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American Cures Act [HB-2401] [Healthcare ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Public Health ] [Veterans ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Science ]
Requires certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits over FY2020-FY2024 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform biomedical research. Adjustments are required for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense health program, and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetics research program. The bill also requires annual appropriations in FY2020-FY2024 for each of the programs and agencies referenced in this bill to be at least the amount (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Foster Referred To The Subcommittee On Health. on 05/06/2019

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American Cures Act [S.1250] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Veterans ] [Public Health ] [Science ]
Requires certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits over FY2020-FY2024 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform biomedical research. Adjustments are required for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense health program, and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetics research program. The bill also requires annual appropriations in FY2020-FY2024 for each of the programs and agencies referenced in this bill to be at least the amount (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Budget. on 04/30/2019

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Medicare for All Act of 2019 [S.1129] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ]
Establishes a national health insurance program that is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Among other requirements, the program must (1) cover all U.S. residents; (2) provide for automatic enrollment of individuals upon birth or residency in the United States; and (3) cover items and services that are medically necessary or appropriate to maintain health or to diagnose, treat, or rehabilitate a health condition, including hospital services, prescription drugs, mental health and substance abuse treatment, dental and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/10/2019

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Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. [HJR-55] [Budget and Spending ] [Social Security ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Taxes ] [National Security ] [Unemployment ]
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal, receipts derived from borrowing, and receipts or outlays of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds. The amendment requires the President to annually submit to Congress a budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts. The amendment (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Luis Correa Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 05/03/2019

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Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020. [HR-293] [Budget and Spending ]
This resolution establishes budget enforcement procedures in the House of Representatives for FY2020. Specifically, the resolution establishes requirements for committee allocations, aggregate spending levels, aggregate revenue levels, and limitations on advance appropriations. (An advance appropriation is new discretionary budget authority that is provided in FY2020 appropriations legislation and first becomes available after FY2020.) The resolution also specifies requirements for adjusting the allocations and levels to accommodate specified funding (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John A. Yarmuth Pursuant To The Provisions Of H. Res. 294, H. Res. 293 Is Considered Passed House. on 04/09/2019

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Relief From Sequestration Act of 2019 [HB-2110] [Budget and Spending ]
Eliminates the sequestration, or automatic spending cuts, scheduled to occur because the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction failed to recommend legislation to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion over 10 years, as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern Introduced In House on 04/04/2019

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A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. [SJR-18] [Budget and Spending ] [Social Security ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Taxes ] [National Security ] [Unemployment ]
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal, receipts derived from borrowing, receipts or outlays of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, and outlays relating to a natural disaster if the law providing the funds explicitly exempts the funds from the requirement and is agreed to by (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joe Manchin Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 04/04/2019

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Investing for the People Act of 2019 [HB-2021] [Budget and Spending ] [Defense ]
Increases discretionary spending limits, modifies the procedures for enforcing the limits, and establishes budget enforcement procedures in the House of Representatives for FY2020. The bill increases both the defense and nondefense discretionary spending limits for FY2020 and FY2021. It also modifies the procedures for enforcing the spending limits to limit adjustments for funding designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/ Global War on Terrorism, allow specified adjustments for Internal Revenue Service enforcement activities and the 2020 Census, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nita M. Lowey Rule H. Res. 294 Passed House. on 04/09/2019

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A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2020 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2021 through 2029. [SCR-11] [Budget and Spending ] [Social Security ] [Healthcare ] [Defense ] [Finance ] [Agriculture ] [Housing ] [Energy ] [Veterans ]
This concurrent resolution establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2020 and sets forth budgetary levels for FY2021-FY2029. The resolution recommends levels and amounts for FY2020-FY2029 for federal revenues, new budget authority, budget outlays, deficits, public debt, debt held by the public, and the major functional categories of spending. It also recommends levels and amounts for FY2020-FY2029 in the Senate for Social Security and Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses. The resolution includes reconciliation (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul Referred To The Committee On The Budget. on 04/01/2019

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Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2019 [HB-1917] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit annual reports to Congress that include specified details regarding certain federally funded projects that are (1) more than five years behind schedule, or (2) have expenditures that are at least $1 billion more than the original cost estimate for the project. The reports must also be posted on the OMB website and included with the President's budget.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Introduced In House on 03/27/2019

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Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act [HB-1721] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Budget and Spending ]
Requires the Government Accountability Office to review and report on the budget requests for Department of Veterans Affairs medical care accounts in the President's submitted budgets for FY2020-FY2022. Medical care accounts are the following accounts of the Veterans Health Administration: Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, Medical Facilities, and Medical Community Care.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas Introduced In House on 03/13/2019

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Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified. [HJR-50] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ] [Funding ]
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless (1) Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths vote of each chamber, and (2) total outlays do not exceed a specified percentage of the estimated gross domestic product of the United States. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. The amendment requires a three-fifths vote of each chamber of Congress to increase revenue or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Perry Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 04/08/2019

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To ensure election security, enhance Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics through transparency, establish accountability and integrity measures for Congress, and strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and for other purposes. [HB-1612] [Voting Rights ] [Elections ] [Cybersecurity ] [Ethics ] [National Security ] [Data Privacy ]
Addresses voter registration, congressional redistricting, election security, political spending, and ethics for the three branches of government. The bill provides for the automatic registration of eligible voters. Voters must present identification to vote. The bill requires states to hold open primaries. The bill provides for states to establish independent, nonpartisan redistricting commissions. The bill also sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, protecting (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brian K. Fitzpatrick Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 04/12/2019

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Protecting Our Children’s Future Act of 2019 [HB-1536] [Budget and Spending ] [Children and Youth ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Social Security ] [Veterans ]
Makes several changes to the federal budget process. The changes to the budget process include converting the existing annual budget and appropriations process to a biennial process; changing the calendar period for the federal fiscal year (currently October 1 through September 30) to January 1 through December 31; requiring mandatory spending programs to be subject to the appropriations process with exceptions for Social Security, Medicare, programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and TRICARE; requiring the baseline budget of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Mitchell Introduced In House on 03/05/2019

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No Ongoing Perks Enrichment Act [HB-1466] [Budget and Spending ] [Ethics ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
To provide that the salaries of Members of a House of Congress will be held in escrow if that House has not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2020 by April 15, 2019, to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress, to prohibit the use of funds provided for the official travel expenses of Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the legislative branch for first-class airline accommodations, and to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a uniform 5-year post-employment ban on lobbying (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom O'Halleran Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 04/08/2019

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Medicare for All Act of 2019 [HB-1384] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Public Health ] [Mental Health ] [Senior Citizens ]
Establishes a national health insurance program that is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Among other requirements, the program must (1) cover all U.S. residents; (2) provide for automatic enrollment of individuals upon birth or residency in the United States; and (3) cover items and services that are medically necessary or appropriate to maintain health or to diagnose, treat, or rehabilitate a health condition, including hospital services, prescription drugs, mental health and substance abuse treatment, dental and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Subcommittee Hearings Held. on 12/10/2019

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Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2019 [S.565] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance requiring federal agencies to report annually to Congress regarding certain federally funded projects that are (1) more than five years behind schedule, or (2) have expenditures that are at least $1 billion more than the original cost estimate for the project.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary C. Peters Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. Reported By Senator Johnson With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 116-220. on 03/02/2020

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Recognizing the national debt as a threat to national security. [HR-149] [Budget and Spending ] [National Security ] [Finance ]
This resolution recognizes that the national debt is a threat to national security and that deficits are unsustainable, irresponsible, and dangerous. It also commits to restoring regular order to the appropriations process and addressing the fiscal crisis faced by the United States.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Introduced In House on 02/26/2019

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Deadline Enforcement Act [HB-1178] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for automatic continuing appropriations, to withhold the pay of Members of Congress during any period in which such automatic continuing appropriations are in effect, to prohibit the use of funds for the official travel of Members of Congress during any period in which such automatic continuing appropriations are in effect, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Meadows Introduced In House on 02/13/2019

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A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget. [SJR-3] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ] [National Security ] [Defense ] [Military ] [Finance ]
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a two-thirds vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. The amendment prohibits total outlays for any fiscal year from exceeding 18% of the gross domestic product of the United States, unless two-thirds of each house of Congress provides for a specific increase above this amount. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 01/04/2019

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