[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4457 Introduced in House (IH)] 103d CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4457 To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide special look-back treatment for emergency appropriations, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 19, 1994 Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Government Operations and Rules _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide special look-back treatment for emergency appropriations, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. REPEAL OF EMERGENCY RULE. Section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed. SEC. 2. SPECIAL LOOK-BACK TREATMENT FOR EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS. Section 251(a)(5) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting ``(A)'' before ``If'' and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(B) If an appropriation that the President designates as emergency requirements and the Congress so designates in statute is enacted for the fiscal year in progress and that causes a breach within a category for that year (after taking into account any sequestration of amounts within that category), the discretionary spending limits for the next fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount or amounts of that breach.''. <all>