[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4906 Reported in House (RH)] House Calendar No. 207 103d CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4906 [Report No. 103-687] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation. _______________________________________________________________________ August 9, 1994 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed House Calendar No. 207 103d CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4906 [Report No. 103-687] To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 5, 1994 Mr. Spratt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules August 9, 1994 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Spending Control Act of 1994''. SEC. 2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to restrict the inclusion of nonemergency spending proposals in emergency spending bills. SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY SPENDING. (a) Motion To Strike.--Title VI of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by redesignating section 607 as section 608 and by adding after section 606 the following new section: ``SEC. 607. TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY SPENDING. ``Whenever the House of Representatives considers a bill or joint resolution containing an emergency designation for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) or section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, any Member of the House may move to strike any appropriation in that bill or joint resolution or any provision providing direct spending in that bill or joint resolution that is not so designated as an emergency, and a recorded vote shall be considered as ordered if demanded by any Member and supported by 9 other Members of the House.''. (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking the item relating to section 607 and by inserting after the item relating to section 606 the following new items: ``Sec. 607. Treatment of emergency spending. ``Sec. 608. Effective date.''. (c) Limitation on Non-Emergency Spending in Emergency Legislation.--If any bill or joint resolution contains an emergency designation for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) or section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and it also contains an appropriation or any provision providing direct spending for any matter, event, or occurrence that is not so designated as an emergency, then that non-emergency appropriation or other provision providing direct spending must fall within the most recently applicable allocations under sections 602 (a) and (b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. <all>