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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1219

[Report No. 104–89, Part I]

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

MARCH 23, 1995

Reported from the Committee on the Budget with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 13, 1995]

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Discretionary Spending

3 Reduction and Control Act of 1995’’.

4 SEC. 2. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

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

6 Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking subparagraphs

7 (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F), by redesignating subparagraph

8 (E) as subparagraph (A) and by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end

9 of that subparagraph, and by inserting after subparagraph

10 (A) the following new subparagraphs:

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

12 the discretionary category: $502,994,000,000 in

13 new budget authority and $537,946,000,000 in

14 outlays;

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

16 discretionary category: $497,816,000,000 in new

17 budget authority and $531,793,000,000 in out18 lays;

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

20 the discretionary category: $489,046,000,000 in

21 new budget authority and $523,703,000,000 in

22 outlays;

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

24 the discretionary category: $491,586,000,000 in

25 new budget authority and $522,063,000,000 in

26 outlays; and
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1 ‘‘(F) with respect to fiscal year 2000, for the

2 discretionary category: $492,282,000,000 in new

3 budget authority and $521,690,000,000 in out4 lays;’’.

5 (b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT.—

6 Section 602 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is

7 amended—

8 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘1995’’ and in9 serting ‘‘2000’’ and by striking its last sentence; and

10 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘1992 TO

11 1995’’ in the side heading and inserting ‘‘1995 TO

12 2000’’ and by striking ‘‘1992 through 1995’’ and in13 serting ‘‘1995 through 2000’’.

14 (c) FIVE-YEAR BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.—Section 606

15 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended—

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

17 1994, or 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997,

18 1998, 1999, or 2000’’; and

19 (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘1992, 1993,

20 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997,

21 1998, 1999, and 2000’’, and by striking ‘‘(i) and

22 (ii)’’.

23 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 607 of the Congres24 sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘1991

25 to 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1995 to 2000’’.
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1 (e) SEQUESTRATION REGARDING CRIME TRUST

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

3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by strik4 ing subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) and its last sentence

5 and inserting the following:

6 ‘‘(B) For fiscal year 1996, $1,827,000,000.

7 ‘‘(C) For fiscal year 1997, $3,082,000,000.

8 ‘‘(D) For fiscal year 1998, $3,840,000,000.

9 ‘‘(E) For fiscal year 1999, $4,415,000,000.

10 ‘‘(F) For fiscal year 2000, $4,874,000,000.

11 ‘‘The appropriate levels of new budget authority are

12 as follows: for fiscal year 1996, $3,357,000,000; for

13 fiscal year 1997, $3,915,000,000; for fiscal year 1998,

14 $4,306,000,000; for fiscal year 1999, $5,089,000,000;

15 and for fiscal year 2000, $5,089,000,000.’’.

16 (2) The last two sentences of section 310002 of the Vio17 lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42

18 U.S.C. 14212) are repealed.

19 SEC. 3. GENERAL STATEMENT AND DEFINITIONS.

20 (a) GENERAL STATEMENT.—Section 250(b) of the Bal21 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

22 is amended by striking the first sentence and inserting the

23 following: ‘‘This part provides for the enforcement of deficit

24 reduction through discretionary spending limits and pay-
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1 as-you-go requirements for fiscal years 1995 through

2 2000.’’.

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

4 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is

5 amended—

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

7 following:

8 ‘‘(4) The term ‘category’ means all discretionary

9 appropriations.’’;

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

11 following:

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

13 budget authority, unobligated balances, direct spend14 ing authority, and obligation limitations.’’;

15 (3) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘1992’’ and in16 serting ‘‘1995’’;

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

18 inserting ‘‘2000’’; and

19 (5) by striking paragraph (17) and by redesig20 nating paragraphs (18) through (21) as paragraphs

21 (17) through (20), respectively.

22 SEC. 4. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

23 Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

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

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

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

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

5 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,

6 or 2000’’ and by striking ‘‘through 1998’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘through 2000’’;

8 (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking subpara9 graphs (B) and (C) and by striking ‘‘the following:’’

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

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

12 (4) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘1991, 1992,

13 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000’’ and by

15 striking ‘‘through 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘through

16 2000’’;

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

18 of subsection (b)(2);

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

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

21 years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘If, for fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,

23 and 2000’’; and

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

25 after ‘‘the adjustment in outlays’’ and insert ‘‘for a
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1 category for a fiscal year shall not exceed 0.5 percent

2 of the adjusted discretionary spending limit on out3 lays for that fiscal year in fiscal year 1996, 1997,

4 1998, 1999, or 2000.’’.

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

6 Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—

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

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

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

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

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

13 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1995 through 2000’’ and by

14 striking ‘‘through 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘through

15 2000’’.

16 SEC. 6. REPORTS AND ORDERS.

17 Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

18 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—

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

20 inserting ‘‘2000’’; and

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

22 place it appears and inserting ‘‘2000’’.
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1 SEC. 7. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

2 Section 258 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985, entitled ‘‘Modification of Presi4 dential Order’’, is repealed.

5 SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

7 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is

8 amended by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’.

9 (b) EXPIRATION.—Section 14002(c)(3) of the Omnibus

10 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (2 U.S.C. 900 note; 2

11 U.S.C. 665 note) is repealed.

12 SEC. 9. SPECIAL RULE ON INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

13 CHANGES IN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIM14 ITS AND PAY-AS-YOU-GO REQUIREMENTS.

15 (a)(1) Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emer16 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding

17 at the end the following new subsection:

18 ‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULE ON INTERRELATIONSHIP BE19 TWEEN SECTIONS 251 AND 252.—(1) Whenever a reconcili20 ation Act decreases the discretionary spending limits for

21 outlays and provides that that decrease shall be used to off22 set all or part of an increase in direct spending or decrease

23 in receipts (or both) in that Act and reduces the discre24 tionary spending limits for budget authority by an amount

25 equal to or greater than the amount that budget authority

26 would be as calculated using the composite spendout rate,
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1 then the reduction in receipts or increase in outlays for di2 rect spending (that is so offset) shall not be reflected in esti3 mates under subsection (d).

4 ‘‘(2) As used in this subsection:

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

6 a computational relationship between outlays and

7 new budget authority as follows: 60 percent for the

8 first year, 22 percent for the second year, 12 percent

9 for the third year, 4 percent for the fourth year, and

10 1 percent for the fifth year.

11 ‘‘(B) The term ‘reconciliation Act’ refers to a rec12 onciliation bill (as used in section 310 of the Congres13 sional Budget Act of 1974) after it is enacted into

14 law.’’.

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

16 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph

17 (3), by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5) and

18 by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ in such redesignated paragraph (5)

19 and inserting ‘‘(3), and (4)’’, and by inserting after para20 graph (3) the following new paragraph:

21 ‘‘(4) carry out section 252(f) of the Balanced

22 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985;

23 or’’.

24 (b) To the extent that a deficit increase in any fiscal

25 year through 2000 caused by changes in direct spending
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1 and receipts resulting from this Act, the Personal Respon2 sibility Act of 1995, or the Contract With America Tax Re3 lief Act of 1995 is offset by reductions in the limit on discre4 tionary outlays as provided by section 2 over the 5 fiscal

5 year period beginning with fiscal year 1996, such changes

6 in direct spending and receipts shall not be reflected in esti7 mates under section 252(d) of the Balanced Budget and

8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. For purposes of this

9 subsection, reductions in the limit on discretionary outlays

10 for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 shall be measured as reduc11 tions from the discretionary spending limit for outlays for

12 fiscal year 1998 as in effect immediately before the enact13 ment of this Act.

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

15 year 1996—

16 (1) all adjustments required by section 251(b)(2)

17 made after the preview report for fiscal year 1996

18 shall be made to the discretionary spending limits set

19 forth in 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of

20 1974 as amended by section 2; and

21 (2) all statutory changes in the discretionary

22 spending limits made by the Personal Responsibility

23 Act of 1995 or by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making

24 emergency supplemental appropriations for addi25 tional disaster assistance and making rescissions for
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1 the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for

2 other purposes’’ shall be made to those limits.

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