H.Con.Res. 14

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

This concurrent resolution establishes the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2025, sets forth budgetary levels for FY2026-FY2034, and provides reconciliation instructions for legislation that increases or decreases the deficit and increases the statutory debt limit by specified amounts. 

The resolution recommends levels and amounts for FY2025-FY2034 for

  • federal revenues,
  • new budget authority,
  • budget outlays,
  • deficits,
  • debt subject to limit, 
  • debt held by the public, and
  • the major functional categories of spending.

The resolution includes reconciliation instructions that direct 11 House committees to submit legislation that will increase or decrease the deficit over FY2025-FY2034 and increase the statutory debt limit by specified amounts. The committees must submit the legislation to the House Budget Committee by March 27, 2025. 

(Under current law, reconciliation bills are considered by Congress using expedited legislative procedures that prevent a filibuster and restrict amendments in the Senate.)

In addition, the resolution establishes a reserve fund that allows certain adjustments to committee allocations and other budgetary levels to accommodate reconciliation legislation.

The resolution also requires the maximum deficit increase permitted by the reconciliation instruction for the House Ways and Means Committee ($4.5 trillion in the resolution) to be reduced if the proposals submitted by certain committees do not achieve a total of at least $2 trillion in net deficit reduction (or increased if more than $2 trillion in deficit reduction is achieved). 

Finally, the resolution sets forth budget enforcement procedures that address issues such as adjustments to committee allocations and the budgetary treatment of the discretionary administrative expenses for the Social Security Administration and the U.S. Postal Service. 

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Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2025 Changed · Apr 5, 2025

Where this section came from

  1. Feb 18, 2025 · Reported in House
  2. Feb 25, 2025 · Engrossed in House H.Amdt. 6: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 161, the amendment printed in House Report 119-5 is considered adopted. Official page › H.Res. 161: On Ordering the Previous Question — Passed, 216–210 · Roll Call 46 H.Res. 161: On Agreeing to the Resolution — Passed, 217–211 · Roll Call 47 On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended — Passed, 217–215 · Roll Call 50
  3. Apr 5, 2025 · Engrossed Amendment Senate S.Amdt. 2035: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting Medicare and Medicaid. Official page › S.Amdt. 1717: In the nature of a substitute. Official page › On the Motion to Proceed — Motion to Proceed Agreed to, 52–48 · Roll Call 169On the Amendment — Amendment Agreed to, 51–48 · Roll Call 170On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 46–53 · Roll Call 171On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 48–51 · Roll Call 172On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 47–51 · Roll Call 173On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 46–53 · Roll Call 174On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 48–51 · Roll Call 175On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 46–53 · Roll Call 176On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 48–51 · Roll Call 177On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 48–51 · Roll Call 178On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 5–94 · Roll Call 179On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 49–50 · Roll Call 180On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 48–51 · Roll Call 181On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 48–51 · Roll Call 182On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 49–50 · Roll Call 183On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 47–52 · Roll Call 184On the Motion — Motion Rejected, 49–50 · Roll Call 185On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 49–50 · Roll Call 186On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 48–51 · Roll Call 187On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 48–51 · Roll Call 188On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 49–50 · Roll Call 189On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 47–52 · Roll Call 190On the Concurrent Resolution — Concurrent Resolution Agreed to, 51–48 · Roll Call 191
What changed in the text

(a) Declaration. The Congress determines and declares that prior this resolution is the concurrent resolutions resolution on the budget are for replaced as of fiscal year 2025 and that this concurrent resolution establishes the budget for fiscal year 2025 and sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034. (b) Table of contents. The table of contents for this concurrent resolution is as follows: Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2025. Title TITLE I—Recommended Levels levels and AmountsSec amountsSubtitle A—Budgetary levels in both HousesSec . 1001 1101 . Recommended levels and amounts.Sec. 1002 1102 . Major functional categories. Title Subtitle II B — Reconciliation Levels and Related amounts MattersSec in the SenateSec . 1201. Social Security in the Senate.Sec. 1202. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses in the Senate.TITLE II—ReconciliationSec. 2001. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives. Title Sec. III—Reserve 2002. Fund Reconciliation and in Deficit the Reduction Senate.TITLE AdjustmentSec III—Reserve fundsSec . 3001. Reserve fund for reconciliation legislation in the House of Representatives .Sec. 3002. Adjustment Deficit-neutral for reserve spending fund cuts relating of to at government least deregulation.Sec. $2 trillion 3003 . Title IV—Policy Spending StatementsSec. reduction 4001. reserve Policy fund statement to on save economic more growth than $2,000,000,000,000 .Sec. 4002 3004 . Policy Spending-neutral statement reserve on fund mandatory related spending to reduction current tax policy baseline .Sec. 4003 3005 . Policy Deficit-neutral statement reserve on fund Government relating deregulation to protecting Medicare and Medicaid . Title TITLE V IV —Other mattersSec. 5001 4001 . Enforcement Adjustment filing for in spending the cuts House of Representatives at least $2 trillion .Sec. 5002 4002 . Enforcement filing.Sec. 4003. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses in the House of Representatives .Sec. 5003 4004 . Application and effect of changes in allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels.Sec. 5004 4005 . Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions in the House of Representatives .Sec. 5005 4006 . Adjustment for changes in the baseline.Sec. 5006 4007 . Exercise of rulemaking powers. TITLE V—Policy statements in the House of RepresentativesSec. 5001. Policy statement on economic growth.Sec. 5002. Policy statement on mandatory spending reduction.Sec. 5003. Policy statement on Government deregulation.

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(a) Declaration. Congress declares that this resolution is the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2025 and that this resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

(b) Table of contents. The table of contents for this concurrent resolution is as follows: Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2025.TITLE I—Recommended levels and amountsSubtitle A—Budgetary levels in both HousesSec. 1101. Recommended levels and amounts.Sec. 1102. Major functional categories.Subtitle B—Levels and amounts in the SenateSec. 1201. Social Security in the Senate.Sec. 1202. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses in the Senate.TITLE II—ReconciliationSec. 2001. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.Sec. 2002. Reconciliation in the Senate.TITLE III—Reserve fundsSec. 3001. Reserve fund for reconciliation legislation.Sec. 3002. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to government deregulation.Sec. 3003. Spending reduction reserve fund to save more than $2,000,000,000,000.Sec. 3004. Spending-neutral reserve fund related to current tax policy baseline.Sec. 3005. Deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to protecting Medicare and Medicaid.TITLE IV—Other mattersSec. 4001. Adjustment for spending cuts of at least $2 trillion.Sec. 4002. Enforcement filing.Sec. 4003. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses.Sec. 4004. Application and effect of changes in allocations, aggregates, and other budgetary levels.Sec. 4005. Adjustments to reflect changes in concepts and definitions.Sec. 4006. Adjustment for changes in the baseline.Sec. 4007. Exercise of rulemaking powers.TITLE V—Policy statements in the House of RepresentativesSec. 5001. Policy statement on economic growth.Sec. 5002. Policy statement on mandatory spending reduction.Sec. 5003. Policy statement on Government deregulation.

I Recommended levels and amounts

A Budgetary levels in both Houses

B Levels and amounts in the Senate

II Reconciliation

III Reserve funds

IV Other matters

V Policy statements in the House of Representatives