This week, the House is expected to consider six bills, ranging from foreign affairs to the budget.
Legislation under consideration this week includes:
H.R. 1871: modifies budget law governing the Congressional Budget Office’s development of budget baselines – 10-year projections of government spending and revenues that would occur if existing law were left unchanged – to remove the assumption that discretionary spending will increase each year by the level of inflation. Currently, the CBO assumes in its projections that discretionary spending will increase each year due to inflation.
Taiwan Relations Act Affirmation and Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2014 (H.R. 3470): authorizes the transfer of certain U.S. Navy ships to Taiwan, Thailand, and Mexico, and reaffirms Congress' commitment to the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which established the U.S. policy of providing Taiwan with weapons systems and other defense articles that allow Taiwan to protect itself.
S. 404: prevents the Forest Service from removing the Green Mountain observation facility from the Glacier Park Wilderness Area in Washington state unless found to be unsafe for visitors.
Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2014 (H.R. 4323): reauthorizes through Fiscal Year 2019 the Justice Department's Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, which provides grants to states and localities to process DNA samples and reduce and eliminate backlogs in processing DNA samples.
H.R. 1872: changes the way that the costs of federal loans and loan guarantees are calculated for budget purposes, mandating that they include a premium for market risk using a "fair value" basis.
GOP Budget Resolution for FY 2015 (H.Con.Res. 96): cuts spending by $5.1 trillion over the next decade by repealing the Affordable Care Act, altering Medicare benefits for future retirees, and making steep cuts to domestic programs like food stamps, Head Start, and college loan programs - all while protecting defense spending and refusing to raise any new revenues.