RSC's Policy Brief on the House Rules Package (pdf)

  RSC's Policy Brief on Hurricane Supplementals (pdf)

  RSC's Policy Brief on Drought (word doc) 

  RSC's Policy Brief on Postal Reform (word doc)

  RSC's Policy Brief on OMB's Mid-Session Budget Review (pdf)

  RSC's Policy Brief on the Budget Resolution (pdf) (word doc)
 

 FY 2004 Defense and Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Emergency Supplemental Act Policy Brief:  H.R. 3289; Possible Amendments to the Iraq Supplemental:  H.R. 3289 possible amendments  

 FY 2004 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act Policy Brief:  Conference Report on H.R. 2657; FY 2004 Homeland Security Appropriations Act Draft Policy Brief:  Conference Report on H.R. 2555

 Policy Brief:  Air Traffic Privatization

 Policy Brief:  Iraq Supplemental

 FY 2004 District of Columbia Appropriations Policy Brief:  H.R. 2765

• Amendments to H.R. 2765

 FY 2004 Transportation and Treasury Appropriations Policy Brief:  H.R. 2989

• Amendments to H.R. 2989

 FY 2004 VA, HUD, & Independent Agencies Appropriations Policy Brief:  H.R. 2861

 FY 2004 District of Columbia Appropriations Policy Brief:  H.R. 2765

• Amendments to H.R. 2765

 FY 2003 Summer Supplemental Appropriations:  Policy Brief

• Toomey Amendment

• FEMA dollars at work

 FY 2004 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations Policy Brief:  H.R. 2799

• Amendments to H.R. 2799

 FY 2004 Foreign Operations Appropriations Policy Brief:  H.R. 2800

• Amendments to H.R. 2800

 FY 2004 Energy and Water Appropriations Policy Brief:  H.R. 2754

• Amendments to H.R. 2754

 FY 2004 Interior Appropriations Policy Brief:  H.R. 2691

• Amendments to H.R. 2691

 FY 2004 Agriculture Appropriations Policy Brief:  H.R. 2673

 FY 2004 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Policy Brief:  H.R. 2660

• Amendments to H.R. 2660

 FY 2004 Legislative Branch Appropriations Policy Brief:  H.R. 2657

 FY 2004 Department of Defense Appropriations Policy Brief:  H.R. 2658

• Amendments to H.R. 2658

 FY 2004 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Policy Brief:  H.R. 2555

• Amendments to H.R. 2555

 Policy Brief:  Child Tax Credit - Background on Refundability of the Child Tax Credit & the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

 Policy Brief:  Partial-Birth Abortion Ban

• "Health" of the mother exception = Partial-Birth Abortion for any reason

 Policy Brief:  Gas Tax increase - 1982

 National Defense Authorization Act for FY 04:  H.R. 1588 Policy Brief

• Amendments to H.R. 1588

 Policy Brief: Title X 2003 Backgrounder
 

 Policy Brief: Proposed Terrorism Reinsurance Compromise
 

 Department of Homeland Security Policy Brief: H.R. 5710 Policy Brief
Major Differences between H.R. 5710 and H.R. 5005 as it passed the House
 

 FY 03 Department of Defense Appropriations Conference Report: H.R. 5010 Policy Brief

 FY 03 Military Construction Appropriations Conference Report: H.R. 5011 Policy Brief

 Education Funding Policy Brief - The President’s Budget Gives States and Schools Flexibility to Spend Money on Local, not Washington, Priorities

 Homeland Security Department Policy Brief

• Democrat efforts to put special interests ahead of national security
• Amendments to the Homeland Security Bill
• Organizational Chart of the new Homeland Security Department

 FY 03 Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government Appropriations Act: H.R. 5120 Policy Brief

• Amendments to the Treasury / Postal Appropriations Bill

 FY 02 Supplemental Appropriations Conference Report Policy Brief

 FY 03 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act: H.R. 5121 Policy Brief

 FY 03 Department of Defense Appropriations Act: H.R. 5010 Policy Brief

  FY 03 Military Construction Appropriations Act: H.R. 5011 Policy Brief

  Supplemental Appropriations Act (for FY 2002): H.R. 4775 Policy Brief

  FY 2003 National Defense Authorization Act:  H.R. 4546 Policy Brief

• Amendments to H.R. 4546

  Federal Abstinence Programs Policy Brief 

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs Policy Brief
 

  FY 2003 Budget Resolution Policy Brief
 

   "The Railroad Track Modernization Act": H.R. 1020 Policy Brief
 

   Campaign Finance Reform Policy Brief   Updated 2/28/02
 

   Highway Funding for Fiscal Year 2003

   Department of Defense Appropriations Conference Report (FY02)

   District of Columbia Conference Report (FY02)

   Transportation Appropriations Conference Report (FY 02)

   FY 2002 Department of Defense Appropriations Act H.R. 3338 Policy Brief

• Amendments to H.R. 3338

  Election Reform Policy Brief "Help America Vote Act" (H.R. 3295)
 

   Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary (CJS) Appropriations Conference Report (FY 02)
 

   Agriculture Appropriations Conference Report (FY 02)
 

   Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Conference Report (FY 02)
 

   Energy and Water Appropriations Conference Report (FY 02)
 

   Legislative Branch Appropriations Conference Report (FY 02)
 

   Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government Appropriations Conference Report (FY 02)
 

   Interior Appropriations Conference Report (FY 02)

  FY 2002 Labor / HHS / Education Appropriations Act: H.R. 3061 Policy Brief
 

  Economic Stimulus Spending: Chart

  Airline Security: How other countries handle Airport Security
 

  Farm Aid bill: H.R. 2646 Policy Brief

• Amendments to H.R. 2646

  FY 2002 District of Columbia Appropriations Act: H.R. 2944 Policy Brief

• Policy Brief on the D.C. Domestic Partnership Law

  FY 2002 Military Construction Appropriations Act: H.R. 2904 Policy Brief

  FY 2002 National Defense Authorization Act: H.R. 2586 Policy Brief

• Amendments to H.R. 2586
• Additional amendments to H.R. 2586

  Information Regarding Declarations of War: Policy Brief
 

  "Securing America's Future Energy Act": H.R. 4 Policy Brief

• Amendments to H.R. 4

  "Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001": H.R. 2505 Policy Brief
 

  FY 2002 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act:  H.R. 2647 Policy Brief
 

  "Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act": H.R. 1140 Policy Brief
 

  FY 2002 Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act: H.R. 2620 Policy Brief

• Amendments to the VA-HUD Appropriations Bill

• Additional Amendments to the VA-HUD Appropriations Bill  updated

  FY 2002 Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government Appropriations Act: H.R. 2590 Policy Brief

• Amendments to the Treasury - Postal Appropriations Bill

  Foreign Operations Appropriations Act (for Fiscal Year 2002)

• Amendments to the Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill

  "Community Solutions Act of 2001" (Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Bill)  (H.R. 7)

   Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary (CJS) Appropriations Act (for Fiscal Year 2002)

• Amendments to the CJS Appropriations Bill

   Campaign Finance Reform Policy Brief

   Agriculture Appropriations Act (for Fiscal Year 2002)

• Amendments to the Agriculture Appropriations Bill

    Energy and Water Appropriations Act (for Fiscal Year 2002)

• Amendments to the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill

    Transportation Appropriations Act (for Fiscal Year 2002)

• Amendments to the Transportation Appropriations Bill

   Interior Appropriations Act (for Fiscal Year 2002)

   Supplemental Appropriations (for Fiscal Year 2001)

   Conference Report on H.Con.Res. 83 – Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2002

• Comparison of House and Senate Budget Resolutions

   The Motor Carrier Fuel Cost Equity Act  (H.R. 4441)
SUMMARY:  H.R. 4441   requires that each contract between a shipper and a motor carrier / truck driver include a fuel-cost surcharge requiring the shipper to cover the increased cost of fuel whenever the current fuel price exceeds the latest 52-week average by more than 5 cents.

   Child Support Enforcement Act  (H.R. 4678)
SUMMARY:  H.R. 4678 provides more child support money for families leaving welfare and implements a fatherhood grant program.

   The Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2000   (H.R.6)
SUMMARY:  A side-by-side-by-side comparison of the House bill, the Senate bill, and the Conference Report.
H.R. 4810- 9/13/2000 failed to override 270-158: 16 votes short

   Debt Reduction Reconciliation Act of 2000    (H.R. 4601)
SUMMARY:  The bill creates an account in the Treasury for the sole purpose of reducing publicly held debt. The bill appropriates into that account any increase in the Fiscal Year 2000 on-budget surplus in excess of the $24.4 billion surplus identified in the FY 2001 Budget Resolution. The bill further reduces the statutory debt limit by an equal amount ensuring that the surplus can only be used for public debt reduction.     (SURPLUS CHARTS)

CAT ANALYSIS: Commitment to Debt Reduction Will Save Every American Household $4,064 in Future Interest Payments    (Graphic)

   Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act of 2000    (H.R. 4844)
SUMMARY:  The Railroad Retirement system is comprised of two basic parts and is administered by the federal government in consultation with labor and management. The first part is equivalent to Social Security, financed by the same taxes collected for Social Security, but paid from a special account maintained by the Railroad Retirement Board.

   The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act   (H.R. 3125)
SUMMARY:  The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act makes it unlawful to place, receive, or otherwise make a bet or wager using the Internet, with exceptions.