Bill Sponsor
House Concurrent Resolution 128
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2019 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2020 through 2028.
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jul 13, 2018
Overview
Text
Introduced
Jul 13, 2018
Latest Action
Jul 13, 2018
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Concurrent Resolution
Concurrent Resolution
A form of legislative measure used for the regulation of business within both chambers of Congress, not for proposing changes in law. Depending on the chamber of origin, they begin with a designation of either H.Con.Res. or S.Con.Res. Joint resolutions and simple resolutions are other types of resolutions.
Bill Number
128
Congress
115
Policy Area
Economics and Public Finance
Economics and Public Finance
Primary focus of measure is budgetary matters such as appropriations, public debt, the budget process, government lending, government accounts and trust funds; monetary policy and inflation; economic development, performance, and economic theory.
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Arkansas
House Votes (0)
Senate Votes (0)
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2019 and sets forth budgetary levels for FY2020-FY2028.

Recommends levels and amounts for FY2019-FY2028 for:

  • federal revenues,
  • new budget authority,
  • budget outlays,
  • deficits (on-budget),
  • debt subject to limit,
  • debt held by the public, and
  • the major functional categories of spending.

Includes reconciliation instructions directing 11 specified House authorizing committees to submit deficit reduction legislation to the House Budget Committee by September 14, 2018.

Sets forth budget enforcement procedures addressing:

  • long-term direct spending,
  • allocations for Overseas Contingency Operations/ Global War on Terrorism,
  • changes in mandatory programs,
  • advance appropriations,
  • estimates of debt service costs and credit programs,
  • adjustments to spending levels,
  • transfers from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund, and
  • Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) guarantee fees.

Establishes reserve funds for legislation relating to:

  • investments in national infrastructure,
  • amendments to the Internal Revenue Code,
  • extending pro-growth tax policies,
  • repeal or replacement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or
  • the presumptions of service connection for veterans who served offshore of the Republic of Vietnam or Korea.

Sets forth policy statements on several fiscal and domestic policy issues.

Text (1)
July 13, 2018
Actions (3)
07/13/2018
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 632.
07/13/2018
The House Committee on the Budget reported an original measure, H. Rept. 115-816, by Mr. Womack.
07/13/2018
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
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