Deficit Reduction Act of 2005

Signed by President.

Signed by President.

Became Public Law No: 109-171.

Became Public Law No: 109-171.

Presented to President.

Presented to President.

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Resolving differences -- House actions: House agreed to Senate amendment to House amendment pursuant to H. Res. 653.(consideration: CR H68-114; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H69-114)

House agreed to Senate amendment to House amendment pursuant to H. Res. 653. (consideration: CR H68-114; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H69-114)

Cleared for White House.

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 653 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. 1932. Upon adoption of the resolution, the House shall be deemed to have agreed to the Senate amendment to the House amendment to S. 1932.

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S14202-14221)

Points of order against conference report to accompany S.1932 raised in Senate.

Motion to waive sections 313(b)(1)(A) and 313(b)(1)(D) of the Budget Act with respect to the conference report to accompany S. 1932 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 48. Record Vote Number: 362.

Points of order were sustained against the applicable sections within the conference report.

Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate concurred in the House amendment with an amendment (SA 2691) Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 50. Record Vote Number: 363.(consideration: CR S14221)

Senate concurred in the House amendment with an amendment (SA 2691) Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 50. Record Vote Number: 363. (consideration: CR S14221)

Conference report defeated by operation of the Budget Act.

Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S14073-14084, S14086-14087, S14089-14099, S14101-14111, S14113-14120, S14123-14132, S14146-14164)

Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 109-362 filed.(text of conference report: CR H12641-12737)

Conference report H. Rept. 109-362 filed. (text of conference report: CR H12641-12737)

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 640 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to S. 1932. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read. Section 2 of House Resolution 619 is amended.

Rule H. Res. 640 passed House.

Mr. Nussle brought up conference report H. Rept. 109-362 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 640. (consideration: CR H12269-12277)

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 640, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany S. 1932.

The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H12276)

Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 206 (Roll no. 670).(consideration: CR H12277)

Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 206 (Roll no. 670). (consideration: CR H12277)

Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.

Motion to proceed to to the conference report on the measure considered in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 86 - 9. Record Vote Number: 361.

Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S14015-14024)

Mr. Nussle asked unanimous consent that the House insist upon its amendment, and agree to a conference. (consideration: CR H11959-11968)

On motion that the House insist upon its amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.

Mr. Spratt moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H11959; text: CR H11959)

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Spratt motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to recede to the Senate by eliminating House provisions reducing eligibility for food stamps; reducing funding for child support enforcement; repealing the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset; modifying the Mining Law of 1972; eliminating the sections of the House amendment that reduce Medicaid benefits and allow increases in beneficiary costs; reducing to the maximum extent possible increases in interest rates and fees paid by student and parent borrowers on student loans; adopting the Senate provision eliminating the stabilization fund that makes payments to Medicare Advantage Regional Plans; adopting the Senate provision on Medicare Advantage risk adjustment; and adopting the Senate provision on Medicare physician payments.

The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H11967)

On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 246 - 175 (Roll no. 652).

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

The Speaker appointed conferees for consideration of the Senate bill, and the House amendment thereto, and modifications committed to conference: Nussle, Ryun (KS), Crenshaw, Putnam, Wicker, Hulshof, Ryan (WI), Blunt, DeLay, Spratt, Moore (KS), Neal (MA), DeLauro, Edwards, and Ford.

The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Agriculture for consideration of title I of the Senate bill and title I of the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Goodlatte, Lucas, and Peterson (MN).

The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Education and the Workforce for consideration of title VII of the Senate bill and title II and subtitle C of title III of the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Boehner, McKeon, and Miller, George.

The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Financial Services for consideration of title II of the Senate bill and title IV of the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Oxley, Bachus, and Frank (MA).

The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Energy and Commerce for consideration of title III and title VI of the Senate bill and title III of the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Barton (TX), Deal (GA), and Dingell.

The Speaker appointed conferees Provided that Mr. Ney is appointed in lieu of Mr. Bachus for consideration of subtitles C and D of title II of the Senate bill and subtitle B of title IV of the House amendment.

The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on the Judiciary for consideration of title VIII of the Senate bill and title V of the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Sensenbrenner, Smith (TX), and Conyers.

The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Resources for consideration of title IV of the Senate bill and title VI of the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Pombo, Gibbons, and Rahall.

The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for consideration of title V and Division A of the Senate bill and title VII of the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Young (AK), LoBiondo, and Oberstar.

The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Ways and Means for consideration of secs. 6039, 6071, and subtitle B of title VI of the Senate bill and title VIII of the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Thomas, Herger, and Rangel.

CHANGE OF CONFEREE - Without objection and pursuant to clause 11 of rule 1, the Chair announced the removal of Mr. Upton as a conferee on S. 1932 and appointed Mr. Barton to fill the vacancy.

Motion by Senator DeWine to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 71 - 20. Record Vote Number: 354. (consideration: CR S13630-13632)

Motion by Senator Kohl to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 75 - 16. Record Vote Number: 355. (consideration: CR S13632-13633)

Motion by Senator Kennedy to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 83 - 8. Record Vote Number: 356. (consideration: CR S13633-13634)

Motion by Senator Reed to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 63 - 28. Record Vote Number: 357. (consideration: CR S13634-13635)

Senate appointed conferees. Gregg; Domenici; Grassley; Enzi; Allard; Sessions; Stevens; Shelby; Specter; Chambliss; McConnell; Conrad; Murray; Harkin; Sarbanes; Inouye; Bingaman; Baucus; Kennedy; Leahy.

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate disagreed to the amendment of the House, and requests a conference by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S13521-13531)

Senate disagreed to the amendment of the House, and requests a conference by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S13521-13531)

Motion by Senator DeWine to instruct Senate conferees that any conference report shall not include the provisions contained in section 8701 of the House amendment relating to the repeal of section 754 of the Tariff Acct of 1930 made in Senate. (consideration: CR S13522-13523; text: CR S13522)

Motion by Senator Kohl to instruct Senate conferees that any conference report shall not include any of the provisions in the House amendment that reduce funding for the child support program established under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.), which would reduce funds by $4,900,000,000 over 5 years and have the effect of reducing child support collections by $7,900,000,000 over 5 years and $24,100,000,000 over 10 years, and to insist that the conference report shall not include any restrictions on the ability of States to use Federal child support incentive payments for child support program expenditures that are eligible for Federal matching payments made in Senate. (consideration: CR S13523-13524; text: CR S13523)

Motion by Senator Harkin to instruct Senate conferees that any reconciliation conference report agreed to jointly by the House and the Senate does not contain any cuts to Federal food assistance programs, including the food stamp program established under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) made in Senate. (consideration: CR S13527, S13530-13531; text: CR S13527)

Motion by Senator Baucus to instruct Senate conferees to not report a conference report that would impair access to, undermine eligibility for, make unaffordable by increasing beneficiary cost-sharing, adversely affect Medicaid services, or in any way undermine Medicaid's Federal guarantee of health insurance coverage with respect to low-income children, pregnant women, disabled individuals, elderly individuals, individuals with chronic illnesses like HIV/AIDS, cancer, and diabetes, individuals with mental illnesses, and other Medicaid beneficiaries made in Senate. (consideration: CR S13527-13528, S13529-13530; text: CR S13527)

Motion by Senator Carper to instruct Senate conferees that any conference report shall not include the provisions in the House amendment relating to the reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, including those which would increase work hours for single motehrs with young children, impose new cuts on already inadequate child care funding and other proven work supports such as child support, restrict education and training, and reduce State flexibility, and insist that Congress enact free standing legislation that builds on the bipartisan Senate Committee on Finance's reported version of the Personal Responsibility and Individual Development for Everyone Act (the PRIDE Act, S.667) to reauthorize the Nation's welfare-to-work laws made in Senate. (consideration: CR S13528-13529; text: CR S13528)

Motion by Senator Carper to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 64 - 27. Record Vote Number: 351.

Motion by Senator Baucus to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 75 - 16. Record Vote Number: 352.

Motion by Senator Harkin to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 26. Record Vote Number: 353.

Motion by Senator Kennedy to instruct Senate conferees that the Senate provisions increasing need based financial aid in the bill S.1932 which were fully offset by savings in the bill S.1932 be included in the final conference report and that the House provisions in the bill H.R.4241 that impose new fees and costs on students in school and in repayment be rejected in the final conference report made in Senate. (consideration: CR S13536-13537; text: CR S13536-13537)

Motion by Senator Reed to instruct Senate conferees on a provision that makes available $2,920,000,000 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), in addition to the $2,183,000,000 made available for such Act in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2006 made in Senate. (consideration: CR S13544-13546; text: CR S13544)

Mr. Nussle asked unanimous consent to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. 4241 as passed by the House.

Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 11/17/2005 H10646-10649)

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR 11/17/2005 H10646-10649)

On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR 11/17/2005 H10646-10649)

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.

Received in the House.

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Held at the desk.

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S12286, S12291-12345)

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 303.

Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 303.

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S12149-12219)

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S12079-12099, S12099-12122)

Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S12065-12073)

Introduced in Senate

Committee on the Budget. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Gregg. Without written report.

Committee on the Budget. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Gregg. Without written report.

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 274.

Committee on the Budget ordered to be reported an original measure.