DeFazio/Hooley #3
Increases National Resources and Environment (300) budget authority and outlays by $614 million and increases the recommended level of Federal revenues by the same amount, as well as reduces the amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be reduced.

DeLauro #16
Expresses the sense of Congress that taxpayer dollars should not be used to outsource or take offshore work done in the United States. States that privatization of federal work, federal procurement of goods and services, and state government procurement using federal funds should not take work done in the United States offshore; and state governments should not be eligible to receive federal funds unless they certify each year that such funds will not be spent offshore.

DeLauro #17
Reconciliation instructions directing Ways and Means to report a bill by July 15, 2004, increasing outlays by $1.7 billion for FY'05 and reducing revenues by $2.377 billion for FY'05. Reconciliation would provide for an increase in the child tax credit refundability from 10 percent to 15 percent for families earning between $10,500 and $26,625. Includes combat pay in calculations of the income threshold for members of the military serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, to ensure that military families are able to benefit from the child tax credit. Offset by closing the corporate expatriates loophole in the tax code.

Edwards #1
Increases veterans health care (Veterans Benefits Services (700)) by $1.266 billion in FY'05. The increase is offset by increasing the recommended level of Federal revenues by $2.638 billion in FY'05, $264 million in FY'06, $12 million in FY'07, and $2 million in FY'08, as well as reduces the amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be reduced by the same amount for each fiscal year.

Edwards #2
Provides $2.5 billion in budget authority in FY'05 (Veterans Benefits Services (700)) for access to TRICARE for reserve personnel; improved housing for armed forces; an increase in imminent danger pay and family separation allowance; targeted pay raises for senior enlisted personnel; and to provide forthe families of service men and women. The increase is offset by increasing the recommended level of Federal revenues by $2.704 billion in FY'05, $1.286 billion in FY'06, $642 million in FY'07, $228 million in FY'08, and $54 million in FY'09, as well as reduces the amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be reduced by the same amount for each fiscal year.

Edwards #7
Increases mandatory funds for Defense (050) by $500 million over five years to restore survivor benefits for military retirees to 55 percent of the retired pay of the military service member. The increase is offset by increasing the recommended level of Federal revenues by $180 million in FY'06, $104 million in FY'07, $142 million in FY'08, and $572 million in FY'09, as well as reduces the amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be reduced by the same amount for each fiscal year.

Emanuel/DeLauro #8
Increases by $1.75 billion Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services (500) in FY'06, in order to extend the Tuition Deduction for Higher Education for one year. Offset by reducing the "SUV" loophole (increases the recommended level of Federal revenues by $875 million in FY'05 and $875 million in FY'06, as well as reduces the amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be reduced by the same amount for each fiscal year).

Emanuel/DeLauro #9
Expresses the sense of the House that legislation should be adopted which would create a "trigger" mechanism for negotiation of prescription drug prices by the Secretary of Health and Human Services when expected expenditures exceed CBO estimates.

Goode #14
Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute. Increases new budget authority and outlays for FY'05 in Sec. 102, Veterans Benefits and Services (700) by $1.3 billion and decreases new budget authority and outlays for FY'05 in Sec. 102, International Affairs (150), by $1.3 billion and includes the remainder of H. Con. Res. 393, as reported in its entirety.

Gutierrez/Paul #15
Takes $100 million from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) budget (Commerce and Housing Credit (370)), to be placed in reserve unless and until Congress passes legislation to authorize and implement two recently promulgated OCC rules: national bank preemption (RIN 1557-AC73, Docket No. 04-03) and visitation authority (RIN 1557-AC78, Docket No. 04-04).

Hensarling #12
RSC Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute. Replaces the current 19 functional categories with four functions: Defense Discretionary, Homeland Security, Non-Defense Discretionary and Mandatory Spending, and Interest. Includes Iraq Operations Reserve Fund. Includes Budget Committee number on discretionary Defense, but creates a one-way firewall that locks in that level as minimum amount of funding and permits non-defense spending to be shifted towards defense. Includes Budget Committee number for discretionary Homeland Security. Reduces non-security discretionary spending by 1% compared to last year's level (Budget Committee will call for a freeze, a difference of approximately $6.1 billion in the first year). Includes reconciliation instructions reducing the rate of growth of non-Social Security mandatory spending by 1%. Chairmen would be permitted to apply the savings unevenly across mandatory programs with particular emphasis on exempting earned entitlement programs (A savings of approximately $7.3 billion in the first year compared to the Budget Committee). Assumes the President's number for tax relief over the next five years (Budget Committee calls for $152.6 billion in tax relief, $30 billion less than the President's Budget over five years). Calls for two additional reconciliation bills, one to extend expiring tax provisions and a second for new tax relief proposals. Provides a definition for emergency spending in the Budget Resolution that will be enforceable via a new point of order. Requires a stand-alone vote to waive any point of order that a bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion or conference report is in violation of the Budget Resolution. Create "Family Budget Protection Accounts" that allow Congress to target spending during the appropriations and direct spending process and redirect that spending foe deficit reduction at the end of the fiscal year. Includes a sense of Congress on overall budget process reform.

Hill/Stenholm #31
Blue Dog Amendment in the nature of a Substitute. The Blue Dog budget combines the spending restraint in the President's budget with strong budget enforcement measures and responsible tax policy to reduce the deficit and balance the budget by 2012. The budget focuses on policies for next year, deferring action on additional tax cuts or other proposals that would create additional budgetary obligations in future years based on projections until Congress and the President have taken action to reduce the deficit. Implements a combination of spending restraint, restructuring of enacted tax cuts and making extension of tax cuts after 2010 subject to paygo rules to reduce the deficit and achieve a balanced budget by 2012. Reduces deficit by one half in two years and to one third of it's current size by 2010. Requires the House to have a separate vote on legislation increasing the debt limit by $150 billion. Restricts further increases in the debt limit, other than increases necessary to meet obligations for military operations, to no more than $100 billion at a time until CBO certifies that the budget on path to achieve unified balance by 2012. Extends pay as you go rules for all legislation which would increase the deficit through increases in mandatory spending or reductions in revenues. Establishes discretionary spending limits enforced by sequestration for the next two fiscal years at the levels proposed by the President. Requires separate vote in the House to waive budget rules, including paygo rules and discretionary spending limits. Establishes a point of order against legislation with costs that begin outside the budget window. Calls for President and Congress to consider changes to prescription drug legislation if actual costs are above the $400 billion in the budget last year. Calls for President and Congress to consider legislation offseting the increase in the deficit if actual revenues are below the levels assumed in the budget last year. Prohibits the use of "directed scorekeeping" in which legislation directs CBO to use certain assumptions to provide a more favorable budget estimate. Requires that the Congressional Budget Office provide an estimate of the macro-economic effect of legislation increasing or reducing the budget deficit. Discretionary spending: Sets overall discretionary spending totals at the levels recommended by the President; Sets aside $50 billion for a supplemental request by the President for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan; Increases funding for defense in 2005 by $26.5 billion above 2004 enacted levels (excluding supplemental); Reallocate funding among budget functions to provide more funding for education, discretionary health care and veterans; and allows spending levels to be adjusted for the highway bill reauthorization if the legislation provides increases in funding that are fully offset. The Blue Dog budget restructures tax cuts to benefit middle class. Extends family tax relief expiring after 2004 (full child tax credit, marriage penalty relief, expanded 10% bracket) for one year, with further extensions subject to paygo. Assumes estate tax relief for family farms and small businesses. Suspends reductions in top two marginal tax rates through 2010. Allows additional tax cuts (energy bill, etc) if the costs are offset. Congress could extend expiring tax cuts if they are offset under paygo rules. Congress could make tax cuts permanent if the budget is balanced and making the tax cuts permanent would not put the budget back into deficit. Calls for revenue neutral reforms of the AMT to protect middle income taxpayers. The Blue Dog budget also provides for: the establishment of a reserve fund for legislation improving access to health insurance by the uninsured if the legislation is fully offset; and the establishment of a reserve fund which would provide additional funding for local law enforcement if the House approves legislation for new spectrum auctions. (Late)

Hooley/DeFazio #22
Fully funds H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act passed by Congress last year, providing an additional $494 million for fire protection and fuels reduction projects to protect our nation's cities and towns. Offset by increasing revenue.

Hooley/Bishop (NY) #23
Increases funding for the Army Corps of Engineers to $5.5 billion. Offset by increasing revenue.

Jackson-Lee #24
Funds Port Security grants at $566 million under Function 100 - Homeland Security. The money is to be taken from Function 050 - National Defense from the $3.6 billion that is being withheld from Halliburton that is due in FY'05, from their overcharging of the United States Armed Forces. (Late)

Jackson-Lee/Pascrell #25
Funds First Responder programs including the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program and Citizen Corps under Function 100 - Homeland Security for an additional $900 million. This money is to be taken from Function 050 - National Defense from the $3.6 billion being withheld from Halliburton that is due in FY'05 because of their overcharging of the United States Armed Forces. (Late)

Jackson-Lee #27
Funds the creation of education and employment programs for newly released federal prisoners under Function 750 - Administration of Justice, for an additional $50 million. The money is to be taken from Function 050 - National Defense from the $9.2 billion that is due in FY'05 for Ballistic Missile Defense. (Late)

Jackson-Lee #28
Funds the investigation of workplace discrimination within the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by $200 million under Function 750 - Administration of Justice. The money is to be taken from Function 050 - National Defense from the $9.2 billion that is due in FY'05 for Ballistic Missile Defense. (Late)

Jackson-Lee #29
Increases funds for the reduction of the backlog of applications for the adjustment of immigration status under Function 100 - Homeland Security for an additional $300 million. The money is to be taken from Function 050 - National Defense from the $9.2 billion that is due in FY'05 for Ballistic Missile Defense. (Late)

Jackson-Lee #30
Funds Small Business Administration programs under Function 370 - Commerce and Housing Credit for an additional $150 million in FY'05. This money is to be taken from Function 050 - National Defense from the $9.2 billion that is due in FY'05 for Ballistic Missile Defense. (Late)

Jackson-Lee #32
Increases Function 250 by $2 million per year to fund grants that would promote NASA partnerships with public and private historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This money is to be take from Function 050-National Defense from the $9.2 billion that is due in FY'05. (Late)

Jackson-Lee #33
Increases Function 250 funding by $10 million to increase the National Science Foundation Math and Science Partnership funding. This money is to be taken from Function 050-National Defense from the $9.2 billion that is due in FY'05. (Late)

Jackson-Lee #34
Increases Function 250 funding by $10 million to fund a presidential commission to complete an independent and comprehensive assessment of International Space Station safety issues. This money is to be taken from Function 050-National Defense from the $9.2 billion that is due in FY'05. (Late)

Miller, Brad (NC) #11
Increases Commerce and Housing Credit (370) by $203 million in FY'05 to provide an additional $132 million for Small Business Administration business loans and business assistance programs, and to increase funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership by $71 million. Increases Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services (500) by $400 million in FY'05 to reflect an increase for adult training and dislocated worker programs ($150 million) and fund the Community College Initiative ($250 million). Increases Income Security (600) by $6.494 billion in FY'04 to reflect continuation of the federal Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation program through June 30, 2004. Offset by increasing the recommended level of Federal revenues by $139 million in FY'05, $348 million in FY'06, $88 million in FY'07, $16 million in FY'08, and $6 million in FY'09, as well as reduces the amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be reduced by the same amount for each fiscal year.

Obey #4
Provides an additional $13.2 billion for key priority areas which include: $2 billion for protecting the homeland; $2.3 billion for defense and veterans benefits; $5.7 billion for creating opportunities for out children and young adults; $200 million to assist the long term unemployed; $200 million to protect public health; $1.27 billion to provide healthcare for children and other vulnerable populations; $1 billion to provide clean water and open spaces for future generations; and $530 million to strengthen states and local communities. Provides for $6 billion of additional deficit reduction. The amendment is offset by capping tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of taxpayers (increases the recommended level of Federal revenues by $19.2 billion in FY'05, as well as reduces the amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be reduced by the same amount in FY'05). Includes reconciliation instructions to Ways and Means and Senate Finance to report bills by October 1, 2004, that would increase revenues by $19.2 billion.

Reyes #5
Sense of Congress acknowledging the need for improved military housing and acknowledges the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI) as an effective program for achieving these goals. Expresses the sense of Congress that the CBO should adopt the OMB method of scorekeeping for MHPI. Finds that without this change, under the current MHPI schedule, the funding cap will be reached in November of this year, leaving nearly 50, 000 family housing units at 28 installations across the country unimproved for an indefinite period of time.

Schiff #6
Provides an additional $1.3 billion in FY'05 to the Administration of Justice (750). The amendment allows $700 million in additional funding for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, $400 million for the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Program and Edward Byrne grants, $200 million for programs within the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and $25 million for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas program. The amendment is offset by a slight reduction (8.7 percent) of the tax cuts received under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Reconciliation Act of 2003 for people with annual adjusted gross incomes of more than $1 million leaving them with tax cuts averaging $116,450 (increases the recommended level of Federal revenues by $950 million in FY'05, $700 million in FY'06, $550 million in FY'07, $350 million in FY'08, and $50 million in FY'09, as well as reduces the amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be reduced by the same amount for each fiscal year).

Cummings/ R. Scott/Majette #18
CBC Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute. The Congressional Black Caucus fiscal year 2005 budget promotes improvements for homeland security, provides necessary benefits for our veterans, addresses the domestic challenges of educating our youth and growing our economy and tackles the international challenges of poverty, disease and sustainable development. Provides the necessary resources for the Department of Homeland Security to begin fully protecting America's rails and ports, and provides significant resources for our first responders -- the first line of defense in the event of an attack. Provides vital funding to fulfill our promises to our veterans as well as our current troops and reservists fighting on battlefields around the world. Provides for job training and workforce development and a four-week extension for unemployment benefits. Provides additional funding for job creation programs under the Small Business Administration. Restores cuts and funds increases in specific budget function areas. These include investments in providing funding for health insurance for the uninsured, fully funding the fiscal year 2005 authorization level for No Child Left Behind, doubling the federal funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Serving Institutions, increasing the Pell Grant allotment for college students, and funding resources for law enforcement initiatives such as COPS, local law enforcement block grants, and juvenile justice programs. Raises revenues by rescinding the tax cuts from 2001 and 2003 for individuals making more than $200,000 in gross income and by closing tax loopholes, abusive shelters, and methods of tax avoidance. Protects the child-care tax credit, the elimination of the marriage penalty and the 10% tax bracket. Provides funding for deficit reduction. Reduces funding for the Ballistic Missile Defense program and estimates savings in defense contractor overcharges.

Spratt #21
Democratic Leadership Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute. Achieves balance by 2012 and contains smaller deficits than the Republican budget in every year. The Democratic leadership budget provides more funds than the Republican budget for important domestic priorities, such as education, veterans, the environment, and homeland security. The Democratic budget also extends middle-class tax cuts such as the marriage penalty relief, the child tax credit, Alternative Minimum Tax relief and the 10 percent individual tax bracket. Finally, the Democratic budget reimposes and complies with the pay-as-you-go budget enforcement rule which helped wipe out the deficit and achieve surpluses in the 1990s. PAYGO requires that any increase in tax cuts or spending be fully offset.

Stupak #19
Expresses the Sense of the House that, except for tax provisions addressing the child tax credit, the marriage penalty, and the ten percent individual income tax rate bracket, there should be no new tax cuts or extensions of existing tax cuts unless the Congressional Budget Office projects surpluses to cover them.

Stupak #20
Expresses the Sense of the House that the Committee on Ways and Means should be instructed to report H.R. 3827, the Job Protection Act of 2004.

Thompson (CA)/Moore #10
Allows for a PAYGO point of order in the House on any legislation, direct spending or revenue, which has the effect of increasing the on-budget deficit.

Turner #13
Increases the budget authority and outlays for the Department of Homeland Security, contained within the homeland security function 100, by $1.36 billion, while also lowering the FY'05 deficit by a total of $346 million (including net interest savings). Offset by canceling planned deliveries of oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), resulting in a decrease in FY'05 budget authority and outlays by $1.7 billion for the energy function 270. Expresses the sense of the House that funding increases for the Homeland Security Department should come from canceled SPR deliveries.

Waters #35
Sense of Congress that no new federal government contracts be awarded to Halliburton until the following issues are satisfactorily resolved: overcharging by Halliburton under its DoD contract to serve meals to our troops in Iraq; overcharging by Halliburton under its DoD contract to import oil into Iraq; and bribes and kickbacks in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. (Late)

Woolsey/Moran (VA)/Ford/Kind #26
Adds $3.0 billion for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) programs, raises the federal share of special education funding to 40 percent by 2012, and raises the maximum Pell Grant award to $4,500 for 2005. Includes a partial reduction of the tax cuts received under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Reconciliation Act of 2003, for people with annual adjusted gross incomes of more than one million dollars. Assumes funding of $64.6 billion for discretionary programs within the Department of Education for 2005, including $28.5 billion for programs funded under NCLB. The resolution thus provides a total increase of $7.3 billion over the President's level. The resolution increases funding for NCLB programs by $4.0 billion over the 2004 enacted level, for a total of $28.5 billion. Provides for a 22.8% federal share of special education funding for 2005. (Late)

* Summaries derived from information submitted by the amendment sponsors.