BBA 2013 (Contents)
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013
Section 116
TITLE I—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT
Subtitle B—Establishing a Congressional Budget
Sec. 116. Authority for fiscal year 2015 budget resolution in the Senate.
(a) Fiscal Year 2015.—For the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, after April 15, 2014, and enforcing budgetary points of order in prior concurrent resolutions on the budget, the allocations, aggregates, and levels provided for in subsection (b) shall apply in the Senate in the same manner as for a concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2015 with appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 and 2016 through 2024.
(b) Committee Allocations, Aggregates, and Levels.—After April 15, 2014, but not later than May 15, 2014, the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall file—
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 consistent with the discretionary spending limits set forth in this Act 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 years 2014, 2015, 2015 through 2019, and 2015 through 2024 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
(3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 in accordance with the allocations established under paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974;
(4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2015 through 2019, and 2015 through 2024 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office for the purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
(5) levels of Social Security revenues and outlays for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2015 through 2019, and 2015 through 2024 consistent with the most recent baseline of the Congressional Budget Office for the purpose of enforcing sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(c) Additional Matter.—The filing referred to in subsection (b) may also include, for fiscal year 2015, the reserve funds included in section 114(c) and (d) of this Act, updated by one fiscal year.
(d) Superseding Previous Statement.—In the Senate, the filing referred to in subsection (b) shall supersede the statement referred to in section 111(b) of this Act.
(e) Expiration.—This section shall expire 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. 116. Authority for fiscal year 2015 budget resolution in the Senate.
Subsection 116(a) authorizes in the Senate a congressional budget for fiscal year 2015.
Subsection 116(b) provides that the chair of the Senate Committee on the Budget will submit after April 15 and no later than May 15, 2014 for publication in the Congressional Record allocations of budgetary resources for each congressional committee, aggregate spending and revenue levels, and levels of revenues and outlays for Social Security that will be enforceable as if included in a conference agreement on a budget resolution.
Subsection 116(c) provides that the submission pursuant to subsection (b) may also include reserve funds for fiscal year 2015 that are the same as those included in section 114(c) and (d) updated to cover the new budget window.
Subsection 116(d) provides that the filing referred to in subsection (b) for fiscal year 2014 will supersede the statement referred to in section 111(b).
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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