BBA 2013 (Contents)
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013
Section 115
TITLE I—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle B—Establishing a Congressional Budget
Sec. 115. Authority for fiscal year 2015 budget resolution in the House of Representatives.
(a) Fiscal Year 2015.—If a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 has not been adopted by April 15, 2014, for the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the House of Representatives after April 15, 2014, in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2015 and for fiscal years 2016 through 2024.
(b) Committee Allocations, Aggregates, and Levels.—In the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget shall submit a statement for publication in the Congressional Record after April 15, 2014, but not later than May 15, 2014, containing—
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal year 2015 at the total level as set forth in section 251(c)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
(2) for all committees other than the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal year 2015 and for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024 at the levels included in the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the date such baseline is issued and ending on the date of submission of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
(3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2015 and aggregate revenue levels for fiscal year 2015 and for the period of fiscal years 2015 through 2024, at the levels included in the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted during the period beginning on the date such baseline is issued and ending on the date of submission of such statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(c) Additional Matter.—The statement referred to in subsection (b) may also include for fiscal year 2015, the matter contained in title IV (reserve funds) and in sections 601, 603(a), 605(a), and 609 of H. Con. Res. 25 (113th Congress), as adopted by the House, updated by one fiscal year, including updated amounts for section 601.
(d) Fiscal Year 2015 Allocation to the Committee on Appropriations.—If the statement referred to in subsection (b) is not filed by May 15, 2014, then the matter referred to in subsection (b)(1) shall be submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget for publication in the Congressional Record on the next day that the House of Representatives is in session.
(e) Adjustments.—The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives may adjust the levels included in the statement referred to in subsection (b) to reflect the budgetary effects of any legislation enacted during the 113th Congress that reduces the deficit or as otherwise necessary.
(f) Application.—Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) shall no longer apply if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 is agreed to by the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Counsel Notes
Committee Print STATEMENT (BBA 2013)
The House Committee on the Budget issued a Committee Print for the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (113th Congress). It included this description:
Sec. 115. Authority for fiscal year 2015 budget resolution in the House of Representatives.
Subsection 115(a) authorizes in the House a congressional budget for fiscal year 2015 in the event that a budget resolution conference report is not adopted.
Subsection 115(b) provides that the chair of the House Committee on the Budget will submit after April 15 but no later than May 15, 2014 for publication in the Congressional Record allocations of budgetary resources for each congressional committee and aggregate spending and revenue levels that will be enforceable as if included in a conference agreement on a budget resolution.
Subsection 115(c) provides that the submission pursuant to subsection (b) may also include for fiscal year 2015, provisions for the matters contained in title IV (reserve funds) and in sections 603(a), 605(a), and 609 of H. Con. Res. 25 (113th Congress), as adopted by the House, updated to cover the new budget window, including updated amounts for section 601 (advance appropriations).
Subsection 115(d) provides for an allocation of budgetary resources to the Appropriations Committee no later than May 15, 2014 if the May 15 date required by the above subsection (b) has not been met.
Subsection 115(e) allows the Chairman of the House Budget Committee to reduce the aggregates, allocations, and other budgetary levels included in the statement required to be submitted under subsection (b) for the subsequent enactment of any additional, deficit-reducing legislation during the 113th Congress or as otherwise necessary.
Subsection 115(f) provides that the provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) shall no longer apply if a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 is agreed to by the House and the Senate.
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013: Committee Print to Accompany H.J. Res. 59, House Committee on the Budget (113th Congress, 2d Session) February 2014.
References
Section 101 of Pub. L. 113–67; 127 Stat. 1165; Dec. 26, 2013; H.J. Res. 59 (113th Congress)
Committee Print of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (House Budget Committee) February 2014
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