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S.Con.Res. 20 · 112th Congress

A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal…

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A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2016.

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Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2012, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2013-FY2016.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 19, 2011

Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2012, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2013-FY2016.

Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2012-FY2016 with respect to: (1) federal revenues, (2) new budget authority, (3) budget outlays, (4) deficits, (5) public debt, and (6) debt held by the public.

Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for the Social Security Administration (SSA), including the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, U.S. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses, and specified major functional categories for FY2012-FY2016.

Authorizes certain deficit-reduction reserve funds for legislation for: (1) the sale of unused or vacant federal properties, (2) the sale of excess federal lands, (3) repeal of the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage laws, (4) the reduction of the federal vehicles fleet, and (5) the sale of financial assets purchased through the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).

Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would cause the discretionary spending limits in this resolution to be exceeded, except by a supermajority waiver. Specifies such discretionary spending limits in the Senate for FY2012-FY2016.

Authorizes adjustments to the discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allocations for adjustments to support ongoing overseas deployments and other activities.

Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would require advanced appropriations, except by a supermajority waiver.

Sets forth requirements for the treatment of emergency legislation.

Allows the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to adjust the estimate of budgetary effects of legislation that: (1) amends or supersedes the system for updating physician payments under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, (2) amends the Estate and Gift Tax under the Internal Revenue Code, (3) extends the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) relief for individuals, and (4) extends middle-class tax cuts under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2003 (JGTRRA).

Permits the Chairman to make such adjustments only for points of order in specified legislation relating to: (1) pay-as-you-go, and (2) long- and short-term deficits.

Requires Senate committees to: (1) review programs and tax expenditures in their jurisdiction to identify waste, fraud, and abuse or duplication, and to increase the use of performance data to inform committee work; (2) review the matters for congressional consideration identified on the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) High Risk list report; and (3) make recommendations to the Senate Budget Committee to improve governmental performance in their annual views and estimates reports.

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

Sets forth reconciliation instructions for the Senate Committees on: (1) Foreign Relations; (2) Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (3) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Energy [sic]; (4) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (5) Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and (6) Finance.

Declares the policy of Congress on attainment of Social Security and Medicare solvency.

Requires the Chairman to reduce committee allocations, aggregates, and other appropriate levels by the amount unobligated or unspent within 36 months after such funds are made available pursuant to any adjustments made under this resolution.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2012 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2013 through 2016.

Latest action (May 25, 2011): Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 7 - 90. Record Vote Number: 80. (consideration: CR S3332-3333)

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 19, 2011

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Latest vote · Senate · May 25, 2011

Taking up the measure (motion to proceed) — Motion to Proceed Rejected. Vote details

Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid

Table of every position
MemberParty at voteSeatPosition
Lisa MurkowskiRAKNay
Mark BegichDAKNay
Jeff SessionsRALNay
Richard ShelbyRALNay
John BoozmanRARNay
Mark PryorDARNay
John McCainRAZNay
Jon KylRAZNay
Barbara BoxerDCANay
Dianne FeinsteinDCANay
Mark UdallDCONay
Michael BennetDCONay
Joseph LiebermanIDCTNay
Richard BlumenthalDCTNay
Christopher CoonsDDENay
Thomas CarperDDENay
Bill NelsonDFLNay
Marco RubioRFLNay
Johnny IsaksonRGANay
Saxby ChamblissRGANay
Daniel AkakaDHINay
Daniel InouyeDHINay
Chuck GrassleyRIANay
Tom HarkinDIANay
James RischRIDNay
Mike CrapoRIDNay
Mark KirkRILNay
Richard DurbinDILNay
Daniel CoatsRINNay
Richard LugarRINNay
Jerry MoranRKSNay
Pat RobertsRKSNot Voting
Mitch McConnellRKYYea
Rand PaulRKYYea
David VitterRLAYea
Mary LandrieuDLANay
John KerryDMANay
Scott BrownRMANay
Barbara MikulskiDMDNay
Benjamin CardinDMDNay
Olympia SnoweRMENay
Susan CollinsRMENay
Carl LevinDMINay
Debbie StabenowDMINay
Al FrankenDMNNay
Amy KlobucharDMNNay
Claire McCaskillDMONay
Roy BluntRMONay
Roger WickerRMSNay
Thad CochranRMSNay
Jon TesterDMTNay
Max BaucusDMTNay
Kay HaganDNCNay
Richard BurrRNCNay
John HoevenRNDNay
Kent ConradDNDNay
Ben NelsonDNENay
Mike JohannsRNENay
Jeanne ShaheenDNHNay
Kelly AyotteRNHNay
Bob MenendezDNJNay
Frank LautenbergDNJNay
Jeff BingamanDNMNay
Tom UdallDNMNay
Dean HellerRNVNay
Harry ReidDNVNay
Chuck SchumerDNYNot Voting
Kirsten GillibrandDNYNay
Rob PortmanROHNay
Sherrod BrownDOHNay
Jim InhofeROKNay
Thomas CoburnROKYea
Jeff MerkleyDORNay
Ron WydenDORNay
Bob CaseyDPANay
Pat ToomeyRPANay
Jack ReedDRINay
Sheldon WhitehouseDRINay
Jim DeMintRSCYea
Lindsey GrahamRSCNay
John ThuneRSDNay
Tim JohnsonDSDNay
Bob CorkerRTNNay
Lamar AlexanderRTNNay
John CornynRTXNay
Kay HutchisonRTXNot Voting
Mike LeeRUTYea
Orrin HatchRUTYea
Jim WebbDVANay
Mark WarnerDVANay
Bernie SandersIVTNay
Patrick LeahyDVTNay
Maria CantwellDWANay
Patty MurrayDWANay
Herb KohlDWINay
Ron JohnsonRWINay
Jay RockefellerDWVNay
Joe ManchinDWVNay
John BarrassoRWYNay
Michael EnziRWYNay