H.R. 4206, Contracting Oversight for Small Business Jobs Act of 2012
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 21,2012
H.R. 4114, the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2012
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on April 27, 2012
H.R. 4114 would increase the amounts paid to veterans for disability compensation and to their survivors for dependency and indemnity compensation by the same cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) payable to Social Security recipients. The increase would take effect on December 1, 2012, and the resulting adjustment would be rounded to the next lower dollar.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has reviewed your proposed amendment to Rules Committee print 112-21, the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012. The two enclosed tables present estimates of the legislation’s effects on direct spending and revenues under alternative assumptions about the date of enactment.
The fiscal transactions of the federal government are recorded in two major sets of accounts. One is The Budget of the United States Government, prepared by the Office of Management and Budget, which is the framework generally used by executive branch agencies and the Congress and as commonly discussed in the press. The other set of accounts is the national income and product accounts (NIPAs), produced by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act
As posted on the Web site of the House Committee on Rules (committee print 112-21).
H.R. 4966, Sequester Replacement Act of 2012
As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Budget on May 7, 2012
H.R. 4966 would eliminate certain automatic spending reductions scheduled to take effect in January 2013, as well as reduce the overall limit on discretionary budget authority for fiscal year 2013. Because the provisions of the bill are contingent on enactment of reconciliation legislation as specified in section 201 of H. Con. Res. 112, the budget resolution for fiscal year 2013 as passed by the House, CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 4966, by itself, would have no impact on the federal budget.
H.R. 2621, Chimney Rock National Monument Establishment Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 25, 2012
H.R. 2621 would establish the Chimney Rock National Monument within the San Juan National Forest in southern Colorado. The legislation would require the Forest Service to complete a management plan for the monument and would withdraw federal lands that make up the monument (about 5,000 acres) from disposal, mining, or mineral leasing.
H.R. 3987, Small Business Protection Act of 2012
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 22, 2012
H.R. 3987 would limit the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to set certain size standards for the purpose of establishing eligibility for various federal assistance programs. The bill also would broaden the amount of information provided to the public when the SBA proposes or modifies a size standard.
Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2013 House
Estimates of discretionary budget authority and outlays for fiscal year 2013.
H.R. 2008, Keeping Polities Out of Federal Contracting Act of 2011
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on April 26, 2012
CBO Publishes Report and Infographic on Energy Security in the United States
