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S.Con.Res. 21 · 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 2021.

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Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2012, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2013-FY2021.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 23, 2011

Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2012, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2013-FY2021.

Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2012-FY2021 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-FY2021.

Provides for adjustments to budgetary aggregates and allocations for: (1) continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) redeterminations for the Social Security Administration (SSA), (2) IRS tax enforcement, (3) health care fraud and abuse control, (4) unemployment insurance improper payments reviews, and (5) adjustments to support ongoing overseas deployments and other activities.

Authorizes the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to make a deficit-reduction reserve fund for legislation that eliminates or reduces improper payments.

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-FY2021.

Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would require advanced appropriations other than for up to $28.5 billion in new budget authority in FY2013-FY2014 for programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying this resolution.

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

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 2021.

Latest action (May 25, 2011): Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 42 - 55. Record Vote Number: 79. (consideration: CR S3332)

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 23, 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 MurkowskiRAKYea
Mark BegichDAKNay
Jeff SessionsRALYea
Richard ShelbyRALYea
John BoozmanRARYea
Mark PryorDARNay
John McCainRAZYea
Jon KylRAZYea
Barbara BoxerDCANay
Dianne FeinsteinDCANay
Mark UdallDCONay
Michael BennetDCONay
Joseph LiebermanIDCTNay
Richard BlumenthalDCTNay
Christopher CoonsDDENay
Thomas CarperDDENay
Bill NelsonDFLNay
Marco RubioRFLYea
Johnny IsaksonRGAYea
Saxby ChamblissRGAYea
Daniel AkakaDHINay
Daniel InouyeDHINay
Chuck GrassleyRIAYea
Tom HarkinDIANay
James RischRIDYea
Mike CrapoRIDYea
Mark KirkRILYea
Richard DurbinDILNay
Daniel CoatsRINYea
Richard LugarRINYea
Jerry MoranRKSYea
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 BluntRMOYea
Roger WickerRMSYea
Thad CochranRMSYea
Jon TesterDMTNay
Max BaucusDMTNay
Kay HaganDNCNay
Richard BurrRNCYea
John HoevenRNDYea
Kent ConradDNDNay
Ben NelsonDNENay
Mike JohannsRNEYea
Jeanne ShaheenDNHNay
Kelly AyotteRNHYea
Bob MenendezDNJNay
Frank LautenbergDNJNay
Jeff BingamanDNMNay
Tom UdallDNMNay
Dean HellerRNVYea
Harry ReidDNVNay
Chuck SchumerDNYNot Voting
Kirsten GillibrandDNYNay
Rob PortmanROHYea
Sherrod BrownDOHNay
Jim InhofeROKYea
Thomas CoburnROKYea
Jeff MerkleyDORNay
Ron WydenDORNay
Bob CaseyDPANay
Pat ToomeyRPAYea
Jack ReedDRINay
Sheldon WhitehouseDRINay
Jim DeMintRSCYea
Lindsey GrahamRSCYea
John ThuneRSDYea
Tim JohnsonDSDNay
Bob CorkerRTNYea
Lamar AlexanderRTNYea
John CornynRTXYea
Kay HutchisonRTXNot Voting
Mike LeeRUTYea
Orrin HatchRUTYea
Jim WebbDVANay
Mark WarnerDVANay
Bernie SandersIVTNay
Patrick LeahyDVTNay
Maria CantwellDWANay
Patty MurrayDWANay
Herb KohlDWINay
Ron JohnsonRWIYea
Jay RockefellerDWVNay
Joe ManchinDWVNay
John BarrassoRWYYea
Michael EnziRWYYea