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| 105-hr-4837 | 105 | hr | 4837 | Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-10-14 | 1998-10-14 | Referred to House Rules | House | Rep. Nussle, Jim [R-IA-2] | IA | R | N000172 | 24 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Budget With Force of Law Title II: Reserve Funds for Emergencies Title III: Enforcement of Budgetary Decisions Subtitle A: Application of Points of Order to Unreported Legislation Subtitle B: Compliance with Budget Resolution Subtitle C: Justification for Budget Act Waivers Subtitle D: CBO Scoring of Conference Reports Title IV: Accountability for Federal Spending Subtitle A: Prohibitions on Indefinite Spending Subtitle B: Enhanced Congressional Oversight Responsibilities Subtitle C: Strengthened Accountability Title V: Budgeting for Unfunded Liabilities and Other Long- Term Obligations Subtitle A: Budgetary Treatment of Federal Insurance Programs Subtitle B: Reports on Long-Term Budgetary Trends Title VI: Baselines, Byrd Rule, and Lock-Box Subtitle A: The Baseline Subtitle B: The Byrd Rule Subtitle C: Spending Accountability Lock-Box Subtitle D: Automatic Continuing Resolution Title VII: Budgeting in an Era of Surpluses Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1998 - Makes this Act effective for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1999. Title I: Budget With Force of Law - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require the Congress, by April 15 of each year, to complete action on a joint (currently, concurrent) resolution on the budget for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of such year. Requires such resolution, in addition to items required under existing law, to set forth for the fiscal year and at least the four ensuing fiscal years: (1) subtotals of new budget authority and outlays for nondefense and defense discretionary spending, direct spending, and other subsets of such spending, if necessary; and (2) subtotals of new budget authority and outlays for emergencies for fiscal years to which the amendments made by… | 2025-08-21T16:11:41Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4837 |
| 105-hr-4452 | 105 | hr | 4452 | Requiring the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation to use dynamic economic modeling in addition to static economic modeling in the preparation of budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law. | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-06 | Referred to House Ways and Means | House | Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15] | CA | R | C000100 | 3 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that it is necessary to ensure that the Congress is presented with reliable information from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Joint Committee on Taxation as to the dynamic macroeconomic feedback effects to changes in Federal law and the probable behavioral responses of taxpayers, businesses, and other parties to such changes. Requires the Joint Committee and CBO to prepare fiscal estimates of each proposed change in Federal revenue law on the basis of assumptions that estimate the probable behavioral responses of personal and business taxpayers and other relevant entities to such change and its dynamic macroeconomic feedback effects. Applies such requirement only to proposed changes that, pursuant to static fiscal estimates, have a fiscal impact exceeding $100 million in any fiscal year. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4452 |
| 105-hr-4380 | 105 | hr | 4380 | District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-08-03 | 1998-08-31 | Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 537. | House | Rep. Taylor, Charles H. [R-NC-11] | NC | R | T000067 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Appropriations Title II: District of Columbia Student Opportunity Scholarships District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999 - Title I: Appropriations - Makes appropriations for the District of Columbia for FY 1999, including amounts for: (1) the Federal contribution to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for improvements and expansion of the Mount Vernon Square Metrorail station located at the site of the proposed Washington Convention Center project; (2) the Federal contribution to the Nation's Capital Infrastructure Fund; (3) the Federal contribution for an environmental study and related activities at the Lorton Correctional Complex; (4) the Federal contribution for the District's Offender Supervision, Defender, and Court Services Agency (Agency) for establishment of a residential sanctions center and drug testing, intervention, and treatment, to be used to ensure adequate response to persons who violate conditions of supervision and to implement recommendations of the District's Truth- in-Sentencing Commission; (5) the Federal payment to the District's Corrections Trustee for operations and correctional facilities; (6) the Federal payment to the District courts; (7) the Federal payment to the District's Offender Supervision, Defender, and Court Services Agency for necessary expenses of Parole Revocation, Adult Probation and Offender Supervision and to be made available to the Public Defender Service and the Pretrial Services Agency; (8) the Federal payment to the Metropolitan Police Department; (9) the Federal payment to the Fire Department; (10) a Federal contribution to the Board of Trustees of Boys Town U.S.A. for expansion of the operations of Boys Town of Washington; (11) the Federal payment to the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. for the establishment and operation of a Museum of the District at the Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square; (12) the Federal payment to the U.S. Park Police; (13) the Federal payment to the District De… | 2025-04-07T15:33:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4380 |
| 105-hr-4328 | 105 | hr | 4328 | Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-07-24 | 1998-10-21 | Became Public Law No: 105-277. | House | Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] | VA | R | W000672 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Division A: Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Title I: Agricultural Programs Title II: Conservation Programs Title III: Rural Economic and Community Development Programs Title IV: Domestic Food Programs Title V: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Title VI: Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration Title VII: General Provisions Title VIII: Agricultural Credit Title IX: India-Pakistan Relief Act Title X: Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Title XI: Emergency and Market Loss Assistance Title XII: Biodiesel Title XIII: Emergency Appropriations Title I (sic): Department of Justice Title II: Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Title III: The Judiciary Title IV: Department of State and Related Agencies Title V: Related Agencies Title VI: General Provisions Title VII: Rescissions Title VIII: (Ethical Standards for Federal Prosecutors) Title IX: National Whale Conservation Fund Act (Title I (sic): District of Columbia Appropriations) Title I (sic): Export and Investment Assistance Title II: Bilateral Economic Assistance Title III: Military Assistance Title IV: Multilateral Economic Assistance Title V: General Provisions Title VI: International Financial Programs and Reform Title I (sic): Department of the Interior Title II: Related Agencies Title III: General Provisions Title IV: The Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act Title V: Land Between the Lakes Protection Act Title VI: Interstate 90 Land Exchange Act Title VII: Indian Tribal Tort Claims and Risk Manage… | 2025-04-07T15:33:54Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4328 |
| 105-hr-4306 | 105 | hr | 4306 | To eliminate the spending cap adjustments for International Monetary Fund funding increases. | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-07-22 | 1998-07-22 | Referred to House Rules | House | Rep. Sanford, Marshall (Mark) [R-SC-1] | SC | R | S000051 | 0 | Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to remove specified increases in the U.S. quota of the International Monetary Fund Eleventh General Review of Quotas or increases in amounts available for New Arrangements to Borrow under the Bretton Woods Agreements Act from the list of amounts for which discretionary spending limits, allocations, and budgetary aggregates are to be adjusted to reflect new budget authority and outlays flowing from reported or amended legislation. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to make a parallel amendment eliminating such increases from the list of matters which trigger adjustments to discretionary spending limits. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4306 |
| 105-hr-4274 | 105 | hr | 4274 | Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-07-20 | 1998-10-08 | Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4274 as unfinished business. | House | Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] | IL | R | P000444 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Labor Title II: Department of Health and Human Services Title III: Department of Education Title IV: Related Agencies Title V: General Provisions Title VI: Child Protection Act of 1998 Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 - Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1999 - Makes appropriations for FY 1999 to the Department of Labor for: (1) training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other trust funds; (6) employment and training program administration; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (8) the Employment Standards Administration; (9) certain special benefits; (10) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (11) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (12) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (13) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (14) departmental management; (15) the Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training; and (16) the Office of Inspector General. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1999 - Makes appropriations for FY 1999 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) the Medical Facilities Guarantee and Loan Fund for Federal interest subsidies for medical facilities; (3) health education assistance loans; (4) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (5) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (6) the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including amo… | 2025-04-07T15:33:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4274 |
| 105-hr-4275 | 105 | hr | 4275 | Economic Development Partnership Act of 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-07-20 | 1998-09-11 | Committee on Banking and Financial Services discharged. | House | Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] | PA | R | S000394 | 105 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Public Works and Economic Development Programs Subtitle A: Reauthorizations Subtitle B: Innovative Financing Pilot Programs Title II: Appalachian Regional Development Economic Development Partnership Act of 1998 - Title I: Public Works and Economic Development Programs - Subtitle A: Reauthorizations - Rewrites the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (the Act, for purposes of this title). Directs the Secretary of Commerce to cooperate with States and other entities to assure that Federal economic development programs are compatible with and further the objectives of State, regional, and local economic development plans and comprehensive economic development strategies. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide appropriate technical assistance to such entities in order to alleviate economic distress, encourage partnerships for economic development strategies, and stimulate modernization and technological advances in the generation and commercialization of goods and services; and (2) issue regulations for intergovernmental review of proposed economic development projects. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into appropriate economic development agreements with two or more adjoining States. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible recipients (defined later under this Act) for acquisition or development of land and improvements for public works, public service, or development facility usage, as well as the acquisition, design and engineering, construction, rehabilitation, alteration, expansion, or improvement of such facilities. Provides assistance conditions relating to the establishment of industrial or commercial plants and the increase of employment in the area. Prohibits more than 15 percent of the appropriations made for such assistance from being expended in any one State. Allows grants to be increased due to construction cost increases, with limitations. Authorizes the Secretary to make direct grants for economic develop… | 2025-04-07T15:32:00Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4275 |
| 105-hr-4276 | 105 | hr | 4276 | Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-07-20 | 1998-10-06 | The Speaker appointed conferees: Rogers, Kolbe, Taylor (NC), Regula, Latham, Livingston, Young (FL), Mollohan, Skaggs, Dixon, and Obey. | House | Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] | KY | R | R000395 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Justice Title II: Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Title III: The Judiciary Title IV: Department of State and Related Agencies Title V: Related Agencies Title VI: General Provisions Title VII: Rescissions Title VIII: Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grant Act Title IX: National Whale Conservation Fund Act Title X: VAWA Restoration Act Title XI: Temporary Agricultural Workers Title XII: Nursing Relief For Disadvantaged Areas Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 - Makes appropriations for FY 1999 for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the judiciary, and related agencies. Title I: Department of Justice - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1999 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice for: (1) general administration; (2) a joint automated booking system; (3) counterterrorism activities; (4) administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities; (5) the Office of Inspector General; (6) the U.S. Parole Commission; (7) legal activities; (8) antitrust activities; (9) the Offices of U.S. Attorneys; (10) the U.S. Trustee Program; (11) the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; (12) the U.S. Marshals Service, including an amount for expenses related to prisoners in the custody of the Marshals Service; (13) fees and expenses of witnesses; (14) the Community Relations Service; (15) certain uses of the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (16) administrative expenses related to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act; (17) interagency law enforcement with respect to organized crime drug trafficking; (18) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (19) construction for specified agencies; (20) the Drug Enforcement Administration; (21) the Immigration and Naturalization Service; (22) the Federal prison system, including amounts for buildings and facilities; (23) the Office of Justice… | 2025-04-07T15:33:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4276 |
| 105-hr-4193 | 105 | hr | 4193 | Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-07-08 | 1998-07-27 | Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 496. | House | Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16] | OH | R | R000141 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of the Interior Title II: Related Agencies Title III: General Provisions Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for FY 1999. Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: (1) land and resource management; (2) wildland fire management; (3) remedial action of hazardous waste substances; (4) construction; (5) payments in lieu of taxes to local governments; (6) land acquisition; (7) Oregon and California grant lands; (8) range improvements; (9) service charges, deposits, and forfeitures with respect to public lands; and (10) miscellaneous trust funds. Amends Federal law to extend provisions regarding claim maintenance fees to be paid by holders of unpatented mining claims, mills, or tunnel sites and location fees to be paid by locators. Appropriates funds for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for: (1) resource management; (2) construction; (3) land acquisition; (4) expenses related to carrying out the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (5) the National Wildlife Refuge Fund; (6) expenses related to carrying out the North American Wetlands Conservation Act; (7) the Wildlife Conservation and Appreciation Fund; and (8) expenses related to carrying out the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994. Mandates corrections to a map depicting a specified unit of the Coastal Barrier Resources System to exclude Pumpkin Key from the System. Makes appropriations for the National Park Service (NPS) for: (1) the National Park System; (2) national recreation and preservation activities; (3) expenses related to carrying out the Historic Preservation Act of 1966; (4) construction; and (5) land acquisition and State assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Rescinds specified contract authority to obligate fu… | 2025-04-07T15:34:09Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4193 |
| 105-hr-4194 | 105 | hr | 4194 | Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-07-08 | 1998-10-21 | Became Public Law No: 105-276. | House | Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-40] | CA | R | L000274 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Veterans Affairs Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development Title III: Independent Agencies Title IV: General Provisions Title V: Public Housing and Tenant-Based Assistance Reform Subtitle A: General Provisions Subtitle B: Public Housing Subtitle C: Section 8 Rental and Homeownership Assistance Subtitle D: Home Rule Flexible Grant Demonstration Subtitle E: Accountability and Oversight of Public Housing Agencies Subtitle F: Safety and Security in Public and Assisted Housing Subtitle G: Repeals and Related Provisions Title VI: FHA Property Disposition Reform Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (titles I through IV and VI) - Makes appropriations for FY 1999 for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and for sundry independent agencies. Title I: Department of Veterans Affairs - Makes appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs for: (1) veterans' compensation, pensions, and readjustment benefits; (2) veterans' insurance and indemnities; (3) veterans' housing, education, and vocational rehabilitation loan accounts; (4) veterans' medical care; (5) medical and prosthetic research; (6) medical administration; (7) the General post fund, national homes; (8) departmental administration; (9) the National Cemetery System; (10) the Office of Inspector General; (11) construction; (12) the parking revolving fund; and (13) grants to States for construction of extended care facilities and cemeteries. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds made available under this title. (Sec. 109) Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Salisbury, North Carolina, as the W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. (Sec. 110) Authorizes the Secr… | 2025-04-07T15:33:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4194 |
| 105-hr-4174 | 105 | hr | 4174 | To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority. | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-06-25 | 1998-06-25 | Referred to House Rules | House | Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12] | OH | R | K000016 | 28 | Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to replace provisions regarding the rescission of budget authority with those authorizing the President to propose the rescission of any budget authority provided in an appropriation Act or repeal of any targeted tax benefit provided in any revenue Act. Authorizes the President to transmit a draft bill to the Congress with such a proposal that clearly identifies the budget authority proposed to be rescinded or the targeted tax benefit to be repealed. Includes within such bill a Deficit Reduction Account. Permits the President to place in the Account an amount not to exceed total rescissions in the bill. Establishes expedited procedures in the Senate and the House of Representatives for consideration of such bill. Makes any amount of budget authority proposed to be rescinded available for obligation on the day after the date either House rejects such bill. Deems any targeted tax benefit proposed for repeal to be repealed unless either House rejects such bill during a prescribed time frame. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4174 |
| 105-hr-4112 | 105 | hr | 4112 | Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-06-23 | 1998-10-21 | Became Public Law No: 105-275. | House | Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | W000099 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Congressional Operations Title II: Other Agencies Title III: General Provisions Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 - Makes appropriations for the legislative branch for FY 1999. Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1999 - Makes appropriations for the Senate for: (1) expense allowances; (2) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (3) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (4) agency contributions for employee benefits; (5) inquiries and investigations; (6) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (7) the Offices of the Secretary, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper of the Senate; (8) miscellaneous items; (9) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and (10) official mail costs. (Sec. 1) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 to raise the limit on authorized mail, telegraph, telephone, stationery, office supplies, and home State office and travel expenses for Senators. Requires amounts specifically allocated for official mail expenses to be recalculated in accordance with regulations of the Committee on Rules and Administration in lieu of such amounts being included in the recalculation formula used for amounts authorized for a Senator's expense in the event that the term of office of a Senator begins after the first month of a fiscal year or ends (except by reason of death, resignation, or expulsion) before the last month of a fiscal year. (Sec. 2) Increases, from $10,000 to $35,000, the annual limitation on the disbursements from the Office of the Chaplain Expense Revolving Fund. (Sec. 3) Amends Senate Resolution 149, 103d Congress, to extend the Senate Arms Control Observer Group through December 31, 2000. (Sec. 4) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 to authorize the President pro tempore of the Senate to appoint and fix the compensation of one consultant, on a tempora… | 2025-04-07T15:33:59Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4112 |
| 105-hr-4104 | 105 | hr | 4104 | Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-06-22 | 1998-10-09 | Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S12132-12137) | House | Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | K000306 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of the Treasury Title II: Postal Service Title III: Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President Title IV: Independent Agencies Title V: General Provisions Title VI: General Provisions Title VIII (sic): Technical and Clarifying Amendments Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999 - Makes appropriations for FY 1999 for the Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies. Title I: Department of the Treasury - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1999 - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices; (2) automation enhancement; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) repair and restoration of the Treasury building and annex; (5) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; (6) violent crime reduction programs; (7) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, including amounts for acquisition of additional real property and facilities and maintenance and facility improvements; (8) interagency law enforcement with respect to organized crime drug trafficking; (9) the Financial Management Service; (10) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; (11) the U.S. Customs Service, including amounts for operations and maintenance of marine vessels and aircraft and collection of the Harbor Maintenance Fee; (12) the Bureau of the Public Debt; (13) the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), including amounts for tax law enforcement, earned income tax credit compliance and error reduction initiatives, information systems, and information technology investments; and (14) the Secret Service, including an amount for construction and improvement of facilities. (Sec. 115) Amends the Federal criminal code to redefine the terms "shotgun" and "rifle" as weapons using the energy of an explosive (currently, the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell or metallic cartridge). Expands the definiti… | 2025-04-07T15:34:23Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4104 |
| 105-hr-4101 | 105 | hr | 4101 | Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-06-19 | 1998-10-08 | On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Appropriations. Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H10149) | House | Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2] | NM | R | S000463 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agricultural Programs Title II: Conservation Programs Title III: Rural Economic and Community Development Programs Title IV: Domestic Food Programs Title V: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Title VI: Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration Title VII: General Provisions Title VIII: Agricultural Credit Title IX: India-Pakistan Relief Act Title X: Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Title XI: Emergency and Market Loss Assistance Subtitle A: Emergency Assistance for Crop and Livestock Feed Losses Due to Disasters Subtitle B: Market loss Assistance Subtitle C: Other Assistance Subtitle D: Administration Title XII: Biodiesel Title XIII: Emergency Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates funds for FY 1999 for the following Department of Agriculture programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) executive operations (Chief Economist, National Appeals Division) (3) Office of Budget and Program Analysis; (4) Office of the Chief Information Officer; (5) Chief Financial Officer; (6) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; (7) Agriculture buildings and facilities and rental payments; (8) hazardous waste management; (9) departmental administration; (10) outreach for socially disadvantaged farmers; (11) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations; (12) Office of Communications; (13) Office of the Inspector General; (14) Office of the General Counsel; (15) Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics; (16) Economic Research Service; (17) National Agricultural Statistics Service; (18) Agricultural Research Service; (19) Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; (20) Native America… | 2025-04-07T15:34:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4101 |
| 105-hr-4074 | 105 | hr | 4074 | Tax Dollars Accountability Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-06-17 | 1998-06-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. | House | Rep. Neumann, Mark W. [R-WI-1] | WI | R | N000054 | 2 | Tax Dollars Accountability Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to: (1) reserve from obligation and expenditure five percent of the discretionary appropriations for a fiscal year for an agency (or component thereof) that does not receive an unqualified opinion on its annual financial statements for the previous fiscal year as part of the agency audit; and (2) make available to such agency the amounts reserved upon the receipt of an unqualified opinion. Requires the Director and the head of an agency, for each audit that does not result in an unqualified or qualified opinion on the agency's financial statements, to jointly submit to the Appropriations Committees, the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs a statement that identifies the agency's officers and employees responsible for: (1) financial management; and (2) the preparation and production of the financial statements. Requires the President (in the case of an officer appointed by the President) or agency head (in the case of any other officer or employee) to remove from office or employment each officer or employee identified for two consecutive years in such a statement. Extends from 1997 to 1999 the deadline for the submission of the first of such annual financial statements. Requires the submission of such statements to the Congress (currently, they are submitted only to the Director). | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4074 |
| 105-hr-4012 | 105 | hr | 4012 | Honest Balanced Budget Act of 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-06-05 | 1998-06-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] | FL | R | S000822 | 1 | Honest Balanced Budget Act of 1998 - Declares that the receipts and disbursements of the social security trust funds included in the gross Federal debt shall not be: (1) included in the Federal budget baseline for any fiscal year; and (2) counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of offsetting any tax decrease and any spending increase. | 2025-08-21T16:12:54Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4012 |
| 105-hr-3989 | 105 | hr | 3989 | User Fee Act of 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-06-03 | 1998-06-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property. | House | Rep. Solomon, Gerald B. H. [R-NY-22] | NY | R | S000675 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Food and Drug Administration Fees Part A: User Fees Part B: General Provisions Title II: Medicare Administrative Fees Title III: Miscellaneous User Fees Title IV: Tax Increases User Fee Act of 1998 - Title I: Food and Drug Administration Fees - Part A: User Fees - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish fees to cover activities of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in connection with: (1) petitions and notifications for food additives, food contact substances, and color additives; (2) applications for approval of generic drugs; (3) applications for approval of animal drugs; (4) applications for approval of medical devices; (5) the review of import inspections and export certificates for drugs, devices, and food subject to regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and (6) regulating entities subject to FDA oversight. Part B: General Provisions - Set forth provisions concerning, among other things: (1) fee amounts and availability; (2) assessment, publication, and reduction or waiver of fees; and (3) with respect to such fees, the FDA agency plan and reporting requirements. Title II: Medicare Administrative Fees - Amends part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to impose, to the extent provided in appropriations Acts, fees for initial Medicare+Choice contracts and annual fees for renewal of such contracts and monitoring of the ongoing operations of Medicare+Choice organizations. (Sec. 201) Directs the Secretary to establish fee amounts annually, which shall not exceed reasonably estimated costs. Allows the Secretary to provide for reduction or waiver of such fees in exceptional circumstances in the public interest. Requires such fees to be credited to the Health Care Financing Administration Program Management Account. (Sec. 202) Amends SSA title XVIII part D (Miscellaneous Provisions) to repeal the pr… | 2025-08-21T16:12:25Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3989 |
| 105-hr-3921 | 105 | hr | 3921 | Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-05-20 | 1998-08-06 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] | OH | R | P000449 | 15 | Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1998 - Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with Federal agency heads, to coordinate and assist Federal agencies in establishing: (1) a uniform Federal financial assistance application or set of such uniform applications; (2) ways to streamline Federal financial assistance administrative procedures and reporting requirements for grantees; (3) a uniform Federal financial assistance system; (4) an electronic application and reporting process; (5) use of common rules; (6) improved interagency and intergovernmental coordination of information collection and sharing of data, including the development of a release form to be used by grantees; (7) a process to strengthen the information resources management capacity of State and local governments and qualified organizations; and (8) specific annual goals and objectives to further the purposes of this Act. Permits the Director to designate a lead agency to assist him or her and use interagency working groups to assist in carrying out such responsibilities. Requires the Director to: (1) review agency plans and reports developed under this Act for adequacy; (2) monitor each agency's annual performance toward achieving the goals and objectives stated in the agency's plan; (3) ensure that each agency plan does not diminish standards to measure performance and accountability of financial assistance programs; and (4) report to the Congress on implementation of this Act. Exempts any Federal agency from the requirements of this Act if the Director determines that the agency does not have a significant number of Federal financial assistance programs. Requires the Director, not later than November 1 of each fiscal year, to submit to the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: (1) a list of each agency exempted in the preceding fiscal year; and (2) an explanation for each such exemption. Directs the Director to issue gu… | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3921 |
| 105-hr-3865 | 105 | hr | 3865 | American Community Renewal Act of 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-05-14 | 1998-08-06 | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 11 - 8. | House | Rep. Watts, J. C., Jr. [R-OK-4] | OK | R | W000210 | 143 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Designation and Evaluation of Renewal Communities Title II: Tax Incentives for Renewal Communities Title III: Additional Provisions American Community Renewal Act of 1998 - Title I: Designation and Evaluation of Renewal Communities - Renewing American Communities Act of 1998 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to designate (upon local or State nomination) up to 100 renewal communities, of which at least 20 percent shall be in rural areas. Requires for nomination purposes that: (1) the area be experiencing high rates of poverty and unemployment and general distress; and (2) State and local governments enter into written contracts with neighborhood organizations to promote specified economic growth and employment activities. Treats renewal communities as labor surplus areas for all Federal law purposes. Title II: Tax Incentives for Renewal Communities - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income capital gains on the sale or exchange of a qualified community asset (stock, business property, or partnership interest) held for more than five years. Allows a specified deduction for amounts paid into a family development account on behalf of an individual or another qualified individual who is a renewal community resident. Excludes from gross income account distributions used for qualified family development expenses (postsecondary education, first-home purchase, business capitalization, medical, and rollovers). Provides a penalty (with exceptions) in addition to inclusion as gross income for nonqualifying distributions. Provides for designation of up to 25 percent of qualifying renewal communities as matching demonstration areas eligible to receive family development account matching contributions. Authorizes: (1) designation of earned income tax credit payments for family development account deposit; (2) a commercial building revitalization tax credit; (3) increased first year expensing for … | 2025-08-21T16:12:28Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3865 |
| 105-hr-3880 | 105 | hr | 3880 | Human Services Amendments of 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-05-14 | 1998-05-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | House | Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | M000206 | 25 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Head Start Programs Title II: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Programs Title III: Community Services Block Grant Title IV: Effective Dates; Application of Amendments Human Services Amendments of 1998 - Extends through FY 2002 the authorization of appropriations for programs under the Head Start Act, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and the Community Services Block Grant Act. Title I: Head Start Programs - Amends the Head Start Act to revise the definition of family literacy services. (Sec. 102) Extends through FY 2002 the authorization of appropriations for Head Start programs. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reserve specified amounts for: (1) transition coordination with schools; and (2) research, demonstrations, evaluation activities, and longitudinal studies. (Sec. 103) Revises requirements relating to: (1) allotment of funds, and limitations on assistance; (2) designation of Head Start agencies; (3) amendments to quality standards, and monitoring of Head Start agencies and programs; and (4) powers and functions of Head Start agencies. (Sec. 107) Limits to not more than 25 percent of total program enrollment the participation in Head Start programs of children who do not meet low-income criteria. (Sec. 108) Includes very young children with disabilities and their families in Head Start programs for families with infants and toddlers. Requires entities receiving such program assistance to ensure formal linkages with certain agencies under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 and providers of early intervention services for very young children with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. (Sec. 109) Doubles the annual amount authorized to be expended by the Secretary for the Head Start Fellowships program. (Sec. 110) Directs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on the use and effects of certain quality improvement funds under the Head Start … | 2025-08-21T16:12:29Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3880 |
| 105-hr-3832 | 105 | hr | 3832 | Save Social Security First Act of 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-05-12 | 1998-05-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Save Social Security First Act of 1998 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, at the end of each fiscal year for which the budget is in surplus, to transfer from the general fund of the Treasury an amount equal to such surplus to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Divides such amount between the funds in the same proportion as all other receipts of such funds in that year. Directs the Board of Trustees of such funds to promulgate guidelines to govern the investment of transferred amounts and to submit them to each House of the Congress. Requires such amounts to be invested in the same manner as other moneys in the funds if the Congress disapproves such guidelines by law. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require, if the budget for the current year or the fiscal year preceding such year was not in surplus, a vote of at least two-thirds of the Members voting for passage of any legislation that repeals, increases, or waives any discretionary spending limit set forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) or repeals or waives pay-as-you-go sequestration of such Act. Provides that any transfer of funds required by this Act shall not count as an outlay for purposes of pay-as-you-go requirements and exempts such transfers from sequestration under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act. | 2025-08-21T16:11:54Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3832 |
| 105-hr-3707 | 105 | hr | 3707 | To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be used to offset tax cuts. | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-04-22 | 1998-04-22 | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 38 | Amends pay-as-you-go provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide that if legislation is enacted that reduces receipts and decreases discretionary spending limits for budget authority and outlays for the FY 1997 through 2002 period for which there is such reduction in receipts, then an amount equal to the decrease in such spending limit for outlays shall be treated as direct spending legislation decreasing the deficit for the fiscal year concerned. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3707 |
| 105-hr-3576 | 105 | hr | 3576 | To amend title 31, United States Code, to prohibit the inclusion of legislative provisions and nonemergency spending in emergency appropriation laws. | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-03-27 | 1998-03-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. | House | Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] | WI | D | K000188 | 0 | Amends Federal law to provide that: (1) any legislative provision included in an emergency supplemental appropriation law shall not take effect and none of the funds appropriated by any law may be expended or obligated to carry out such provision; and (2) any nonemergency discretionary appropriation included in such a law shall not become available for expenditure or obligation. | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3576 |
| 105-hr-3579 | 105 | hr | 3579 | 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-03-27 | 1998-05-01 | Became Public Law No: 105-174. | House | Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1] | LA | R | L000371 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense Chapter 1: Department of Defense-Military Chapter 2: Department of Defense-Military Construction Title II: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Chapter 1: Department of Agriculture Chapter 2: United States Information Agency Chapter 3: Department of Defense-Civil Chapter 4: Department of the Interior Chapter 5: Department of Transportation Chapter 6: Department of Housing and Urban Development Chapter 7: Rescissions Title III: Supplemental Appropriations Chapter 1: Department of Agriculture Chapter 2: Department of Energy Chapter 3: Department of the Interior Chapter 4: Department of Health and Human Services Chapter 5: Legislative Branch Chapter 6: Department of Transportation Chapter 7: Department of the Treasury Chapter 8: Department of Veterans Affairs Chapter 9: Rescissions and Offset 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act - Makes supplemental appropriations and rescissions for FY 1998. Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense - Chapter 1: Department of Defense-Military - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and reserve personnel, Navy; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M), Army, Navy, Air Force, Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, and Army National Guard as well as defense-wide O&M; (3) the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund; (4) the Navy Working Capital Fund; (5) the Defense-Wide Working Capital Fund; and (6) the Defense Health Program. Makes additional funds available for overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid. (Sec. 3) Appropriates an additional amount for DOD for the Reserve Mobilization Income Insurance Fund.… | 2025-04-07T15:33:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3579 |
| 105-hr-3580 | 105 | hr | 3580 | 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-03-27 | 1998-03-27 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 269. | House | Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1] | LA | R | L000371 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Supplemental Appropriations Chapter 1: Department of Agriculture Chapter 2: Department of State Chapter 3: Department of Energy Chapter 4: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Chapter 5: Department of the Interior Chapter 6: Department of Health and Human Services Chapter 7: Legislative Branch Chapter 8: Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Chapter 9: Department of the Treasury Chapter 10: Department of Veterans Affairs Chapter 11: Department of Defense - Military Construction Title II: Rescissions Title III: General Provisions - This Act 1998 Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act - Makes supplemental appropriations and rescissions for FY 1998. Title I: Supplemental Appropriations - Chapter 1: Department of Agriculture - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to compensate for economic losses of persons who had or will have wheat stored in a storage facility that was, or may be, subject to an emergency action notice relating to the presence of Karnal bunt. Makes supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for: (1) departmental administration; (2) the Office of the General Counsel; and (3) the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account for direct and unsubsidized guaranteed farm ownership loans, direct and guaranteed subsidized farm operating loans, and boll weevil eradication program loans. Makes additional funds available for salaries and expenses of the Food and Drug Administration. Chapter 2: Department of State - Makes supplemental appropriations for the Department of State for arrearage payments for the United Nations and assessed expenses of international peacekeeping. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds for arrearages and international peacekeeping until the share of all assessed contributions for the regular … | 2025-08-21T16:13:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3580 |
| 105-hr-3556 | 105 | hr | 3556 | To reduce Federal spending in several programs. | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-03-25 | 1998-04-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Defense Title II: Other Discretionary Accounts Title III: Entitlements Title I: Defense - Directs the Secretary of Defense to reduce: (1) by FY 2004 the Department of Defense (DOD) strategic nuclear force to include a maximum of 300 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles; and (2) DOD theater missile defense programs by terminating the Navy sea-based area theater missile defense system, the Army Medium Extended Air Defense System, the Air Force airborne laser for destruction of missiles system, and the Space and Missile Tracking System. (Sec. 102) Prohibits funds from being appropriated to DOD for fiscal years after 1998 for the production of Trident II (D-5) missiles for the Navy. Requires the Secretary to retire eight Trident I submarines during FY 2001 through 2004. (Sec. 103) Prohibits funds from being appropriated to DOD for fiscal years after 1998 for: (1) assistance to Israel for development of the Arrow missile; and (2) research, development, test, and evaluation or for procurement for the Marine Corps V-22 Osprey aircraft program. (Sec. 105) Requires the Secretary to retire 20 Air Force KC-135E aircraft during each of FY 1999 through 2003. (Sec. 106) Directs the Secretary to assign to a unit of the armed forces members who are: (1) in transit during a scheduled move from one military installation to another; or (2) undergoing military training other than basic training. (Sec. 107) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to provide that any sale of major defense equipment approved under such Act shall include an appropriate charge for costs incurred by the United States in the research, development, and production of such equipment. Provides an exception. Repeals a provision of such Act which allows for the recovery of certain administrative expenses when such expenses are neither salaries of U.S. armed forces nor unfunded estimated costs of civilian retirement and other benefits. Title II: Other Discretionary Accounts - Requires the Administrator … | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3556 |
| 105-hr-3303 | 105 | hr | 3303 | Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1999, 2000, and 2001 | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-03-03 | 1998-09-17 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 586. | House | Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] | IL | R | H001022 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Authorizations of Appropriations Subtitle A: Specific Provisions Subtitle B: General Provisions Title II: Authorizations of Appropriations for Programs Title III: Permanent Enabling Provisions Title IV: Miscellaneous Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1999, 2000, and 2001 - Title I: Authorizations of Appropriations - Subtitle A: Specific Provisions - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2001 to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for: (1) general administration; (2) administrative review and appeals; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) general legal activities; (5) the Antitrust Division; (6) United States Attorneys; (7) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) the United States Marshals Service; (9) the Drug Enforcement Administration; (10) the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS); (11) fees and expenses of witnesses; (12) interagency crime and drug enforcement; (13) the Federal Prison System; (14) the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; (15) the Community Relations Service; (16) the Assets Forfeiture Fund; (17) Federal Prisoner Detention; and (18) the United States Parole Commission. (Sec. 102) Limits the funds available to Federal Prison Industries which may be used for administrative expenses and the employment of experts and consultants. Subtitle B: General Provisions - Directs the Attorney General to appoint 200 additional assistant U.S. attorneys by September 30, 2000, from attorneys who are incumbents of full-time DOJ litigation positions in Washington, D.C. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Authorizations of Appropriations for Programs - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to authorize appropriations for FY 1999 and 2000 for: (1) expeditious deportation for denied asylum applicants; (2) appointing Federal victim's counselors (under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994); (3) improving border controls; (4) expanded special deportation… | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3303 |
| 105-hr-3228 | 105 | hr | 3228 | To amend the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to add the requirement that if Federal budget is in surplus then the vetoed item shall be used to reduce the public debt. | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-02-12 | 1998-02-12 | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | House | Rep. John, Christopher [D-LA-7] | LA | D | J000110 | 22 | Amends the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to authorize the President to use the line item veto if the President determines that a cancellation will reduce the Federal budget deficit (current law) or, if the budget is in surplus, be used to reduce the public debt. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3228 |
| 105-hr-3091 | 105 | hr | 3091 | To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require a two-thirds vote on the passage of legislation that repeals, increases, or waives the discretionary spending limit or repeals or waives the pay-as-you-go provisions of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 if the current year budget was not in surplus or the budget for the fiscal year immediately preceding such year was not in surplus. | Economics and Public Finance | 1998-01-27 | 1998-01-27 | Referred to House Budget | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require, if the budget for the current year or the fiscal year preceding such year was not in surplus, a vote of at least two-thirds of the Members voting for passage of any legislation that repeals, increases, or waives any discretionary spending limit set forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) or repeals or waives pay-as-you-go sequestration of such Act. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3091 |
| 105-hr-2956 | 105 | hr | 2956 | Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-11-08 | 1997-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. | House | Rep. Luther, Bill [D-MN-6] | MN | D | L000521 | 2 | Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to revise the Federal and congressional budget processes by establishing a two-year budgeting and appropriations cycle and timetable. Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. Sets forth a special timetable for any first session that begins in any year immediately following a leap year and during which the term of a President begins (except one who starts a second successive term). Devotes the first session of any Congress to the budget resolution and to appropriations decisions, retaining current deadlines in most cases. Changes certain deadlines to conform to the biennial scheme. Devotes each second session to authorization activity, subject to specified deadlines. (Sec. 3) Revises provisions relating to the reconciliation process. (Sec. 4) Sets forth revised pay-as-you-go provisions for the Senate. (Sec. 5) Conforms provisions governing the President's budget to the biennial framework. (Sec. 6) Requires all Acts making regular appropriations for the support of the Government to be enacted for a biennium and to specify the amount of appropriations provided for each fiscal year in that period. (Sec. 7) Amends CBA to provide that it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider: (1) any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that authorizes appropriations for a period of less than two fiscal years, unless the program, project, or activity for which the appropriations are authorized will require no further appropriations and will be completed or terminated after the appropriations have been expended; and (2) in any odd-numbered year, any authorization or revenue bill or joint resolution until Congress completes action on the biennial budget resolution, all regular biennial appropriations bills, and all reconciliation bills. Provides that, in the Senate, such point of order shall not apply … | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2956 |
| 105-hr-2906 | 105 | hr | 2906 | To authorize and direct the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to reduce nondefense discretionary spending limits by two percentage points for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2002. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-11-07 | 1997-11-07 | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | House | Rep. Neumann, Mark W. [R-WI-1] | WI | R | N000054 | 0 | Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to reduce the adjusted discretionary spending limits for: (1) the nondefense category set forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) by two percentage points for each of FY 1999 and 2000; and (2) the discretionary category set forth in such Act by two percentage points for each of FY 2001 and 2002. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2906 |
| 105-hr-2840 | 105 | hr | 2840 | Regulatory Right-to-Know Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-11-06 | 1998-10-13 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2142) | House | Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] | VA | R | B000556 | 29 | Regulatory Right-to-Know Act of 1997 - Directs the President, no later than January 2000 and each January every two years thereafter, to submit to the Congress an accounting statement that estimates the costs and corresponding benefits of Federal regulatory programs and program elements. Provides for each accounting statement submitted to: (1) cover, at a minimum, the costs and corresponding benefits for the five fiscal years preceding October 1 of the year in which the report is submitted; and (2) also contain a projection of the costs and corresponding benefits for the next ten fiscal years. Directs the President to propose the first accounting statement no later than one year after the enactment of this Act. Provides for such statement to cover, at a minimum, each of the preceding fiscal years beginning with FY 1997. Requires the President, acting through the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in each year following the year in which the President submits an accounting statement and after notice and opportunity for comment, to submit to the Congress a report associated with the accounting statement containing: (1) analyses of impacts; (2) an analysis of jurisdictional overlaps, duplications, and potential inconsistencies among Federal regulatory programs; and (3) recommendations for reform. Requires the Director to: (1) provide guidance to agencies to standardize measures of costs and benefits in accounting statements and the format of the accounting statements; and (2) review submissions from agencies to assure consistency with the guidance. Directs the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, after each accounting statement and associated report is submitted to the Congress, to make recommendations to the President for improving accounting statements and associated reports. | 2025-08-21T16:13:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2840 |
| 105-hr-2860 | 105 | hr | 2860 | Budget Surplus Dividend Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-11-06 | 1997-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Budget Surplus Dividend Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allocate credits to taxpayers for social security taxes, during any year in which there is a Federal budget surplus of more than $1 billion, so as to utilize 50 percent of such surplus. Requires that, during any such year, the remainder of such surplus shall be split and used to: (1) reduce the outstanding public debt; and (2) increase nondefense discretionary spending limits. | 2025-08-21T16:14:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2860 |
| 105-hr-2825 | 105 | hr | 2825 | Economic Growth and Social Security Transition Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-11-05 | 1997-11-05 | Referred to House Rules | House | Rep. Sanford, Marshall (Mark) [R-SC-1] | SC | R | S000051 | 1 | Economic Growth and Social Security Transition Act - Provides that, for purposes of this Act: (1) the initial direct spending targets for each of FY 1998 through 2002 shall equal total outlays for all direct spending except net interest as provided in H. Con. Res. 84 (105th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 1998, unless such outlays are reduced by a subsequent budget resolution (in which case the lower level of total outlays except net interest shall be used); and (2) the revenue targets are the amounts provided in such resolution. Requires the President, as part of each Federal budget submitted to the Congress, to provide an annual review of direct spending and receipts, including: (1) information on total outlays for programs covered by the direct spending targets, including actual outlays for the prior fiscal year and projected outlays for the current and five succeeding fiscal years; and (2) any amount by which revenues for a budget year and any outyears through FY 2002 exceed the revenue target. Directs the Office of Management and Budget to include the amount of any changes in revenues as a deficit decrease under specified estimates and sequestration reports required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Provides that any amount not to exceed the amount of deficit decrease may only be offset by legislation to help pay for the transition costs to a fully funded Social Security system that includes individually owned accounts that are invested in real assets. Directs the President to include a special direct spending message in the budget if the information submitted indicates that: (1) actual outlays for direct spending in the prior fiscal year exceeded the applicable spending target; or (2) outlays for the current or future budget years are projected to exceed targets. Requires such message to include: (1) an analysis of the variance in direct spending over the direct spending targets; (2) recommendations for eliminating … | 2025-08-21T16:12:47Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2825 |
| 105-hr-2780 | 105 | hr | 2780 | To provide for an annual statement of accrued liability of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Program. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-10-30 | 1997-10-30 | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | House | Rep. Sanford, Marshall (Mark) [R-SC-1] | SC | R | S000051 | 7 | Amends Federal budget law to require the President, in the annual budget submission to the Congress, to include a statement of the current accrued liabilities of the Federal Government for future benefits under the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Program under title II of the Social Security Act. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2780 |
| 105-hr-2688 | 105 | hr | 2688 | Economic Development Information Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-10-21 | 1998-07-21 | See H.R.4275. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 0 | Economic Development Information Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish in the Economic Development Administration an Office of Economic Development Information (the Office) to: (1) serve as a central information clearinghouse on matters relating to Federal, State, and municipal economic development programs and activities; (2) help applicants locate economic development assistance programs; and (3) develop electronic links or other connections to information databases, both public and private, and to other individuals in the process of identifying and applying for such economic development programs. Prescribes database contents. Requires the Office to establish the means to ensure easy public access to its database service. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T16:13:00Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2688 |
| 105-hr-2649 | 105 | hr | 2649 | Expedited Rescissions Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-10-09 | 1997-10-09 | Referred to House Rules | House | Rep. Skaggs, David E. [D-CO-2] | CO | D | S000462 | 5 | Expedited Rescissions Act of 1997 - Repeals the Line Item Veto Act of 1996. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority. | 2025-08-21T16:12:14Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2649 |
| 105-hr-2650 | 105 | hr | 2650 | To repeal the Line Item Veto Act of 1996. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-10-09 | 1997-10-09 | Referred to House Rules | House | Rep. Skaggs, David E. [D-CO-2] | CO | D | S000462 | 10 | Repeals the Line Item Veto Act of 1996. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2650 |
| 105-hr-2607 | 105 | hr | 2607 | An Act making omnibus consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-10-06 | 1997-11-19 | Became Public Law No: 105-100. | House | Rep. Taylor, Charles H. [R-NC-11] | NC | R | T000067 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Fiscal Year 1998 Appropriations Title II: Clarification of Eligibility For Relief From Removal and Deportation For Certain Aliens Makes appropriations for the District of Columbia for FY 1998. Title I: Fiscal Year 1998 Appropriations - District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998 - Appropriates Federal funds for: (1) payment for management reform; (2) the contribution to the operation of the District government; (3) payment to the District's Corrections Trustee; (4) payment to the District's Corrections Trustee for Correctional Facilities; and (5) payment to the District's criminal justice system. Appropriates specified sums out of the District's general fund (and other funds, in some cases) for the current fiscal year for: (1) governmental direction and support; (2) economic development and regulation; (3) public safety and justice; (4) the public education system; (5) human support services; (6) public works; (7) financing and other uses; (8) enterprise funds and other uses; (9) the Water and Sewer Authority and the Washington Aqueduct; (10) the Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board; (11) the Starplex Fund; (12) the District of Columbia (D.C.) General Hospital; (13) the D.C. Retirement Board; (14) the Correctional Industries Fund; (15) the Washington Convention Center Enterprise Fund; (16) the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority (Authority); (17) capital outlay; and (18) deficit reduction and revitalization. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, such funds. Bars the use of revenues from Federal sources to support the operations of the D.C. Statehood and Statehood Compact Commissions. Requires the District to identify the sources of funding for Admission to Statehood from its own locally-generated revenues. (Sec. 110) Prohibits funds appropriated in this Act from being available to pay the salary of any District government employee whose name, title, grade, salary, work experience, and salary his… | 2025-04-07T15:33:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2607 |
| 105-hr-2586 | 105 | hr | 2586 | Surplus Protection Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-09-30 | 1997-09-30 | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | House | Rep. Minge, David [D-MN-2] | MN | D | M000795 | 14 | Surplus Protection Act of 1997 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide that the purpose of pay-as-you-go provisions is to ensure that legislation (currently, legislation enacted before FY 2002) affecting direct spending or receipts that results in a net budget increase (currently, increases the deficit) will trigger an offsetting sequestration, except to the extent that the total budget surplus exceeds the social security surplus. Extends pay-as-you-go and other specified provisions through FY 2008. Defines "budget increase" and "budget decrease" to mean, for purposes of pay-as-you-go provisions, an increase or decrease, respectively, in direct spending outlays or a decrease or increase, respectively, in receipts relative to the baseline. Requires a sequestration to offset the amount of any net budget (currently, deficit) increase caused by all direct spending and receipts legislation. Applies a sequestration for a fiscal year only to the extent that any surplus, before the sequestration in the total budget (which includes both on- and off-budget Government accounts), is less than the combined surplus for that year in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. | 2025-08-21T16:13:16Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2586 |
| 105-hr-2496 | 105 | hr | 2496 | Taxpayer Dividend Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-09-18 | 1997-09-18 | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | House | Rep. Boehner, John A. [R-OH-8] | OH | R | B000589 | 32 | Taxpayer Dividend Act of 1997 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), for any amount by which revenues for a budget year and any outyears through FY 2002 exceed the revenue target absent growth, to estimate the excess and include such estimate as a separate entry in the report to the Congress containing Congressional Budget Office estimates of amounts and changes in outlays and receipts of direct spending and receipts legislation at the same time the OMB sequestration preview report is issued. Requires OMB to include the amount of any change in revenues as a deficit decrease in estimates and sequestration reports unless such amount is offset by legislation decreasing revenues in an amount not exceeding the amount of such decrease. Sets forth the revenue targets absent growth for FY 1998 through 2002. Considers legislation decreasing revenues in compliance with this Act to be in order for purposes of specified provisions regarding congressional pay-as-you-go points of order and consideration in the Senate. | 2025-08-21T16:11:23Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2496 |
| 105-hr-2424 | 105 | hr | 2424 | To amend the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to eliminate the requirement that a Federal budget deficit must exist in order for the President to use the line-item veto authority. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-09-05 | 1997-09-05 | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | House | Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] | MI | R | U000031 | 46 | Amends the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to remove a requirement that makes the President's line item veto authority contingent on a cancellation (line item veto) reducing the Federal budget deficit. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2424 |
| 105-hr-2382 | 105 | hr | 2382 | Highways and National Defense Investment Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-09-03 | 1997-09-03 | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] | MI | D | D000355 | 13 | Highways and National Defense Investment Act of 1997 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to adjust discretionary spending limits for FY 1998 and 1999 by reducing allowable outlays for the defense category and increasing those for the nondefense category. | 2025-08-21T16:11:59Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2382 |
| 105-hr-2378 | 105 | hr | 2378 | Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-08-06 | 1997-10-21 | For actions pursuant to the Line Item Veto Act (P.L. 104-130), see House Document 105-156. (consideration: CR H8843) | House | Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | K000306 | 0 | (On January 6, 1998, the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia approved an agreement between the National Treasury Employees Union and the Justice Department to invalidate the President's cancellation of, and thus reinstate, section 642 of H.R. 2378. Sec. 642, the Federal Employees' Retirement System Open Enrollment Act of 1997, authorizes individuals employed by the Federal Government as of January 1, 1998, who are subject to the Civil Serviced Retirement System (CSRS), to elect to become subject to the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) during 1998.) (The President exercised line item veto authority to cancel Sec. 642 on October 16, 1997. The following revised digest of H.R. 2378 reflects the Act as signed into law, minus the line-item-vetoed provision. For more information on the specific items vetoed, see the text of the conference report for H.R. 2378, H.Rept. 105-284, and Presidential Cancellation Number 97-56.) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of the Treasury Title II: Postal Service Title III: Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President Title IV: Independent Agencies Title V: General Provision--This Act Title VI: General Provisions--Departments, Agencies, Corporations Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998 - Makes appropriations for FY 1998 for the Treasury Department, the U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain independent agencies. Title I: Department of the Treasury - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1998 - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices; (2) the Office of Professional Responsibility; (3) automation enhancement; (4) the Office of Inspector General; (5) repair and restoration of the Treasury building and annex; (6) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; (7) violent crime reduction programs; (8) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, including amounts for maintenance and… | 2025-04-07T15:33:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2378 |
| 105-hr-2329 | 105 | hr | 2329 | National Dividend Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-07-31 | 1997-11-08 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2225) | House | Rep. Crane, Philip M. [R-IL-8] | IL | R | C000873 | 1 | National Dividend Act of 1997 - Establishes a program for the distribution of certain corporate tax revenues, through the chief financial officer of each State, to the registered voters of each State in the form of dividend payments. Establishes in the Treasury the National Dividend Payment Trust Fund. Authorizes payment into the Fund of specified amounts from: (1) the corporate income tax; (2) the tax on the unrelated business income of certain tax-exempt organizations; (3) the capital gains tax; (4) the tax on insurance company income; and (5) the alternative minimum tax on corporations. Establishes a National Dividend Review Board to review the manner in which payments are made from the Fund and to invest Fund amounts. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income all dividend income received by a taxpayer from domestic corporations, including dividends received under this Act. Increases the corporate income tax deduction for dividends received by a corporation on the preferred stock of a public utility. Prohibits corporate income tax rates from exceeding 34 percent. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to declare it out of order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider budget resolutions for FY 1999 and thereafter that would increase the level of total budget outlays beyond those budgeted for FY 1998. Requires a two-thirds vote of each House of the Congress to increase the internal revenue, except if there is a: (1) declaration of war; or (2) military conflict causing an imminent and serious threat to national security and a joint resolution declaring so has been adopted. | 2025-08-21T16:12:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2329 |
| 105-hr-2360 | 105 | hr | 2360 | Price Stability Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-07-31 | 1997-08-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] | NJ | R | S000097 | 1 | Price Stability Act of 1997 - Declares that the primary and overriding goal of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee with regard to monetary policy shall be the achievement of price stability. Authorizes the Board and the Committee to suspend such goal if the Committee, by unanimous vote, and the President jointly determine such suspension necessary due to a public interest exigency. Instructs the Board and the Committee to establish an explicit numerical definition of the goal of price stability using prescribed criteria. | 2025-08-21T16:13:28Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2360 |
| 105-hr-2364 | 105 | hr | 2364 | To reduce Federal spending in several programs. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-07-31 | 1997-08-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. | House | Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] | CT | R | S001144 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Defense Title II: Other Discretionary Accounts Title III: Entitlements Title I: Defense - Directs the Secretary of Defense to reduce: (1) by FY 2003 the Department of Defense (DOD) strategic nuclear force to include a maximum of 300 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles; and (2) DOD theater missile defense programs by terminating the Navy sea-based area theater missile defense system, the Army Medium Extended Air Defense System, the Air Force airborne laser for destruction of missiles system, and the Space and Missile Tracking System. (Sec. 102) Prohibits funds from being appropriated to DOD for fiscal years after 1997 for the production of Trident II (D-5) missiles for the Navy. Requires the Secretary to retire eight Trident I submarines during FY 2000 through 2003. (Sec. 103) Prohibits funds from being appropriated to DOD for fiscal years after 1997 for: (1) assistance to Israel for development of the Arrow missile; and (2) research, development, test, and evaluation or for procurement for the Marine Corps V-22 Osprey aircraft program. (Sec. 105) Requires the Secretary to retire 20 Air Force KC-135E aircraft during each of FY 1998 through 2002. (Sec. 106) Directs the Secretary to assign to a unit of the armed forces members who are: (1) in transit during a scheduled move from one military installation to another; and (2) undergoing military training other than basic training. (Sec. 107) Requires the Secretary to increase the surcharge on sale prices of goods and services sold in commissary stores so that commissary prices are increased by at least ten percent. (Sec. 108) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to provide that any sale of major defense equipment approved under such Act shall include an appropriate charge for costs incurred by the United States in the research, development, and production of such equipment. Provides an exception. Repeals a provision of such Act which allows for the recovery of certain administrative expenses when such ex… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2364 |
| 105-hr-2264 | 105 | hr | 2264 | Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-07-25 | 1997-11-13 | Became Public Law No: 105-78. | House | Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] | IL | R | P000444 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Labor Title II: Department of Health and Human Services Title III: Department of Education Title IV: Related Agencies Title V: General Provisions Title VI: Other Provisions Title VII: National Health Museum Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 - Makes appropriations for FY 1998 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. Title I: Department of Labor - Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1998 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Labor for: (1) training and employment services; (2) community service employment for older Americans; (3) Federal unemployment benefits and allowances; (4) State unemployment insurance and employment service operations; (5) advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund and other trust funds; (6) employment and training program administration; (7) the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration for salaries and expenses and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; (8) the Employment Standards Administration; (9) certain special benefits; (10) the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund; (11) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (12) the Mine Safety and Health Administration; (13) the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (14) departmental management; and (15) the Office of Inspector General. Sets forth authorized uses of, and limitations on, funds appropriated under this title. Title II: Department of Health and Human Services - Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1998 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Health Resources and Services Administration; (2) Federal interest subsidies for medical facilities; (3) health education assistance loans; (4) the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund; (5) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (6) the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including amoun… | 2025-04-07T15:33:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2264 |
| 105-hr-2267 | 105 | hr | 2267 | Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-07-25 | 1998-01-27 | The communication was referred to the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget. | House | Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] | KY | R | R000395 | 0 | (On June 25, 1998, the Supreme Court ruled that the Line Item Veto Act (Public Law 104-130) is unconstitutional, thus restoring provisions that had been cancelled as summarized below.) (On December 2, 1997, the President exercised his line item veto authority to cancel $5 million in discretionary budget authority for one item included in this Act: a cooperative agreement with Montana State University for a research program on green buildings out of funds provided for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The following revised digest summarizes the enacted version of H.R. 2267 as modified by line item veto.) (Note: The high degree of specificity of the item cancelled precluded its inclusion in the original law's summary. As a result, the original law's summary and the summary of the law after the item veto are identical. For more information on the specific item vetoed, see the text of the conference report for H.R. 2267, H. Rept. 105-405, and Presidential Cancellation Number 97-82.)) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Justice Title II: Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Title III: The Judiciary Title IV: Department of State and Related Agencies Title V: Related Agencies Title VI: General Provisions Title VII: Rescissions Title VIII: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 - Makes appropriations for FY 1998 for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the judiciary, and related agencies. Title I: Department of Justice - Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 1998 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Justice for: (1) general administration; (2) counterterrorism activities; (3) administration of pardon and clemency petitions and immigration-related activities; (4) specified violent crime reduction programs; (5) the Office of Inspector General; (6) the U.S. Parole Commission; (7) legal activities; (8) deportatio… | 2025-04-07T15:34:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2267 |
| 105-hr-2230 | 105 | hr | 2230 | Tax Relief Guarantee Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-07-23 | 1997-07-23 | Referred to House Rules | House | Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] | PA | R | P000373 | 0 | Tax Relief Guarantee Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide a point of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate against the consideration of legislation to raise revenues to meet a revenue shortfall for any of FY 1998 through 2002 in order to achieve a balanced Federal budget by FY 2002. | 2025-08-21T16:13:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2230 |
| 105-hr-2209 | 105 | hr | 2209 | Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-07-22 | 1997-10-07 | Became Public Law No: 105-55. | House | Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25] | NY | R | W000099 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Congressional Operations Title II: Other Agencies Title III: General Provisions Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 - Makes appropriations for the legislative branch for FY 1998. Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1998 - Makes appropriations for the Senate for: (1) expense allowances; (2) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority leaders; (3) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees; (4) agency contributions for employee benefits; (5) inquiries and investigations; (6) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (7) the Offices of the Secretary, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper of the Senate; (8) miscellaneous items; (9) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; (10) stationery; and (11) official mail costs. (Sec. 1) Authorizes the Secretary of the Senate to make advance payments under contracts to provide services or deliver articles for the U.S. Government without regard to requirements governing advances under Federal public finance law. (Sec. 3) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 to raise the limit on authorized mail, telegraph, telephone, stationery, office supplies, and home State office and travel expenses for Senators. Amends Federal law to make the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account available for the payment of franked mail expenses of Senators, beginning in FY 1998. Repeals a provision of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 which authorized transfers of a limited amount of funds for mass mail to such Account. (Sec. 4) Increases the aggregate amount authorized for Senate committees by S. Res. 54, 105th Congress. (Sec. 5) Provides for increases in the aggregate compensation paid to employees in Senate offices. Makes appropriations for the House of Representatives for: (1) House leadership offices; (2) Members' representational allowances; (3) committee employees; (4) officers and employees; (5) … | 2025-04-07T15:33:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2209 |
| 105-hr-2191 | 105 | hr | 2191 | National Debt Repayment Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-07-17 | 1998-09-16 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7898) | House | Rep. Neumann, Mark W. [R-WI-1] | WI | R | N000054 | 109 | National Debt Repayment Act of 1997 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require concurrent resolutions on the budget, beginning with the one for the first fiscal year after there is a surplus, to set forth totals of budget outlays and Federal revenues for the budget year and each fiscal year concerned such that the annual rate of change in outlays is at least one percentage point lower than the corresponding change in revenues for each such year. Permits the Congress to waive such requirement for fiscal years in which a declaration of war is in effect or the United States is engaged in military conflict posing a serious threat to national security or for the budget year and the next fiscal year if real economic growth has been negative for two consecutive calendar quarters. Amends Federal law to require the Secretary of the Treasury to use any budget surplus for a fiscal year, with one-third allocated to each of the following, to: (1) exchange special issue nonmarketable Government bonds in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund with marketable Government securities; (2) invest in marketable Government securities to be held in a Tax Cut Offset Trust Fund to offset future revenue reductions; and (3) exchange special issue nonmarketable Government securities in the Highway Trust Fund and the Hazardous Substance Superfund with marketable ones. Requires the surplus to be allocated, in specified increments, to repay the public debt when Government trust funds, including those described above, no longer hold nonmarketable securities. Prohibits receipts and disbursements of Government trust funds, in an amount up to the value of marketable Government securities contained in any such fund, from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of the Federal or congressional budgets or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Exempts such receipts and di… | 2025-08-21T16:14:24Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2191 |
| 105-hr-2169 | 105 | hr | 2169 | Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-07-16 | 1997-11-04 | For actions pursuant to the Line Item Veto Act (P.L. 104-130), see House Document 105-168. | House | Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] | VA | R | W000672 | 0 | (On June 25, 1998, the Supreme Court ruled that the Line Item Veto Act (Public Law 104-130) is unconstitutional, thus restoring provisions that had been cancelled as summarized below.) (On November 1, 1997, the President exercised the line-item veto to cancel the dollar amounts of discretionary budget authority in connection with the following projects contained in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998: (1) improvements by the Federal Railroad Administration to the Seward dock, Seward, Alaska; (2) an Electronic Distribution Center for Surplus Transit-Related Equipment (Federal Transit Administration); and (3) a transportation emergency preparedness and response demonstration project, including an underground emergency transportation management center using satellite communications, Arab, Alabama (Research and Special Programs Administration). (Note: The high degree of specificity of the items cancelled precluded their inclusion in the original law's summary. As a result, the original law's summary and the summary of the law after the item vetoes are identical. For more information on the specific items vetoed, see the text of the conference report for H.R. 2169, H.Rept. 105-313, and Presidential Cancellation Numbers 97-72 through 97-74.)) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Transportation Title II: Related Agencies Title III: General Provisions Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 - Title I: Department of Transportation - Makes appropriations for FY 1998 (with specified rescissions, transfers of funds, limitations on obligations and direct loans, and liquidations of contract authorizations) for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Transportation; (2) the Coast Guard; (3) the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); (4) the Federal Highway Administration (FHA); (5) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (6) the Federal Railroad Administration; (7) the Federal Transit Administration; (8) the Sa… | 2025-04-07T15:33:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2169 |
| 105-hr-2160 | 105 | hr | 2160 | Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-07-14 | 1998-01-27 | For actions pursuant to the line item Veto Act (P.L. 104-130), see House Document 105-179. | House | Rep. Skeen, Joe [R-NM-2] | NM | R | S000463 | 0 | (On June 25, 1998, the Supreme Court ruled that the Line Item Veto Act (Public Law 104-130) is unconstitutional, thus restoring provisions that had been cancelled as summarized below.) (On November 20, 1997, the President exercised his line item veto authority with respect to discretionary budget authority for: (1) Biocontrol and Insect Rearing Laboratory, Stoneville, Mississippi; (2) Poisonous Plant Laboratory, Logan, Utah; and (3) special research grants, projects "Dairy, Alaska," "Hydroponic Tomato Production, Ohio," and "Plant Genome Research, Ohio.") (Note: The high degree of specificity of the cancelled items precluded their inclusion in the original law's summary. As a result, the original law's summary and the summary of the law after the item veto are identical. For more information on the specific items vetoed, see the text of the conference report for H.R. 2160, H.Rept. 105-252, and Presidential Cancellation Numbers 97-77 through 97-81.) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agricultural Programs Title II: Conservation Programs Title III: Rural Economic and Community Development Programs Title IV: Domestic Food Programs Title V: Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Title VI: Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration Title VII: General Provisions Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates funds for FY 1998 for the following Department of Agriculture programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) executive operations (Chief Economist, National Appeals Division, Office of Budget and Program Analyst, and Office of the Chief Information Officer); (3) Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (4) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; (5) Agriculture buildings and facilities and rental payments; (6) hazardous waste management; (7) departmental administration; (8) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congression… | 2025-04-07T15:34:05Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2160 |
| 105-hr-2158 | 105 | hr | 2158 | Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-07-11 | 1997-11-04 | For actions pursuant to the Line Item Veto Act (P.L. 104-130), see House Document 105-167. | House | Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-40] | CA | R | L000274 | 0 | (On June 25, 1998, the Supreme Court ruled that the Line Item Veto Act (Public Law 104-130) is unconstitutional, thus restoring provisions that had been cancelled as summarized below.) (On November 1, 1997, the President exercised his line item veto authority to cancel $14.015 million in discretionary budget authority for the following seven items in this Act: (1) a new national cemetery in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; (2) a police training complex in Arab, Alabama; (3) trade and development activities of the Carter County Chamber of Commerce, Montana; (4) a solar aquatic wastewater treatment demonstration project in Burlington, Vermont; (5) the Alabama Water and Wastewater Institute operator training program; (6) wastewater and drinking water system needs in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania; and (7) optical astronomy testbeds. The following revised digest summarizes the enacted version of H.R. 2158 as modified by line item veto.) (Note: The high degree of specificity of the items cancelled precluded their inclusion in the original law's summary. As a result, the original law's summary and the summary of the law after the item vetoes are identical. For more information on the specific items vetoed, see the text of the conference report for H.R. 2158, H. Rept. 105-297, and Presidential Cancellation Numbers 97-65 through 97-71.)) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Veterans Affairs Title II: Department of Housing and Urban Development Title III: Independent Agencies Title IV: General Provisions Title V: HUD Multifamily Housing Reform Subtitle A: FHA-Insured Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions Subtitle C: Enforcement Provisions Subtitle D: Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 - Makes appropriations for FY 1998 … | 2025-07-01T16:27:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2158 |
| 105-hr-2107 | 105 | hr | 2107 | Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-07-01 | 1998-01-27 | The communication was referred to the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget. | House | Rep. Regula, Ralph [R-OH-16] | OH | R | R000141 | 0 | (On June 25, 1998, the Supreme Court ruled that the Line Item Veto Act (Public Law 104-130) is unconstitutional, thus restoring provisions that had been cancelled as summarized below.) (On November 20, 1997, the President exercised his line item veto authority to cancel up to $6.2 million in discretionary budget authority for the following two items included in this Act: (1) the Franklin County Dam in Mississippi; and (2) a conveyance of Federal mineral rights to the State of Montana. The following revised digest summarizes the enacted version of H.R. 2107 as modified by the line item veto.) (Note: The high degree of specificity of the items cancelled precluded their inclusion in the original law's summary. As a result, the original law's summary and the summary of the law after the item vetoes are identical. For more information on the specific items vetoed, see the text of the conference report for H.R. 2107, H.Rept. 105-337, and Presidential Cancellation Numbers 97-75 and 97-76.)) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of the Interior Title II: Related Agencies Title III: General Provisions Title IV: Environmental Improvement and Restoration Fund Title V: Priority Land Acquisitions, Land Exchanges, and Maintenance Title VI: Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Title VII: Miccosukee Settlement Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for FY 1998. Title I: Department of the Interior - Makes appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: (1) land and resource management; (2) fire management; (3) remedial action of hazardous waste substances; (4) construction; (5) payments in lieu of taxes to local governments; (6) land acquisition; (7) Oregon and California grant lands; (8) range improvements; (9) service charges, deposits, and forfeitures with respect to public lands; (10) miscellaneous trust funds; and (11) BLM admini… | 2025-04-07T15:33:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2107 |
| 105-hr-2099 | 105 | hr | 2099 | To provide that cost-of-living adjustments to payments made under Federal law and to Federal tax benefits shall be determined using a new price index. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-06-26 | 1997-08-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 0 | Requires, notwithstanding any other provision of law, that the Consumer Price Index for Government Use (CPI-G) established under this Act be used to determine the amount of any cost-of-living or similar adjustment under the Internal Revenue Code and any payment listed in this Act that is otherwise subject to an adjustment using a price index that includes prices of tobacco products or distilled spirits or both. Includes in that payment list: (1) Social Security Act benefits; (2) retirement benefits for former U.S. employees or former U.S. armed forces members; (3) payments on account of the death or disability of any current or former U.S. employee; and (4) tier 1 railroad retirement benefits. Requires that the CPI-G be based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, but requires it to exclude tobacco product and distilled spirit prices. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2099 |
| 105-hr-2037 | 105 | hr | 2037 | Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-06-25 | 1997-06-25 | Referred to House Rules | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 Title II: Amendments to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 - Title I: Amendments to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to include entitlement authority and the food stamp program within the definition of "budget authority." Excludes salary or basic pay funded through an appropriation from the definition of "entitlement authority." (Sec. 105) Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (the Act) to require the concurrent resolution on the budget to set forth planning levels for at least the four (currently, two) ensuing fiscal years. Revises Senate pay-as-you-go authorities to permit revisions of committee allocations, aggregates, and other levels for legislation within a committee's jurisdiction if such legislation would not increase the deficit for the first year, and for the five fiscal years, covered by the budget resolution. (Sec. 106) Consolidates requirements currently set forth separately for the House of Representatives and the Senate with respect to committee allocations. Requires the joint explanatory statement accompanying a conference report on a budget resolution to include allocations of the appropriate levels, for each fiscal year and a total for all years, of new budget authority, outlays, and, in the Senate, Social Security outlays, among each House and Senate committee with jurisdiction over legislation providing or creating such amounts. Requires levels only for the first fiscal year in the case of the Appropriations Committee. Provides that no legislation involving a change in Internal Revenue Code provisions regarding tax on individuals shall be treated as affecting the amount of Social Security revenues or outlays unless such legislation changes the income tax treatment of Social Security benefits. Requir… | 2025-08-21T16:14:35Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2037 |
| 105-hr-2015 | 105 | hr | 2015 | Balanced Budget Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-06-24 | 1997-09-09 | Disapproval bill introduced in House: H.R. 2436. | House | Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12] | OH | R | K000016 | 0 | (On June 25, 1998, the Supreme Court ruled that the Line Item Veto Act (Public Law 104-130) is unconstitutional, thus restoring provisions that had been cancelled as summarized below.) (On August 11, 1997, the President line-item-vetoed Sec. 4722(c), which deemed to be permissible broad-based health care related taxes certain taxes, fees, or assessments collected by New York State from a health care provider before June 1, 1997, for which a specified waiver has been applied, or would be but for this provision. The provision would thus exempt such taxes, fees, or assessments from the requirement that provider-specific taxes be subtracted from the State share of Medicaid expenditures for purposes of Federal share calculation. The following revised digest of H.R. 2015 reflects the Act as signed into law, minus the line-item-vetoed provision. For more information on the specific items vetoed, see the text of the conference report for H.R. 2015, H.Rept. 105-217, and Presidential Cancellation Number 97-3.) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Food Stamp Provisions Title II: Housing and Related Provisions Title III: Communications and Spectrum Allocation Provisions Title IV: Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Provisions Subtitle A: Medicare+Choice Program Subtitle B: Prevention Initiatives Subtitle C: Rural Initiatives Subtitle D: Anti-Fraud and Abuse Provisions and Improvements in Protecting Program Integrity Subtitle E: Provisions Relating to Part A Only Subtitle F: Provisions Relating to Part B Only Subtitle G: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B Subtitle H: Medicaid Subtitle I: Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Subtitle J: State Children's Health Insurance Program Title V: Welfare and Related Provisions Subtitle A: TANF Block Grant Subtitle B: Supplemental Security Income Subtitle C: C… | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2015 |
| 105-hr-2003 | 105 | hr | 2003 | Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-06-20 | 1997-07-23 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | House | Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] | TX | R | B000213 | 66 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Ensure that the Bipartisan Balanced Budget Agreement of 1997 Achieves Its Goal Title II: Enforcement Provisions Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 - Title I: Ensure that the Bipartisan Balanced Budget Agreement of 1997 Achieves Its Goal - Sets forth a timetable for completion of certain budget actions by the President, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). (Sec. 102) Directs the President to submit a special message with the OMB Analysis of Actual Spending Levels and Projections for the Upcoming Year if such Analysis indicates that: (1) deficits or outlays in the most recent fiscal or budget year exceeded or are projected to exceed deficit targets or caps, as appropriate; or (2) revenues in such years were less than or projected to be less than revenue targets. Requires such message to include proposed legislative changes to: (1) offset the net deficit, outlay excess, or revenue shortfall; or (2) revise the deficit or revenue targets or outlay caps contained in this Act. Sets forth congressional procedures for the consideration of legislation to address excess deficits or outlays and revenue shortfalls. (Sec. 103) Requires presidential budgets to be consistent with the spending, revenue, and deficit levels established in this Act or to recommend changes to such levels. Makes it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any concurrent budget resolution unless it is consistent with the levels set forth in this Act. (Sec. 104) Sets forth consolidated deficit (or surplus) and revenue targets for FY 1998 through 2002. (Sec. 105) Requires OMB to submit a report containing account numbers and spending limits for specific entitlement categories to the President and the Congress. Applies direct spending caps, effective upon submission of such report, to all entitlement authority except for undistributed offsetting receipts and net interest outlays. Sets forth entitlement categories subject to cap… | 2025-08-21T16:11:55Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2003 |
| 105-hr-1962 | 105 | hr | 1962 | Presidential and Executive Office Financial Accountability Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-06-19 | 1997-10-22 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Horn, Stephen [R-CA-38] | CA | R | H000789 | 7 | Presidential and Executive Office Financial Accountability Act of 1997 - Provides, within the Executive Office of the President, for the designation or appointment of a Chief Financial Officer. Requires the Chief Financial Officer, to the extent that the President determines appropriate and in the interest of the United States, to have the same authority and perform the same functions as his or her Federal agency counterparts. Directs the President to: (1) notify the Congress of any provision of current law concerning chief financial officers that the President determines shall not apply to a Chief Financial Officer designated or appointed under this Act; and (2) communicate in writing, not later than 90 days after enactment, to the Chairman of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of the House and the Chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate a plan for implementation of this Act. | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1962 |
| 105-hr-1912 | 105 | hr | 1912 | Government Shutdown Prevention Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-06-17 | 1997-06-17 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] | VA | R | D000136 | 6 | Government Shutdown Prevention Act - Provides for continuing appropriations (at 100 percent of the rate of operations provided for in FY 1997) in the absence of regular appropriations for FY 1998. Requires increases in the rate of operations as necessary to preclude furloughs or reductions-in-force. | 2025-08-21T16:14:28Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1912 |
| 105-hr-1916 | 105 | hr | 1916 | Government Shutdown Prevention Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-06-17 | 1997-09-03 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6723) | House | Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] | PA | R | G000121 | 1 | Government Shutdown Prevention Act - Provides for continuing appropriations (at 100 percent of the rate of operations provided for in FY 1997) in the absence of regular appropriations for FY 1998. | 2025-08-21T16:13:53Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1916 |
| 105-hr-1871 | 105 | hr | 1871 | 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those in Bosnia | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-06-12 | 1997-06-12 | Became Public Law No: 105-18. | House | Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1] | LA | R | L000371 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense Chapter 1: Department of Defense - Military Chapter 2: Rescissions Chapter 3: General Provisions - This Title Title II: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from Natural Disasters Chapter 1: Department of Agriculture Chapter 2: Department of Commerce Chapter 3: Department of Defense - Civil Chapter 4: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Chapter 5: Department of the Interior Chapter 6: Department of Health and Human Services Chapter 7: Congressional Operations Chapter 8: Department of Transportation Chapter 9: Department of the Treasury Chapter 10: Department of Veterans Affairs Chapter 11: Offsets and Rescissions Title III: General Provisions - This Act Title IV: Cost of Higher Education Review Title V: Depository Institution Disaster Relief Title VI: Technical Amendments With Respect To Education Title VII: Food Stamp Program Title VIII: 2000 Decennial Census 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those in Bosnia - Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense - Chapter 1: Department of Defense - Military - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) - Military for: (1) military personnel, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M), Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund; (3) OPLAN 34A-35 prisoner-of-war (P.O.W.) payments to individuals; and (4) the Reserve Mobilization Income Insurance Fund. (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer specified funds to reimburse costs incurred for repairing damage caused by hurricanes, flooding, and … | 2025-04-07T15:33:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1871 |
| 105-hr-1796 | 105 | hr | 1796 | 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those in Bosnia | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-06-05 | 1997-06-05 | Referred to House Budget | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense Chapter 1: Department of Defense - Military Chapter 2: Rescissions Chapter 3: General Provisions - This Title Title II: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from Natural Disasters Chapter 1: Department of Agriculture Chapter 2: Department of Commerce Chapter 3: Department of Defense - Civil Chapter 4: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Chapter 5: Department of the Interior Chapter 6: Department of Health and Human Services Chapter 7: Congressional Operations Chapter 8: Department of Transportation Chapter 9: Department of the Treasury Chapter 10: Department of Veterans Affairs Chapter 11: Offsets and Rescissions Title III: General Provisions - This Act Title IV: Cost of Higher Education Review Title V: Depository Institution Disaster Relief Title VI: Technical Amendments With Respect To Education Title VII: Food Stamp Program 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those in Bosnia - Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense - Chapter 1: Department of Defense - Military - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) - Military for: (1) military personnel, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M), Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund; (3) OPLAN 34A-35 prisoner-of-war (P.O.W.) payments to individuals; and (4) the Reserve Mobilization Income Insurance Fund. (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer specified funds to reimburse costs incurred for repairing damage caused by hurricanes, flooding, and other natural disasters during 1996 and 1… | 2025-08-21T16:13:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1796 |
| 105-hr-1785 | 105 | hr | 1785 | To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide an automatic continuing appropriation for the United States Government. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-06-04 | 1997-06-04 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4] | WI | D | K000259 | 0 | Provides for an automatic continuing appropriation for the U.S. Government whenever a regular appropriation bill or continuing resolution for a fiscal year does not become law prior to the beginning of such fiscal year. Appropriates such sums as may be necessary to continue any project or activity for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year: (1) in the amount provided in the corresponding regular appropriation Act or continuing resolution for such preceding fiscal year; or (2) if such corresponding appropriation bill or continuing resolution did not become law, then as provided by this Act. Sets forth the terms and conditions relating to such continuing appropriations. Prohibits funding for any project or activity: (1) for which there is no authorization of appropriations for such fiscal year; or (2) during a fiscal year if any other provision of law makes an appropriation, makes funds available, grants continuation authority, or specifically prohibits funding or authority for such project or activity. | 2024-02-05T11:50:03Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1785 |
| 105-hr-1755 | 105 | hr | 1755 | Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-06-03 | 1997-06-04 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3285) | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense Chapter 1: Department of Defense - Military Chapter 2: Rescissions Chapter 3: General Provisions - This Title Title II: Other Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Chapter 1: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Chapter 2: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Chapter 3: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Chapter 4: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Chapter 5: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies Chapter 6: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Chapter 7: Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch Chapter 8: Subcommittee on the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Chapter 9: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government Chapter 10: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Title III: Depository Institution Disaster Relief Title IV: Cost of Higher Education Review Title V: Technical Amendments with Respect to Education Title VI: General Provisions - This Act Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act of 1997- Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense - Chapter 1: Department of Defense - Military - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) - Military for: (1) military personnel, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M), Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund; (3) OPLAN 34A-35 prisoner-of-war (P.O.W.) payments to individuals; and (4) the Reserve Mobilizati… | 2025-08-21T16:13:05Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1755 |
| 105-hr-1707 | 105 | hr | 1707 | Interim Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-05-22 | 1997-05-22 | Referred to House Budget | House | Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI-7] | WI | D | O000007 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Interim Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from Natural Disasters and Overseas Peacekeeping Chapter 1: Department of Defense - Military Chapter 2: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Chapter 3: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Chapter 4: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Chapter 5: Departments of Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Title II: Rescissions and Offsets Title III: General Provisions, This Act Interim Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1997 - Makes interim emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1997 for the programs listed in this Act. Title I: Interim Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery From Natural Disasters and Overseas Peacekeeping - Chapter 1: Department of Defense - Military - Provides additional funds for the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund. Rescinds amounts for the following programs from funds provided in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997: (1) operations and maintenance defense-wide and for the Army, Navy, and Air Force individually; and (2) aircraft procurement and military personnel for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Rescinds, from the following accounts, certain amounts provided in previous Department of Defense Appropriations Acts: (1) Army, Navy, and Air Force aircraft procurement; (2) Army and Navy weapons procurement; (3) Army missile, tracked combat vehicles, and other procurement; (4) Navy shipbuilding and conversion; (5) defense-wide procurement; and (6) Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense-wide research, development, test, and evaluation. Chapter 2: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - Provides additional funds to th… | 2025-08-21T16:14:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1707 |
| 105-hr-1708 | 105 | hr | 1708 | Interim Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-05-22 | 1997-05-22 | Referred to House Budget | House | Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1] | LA | R | L000371 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Interim Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from Natural Disasters and Overseas Peacekeeping Chapter 1: Department of Defense - Military Chapter 2: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Chapter 3: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Chapter 4: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Chapter 5: Departments of Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Title II: Rescissions and Offsets Title III: General Provisions, This Act Interim Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1997 - Makes interim emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1997 for the programs listed in this Act. Title I: Interim Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery From Natural Disasters and Overseas Peacekeeping - Chapter 1: Department of Defense - Military - Provides additional funds for the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund. Rescinds amounts for the following programs from funds provided in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1997: (1) operations and maintenance defense-wide and for the Army, Navy, and Air Force individually; and (2) aircraft procurement and military personnel for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Rescinds, from the following accounts, certain amounts provided in previous Department of Defense Appropriations Acts: (1) Army, Navy, and Air Force aircraft procurement; (2) Army and Navy weapons procurement; (3) Army missile, tracked combat vehicles, and other procurement; (4) Navy shipbuilding and conversion; (5) defense-wide procurement; and (6) Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense-wide research, development, test, and evaluation. Chapter 2: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies - Provides additional funds to th… | 2025-08-21T16:11:57Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1708 |
| 105-hr-1537 | 105 | hr | 1537 | Keep the Government Open Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-05-06 | 1997-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. | House | Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17] | FL | D | M000628 | 3 | Keep the Government Open Act of 1997 - Amends Federal law to allow an officer or employee of the United States or of the District of Columbia to make a contract or obligation before an appropriation is made if the President determines that an appropriation is likely for that purpose before the end of the fiscal year in an amount exceeding the contract or obligation. Allows a U.S. officer or employee to continue to supply personal services before an appropriation or continuing resolution is enacted if the President determines that an appropriation is likely for that purpose before the end of the fiscal year in an amount exceeding the cost to the government. Requires payment for those services even if no appropriation is enacted if the President so determines. Appropriates funds to pay salaries for each day on which funds are not available (unless an appropriations measure is enacted for the applicable department or agency and the measure makes no appropriation for that salary). | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1537 |
| 105-hr-1469 | 105 | hr | 1469 | Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-04-29 | 1997-06-10 | On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Appropriations. Agreed to by voice vote. | House | Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1] | LA | R | L000371 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense Chapter 1: Department of Defense - Military Chapter 2: Rescissions Chapter 3: General Provisions - This Title Title II: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from Natural Disasters Chapter 1: Department of Agriculture Chapter 2: Department of Commerce Chapter 3: Department of Defense - Civil Chapter 4: Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Chapter 5: Department of the Interior Chapter 6: Department of Health and Human Services Chapter 7: Congressional Operations Chapter 8: Department of Transportation Chapter 9: Department of the Treasury Chapter 10: Department of Veterans Affairs Chapter 11: Offsets and Rescissions Title III: General Provisions - This Act Title IV: Cost of Higher Education Review Title V: Depository Institution Disaster Relief Title VI: Technical Amendments With Respect to Education Title VII: Food Stamp Program Title VIII: 2000 Decennial Census Title IX: Government Shutdown Prevention Act 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those in Bosnia - Title I: Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense - Chapter 1: Department of Defense - Military - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) - Military for: (1) military personnel, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M), Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund; (3) OPLAN 34A-35 prisoner-of-war (P.O.W.) payments to individuals; and (4) the Reserve Mobilization Income Insurance Fund. (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer specified funds to reimburse costs incurred for rep… | 2025-04-07T15:33:52Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1469 |
| 105-hr-1430 | 105 | hr | 1430 | Economic Development Partnership Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-04-24 | 1998-07-23 | For Further Action See H.R.4275. | House | Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9] | PA | R | S000394 | 4 | Economic Development Partnership Act of 1997 - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (the Act) to direct the Secretary of Commerce to cooperate with States and other entities to assure that Federal economic development programs are compatible with and further the objectives of State, regional, and local economic development plans and comprehensive economic development strategies. Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide appropriate technical assistance to such entities in order to alleviate economic distress, encourage partnerships for economic development strategies, and stimulate modernization and technological advances in the generation and commercialization of goods and services; and (2) prescribe regulations for intergovernmental review of proposed economic development projects. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into appropriate economic development agreements with two or more adjoining States. Authorizes the Secretary to appoint a National Public Advisory Committee on Regional Economic Development to make recommendations to the Secretary, including regarding the coordination of activities. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to eligible recipients (defined later under this Act) for acquisition or development of land improvements for public works, public service, or development facility usage, as well as the acquisition, design and engineering, construction, rehabilitation, alteration, expansion, or improvement of such facilities. Provides assistance conditions relating to the establishment of industrial or commercial plants and the increase of employment in the area. Prohibits more than 15 percent of the appropriations made for such assistance from being expended in any one State. Allows grants to be increased due to construction cost increases. Authorizes the Secretary to make direct grants for economic development planning and related administrative expenses. Requires such planning to be a continuous process and to be prepared as part of a comprehensive economic development … | 2025-08-21T16:13:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1430 |
| 105-hr-1372 | 105 | hr | 1372 | Budget Process Reform Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-04-17 | 1997-04-17 | Referred to House Appropriations | House | Rep. Cox, Christopher [R-CA-47] | CA | R | C000830 | 200 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Statement of Congressional Purpose Title II: Binding Budget Law Title III: Enforcement of Budget Discipline Subtitle A: Supermajority Required to Break Budget Law Subtitle B: Line Item Reduction Subtitle C: "Blank Check" Appropriations Prohibited Subtitle D: "Pay-as-You-Go" Requirement for New Spending Subtitle E: "Lock-Box" for Savings From Spending Reductions Title IV: Sustaining Mechanism Title V: Protection of Social Security Title VI: Technical Amendments to Federal Law to Carry Out This Act Title VII: Definitions and Rules of Interpretation Budget Process Reform Act - Title I: Statement of Congressional Purpose - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Federal budget process should focus the attention of policymakers and the public on the aggregate impact of Federal spending on the economy, and on the tradeoffs that must be made among priorities in order to control overall spending levels. Declares that the budget process should contain safeguards against delay and inaction, so that temporary shut-downs of the Government may be avoided. Title II: Binding Budget Law - Requires the Congress to enact a binding budget law, in the form of a joint resolution, by April 15 of the calendar year before that in which the fiscal period commences. (Sec. 202) Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to make it out of order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any spending bill affecting spending in a major functional category unless and until a joint resolution on the budget is enacted. Allows waiver of such prohibition if such bill is required to be approved by a two-thirds majority vote in the House and the Senate. (Sec. 203) Prohibits baseline budgeting. Requires objective year-to-year comparisons under budget law, with the starting point for both presidential and congressional budgets the levels of budget outlays fo… | 2025-08-21T16:11:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1372 |
| 105-hr-1396 | 105 | hr | 1396 | Economic Growth and Price Stability Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-04-17 | 1997-05-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] | NJ | R | S000097 | 5 | Economic Growth and Price Stability Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to repeal the mandate of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee to maintain long run growth of monetary and credit aggregates in order to promote maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates. Replaces such mandate with a mandate to: (1) establish an explicit numerical definition of "price stability"; and (2) maintain a monetary policy that effectively promotes long-term price stability. Repeals the mandate of the Board and the Committee to report biannually to the Congress on national economic trends, taking into account unemployment, investment, and productivity. Replaces such mandate with a mandate to consult semiannually with the Congress and report on their plans and the time required to achieve price stability. Repeals the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 (Humphrey-Hawkins Act). Amends the Employment Act of 1946 and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to reflect the provisions of this Act. | 2025-08-21T16:14:01Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1396 |
| 105-hr-1321 | 105 | hr | 1321 | Expedited Rescissions Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-04-15 | 1997-04-15 | Referred to House Rules | House | Rep. Skaggs, David E. [D-CO-2] | CO | D | S000462 | 18 | Expedited Rescissions Act of 1997 - Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority. | 2025-08-21T16:14:12Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1321 |
| 105-hr-1326 | 105 | hr | 1326 | Government Shutdown Prevention Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-04-15 | 1997-04-15 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4] | KY | R | B001066 | 0 | Government Shutdown Prevention Act - Amends Federal law to provide for continuing appropriations in the absence of regular appropriations. | 2025-08-21T16:11:33Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1326 |
| 105-hr-1318 | 105 | hr | 1318 | National Commission to Eliminate Waste in Government Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-04-14 | 1997-04-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. | House | Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39] | CA | R | R000487 | 4 | National Commission to Eliminate Waste in Government Act - Establishes the National Commission to Eliminate Waste in Government (Commission) to: (1) conduct a private sector survey on management and cost control in the Federal Government; (2) conduct in-depth reviews of the operations of the executive agencies; (3) review existing Government Accounting Office, Congressional Budget Office, and Inspector General reports, and other existing governmental and nongovernmental recommendations for reducing waste, including recommendations from the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control, and, based on this review, to periodically submit a report to the President and the Congress a list of such recommendations with estimated savings the Commission determines are most significant and to include in the report a determination of whether the recommendation can be implemented by Executive order or whether it requires legislative action; and (4) submit to the President and the Congress recommendations for improving the budget process and management and for reducing waste and costs in the Federal Government. Sets forth the particular areas to be examined by the Commission. Mandates a final report by the Commission to the President and the Congress. Requires the Commission to be funded, staffed, and equipped by the private sector without cost to the Federal Government. States that, to accomplish this objective, it is expected that the Secretary of Commerce will engage in a joint project with a nonprofit organization pursuant to Public Law 91-412 for the purpose of providing support for the Commission. | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1318 |
| 105-hr-1171 | 105 | hr | 1171 | Omnibus Corporate Welfare Reduction Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-03-20 | 1997-04-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12] | OH | R | K000016 | 10 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Agriculture Programs Title II: Energy and Water Programs Title III: Interior Programs Title IV: Foreign Operations Programs Title V: Transportation Programs Omnibus Corporate Welfare Reduction Act of 1997 - Title I: Agriculture Programs - Repeals the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (REA), provisions of the Disaster Relief Act of 1970 relating to adjusting the repayment schedules on REA loans, and provisions of Federal law regarding: (1) congressional policy concerning making funds available to rural electric and telephone systems; (2) congressional policy with respect to rural telephone system financing; (3) loan programs under the Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund; and (4) rural advanced telecommunications. Rescinds related unobligated balances. (Sec. 102) Repeals provisions of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 regarding an agricultural commodity export promotion program. Title II: Energy and Water Programs - Prohibits obligating or spending funds for the Animas-La Plata Project, Colorado and New Mexico, except regarding alternatives that would satisfy the water rights interests of the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. (Sec. 202) Declares that the Congress is concerned about the pyroprocessing program and should not proceed with a liquid metal reactor program. Amends provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 relating to advanced nuclear reactors to remove references to liquid metal reactors. Title III: Interior Programs - Prohibits the Department of Energy from conducting any fossil energy research and development, except as required by contracts entered into before enactment of this Act and as necessary to terminate ongoing activities. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 302) Amends Federal law commonly known as the National Forest Roads and Trails Act to modify requirements regarding the construction of forest development roads. Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the full cost of f… | 2025-08-21T16:13:05Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1171 |
| 105-hr-1174 | 105 | hr | 1174 | United States Efficient Currency Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-03-20 | 1997-04-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | K000306 | 37 | United States Efficient Currency Act of 1997 - Amends Federal currency law to prescribe the color and content of one-dollar coins. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) place certain authorized one-dollar coins into circulation before the government's current inventory of one-dollar coins bearing the likeness of Susan B. Anthony is depleted; and (2) increase capacity at U.S. Mint facilities to a level that permits replacement of one-dollar Federal reserve notes. Prohibits a Federal reserve bank from placing into circulation any one-dollar Federal Reserve note after specified deadlines. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to cease regular production of one-dollar Federal Reserve notes (except for such quantities ordered by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve to meet collectors' needs). | 2025-08-21T16:12:02Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1174 |
| 105-hr-1098 | 105 | hr | 1098 | Save the Greenback Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-03-18 | 1997-03-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11] | VA | R | D000136 | 4 | Save the Greenback Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to take action to ensure that the number of Federal reserve one-dollar notes in circulation does not decrease below the number in circulation as of the date of the enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-21T16:12:20Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1098 |
| 105-hr-1031 | 105 | hr | 1031 | American Community Renewal Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-03-12 | 1997-03-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. | House | Rep. Watts, J. C., Jr. [R-OK-4] | OK | R | W000210 | 64 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Designation and Evaluation of Renewal Communities Title II: Tax Provisions Subtitle A: Tax Incentives for Renewal Communities Subtitle B: Charitable Contribution Credit Title III: Low-Income Educational Opportunity Scholarship Program Title IV: Additional Provisions American Community Renewal Act of 1997 - Title I: Designation and Evaluation of Renewal Communities - Renewing American Communities Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to create a new subchapter on renewal communities (RCs), authorizing designation of not more than 100 areas (with the first 50 being from areas which are enterprise zones or empowerment communities) as RCs if: (1) the areas have pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general distress and meet other requirements; and (2) State and local governments agree to take actions such as tax reduction, crime reduction strategies, and reducing, repealing, or not enforcing within the area certain governmental requirements such as licensing, zoning, and permits. Provides for: (1) coordination of RCs with empowerment zones and enterprise communities; and (2) interaction of the provisions of this Act with other Federal programs. Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to report to the Congress concerning such designations. Title II: Tax Provisions - Subtitle A: Tax Incentives for Renewal Communities - Excludes from gross income the capital gain from an RC stock, business property, or partnership interest held more than five years. Allows a deduction to any qualified individual or other person for amounts paid in cash to a family development account for the individual's benefit. Allows account use for postsecondary education, first home purchase, business capitalization, medical expenses, and qualified rollovers. Excludes such accounts from taxation. Requires that the individual resided in an RC and was allowed an earned income credit for the preceding taxable year. Authorizes designation … | 2025-08-21T16:13:42Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1031 |
| 105-hr-1040 | 105 | hr | 1040 | Freedom and Fairness Restoration Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-03-12 | 1997-03-12 | Referred to House Budget | House | Rep. Armey, Richard K. [R-TX-26] | TX | R | A000217 | 10 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Tax Reduction and Simplification; Supermajority Required for Tax Changes Subtitle A: Tax Reduction and Simplification Subtitle B: Supermajority Required for Tax Changes Title II: Spending Restraint and Budget Process Reform Subtitle A: Balanced Budget by Fiscal Year 2002 Subtitle B: Zero Based Budgeting and Decennial Sunsetting Freedom and Fairness Restoration Act of 1997 - Title I: Tax Reduction and Simplification; Supermajority Required for Tax Changes - Subtitle A: Tax Reduction and Simplification - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a 20 percent tax (17 percent after December 31, 1998) on the taxable income of every individual. Redefines "taxable income" to mean the amount by which wages, retirement distributions, and unemployment compensation exceed the standard deduction. Increases the basic standard deduction and includes an additional standard deduction for dependents. Includes in taxable income the taxable income of each dependent child under the age of 14. Provides for inflation adjustments. (Sec. 102) Replaces the current tax on corporations with a tax on every person engaged in a business activity equal to 20 percent (17 percent after December 31, 1998) of the business taxable income of such person. Makes the person engaged in the business activity liable for the tax. Imposes a tax of 20 percent (17 percent after December 31, 1998) on the value of excludable compensation provided during the year by an employer for the benefit of employees. Makes the employer liable for the tax. (Sec. 103) Repeals: (1) numerous provisions relating to pension plans; and (2) provisions imposing a tax on any employer reversion from a qualified plan. Revises requirements regarding transfers of excess pension assets. (Sec. 104) Repeals from the Internal Revenue Code: (1) the part relating to alternative minimum tax; (2) the part relating to credits against tax; (3) the subtitle relating to estate and… | 2025-08-21T16:15:00Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1040 |
| 105-hr-1050 | 105 | hr | 1050 | A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-03-12 | 1997-04-14 | Executive Comment Requested from DOD. | House | Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-9] | CA | D | D000222 | 46 | A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act - Declares that the Congress affirms the basic economic rights and responsibilities under the 1944 "Economic Bill of Rights," while updating and extending it to include certain rights to: (1) decent jobs; (2) income security for individuals unable to work for pay; (3) a decent living for farm families; (4) freedom from monopolies; (5) decent housing; (6) adequate health services; (7) social security in old age, sickness, accidental injury, and unemployment; (8) education and work training; and (7) certain other rights relating to collective bargaining, a safe working environment, information on trends in pollution sources and products and processes that affect the well-being of workers throughout the world, voting and campaigning, and personal security. Recognizes specified personal responsibilities of persons benefitting from such rights. (Sec. 3) Sets forth requirements relating to corporate responsibility. Requires each corporation registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to include in its annual reports to the SEC a full and fair disclosure of the impact of its activities in the United States and other countries on environmental quality and on the rights of other stakeholders, including employees, consumers, and communities. Requires each State, in order to be entitled to receive any Federal grants or enter into any Federal contracts, to have initiated a time-phased program to require that all State-chartered corporations submit annual reports including such disclosures of information. Requires the Secretary of Labor and the Director of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) identify corporations that have gone the furthest in managing their enterprises with responsible action toward environmental quality and the rights of other stakeholders, including employees, consumers, and communities; and (2) recommend to the President a special annual award to those chief executives and boards of directors that have made the greatest progress in this direction… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1050 |
| 105-hr-1012 | 105 | hr | 1012 | Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Arkansas Tornadoes Relief Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-03-11 | 1997-03-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Dickey, Jay [R-AR-4] | AR | R | D000312 | 1 | Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Arkansas Tornadoes Relief Act of 1997 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 1997, for relief from the tornadoes that occurred in the State of Arkansas, under the Department of Housing and Urban Development's community development block grant and home program assistance. | 2025-08-21T16:14:57Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1012 |
| 105-hr-987 | 105 | hr | 987 | Government Shutdown Prevention Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-03-06 | 1997-03-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | P000263 | 15 | Government Shutdown Prevention Act - Amends Federal law relating to appropriations to provide for continuing appropriations in the absence of regular appropriations. Limits such continuing appropriations to 90 percent of the current rate of operations or a lower rate determined according to specified requirements. | 2025-08-21T16:13:46Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/987 |
| 105-hr-933 | 105 | hr | 933 | To expand the definition of limited tax benefit for purposes of the Line Item Veto Act. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-03-05 | 1997-03-05 | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | House | Rep. Barrett, Thomas M. [D-WI-5] | WI | D | B000177 | 0 | Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to revise the definition of limited tax benefit under the Line Item Veto Act to: (1) repeal exceptions; and (2) redefine it to mean any tax provision that has the practical effect of providing a benefit in the form of different treatment to a particular taxpayer or a limited class of taxpayers, regardless of whether such provision is limited by its terms to a particular taxpayer or class of taxpayers. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/933 |
| 105-hr-950 | 105 | hr | 950 | Job Creation and Infrastructure Restoration Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-03-05 | 1997-04-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | House | Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31] | CA | D | M000206 | 62 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Department of Commerce Grants Title II: Public Works and Job Restoration Subtitle A: Jobs 2000 Subtitle B: Employment in Support of Community Renewal Subtitle C: Employment Activities; Repair and Renovation of Educational Facilities Title III: General Provisions Job Creation and Infrastructure Restoration Act of 1997 - Title I: Department of Commerce Grants - Authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to any State or local government for construction, renovation, repair, restoration, or other improvement of local public works projects, including those for which Federal financial assistance is authorized under other titles or Acts. Limits the Federal share to not more than 90 percent of project cost. Prohibits any new grants after the expiration of any three-month period during which the national unemployment rate remains below five percent for each such month, or after September 30, 2001, whichever occurs first. (Sec. 103) Provides for allocation of funds and for preferences. Gives priority to State or local governments with unemployment rates higher than the national average. Requires State and local prioritization of applications. Allows localization of unemployment determinations. (Sec. 105) Sets forth general limitations, including Buy American and minority participation requirements and applicability of laws regarding individuals with disabilities. Requires public authorities, as part of the process of competitive bidding for contract awards under this Act, to: (1) seek to obtain Project Agreements with Building Trades Councils, including the establishment of Project Committees; and (2) assign to each project an enforcement official to enforce standards under this Act and Project Committee orders. (Sec. 106) Authorizes appropriations and deems them to be emergency spending. Title II: Public Works and Job Restoration - Subtitle A: Jobs 2000 - Jobs 2000 Act of 1997 - Provides for jobs for the unemploye… | 2026-03-23T12:47:58Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/950 |
| 105-hr-896 | 105 | hr | 896 | Regional Cooperation Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-02-27 | 1997-03-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. | House | Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17] | OH | D | T000350 | 2 | Regional Cooperation Act - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to include regional cooperation in economic development grant proposals. | 2025-08-21T16:14:32Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/896 |
| 105-hr-898 | 105 | hr | 898 | Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-02-27 | 1997-02-27 | Referred to House Rules | House | Rep. Visclosky, Peter J. [D-IN-1] | IN | D | V000108 | 4 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Balancing the Budget Title II: Technical and Conforming Amendments Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1997 - Title I: Balancing the Budget - Part A: Purpose - Repeals parts C (Emergency Powers to Eliminate Deficits in Excess of Maximum Deficit Amount), D (Budgetary Treatment of Social Security Trust Funds), and E (Miscellaneous and Related Provisions) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). Part B: The Deficit Elimination Act of 1997 - Deficit Elimination Act of 1997 - Sets for FY 1998 through 2002: (1) deficit reduction targets for direct spending and receipts legislation; and (2) discretionary funding limits, measured in terms of new budget authority. Permits adjustments, whenever appropriate, to discretionary funding limits to reflect: (1) changes in concepts; (2) changes in inflation; (3) expiring housing contracts; (4) emergencies; (5) new limits for FY 2002 and thereafter; and (6) transportation trust funds. (Sec. 103) Provides for: (1) balancing the budget in FY 2002; (2) preventing deficits after FY 2002; (3) enactment of a spin-off law, if required, to achieve such goals; and (4) targeted sequestration if a spin-off law is in effect for a fiscal year on the date of the final sequestration report for that fiscal year. (Sec. 106) Establishes a scorecard upon which shall be entered: (1) for FY 1998 through 2002 the estimated increase or decrease in the deficit; (2) for FY 2003 and thereafter the estimated increase or decrease in the deficit or surplus; and (3) for fiscal years after FY 1998 the amount of discretionary appropriations. (Sec. 109) Declares that, for a budget year in which a spin-off law is not in effect, the amount to be sequestered: (1) shall be the amount (if any) by which the sum of all budget-year entries on the direct spending and receipts scorecard is greater than zero; and (2) shall be increased whenever the average out-year change in direct spending and receipts, combined, achieved dur… | 2025-08-21T16:14:09Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/898 |
| 105-hr-798 | 105 | hr | 798 | Balanced Budget Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-02-13 | 1997-02-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 2 | Balanced Budget Act of 1997 - Prohibits issuing any obligation subject to the public debt limit after December 31, 2001, except an obligation issued to refund an obligation issued before January 1, 2002. Provides for the suspension of such prohibition upon the enactment of a joint resolution declaring war or a national emergency. | 2025-08-21T16:12:19Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/798 |
| 105-hr-638 | 105 | hr | 638 | Government Shutdown Prevention Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-02-06 | 1997-06-23 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4138-4139) | House | Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17] | PA | R | G000121 | 20 | Government Shutdown Prevention Act - Amends Federal law relating to appropriations to provide for continuing appropriations in the absence of regular appropriations. Limits such continuing appropriations to 75 percent of the current rate of operations or a lower rate determined according to specified requirements. | 2025-08-21T16:11:18Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/638 |
| 105-hr-593 | 105 | hr | 593 | To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for a sequestration of all budgetary accounts for fiscal year 1998 (except Social Security, Federal retirement, and interest on the debt) equal to 5 percent of the OMB baseline. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-02-05 | 1997-02-05 | Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. | House | Rep. Campbell, Tom [R-CA-15] | CA | R | C000100 | 1 | Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to require: (1) a sequestration of FY 1998 appropriations (including any under a continuing resolution) equivalent to five percent of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) FY 1998 baseline; and (2) the President to issue an order, by a specified date, to fully implement the sequestration. Prohibits any reduction in benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act, Federal retirement benefits for members of the uniformed services or Federal officers or employees, and payments for net interest on the national debt. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/593 |
| 105-hr-457 | 105 | hr | 457 | To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for budgeting for emergencies through the establishment of a budget reserve account, and for other purposes. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-01-21 | 1997-02-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process. | House | Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] | DE | R | C000243 | 32 | Requires the establishment of a budget reserve account to provide for funding in the event of natural disasters and national security emergencies. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to include such funding in the budget process. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to repeal provisions relating to emergency appropriations. Requires annual reports to the Congress on expenditures from such account. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/457 |
| 105-hr-392 | 105 | hr | 392 | Economic Growth Incentive Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-01-09 | 1997-02-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reduction in Individual Income Taxes Title II: Incentive for Purchase of American-Made Property Title III: Surface Transportation Programs Title IV: Relief from Credit Crunch Title V: Cap on Federal Employment Title VI: Reduction in Federal Overhead Expenses Economic Growth Incentive Act of 1997 - Title I: Reduction in Individual Income Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce individual income taxes. Title II: Incentive for Purchase of American-Made Property - Allows an itemized deduction for State and local general sales taxes imposed on the retail sale of American-made property. Title III: Surface Transportation Programs - Amends the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to repeal the obligation ceiling for Federal-aid highways and highway safety construction programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 through 2000 for: (1) highway programs; (2) donor State bonus amounts; (3) apportionment adjustments; (4) set asides for interstate discretionary projects; (5) the discretionary bridge program; (6) national high-speed ground transportation programs; (7) the highway timber bridge program; (8) highway use tax evasion projects; (9) the scenic byways program; (10) construction of ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities; (11) certain highway safety programs; (12) Federal Transit Act authorizations; and (13) the motor carrier safety grant program. Removes the highway safety obligation ceilings. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund until September 30, 2000. Title IV: Relief from Credit Crunch - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the current "credit crunch" should be eased by making it easier for businesses and individuals to obtain loans and leases; and (2) State banking authorities and the appropriate Federal banking agencies should more sensibly apply the requirements on loan loss reserves so as not to punish or restrain responsible bo… | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/392 |
| 105-hr-397 | 105 | hr | 397 | To require that the President transmit to Congress, that the congressional Budget Committees report, and that the Congress consider a balanced budget for each fiscal year. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-01-09 | 1997-02-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process. | House | Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25] | TX | D | B000400 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendment to Title 31, United States Code Title II: Amendment to Congressional Budget Act of 1974 Title III: Effective Date Title I: Amendment to Title 31, United States Code - Amends specified Federal law to require that each President's budget submission to Congress be a balanced budget for the ensuing fiscal year. Directs the President, for any fiscal year with respect to which the President determines that it is infeasible to submit a budget in compliance with such balanced budget requirement, to submit on the same day two budgets, one of them in compliance with such requirement, together with written reasons in support of that determination. Title II: Amendment to Congressional Budget Act of 1974 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to require reporting of balanced budgets by Committees on the Budget of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Requires either such Committee, for any fiscal year with respect to which such Committee determines that it is infeasible to report a concurrent resolution on the budget in compliance with such balanced budget requirement, and includes written reasons in support of that determination in its accompanying report, to report two concurrent resolutions on the budget, one of them in compliance with such requirement. Amends CBA to make it in order, in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, to consider: (1) any amendment to a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year comprising the text of any budget submitted by the President for that fiscal year in compliance with the balanced budget requirement; and (2) whenever applicable, an amendment comprising the text of any alternative budget submitted by the President when the President determines a balanced budget is infeasible for that fiscal year. Title III: Effective Date - Makes this Act effective for FY 1999. Requires it to be fully reflected in the President's FY 1999 budget. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/397 |
| 105-hr-441 | 105 | hr | 441 | To repeal the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-01-09 | 1997-02-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process. | House | Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-9] | WI | R | S000244 | 0 | Repeals the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. | 2025-04-07T15:33:40Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/441 |
| 105-hr-113 | 105 | hr | 113 | Balanced Budget Requirement Act of 1996 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-01-07 | 1997-02-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process. | House | Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-18] | CA | D | C000670 | 20 | Balanced Budget Requirement Act of 1996 (sic) - Amends specified Federal law to require that each President's budget submission to Congress include a detailed plan to achieve a balanced Federal budget for that fiscal year and each of the following four fiscal years (beginning with the budget submission for FY 1998, which shall include a detailed plan to achieve a balanced budget by FY 2002, and then for any budget submission for any fiscal year after FY 2002). Suspends such requirement for any fiscal year covered by a joint resolution declaring war or a national economic or national security emergency. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to certify whether such balanced budget plan does achieve a balanced budget. Authorizes the President to submit a revised detailed plan if the original plan is not certified as achieving a balanced budget. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) to provide that: (1) beginning with FY 1998, it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget that does not achieve a balanced budget by FY 2002; and (2) beginning with FY 2002 it shall not be in order to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget that does not maintain a balanced budget for that fiscal year and for each of the following four fiscal years. Suspends such requirement when there is a joint resolution declaring war or a national economic or national security emergency. Amends CBA to make it in order, in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, to consider any amendment to a concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year reflecting, without substantive change, the budget submitted by the President for that fiscal year and, if different, a separate amendment reflecting the detailed plan to achieve a balanced budget submitted by the President. | 2025-08-21T16:12:30Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/113 |
| 105-hr-126 | 105 | hr | 126 | Deficit Reduction Lock-box Act of 1997 | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-01-07 | 1997-02-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process. | House | Rep. Crapo, Mike [R-ID-2] | ID | R | C000880 | 55 | Deficit Reduction Lock-box Act of 1997 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to maintain a Deficit Reduction Lock-box Ledger which shall be divided into entries corresponding to the subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations. Requires each entry to consist of three parts: (1) the House Lock-box Balance; (2) the Senate Lock-box Balance; and (3) the Joint House-Senate Lock-box Balance. Requires the CBO Director, upon the engrossment of any appropriation bill by the House of Representatives and upon the engrossment of that bill by the Senate, to credit to the applicable entry balance of that House amounts of new budget authority and outlays equal to the net amounts of reductions in new budget authority and in outlays resulting from amendments agreed to by that House to that bill. Specifies the amounts to be credited to the Joint House-Senate Lock-box Balance. Requires a running tally to be available to Members of the House of Representatives, during the consideration of any appropriations bill by the House, of the amendments adopted reflecting increases and decreases of budget authority in such bill as reported. Provides for the downward adjustment of: (1) allocations for the House and Senate upon the engrossment of Senate amendments to any appropriation bill; and (2) suballocations, whenever a such a downward adjustment is made to an allocation. Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to include an up-to-date tabulation of the amounts contained in the Deficit Reduction Lock-box Ledger and each entry in periodic reports. Requires the downward adjustment of discretionary spending limits by amounts set forth in the final regular appropriation bill for the fiscal year or joint resolution making continuing appropriations through the end of such fiscal year. | 2025-08-21T16:11:45Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/126 |
| 105-hr-131 | 105 | hr | 131 | To provide that a new Federal program shall terminate not later than 5 years after the date of the enactment of the law that authorizes the program. | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-01-07 | 1997-01-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. | House | Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-51] | CA | R | C000994 | 18 | Provides that any new Federal non-entitlement program shall terminate not later than five years after the enactment of the law that authorized it. | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/131 |
| 105-hr-132 | 105 | hr | 132 | Second National Blue Ribbon Commission to Eliminate Waste in Government Act | Economics and Public Finance | 1997-01-07 | 1997-01-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. | House | Rep. Cunningham, Randy (Duke) [R-CA-51] | CA | R | C000994 | 15 | Second National Blue Ribbon Commission to Eliminate Waste in Government Act - Establishes the Second National Blue Ribbon Commission to Eliminate Waste in Government to: (1) conduct a private sector survey on management and cost control in the Federal Government; (2) review executive agency operations and existing General Accounting Office, Congressional Budget Office, Inspector General Reports, and other existing governmental and nongovernmental recommendations for reducing waste; and (3) submit to the President and the Congress recommendations for the most significant estimated savings, for improving the budget process and management, and for reducing waste and costs in the Government. Specifies opportunities, areas, programs, services, and reforms the Commission must identify and address. Requires reports to the President and the Congress. Requires the Commission to be funded, staffed, and equipped, to the extent practicable and permitted by law, by the private sector without cost to the Government. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to engage in a joint project with a nonprofit organization to provide such support for the Commission. | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/132 |
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