Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 through 2012.
Key claim: This House concurrent resolution would have set federal revenue, spending, deficit, and debt targets for fiscal years 2008–2012 and directed ten House committees to write mandatory-spending reconciliation bills, but it was only referred to the Budget Committee.
Abstract
(HCONRES109 · 110th Congress) Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2008, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2009-FY2012. Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY2008-FY2012, with respect to: (1) federal revenues; (2) new budget authority; (3) budget outlays; (4) deficits (on-budget); (5) debt subject to limit; and (6) debt held by the public. Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for specified major functional categories for FY2008-FY2012. Sets forth reconciliation instructions for the Committees on: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) Education and Labor: (4) Energy and Commerce; (5) Financial Services; (6) Foreign Affairs; (7) the Judiciary; (8) Natural Resources; (9) Transportation and Infrastructure; and (10) Ways and Means. Requires the House Budget Committee to report a reconciliation bill providing for mandatory spending reform. Declares the policy in the resolution on: (1) taxation; (2) entitlement spending; and (3) the Bonneville Power Marketing Administration. Prohibits House legislation that would require advance appropriations, except certain FY2009 or FY2010 programs, projects, activities, or accounts. States that if legislation is reported that makes appropriations for FY2008 for contingency operations directly related to the global war on terrorism and other unanticipated defense-related operations, then the resulting new budget authority, new entitlement authority, outlays, or receipts shall not count for certain purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Provides for adjustments for tax legislation. Repeals the Gephardt Rule (relating to mandatory adjustment of the statutory limit on the public debt to conform to a budget resolution). Requires introduction of budget process reform legislation. Requires the Treasury Department to study the impact of the current federal tort system on global competition and gross domestic product (GDP) growth. Prescribes the budgetary treatment of th Latest action (2007-03-29): Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Why this matters
This House concurrent resolution would have set federal revenue, spending, deficit, and debt targets for fiscal years 2008–2012 and directed ten House committees to write mandatory-spending reconciliation bills, but it was only referred to the Budget Committee.