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**Members are advised that today, the House will complete the remaining 30 minutes of general debate and consider all amendments to H.R. 444.
Complete Consideration of H.R. 444 – “Require a PLAN D Act” (Rep. Price (GA) – Budget). This bill requires the president, if his original FY 2014 Budget fails to show balance in any year covered by the budget, typically ten years, to submit a supplemental budget. This second budget submission, due by April 1, has the additional requirements of reporting the first year the budget would return to surplus and what new changes are being made.
Along with the normal outlay and revenue information required to be included in annual budgets, the supplemental budget must include an estimate of the earliest fiscal year in which no deficit would occur and a detailed description of the additional policies that would have to be implemented to achieve a balanced budget. It also must include an explanation of the differences between the president's original FY 2014 budget and the supplemental budget.
The Rule makes in order 5 amendments, each debatable for 10 minutes, equally divided between the offeror and an opponent. The amendments are:
Rep. Takano Amendment. Makes changes to the findings section, clarifying that Congress holds responsibility for passing budgets and appropriating funds that allowed the current level of debt
Reps. Schrader/Wolf/Cooper/Gibson Amendment. Adds findings stating the Simpson-Bowles Commission recommended a balanced package of revenue and spending reforms which should form the basis for the President’s supplemental budget
Rep. Fleming Amendment. Requires the President’s supplemental budget to evaluate duplicative agencies and include proposals to consolidate them for cost savings
Rep. Messer Amendment. Requires the President’s supplemental budget to include the cost, per taxpayer, of the annual deficit for each year in which it projects one
Rep. Scalise Amendment. Mirrors the House-passed Rules package by requiring the President's supplemental budget to include new subcategories for mandatory programs that are “Means-Tested Direct Spending” and “Nonmeans-Tested Direct Spending,” and supply information on such programs including average growth and reforms
Bill Text for H.R. 444:
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