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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1219

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to extend and reduce the

discretionary spending limits, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 13, 1995

Mr. KASICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period

to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee

concerned

A BILL

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

of 1985 to extend and reduce the discretionary spending

limits, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Discretionary Spend5 ing Reduction and Control Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

2 (a) LIMITS.—Section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional

3 Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking subparagraphs

4 (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F), by redesignating subpara5 graph (E) as subparagraph (A) and by striking ‘‘and’’ at

6 the end of that subparagraph, and by inserting after sub7 paragraph (A) the following new subparagraphs:

8 ‘‘(B) with respect to fiscal year 1996, for

9 the discretionary category: $llll in new

10 budget authority and $llll in outlays;

11 ‘‘(C) with respect to fiscal year 1997, for

12 the discretionary category: $llll in new

13 budget authority and $llll in outlays;

14 ‘‘(D) with respect to fiscal year 1998, for

15 the discretionary category: $llll in new

16 budget authority and $llll in outlays;

17 ‘‘(E) with respect to fiscal year 1999, for

18 the discretionary category: $llll in new

19 budget authority and $llll in outlays;

20 and

21 ‘‘(F) with respect to fiscal year 2000, for

22 the discretionary category: $llll in new

23 budget authority and $llll in outlays;’’.

24 (b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS AND ENFORCE25 MENT.—Section 602 of the Congressional Budget Act of

26 1974 is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘1995’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘2000’’ and by striking its last sentence;

3 and

4 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘1992 to

5 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995 to 2000’’ and by striking

6 ‘‘1992 through 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995 through

7 2000’’.

8 (c) FIVE-YEAR BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.—Section

9 606 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amend10 ed—

11 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘1992, 1993,

12 1994, or 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997,

13 1998, 1999, or 2000’’; and

14 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘1992, 1993,

15 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997,

16 1998, 1999, and 2000’’.

17 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 607 of the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘1991

19 to 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1995 to 2000’’.

20 (e) SEQUESTRATION REGARDING CRIME TRUST

21 FUND.—(1) Section 251A(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget

22 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended

23 by striking subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) and its last

24 sentence and inserting the following:

25 ‘‘(B) For fiscal year 1996, $lll.
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1 ‘‘(C) For fiscal year 1997, $lll.

2 ‘‘(D) For fiscal year 1998, $lll.

3 ‘‘(E) For fiscal year 1999, $lll.

4 ‘‘(F) For fiscal year 2000, $lll.

5 ‘‘The appropriate levels of new budget authority are

6 as follows: for fiscal year 1996, $llll; for fis7 cal year 1997, $lll; for fiscal year 1998,

8 $lll; for fiscal year 1999, $lll; and for fis9 cal year 2000, $lll.’’.

10 (2) The last two sentences of section 310002 of the

11 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

12 (42 U.S.C. 14212) are repealed.

13 SEC. 3. GENERAL STATEMENT AND DEFINITIONS.

14 (a) GENERAL STATEMENT.—Section 250(b) of the

15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

16 1985 is amended by striking the first sentence and insert17 ing the following: ‘‘This part provides for the enforcement

18 of deficit reduction through discretionary spending limits

19 and pay-as-you-go requirements for fiscal years 1995

20 through 2000.’’.

21 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 250(c) of the Balanced

22 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is

23 amended—

24 (1) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the

25 following:
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1 ‘‘(4) The term ‘category’ means all discre2 tionary appropriations.’’;

3 (2) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the

4 following:

5 ‘‘(6) The term ‘budgetary resources’ means new

6 budget authority, unobligated balances, direct spend7 ing authority, and obligation limitations.’’;

8 (3) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘1992’’ and

9 inserting ‘‘1995’’;

10 (4) in paragraph (14), by striking ‘‘1995’’ and

11 inserting ‘‘2000’’; and

12 (5) by striking paragraph (17) and by redesig13 nating paragraphs (18) through (21) as paragraphs

14 (17) through (20), respectively.

15 SEC. 4. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

16 Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—

18 (1) in the side heading of subsection (a), by

19 striking ‘‘1991–1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1995–2000’’;

20 (2) in the first sentence of subsection (b)(1), by

21 striking ‘‘1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 or

22 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,

23 1999, or 2000’’ and by striking ‘‘through 1998’’ and

24 inserting ‘‘through 2000’’;
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1 (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking subpara2 graphs (B) and (C) and by striking ‘‘the following:’’

3 and all that follows through ‘‘The adjustments’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘the following: the adjustments’’;

5 (4) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘1991,

6 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998’’ and

7 inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000’’

8 and by striking ‘‘through 1998’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘through 2000’’;

10 (5) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C)

11 of subsection (b)(2);

12 (6) in subsection (b)(2)(E), by striking clauses

13 (i), (ii), and (iii) and by striking ‘‘(iv) if, for fiscal

14 years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998’’ and in15 serting ‘‘If, for fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,

16 1999, and 2000’’; and

17 (7) in subsection (b)(2)(F), strike everything

18 after ‘‘the adjustment in outlays is’’ and insert ‘‘for

19 a category for a fiscal year not to exceed 0.5 percent

20 of the adjusted discretionary spending limit on out21 lays for that fiscal year in fiscal year 1996, 1997,

22 1998, 1999, or 2000’’.

23 SEC. 5. ENFORCING PAY-AS-YOU-GO.

24 Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

25 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—
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1 (1) in the side heading of subsection (a), by

2 striking ‘‘1992–1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1995–2000’’;

3 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘1998’’ each

4 place it appears and inserting ‘‘2000’’; and

5 (3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘1991 through

6 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1995 through 2000’’ and by

7 striking ‘‘through 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘through

8 2000’’.

9 SEC. 6. REPORTS AND ORDERS.

10 Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

11 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—

12 (1) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘1998’’

13 and inserting ‘‘2000’’; and

14 (2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘1998’’ each

15 place it appears and inserting ‘‘2000’’.

16 SEC. 7. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

17 Section 258 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

18 Deficit Control Act of 1985, entitled ‘‘Modification of

19 Presidential Order’’, is repealed.

20 SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

21 (a) EXPIRATION.—Section 275(b) of the Balanced

22 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is

23 amended by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’.
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1 (b) EXPIRATION.—Section 14002(c)(3)(A) of the

2 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (2 U.S.C.

3 900 note) is repealed.

4 SEC. 9. SPECIAL RULE ON INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

5 CHANGES IN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIM6 ITS AND PAY-AS-YOU-GO REQUIREMENTS.

7 (a)(1) Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and

8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by

9 adding at the end the following new subsection:

10 ‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULE ON INTERRELATIONSHIP BE11 TWEEN SECTIONS 251 AND 252.—(1) Whenever a rec12 onciliation Act decreases the discretionary spending limits

13 for outlays and provides that that decrease shall be used

14 to offset all or part of an increase in direct spending or

15 decrease in receipts, as the case may be, in that Act and

16 reduces (by an amount equal to or greater than) budget

17 authority as computed using the composite spendout rate,

18 then the reduction in receipts or increase in outlays for

19 direct spending (that is so offset) shall not be reflected

20 in estimates under subsection (d).

21 ‘‘(2) As used in this subsection:

22 ‘‘(A) The term ‘composite spendout rate’ means

23 a computational relationship between outlays and

24 new budget authority as follows: 60 percent for the

25 first year, 22 percent for the second year, 12 percent
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1 for the third year, 4 percent for the fourth year, and

2 1 percent for the fifth year.

3 ‘‘(B) The term ‘reconciliation Act’ refers to a

4 reconciliation bill (as used in section 310 of the Con5 gressional Budget Act of 1974) after it is enacted

6 into law.’’.

7 (2) Section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act

8 of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para9 graph (3), by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph

10 (5) and by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ in such redesignated para11 graph (5) and inserting ‘‘(3), and (4)’’, and by inserting

12 after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:

13 ‘‘(4) carry out section 252(f)(2) of the Bal14 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

15 1985; or’’.

16 (b) None of the changes in direct spending and re17 ceipts resulting from this Act shall be reflected in esti18 mates under section 252(d) of the Balanced Budget and

19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

20 (c) In the OMB final sequestration report for fiscal

21 year 1996—

22 (1) all adjustments required by section

23 251(b)(2) made after the preview report for fiscal

24 year 1996 shall be made to the discretionary spend-
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1 ing limits set forth in 601(a)(2) of the Congressional

2 Budget Act of 1974 as amended by section 2; and

3 (2) all changes in the discretionary spending

4 limits made by the Personal Responsibility Act of

5 1995 shall be made to those limits.

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