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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1060 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the reduction 

of section 302(b) suballocations to reflect floor amendments to general 

appropriation bills. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 

Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. AKIN, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 

FEENEY, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. FORTUN ̃O, Ms. FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, 

Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. ISSA, Mr. JINDAL, Mr. MCHENRY, 

Mr. PENCE, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. 

WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. CAMPBELL of California, Mrs. 

MUSGRAVE, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, and Mr. CUELLAR) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 

require the reduction of section 302(b) suballocations 

to reflect floor amendments to general appropriation 

bills. 

1 Resolved, That (a) rule XXI of the Rules of the House 

2 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 

3 following new clause: 

4 ‘‘7. (a) Whenever any Member offers an amendment 

5 to any general appropriation bill (or resolution making 

6 continuing appropriations to the end of a fiscal year) to 


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1 reduce new budget authority (and outlays flowing there2 from), that Member may designate the amount of the re3 duction in new budget authority that should be used to 

4 reduce the Federal budget deficit (or to increase the Fed5 eral budget surplus) if such amendment is agreed to. 

6 ‘‘(b)(1) Upon the engrossment in the House of Rep7 resentatives of any general appropriation bill (or resolu8 tion making continuing appropriations to the end of a fis9 cal year), the chairman of the Committee on Appropria10 tions shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) reduce the suballocation of new budget au12 thority to the appropriate subcommittee of that com13 mittee made under section 302(b) of the Congres14 sional Budget Act of 1974 by the net amount of re15 ductions in new budget authority resulting from the 

16 amendments agreed to by the House to that bill to 

17 the extent that they are designated pursuant to 

18 paragraph (a), and 

19 ‘‘(B) reduce the suballocation of outlays made 

20 under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget 

21 Act of 1974 to the appropriate subcommittee of that 

22 committee by the net amount of reductions in out23 lays resulting from amendments described in sub24 division (A) by the House to that bill, 

25 and promptly report those revisions to the House. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The reductions in suballocations made under 

2 subparagraph (1) may not be reallocated by the Com3 mittee on Appropriations to any other subcommittee. 

4 ‘‘(3) In the House of Representatives, the revised 

5 suballocations made under subparagraph (1) shall be 

6 deemed to be suballocations made under section 302(b) 

7 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

8 ‘‘(c) Upon the reporting of revised suballocations to 

9 the House by the Committee on Appropriations under 

10 paragraph (b), the chairman of the Committee on the 

11 Budget shall make appropriate revisions in the allocations 

12 to the Committee on Appropriations to reflect the revised 

13 suballocations and report those revisions to the House. In 

14 the House of Representatives, those revised allocations 

15 shall be deemed to be allocations made under section 

16 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.’’. 

17 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 

18 effect immediately prior to noon January 3, 2007. 

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