • child support
  • the Affordable Housing Trust Fund
  • home visiting for certain individuals and families
  • a low-income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP) trigger
  • reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act of 2000 or revision of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act of 1976 (county payments)
  • and reauthorization of surface transportation programs.


Title IV:

Budget Process -

Subtitle A: Senate Provisions - Part I: Budget Enforcement -


(Sec. 401)

Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would exceed specified discretionary spending limits. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate. Sets discretionary spending limits for FY2009-FY2010. Authorizes adjustments to discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allocations for:

  • continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) redeterminations for the SSA, including SSI asset verification
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax enforcement
  • health care fraud and abuse control
  • unemployment insurance improper payment reviews
  • the low-income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP)
  • adjustments to support ongoing overseas deployments and other activities
  • and revised appropriations for FY2010 if the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) re-estimates the President's request for discretionary spending in FY2010 by the aggregate difference for discretionary appropriations and related outlays between the CBO re-estimate and the President's budget.


(Sec. 402)

Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would require advanced appropriations other than for:

  • up to $28.852 billion in new budget authority in each of FY2011 and FY2012 for programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying this resolution
  • the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • and the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health Administration.

Permits waiver or suspension of such requirements, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.


(Sec. 403)

Requires the Senate to treat as an emergency requirement the amounts of new budget authority, outlays, and receipts in all fiscal years resulting from a provision of direct spending or receipts legislation or appropriations for discretionary accounts that Congress designates as an emergency requirement according to specified criteria. Declares that such new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from any emergency requirement shall not count for CBA purposes, pay-as-you-go, long-term deficits, and the discretionary spending limit and short-term deficits requirements of this resolution. Subjects any emergency requirement designation in the Senate to a point-of-order . Permits waiver or suspension of such requirements, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.


(Sec. 404)

Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation (except measures within the Committee on Appropriations' jurisdiction) that would cause a net increase in the deficit in excess of $10 billion in any fiscal year provided for in the most recently adopted budget resolution unless it is fully offset over all such fiscal years. Permits waiver or suspension of such requirements, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.


(Sec. 405)

Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation extending the authority for or reauthorizing surface transportation programs that appropriates budget authority from sources other than the Highway Trust Fund, including its Mass Transit Account. Permits waiver or suspension of such requirements, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate. Part II: Other Provisions -


(Sec. 411)

Requires all Senate committees to: (1) review programs within their jurisdictions to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in program spending, giving particular scrutiny to issues raised by Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports; and (2) make recommendations for improved governmental performance, based on such oversight efforts and committee performance reviews, in their annual views and estimates reports to the Committee on the Budget.


(Sec. 412)

Requires the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any budget resolution in the Senate to include in its committee allocations to the Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the SSA and of the Postal Service.


Subtitle B: House Enforcement Provisions -


(Sec. 421)

Authorizes the chairman of the House Committee on the Budget, when evaluating the budgetary effects of any legislative measure, to exclude any such effects that would have been reflected in a baseline adjusted for current policy. Applies this authority, subject to certain conditions, only with respect to direct spending and revenues for current policy on:

  • Medicare improvements
  • middle-class tax relief
  • Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) reform
  • and the Estate and Gift Tax.

Requires the chairman to exclude the budgetary effects of any provision that affects the full funding of the deposit insurance guarantee commitment in effect as of the enactment of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA).


(Sec. 422)

Authorizes or prescribes adjustments to discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allocations for:

  • continuing disability reviews, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) redeterminations, and SSI asset verification by the Social Security Administration (SSA)
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax compliance
  • the health care fraud and abuse control program
  • unemployment insurance improper payment reviews
  • the low-income home energy assistance program (LIHEAP)
  • and revised appropriations for FY2010 if the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) re-estimates the President's request for discretionary spending in FY2010 by the aggregate difference for discretionary appropriations and related outlays between the CBO re-estimate and the President's budget.


(Sec. 423)

Authorizes adjustments for adoption in the House of legislation making appropriations for FY2009-FY2010 for overseas deployments and other activities. States that new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from such legislation above the specified amount of budget authority and new outlays in this resolution, or legislation making appropriations for discretionary spending to meet emergency needs, shall not count for certain CBA purposes.


(Sec. 424)

Prohibits House legislation that would require advance appropriations, except: (1) certain FY2011 or FY2012 programs, projects, activities, or accounts; and (2) the Department of Veterans Affairs for the Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts of the Veterans Health Administration.


(Sec. 425)

Requires all House committees to: (1) conduct rigorous oversight hearings to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in all aspects of federal spending and operations, giving particular scrutiny to issues raised by the Office of Inspector General or Comptroller General; and (2) make recommendations, based on these oversight efforts, to reduce wasteful federal spending to promote deficit reduction and long-term fiscal responsibility.


(Sec. 426)

Requires in the House the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any budget resolution to include in its allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the SSA and of the Postal Service.


Title V:

Policy -


Declares the policy of this resolution on: (1) middle-class tax relief and revenues; and (2) defense priorities.


Title VI:

Sense of Congress  

(Sec. 601)

Expresses the sense of Congress on:

  • veterans' and servicemembers' health care
  • homeland security
  • American innovation and economic competitiveness
  • pay parity
  • college affordability and student loan reform
  • Great Lakes restoration
  • and the importance of child support enforcement.

 

Votes

Title : An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
Votes in the US Senate
Roll NumberVote DateQuestionDescriptionVote Result
1452009-04-02On the Motion S.Amdt. 798Motion to Waive CBA re: Wicker Amdt. No. 798; To ensure that law abiding Amtrak passengers are allowed to securely transport firearms in their checked baggage.A
1442009-04-02On the Motion S.Amdt. 934Motion to Waive CBA re: Cornyn Amdt. No. 934; To increase transparency by requiring five days of public review of legislation before passage by the Senate.R
1432009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 954Bennett Amdt. No. 954, As Modified; To save the American taxpayer over $150,000,000,000 by adjusting spending levels beyond fiscal year 2010 to compensate for spending from the stimulus bill in the corresponding fiscal years.R
1422009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 926Bond Amdt. No. 926; To protect workers from significant job loss by providing a point of order against climate change or similar legislation that raises Federal revenues to such an extent that it causes significant job loss in manufacturing- or coal-dependent U.S. regions such as the Midwest, Great Plains or South.A
1412009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 879Stabenow Amdt. No. 879; To modify the authorization for climate change legislation.A
1402009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 811Sanders Amdt. No. 811; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund to establish a national usury law, and for other purposes.R
1392009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 950Grassley Amdt. No. 950; To ensure that millions of middle-income families do not face an alternative minimum tax increase in 2013 and 2014 and that the budget resolution reflects that result.R
1382009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 803Thune Amdt. No. 803; To protect charitable giving by ensuring that organizations that provide important religious, educational, cultural, health care, and environmental services are not negatively impacted by changes to the Federal income tax deduction for charitable donations.A
1372009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 953Boxer Amdt. No. 953, as Modified; To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers afterschool program.A
1362009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 931Landrieu Amdt. No. 931; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for outer Continental Shelf oil and natural gas leasing revenues.R
1352009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 910Graham Amdt. No. 910; To protect middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax.A
1342009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 787Vitter Amdt. No. 787; To end $272 billion in spending on bailouts under TARP and reduce record deficits and levels of debt.R
1332009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 949Reed Amdt. No. 949; To provide for the expenditure of the remaining Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for the benefit of consumers.A
1322009-04-02On the Motion to RecommitJohanns Motion to Recommit to the Committee on the Budget; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.R
1312009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 875Sanders Amdt. No. 875; To require information from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System about the use of emergency economic assistance.A
1302009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 913Dodd Amdt. No. 913; To provide for enhanced oversight of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System concerning the use of emergency economic assistance.A
1292009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 882McCain Amdt. No. 882, as Modified; In the nature of a substitute.R
1282009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 805Ensign Amdt. No. 805; To require certain higher-income beneficiaries enrolled in the Medicare prescription drug benefit to pay higher premiums, as is currently required for physicians' services and outpatient services, and as proposed in the budget of the United States Government most recently submitted by the President.R
1272009-04-01On the Amendment S.Amdt. 793Kyl Amdt. No. 793; To protect all patients by prohibiting the use of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research to deny coverage of items or services under Federal health care programs and to ensure that comparative effectiveness research accounts for advancements in genomics and personalized medicine, the unique needs of health disparity populations, and differences in the treatment response and the treatment preferences of patients.R
1262009-04-01On the Amendment S.Amdt. 735Johanns Amdt. No. 735; To prohibit the use of reconciliation in the Senate for climate change legislation involving a cap and trade system.A
1252009-04-01On the Motion S.Amdt. 869Motion to Waive CBA re: Whitehouse Amdt. No. 869; Relative to a deficit-neutral reserve fund to invest in clean energy and preserve the environment.R
1242009-04-01On the Amendment S.Amdt. 844Crapo Amdt. No. 844; To protect the fiscal discipline on discretionary spending exercised by the reported budget resolution by extending the resolution's discretionary spending limits to exactly the same level as already assumed in the resolution to make sure that debt is not increased further than contemplated by this budget resolution as a result of subsequent budget resolution or appropriation bills.R
1232009-04-01On the Amendment S.Amdt. 835Gregg Amdt. No. 835; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address our Nations long term fiscal problems.R
1222009-04-01On the Amendment S.Amdt. 806Cornyn Amdt. No. 806; To protect small businesses from higher taxes.A
1212009-04-01On the Amendment S.Amdt. 804Ensign Amdt. No. 804; To protect middle-income taxpayers from tax increases by providing a point of order against legislation that increase taxes on them, including taxes that arise, directly or indirectly, from Federal revenues derived from climate change or similar legislation.A
1202009-04-01On the Amendment S.Amdt. 772Sessions Amdt. No. 772, As Modified; To restore the budget discipline of the Federal Government by freezing nondefense discretionary spending for fiscal years 2010 and 2011, and limiting the growth of nondefense discretionary spending to one percent annually for fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014.R
1192009-04-01On the Amendment S.Amdt. 747Alexander Amdt. No. 747; To create runaway debt point of order against consideration of a budget resolution that projects the ratio of public debt to GDP for any fiscal year in excess of 90% to ensure the continued viability of US dollar and prevent doubling or tripling the debt burden on future generations.R
1182009-03-31On the Amendment S.Amdt. 739Gregg Amdt. No. 739; To prohibit the consideration of any budget resolution, or amendment thereto, or conference report thereon, that shows an increase in the public debt, for the period of the current fiscal year through the next 10 years, equal to or greater than the debt accumulated from 1789 to January 20, 2009.R
1172009-03-31On the Amendment S.Amdt. 731Thune Amdt. No. 731; To amend the deficit-neutral reserve fund for climate change legislation to require that such legislation does not increase electricity or gasoline prices.A
1162009-03-31On the Amendment S.Amdt. 749Boxer Amdt. No. 749; To require that certain legislation relating to clean energy technologies not increase electricity or gasoline prices or increase the overall burden on consumers.A
1542009-04-02On the Concurrent ResolutionS. Con. Res. 13 as Amended; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.A
1532009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 937Vitter Amdt. No. 937; To require States to implement drug testing programs for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which would encourage healthy, drug-free families instead of encouraging dependent behavior or on-going drug abuse.R
1522009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 828Coburn Amdt. No. 828; To protect the freedom of conscience for patients and the right of health care providers to serve patients without violating their moral and religious convictions.R
1512009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 964DeMint Amdt. No. 964; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to protect small and home businesses from the burdensome and impractical requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008.R
1502009-04-02On the Motion S.Amdt. 969Motion to Waive CBA re: Sessions Amdt. No. 969; To provide for a point of order against any appropriations bill that fails to fully fund the construction of the Southwest border fence.R
1492009-04-02On the Motion S.Amdt. 967Motion To Waive CBA DeMint Amdt. No. 967; To implement President Obama's earmark reforms.R
1482009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 965DeMint Amdt. No. 965; To prevent taxpayer-funded bailouts for auto manufacturers.R
1472009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 974Durbin Amdt. No. 974, As Modified; To provide that no additional estate tax relief beyone that which is already assumed in this resolution, which protects over 99.7 percent of estates from the estate tax, shall be allowed under any deficit-neutral reserve fund unless an equal amount of aggregate tax relief is also provided to Americans earning less than $100,000 per year.A
1462009-04-02On the Amendment S.Amdt. 873Lincoln Amdt. No. 873; To create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for estate tax relief.A
1692009-04-23On the MotionVitter Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.A
1682009-04-23On the MotionDeMint Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.A
1672009-04-23On the MotionCornyn Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.A
1662009-04-23On the MotionSessions Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.R
1652009-04-23On the MotionGregg Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.R
1642009-04-23On the MotionJohanns Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.A
1632009-04-23On the MotionStabenow Motion to Instruct Conferees Re: S. Con. Res. 13; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.A
1732009-04-29On the Conference ReportConference Report to Accompany S. Con. Res. 13; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.A
Votes in the US House
Roll NumberVote DateQuestionDescriptionVote Result
1982009-04-22On Motion to Instruct Conferees Congressional Budget for Fiscal Year 2010F
2162009-04-29On Agreeing to the Conference Report Congressional Budget for Fiscal Year 2010P

Sponsors

 
Congressional Sponsors of S Con Res 13
 
Bill Number : S Con Res 13
Title : An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
Sponsor: Sen Conrad, Kent [ND] (introduced 3/27/2009)      
COSPONSOR(S): ****NONE****

Other Info

Bill Number : S Con Res 13
Title : An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
 
MAJOR ACTIONS:
 
3/27/2009 Introduced in Senate
 
3/27/2009 Committee on the Budget. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Conrad under authority of the order of the Senate of 0
 
3/26/2009. Without written report.
 
4/2/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 43. Record Vote Number: 154.
 
4/22/2009 Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
 
4/27/2009 Conference report H. Rept. 111-89 filed.
 
4/29/2009 Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 193 (Roll no. 216).
 
4/29/2009 Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 173.
 
ALL ACTIONS:
 
3/26/2009:Committee on the Budget ordered to be reported an original measure.
 
3/27/2009:Committee on the Budget. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Conrad under authority of the order of the Senate of 0
 
3/26/2009. Without written report.
 
3/27/2009:Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3997-4004)
 
3/30/2009:Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S3942-3977)
 
3/31/2009:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4009-4055)
 
4/1/2009:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4112-4164)
 
4/2/2009:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4233-4293)
 
4/2/2009:Motion by Senator Johanns to recommit to Senate Committee on the Budget rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 55. Record Vote Number: 132. (consideration: CR S4253; text: CR S4253)
 
4/2/2009:Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 43. Record Vote Number: 154. (text: CR
 
4/20/2009 S4451-4464)
 
4/17/2009:Message on Senate action sent to the House.
 
4/21/2009 2:04pm:Received in the House.
 
4/21/2009 2:42pm:Held at the desk.
 
4/22/2009 12:55pm:Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 316. (consideration: CR H4618-4653, H4655-4656; text of measure as received in House: CR H4618-4631)
 
4/22/2009 12:55pm:The resolution provides for further consideration of H.Con.Res. 85 in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. The resolution makes in order four amendments which shall be debateable for forty minutes each, equally divided and controlled. The resolution makes in order a motion to take from the Speaker's table S.Con.Res. 13 and strike all after the resolving clause of S.Con.Res. 13 and insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.Con.Res. 85 as passed by the House, and to insist on its amendment, and request a conference with the Senate thereon.
 
4/22/2009 12:55pm:The House struck all after the enacting clause and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of a similar measure H. Con. Res. 85. Agreed to without objection.
 
4/22/2009 12:56pm:On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H4631-4637)
 
4/22/2009 12:56pm:Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
 
4/22/2009 12:57pm:Mr. Spratt moved that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference.
 
4/22/2009 12:58pm:DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Spratt motion that the House insist on its amendment to S. Con. Res. 13 and request a conference with the Senate thereon.
 
4/22/2009 2:04pm:On motion that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference Agreed to by voice vote.
 
4/22/2009 2:05pm:Mr. Ryan (WI) moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H4645-4653; text: CR H4645)
 
4/22/2009 2:05pm:DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Ryan (WI) motion to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 13. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to recede to the Senate position on reconciliation instructions with respect to health care reform, education reform and relevant points of order thereto.
 
4/22/2009 3:12pm:POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Ryan (WI) motion to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 13, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Ryan (WI) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until later in the legislative day.
 
4/22/2009 4:17pm:On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by recorded vote: 196 - 227 (Roll no. 198). (consideration: CR H4655-4656)
 
4/22/2009 4:17pm:Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
 
4/22/2009 4:17pm:The Speaker appointed conferees: Spratt, Boyd, DeLauro, Ryan (WI), and Hensarling.
 
4/23/2009:Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference.
 
4/23/2009:Senate disagreed to House amendment, agreed to request for conference. (consideration: CR S4641-4657)
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Sessions to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4643, S4655-4646; text: CR S4643)
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Alexander to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4646-4647; text: CR S4647)
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Vitter to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4647-4648, S4657; text: CR S4647)
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Coburn to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4648; text: CR S4648)
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator DeMint to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4648-4650, S4656; text: CR S4648)
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4650-4651, S4654; text: CR S4650)
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Cornyn to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4651, S4655-4656; text: CR S4651)
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Johanns to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4652, S4654; text: CR S4652)
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Ensign to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4652; text: CR S4652)
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Stabenow to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4652-4654; text: CR S4653)
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Stabenow to instruct Senate conferees to insist that the final conference report include a Deficit-Neutral Reserve Fund to Invest in Clean Energy and Preserve the Environment agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 37. Record Vote Number: 163.
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Johanns to instruct Senate conferees to insist that if the conference report includes a Deficit Neutral Reserve Fund to Invest in Clean Energy and Preserve the Environment and Climate Change Legislation similar to section 202 of S. Con. Res. 13, as passed by the Senate, then that Deficit Neutral Reserve Fund shall also include the language contained in section 202(c) of S. Con. Res. 13, as passed by the Senate, which provides that the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee may not revise allocations for legislation if that legislation is reported from any committee pursuant to section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 28. Record Vote Number: 164.
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40 - 54. Record Vote Number: 165.
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Sessions to instruct Senate conferees rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 38 - 56. Record Vote Number: 166.
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Ensign to instruct Senate conferees to insist that the conference report on the concurrent resolution include the point of order against legislation that raises taxes directly or indirectly on middle-income taxpayers (single individuals with $200,000 or less in adjusted gross income or married couples filing jointly with $250,000 or less in adjusted gross income) as contained in section 306 of the concurrent resolution as passed by the Senate agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Cornyn to instruct Senate conferees to insist on the inclusion in the final conference report of the point of order against legislation that raises Federal income tax rates on small businesses as contained in section 307 of the concurrent resolution, as passed by the Senate agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 84 - 9. Record Vote Number: 167.
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Alexander to instruct Senate conferees to insist that the final conference report include the Senate position maintaining a competitive student loan program that provides students and institutions of higher education with a comprehensive choice of loan products and services, as contained in section 203 of S. Con. Res. 13, as passed by the Senate agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Coburn to instruct Senate conferees to insist that the conference report include a reserve fund that promotes legislation that achieves savings by going through the Federal Budget line by line agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator DeMint to instruct Senate conferees to insist that the conference report on the concurrent resolution shall include a point of order against legislation that eliminates the ability of Americans to keep their health plan and eliminates the ability of Americans to choose their doctor, as contained in section 316 of the concurrent resolution, as passed by the Senate, and insist further that an additional condition be added providing such legislation shall not decrease the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed, rationed health care agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 79 - 14. Record Vote Number: 168.
 
4/23/2009:Motion by Senator Vitter to instruct Senate conferees to insist that if the final conference report includes any reserve funds involving energy and the environment, that such sections shall include the requirements included in section 202 (a) of the Senate-passed resolution to require that such legislation would not increase the cost of producing energy from domestic sources, including oil and gas from the Outer Continental Shelf or other areas; would not increase the cost of energy for American families; would not increase the cost of energy for domestic manufacturers, farmers, fishermen, or other domestic industries; and would not enhance foreign competitiveness against U.S. businesses agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 63 - 30. Record Vote Number: 169.
 
4/23/2009:Senate appointed conferees. Conrad; Murray; Gregg.
 
4/24/2009:Message on Senate action sent to the House.
 
4/27/2009 11:35pm:Conference report H. Rept. 111-89 filed. (text of conference report: CR H4474-4836)
 
4/28/2009 1:33pm:Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 371 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to S. Con. Res. 13 with 1 hour of general debate. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived.
 
4/28/2009 6:28pm:Rule H. Res. 371 passed House.
 
4/28/2009 6:38pm:Mr. Spratt brought up conference report H. Rept. 111-89 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 371. (consideration: CR H4891-4897)
 
4/28/2009 6:38pm:DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 371, the House proceeded with up to one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany S.Con.Res. 13.
 
4/28/2009 7:25pm:POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 371, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 13 would be postponed until a time to be announced.
 
4/29/2009 10:32am:The House proceeded to consider the conference report H.Rept. 111-89 as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4920-4928)
 
4/29/2009 10:32am:DEBATE - The House resumed with the remaining 20 minutes of debate on the conference report to accompany S.Con.Res. 13.
 
4/29/2009 11:18am:The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H4927)
 
4/29/2009 11:48am:Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
 
4/29/2009 11:48am:On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 193 (Roll no. 216).
 
4/29/2009:Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
 
4/29/2009:Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S4840-4881)
 
4/29/2009:Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 173.
 
4/29/2009:Message on Senate action sent to the House.