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.

Sponsor: Jodey C. Arrington · 0 cosponsors

Follow this bill

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. 

Text of the bill

Expand all

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

Sec. 4003. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses Added Apr 5, 2025

Where this section came from

Not in the first version (Reported in House, Feb 18, 2025).

  1. 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

(a) Senate

(1) In general. In the Senate, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(1)), section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 note), and section 2009a of title 39, United States Code, the report or the joint explanatory statement accompanying this concurrent resolution on the budget or the statement filed pursuant to section 4002(b), as applicable, shall include in an allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate of amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration and the United States Postal Service.

(2) Special rule. In the Senate, for purposes of enforcing section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), estimates of the level of total new budget authority and total outlays provided by a measure shall include any discretionary amounts described in paragraph (1).

(b) House of Representatives

(1) In general. In the House of Representatives, notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(1)), section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 632 note), and section 2009a of title 39, United States Code, the report or the joint explanatory statement accompanying this concurrent resolution on the budget or the statement filed pursuant to section 4002(a), as applicable, shall include in an allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives of amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration and the United States Postal Service.

(2) Special rule. In the House of Representatives, for purposes of enforcing section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)), estimates of the level of total new budget authority and total outlays provided by a measure shall include any discretionary amounts described in paragraph (1).

V Policy statements in the House of Representatives