This concurrent resolution, titled the "Emergency Border Control Resolution," establishes the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034. It explicitly declares that it replaces all prior concurrent resolutions on the budget, thereby serving as the definitive financial framework for the specified period. The resolution details recommended levels for key financial metrics, including Federal revenues , new budget authority , and total budget outlays for each fiscal year from 2025 to 2034. It also projects the amounts for on-budget deficits , as well as the appropriate levels for the debt subject to limit and debt held by the public , indicating a significant increase in national debt over the decade. Furthermore, the resolution specifies the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for numerous major functional categories across the ten-year period. These categories encompass a wide range of government operations, such as National Defense, International Affairs, Health, Medicare, Income Security, Veterans Benefits and Services, and General Government, providing a granular breakdown of projected spending. A significant component of the resolution involves reconciliation instructions for various House committees. Committees like Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Judiciary are instructed to submit changes in laws that may increase the deficit for fiscal years 2025 through 2028. Conversely, committees such as Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means are directed to propose changes that reduce the deficit over the 2025-2034 period. Additionally, the Committee on Ways and Means is specifically instructed to submit changes to increase the statutory debt limit by $4,000,000,000,000 . Finally, the resolution includes a policy statement on Federal spending , highlighting a "dire fiscal crisis" and unsustainable spending levels. It asserts that it is the policy objective of the House to restore Federal spending to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, adjusted to protect current Social Security and Medicare spending and existing debt service obligations, aiming for total budget outlays of $6.057 trillion or less for the current fiscal year.
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Submitted in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H607)
Submitted in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H607)
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Emergency Border Control Resolution
USA119th CongressHCONRES-10| House
| Updated: 2/10/2025
This concurrent resolution, titled the "Emergency Border Control Resolution," establishes the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and sets forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034. It explicitly declares that it replaces all prior concurrent resolutions on the budget, thereby serving as the definitive financial framework for the specified period. The resolution details recommended levels for key financial metrics, including Federal revenues , new budget authority , and total budget outlays for each fiscal year from 2025 to 2034. It also projects the amounts for on-budget deficits , as well as the appropriate levels for the debt subject to limit and debt held by the public , indicating a significant increase in national debt over the decade. Furthermore, the resolution specifies the appropriate levels of new budget authority and outlays for numerous major functional categories across the ten-year period. These categories encompass a wide range of government operations, such as National Defense, International Affairs, Health, Medicare, Income Security, Veterans Benefits and Services, and General Government, providing a granular breakdown of projected spending. A significant component of the resolution involves reconciliation instructions for various House committees. Committees like Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Judiciary are instructed to submit changes in laws that may increase the deficit for fiscal years 2025 through 2028. Conversely, committees such as Agriculture, Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means are directed to propose changes that reduce the deficit over the 2025-2034 period. Additionally, the Committee on Ways and Means is specifically instructed to submit changes to increase the statutory debt limit by $4,000,000,000,000 . Finally, the resolution includes a policy statement on Federal spending , highlighting a "dire fiscal crisis" and unsustainable spending levels. It asserts that it is the policy objective of the House to restore Federal spending to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, adjusted to protect current Social Security and Medicare spending and existing debt service obligations, aiming for total budget outlays of $6.057 trillion or less for the current fiscal year.