[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5282 Introduced in House (IH)]
103d CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5282
To provide a mechansim for dedicating spending cuts in discretionary
spending programs to deficit reduction.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 7, 1994
Mr. Spratt introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to
the Committees on Government Operations and Rules
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A BILL
To provide a mechansim for dedicating spending cuts in discretionary
spending programs to deficit reduction.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
(a) Adjustments.--The Director shall reduce the discretionary
spending limit for new budget authority for a fiscal year set forth in
section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as adjusted
in strict conformance with section 251 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, by the net aggregate amount for
that fiscal year in all deficit reduction line items set forth in each
appropriation bill or rescission bill. The Director shall reduce the
adjusted discretionary spending limit for outlays for that fiscal year
and each outyear as set forth in such section 601(a)(2) as a result of
the reduction of such budget authority, based upon the spendout rates
applicable to the discretionary spending programs to which the deficit
reduction line items apply. Reductions (if any) shall occur on the day
that each such appropriation bill is enacted into law. For purposes of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, amounts
in deficit reduction line items and outlay reductions associated with
them shall be taken into account only to make the adjustments specified
in this subsection. For purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, amounts in deficit reduction line items and outlay reductions
associated with them shall be considered budget authority and outlays.
For all other purposes, including subchapter I of chapter 15 of title
31, United States Code (popularly known as the Anti-Deficiency Act),
the amount in deficit reduction line items shall not be considered to
provide authority to enter into obligations. Whenever the Director
makes any adjustment required by this subsection, he shall notify the
House of Representatives, the Senate, and the President on the day such
adjustment is made.
(b) Definition.--As used in this section--
(1) the term ``appropriation bill'' means any general or
supplemental appropriation bill;
(2) the term ``Director'' means the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget; and
(3) the term ``rescission bill'' means any bill which
rescinds budget authority, including a bill referred to by
section 1012 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
SEC. 2. DEFICIT REDUCTION LINE ITEMS IN APPROPRIATION MEASURES AND IN
RESCISSION BILLS.
(a) Deficit Reduction Line Items.--Title III of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
``deficit reduction line items in appropriation bills and rescission
bills
``Sec. 314. (a) Whenever the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives reports an appropriation bill or a rescission
bill, that bill may contain provisions entitled `Deficit Reduction Line
Item', comprised solely of an amount of deficit reduction associated
with a reduction in a specified discretionary appropriation.
``(b)(1) Any amendment offered in the Committee on Appropriations
(or any subcommittee thereof) of either House of Congress or in either
House of Congress to an appropriation bill or rescission bill to reduce
a particular appropriation for a discretionary spending program may
include a provision designating an amount (not to exceed the amount of
the reduction) for a deficit reduction line item associated with that
appropriation.
``(2) Any amendment offered in the Committee on Appropriations (or
any subcommittee thereof) of either House of Congress or in either
House of Congress to an appropriation bill or rescisison bill to
increase a particular appropriation or reduce a rescission for a
discretionary spending program may include a provision designating an
amount (not to exceed the amount of the increase in the appropriation
or reduction in the rescission) by which the amount for one or more
specified deficit reduction line items is to be reduced (but the
resulting amount may not be less than zero), notwithstanding that any
such deficit reduction line item has been changed by an amendment.
``(3) No amendment establishing or increasing the amount for a
deficit reduction line item shall be in order in the House of
Representatives or Senate unless it is printed in the Congressional
Record at least one day before it is offered.
``(c) It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or
in the Senate to offer an amendment establishing or increasing the
amount for a deficit reduction line item unless the amendment reduces
an appropriation for a discretionary spending program associated with
that line item by at least an equivalent amount.
``(d) It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or
the Senate to consider a conference report proposing an amendment to a
deficit reduction line item respecting a particular discretionary
spending program that is beyond the scope of that deficit reduction
line item as so committed to the conference committee.
``(e) As used in this section--
``(1) the term `appropriation bill' means any general or
supplemental appropriation bill; and
``(2) the term `rescission bill' means any bill which
rescinds budget authority, including a bill referred to by
section 1012.''.
(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 inserting after the item relating to section 313 the
following new item:
``Sec. 314. Deficit reduction line items in appropriation bills.''.
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