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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2685 

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to extend the discretionary 

spending caps and the pay-as-you-go requirement, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 12, 2007 

Mr. HILL (for himself, Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. BOSWELL, 

Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. ROSS, Mr. BARROW, Mr. COOPER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. TAYLOR, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. TANNER, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. 

WILSON of Ohio, Mr. BERRY, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. 

THOMPSON of California, Mr. SHULER, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. MATHESON, and Mr. BOYD of Florida) 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 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974 to extend the discretionary spending caps and the 

pay-as-you-go requirement, 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 ‘‘Fiscal Honesty and 

3 Accountability Act of 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO REQUIREMENT. 

5 (a) PURPOSE.—Section 252(a) of the Balanced 

6 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 

8 (b) SEQUESTRATION.—Section 252(b)(1) of the Bal9 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

10 is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 

11 (c) EXPIRATION.—Section 275(b) of the Balanced 

12 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 

13 amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’. 

14 (d) BROADENING OF SEQUESTRATION BASE.—The 

15 Directors of the Congressional Budget Office and of the 

16 Office of Management and Budget shall each submit, not 

17 later than six months following the enactment of this Act, 

18 a report to the Committee on the Budget of the House 

19 of Representatives that addresses the issue of how to 

20 broaden the pay-as-you-go sequestration base and make 

21 it more fair and equitable. 

22 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF THE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 

23 CAPS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1) through (13) of 

25 section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
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1 Deficit Control Act of 1985 are amended to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(1) with respect to fiscal year 2009 for the 

4 discretionary category: $1,047,357,000,000 in new 

5 budget authority and $1,160,782,000,000 in outlays; 

6 ‘‘(2) with respect to fiscal year 2010 for the 

7 discretionary category: $1,018,929,000,000 in new 

8 budget authority and $1,112,630,000,000 in outlays; 

9 ‘‘(3) with respect to fiscal year 2011 for the 

10 discretionary category: $1,030,052,000,000 in new 

11 budget authority and $1,100,382,000,000 in out12 lays;’’. 

13 (b) EXPIRATION.—Section 275 of the Balanced 

14 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

15 U.S.C. 900 note) is amended by striking subsection (b). 

16 SEC. 4. ACCOUNTABILITY IN EMERGENCY SPENDING. 

17 (a) OMB EMERGENCY CRITERIA.—Section 3 of the 

18 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

19 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new 

20 paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(11)(A) The term ‘emergency’ means a situa22 tion that— 

23 ‘‘(i) requires new budget authority and 

24 outlays (or new budget authority and the out25 lays flowing therefrom) for the prevention or 
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1 mitigation of, or response to, loss of life or 

2 property, or a threat to national security; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) is unanticipated. 

4 ‘‘(B) As used in subparagraph (A), the term 

5 ‘unanticipated’ means that the situation is— 

6 ‘‘(i) sudden, which means quickly coming 

7 into being or not building up over time; 

8 ‘‘(ii) urgent, which means a pressing and 

9 compelling need requiring immediate action; 

10 ‘‘(iii) unforeseen, which means not pre11 dicted or anticipated as an emerging need; and 

12 ‘‘(iv) temporary, which means not of a per13 manent duration.’’. 

14 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR APPLICA15 TION OF EMERGENCY DEFINITION.—Not later than five 

16 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the chair17 men of the Committees on the Budget (in consultation 

18 with the President) shall, after consulting with the chair19 men of the Committees on Appropriations and applicable 

20 authorizing committees of their respective Houses and the 

21 Directors of the Congressional Budget Office and the Of22 fice of Management and Budget, jointly publish in the 

23 Congressional Record guidelines for application of the def24 inition of emergency set forth in section 3(11) of the Con25 gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. 
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1 (c) SEPARATE HOUSE VOTE ON EMERGENCY DES2 IGNATION.—(1) Rule XXII of the Rules of the House of 

3 Representatives is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing new clause: 

5 ‘‘13. In the consideration of any measure for amend6 ment in the Committee of the Whole containing any emer7 gency spending designation, it shall always be in order un8 less specifically waived by terms of a rule governing con9 sideration of that measure, to move to strike such emer10 gency spending designation from the portion of the bill 

11 then open to amendment.’’. 

12 (2) The Committee on Rules shall include in the re13 port required by clause 1(d) of rule XI (relating to its 

14 activities during the Congress) of the Rules of the House 

15 of Representatives a separate item identifying all waivers 

16 of points of order relating to emergency spending designa17 tions, listed by bill or joint resolution number and the sub18 ject matter of that measure. 

19 (d) COMMITTEE NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY

20 LEGISLATION.—Whenever the Committee on Appropria21 tions or any other committee of either House (including 

22 a committee of conference) reports any bill or joint resolu23 tion that provides budget authority for any emergency, the 

24 report accompanying that bill or joint resolution (or the 

25 joint explanatory statement of managers in the case of a 
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1 conference report on any such bill or joint resolution) shall 

2 identify all provisions that provide budget authority and 

3 the outlays flowing therefrom for such emergency and in4 clude a statement of the reasons why such budget author5 ity meets the definition of an emergency pursuant to the 

6 guidelines described in subsection (b). 

7 (e) RESERVE FUND FOR EMERGENCIES IN PRESI8 DENT’S BUDGET.—Section 1105(f) of title 31, United 

9 States Code is amended by adding at the end the following 

10 new sentences: ‘‘Such budget submission shall also comply 

11 with the requirements of section 316(b) of the Congres12 sional Budget Act of 1974 and, in the case of any budget 

13 authority requested for an emergency, such submission 

14 shall include a detailed justification of why such emer15 gency is an emergency within the meaning of section 3(11) 

16 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.’’. 

17 (f) ADJUSTMENTS AND RESERVE FUND FOR EMER18 GENCIES IN JOINT BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.—Title III of 

19 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by add20 ing at the end the following new section: 

21 ‘‘EMERGENCIES

22 ‘‘SEC. 316. (a) ADJUSTMENTS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After the reporting of a bill 

24 or joint resolution or the submission of a conference 

25 report thereon that provides budget authority for 
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1 any emergency as identified pursuant to subsection 

2 (d) that is not covered by subsection (c)— 

3 ‘‘(A) the chairman of the Committee on 

4 the Budget of the House of Representatives or 

5 the Senate shall determine and certify, pursu6 ant to the guidelines referred to in subsection 

7 (b), the portion (if any) of the amount so speci8 fied that is for an emergency within the mean9 ing of section 3(11); and 

10 ‘‘(B) such chairman shall make the adjust11 ment set forth in paragraph (2) for the amount 

12 of new budget authority (or outlays) in that 

13 measure and the outlays flowing from that 

14 budget authority. 

15 ‘‘(2) MATTERS TO BE ADJUSTED.—The adjust16 ments referred to in paragraph (1) are to be made 

17 to the allocations made pursuant to the appropriate 

18 joint resolution on the budget pursuant to section 

19 302(a) and shall be in an amount not to exceed the 

20 amount reserved for emergencies pursuant to the re21 quirements of subsection (b). 

22 ‘‘(b) RESERVE FUND FOR EMERGENCIES.— 

23 ‘‘(1) AMOUNTS.—The amount set forth in the 

24 reserve fund for emergencies (other than those cov25 ered by subsection (c)) for budget authority and out-
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1 lays for a fiscal year pursuant to section 301(a)(6) 

2 shall equal— 

3 ‘‘(A) the average of the enacted levels of 

4 budget authority for emergencies (other than 

5 those covered by subsection (c)) in the 5 fiscal 

6 years preceding the current year; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the average of the levels of outlays 

8 for emergencies in the 5 fiscal years preceding 

9 the current year flowing from the budget au10 thority referred to in subparagraph (A), but 

11 only in the fiscal year for which such budget 

12 authority first becomes available for obligation. 

13 ‘‘(2) AVERAGE LEVELS.—For purposes of para14 graph (1), the amount used for a fiscal year to cal15 culate the average of the enacted levels when one or 

16 more of such 5 preceding fiscal years is any of fiscal 

17 years 2001 through 2005 is as follows: the amount 

18 of enacted levels of budget authority and the amount 

19 of new outlays flowing therefrom for emergencies, 

20 but only in the fiscal year for which such budget au21 thority first becomes available for obligation for each 

22 of such 5 fiscal years, which shall be determined by 

23 the Committees on the Budget of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate after receipt of a report 

25 on such matter transmitted to such committees by 
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1 the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 6 

2 months after the date of enactment of this section 

3 and thereafter in February of each calendar year. 

4 ‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF EMERGENCIES TO FUND CER5 TAIN MILITARY OPERATIONS.—Whenever the Committee 

6 on Appropriations reports any bill or joint resolution that 

7 provides budget authority for any emergency that is a 

8 threat to national security and the funding of which car9 ries out a military operation authorized by a declaration 

10 of war or a joint resolution authorizing the use of military 

11 force and the report accompanying that bill or joint resolu12 tion, pursuant to subsection (d), identifies any provision 

13 that increases outlays or provides budget authority (and 

14 the outlays flowing therefrom) for such emergency, the en15 actment of which would cause the total amount of budget 

16 authority or outlays provided for emergencies for the 

17 budget year in the joint resolution on the budget (pursu18 ant to section 301(a)(6)) to be exceeded: 

19 ‘‘(1) Such bill or joint resolution shall be re20 ferred to the Committee on the Budget of the House 

21 or the Senate, as the case may be, with instructions 

22 to report it without amendment, other than that 

23 specified in subparagraph (B), within 5 legislative 

24 days of the day in which it is reported from the orig25 inating committee. If the Committee on the Budget 
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1 of either House fails to report a bill or joint resolu2 tion referred to it under this subparagraph within 

3 such 5-day period, the committee shall be automati4 cally discharged from further consideration of such 

5 bill or joint resolution and such bill or joint resolu6 tion shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

7 ‘‘(2) An amendment to such a bill or joint reso8 lution referred to in this subsection shall only consist 

9 of an exemption from section 251 of the Balanced 

10 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

11 of all or any part of the provisions that provide 

12 budget authority (and the outlays flowing therefrom) 

13 for such emergency if the committee determines, 

14 pursuant to the guidelines referred to in subsection 

15 (b), that such budget authority is for an emergency 

16 within the meaning of section 3(11). 

17 ‘‘(3) If such a bill or joint resolution is reported 

18 with an amendment specified in subparagraph (B) 

19 by the Committee on the Budget of the House of 

20 Representatives or the Senate, then the budget au21 thority and resulting outlays that are the subject of 

22 such amendment shall not be included in any deter23 minations under section 302(f) or 311(a) for any 

24 bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or con25 ference report.’’. 
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1 (g) CONTENT OF BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.—Section 

2 301(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amend3 ed by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs 

4 (7) and (8), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph 

5 (5) the following new paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(6) totals of new budget authority and outlays 

7 for emergencies;’’. 

8 (h) WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE SENATE.—Section 

9 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘316,’’ 

12 after ‘‘313,’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘316,’’ 

14 after ‘‘313,’’. 

15 (i) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con16 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 

17 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in18 serting after the item relating to section 315 the following 

19 new item: 

‘‘Sec. 316. Emergencies.’’. 

20 (j) APPLICATION OF SECTION 306 TO EMERGENCIES

21 IN EXCESS OF AMOUNTS IN RESERVE FUND.—Section 

22 306 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended 

23 by inserting at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘No 

24 amendment reported by the Committee on the Budget (or 
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1 from the consideration of which such committee has been 

2 discharged) pursuant to section 316(c) may be amended.’’. 

3 (k) UP-TO-DATE TABULATIONS.—Section 308(b)(2) 

4 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking 

6 the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting 

7 ‘‘; and’’, and by adding at the end the following new sub8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(D) shall include an up-to-date tabulation 

10 of amounts remaining in the reserve fund for 

11 emergencies.’’. 

12 (l) POINT OF ORDER.—Section 305 of the Congres13 sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 

14 end the following new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(e) POINT OF ORDER REGARDING EMERGENCY RE16 SERVE FUND.—It shall not be in order in the House of 

17 Representatives or in the Senate to consider an amend18 ment to a joint resolution on the budget which changes 

19 the amount of budget authority and outlays set forth in 

20 section 301(a)(4) for emergency reserve fund.’’. 

21 (m) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—(1) Section 

22 904(c)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 

23 amended by inserting ‘‘305(e),’’ after ‘‘305(c)(4),’’. 
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1 (2) Section 904(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget 

2 Act of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘305(e),’’ after 

3 ‘‘305(c)(4),’’. 

4 SEC. 5. DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST COSTS. 

5 Section 308(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act 

6 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 639(a)(1)) is amended— 

7 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

8 after the semicolon; 

9 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

10 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(D) containing a projection by the Con14 gressional Budget Office of the cost of the debt 

15 servicing that would be caused by such measure 

16 for such fiscal year (or fiscal years) and each 

17 of the four ensuing fiscal years.’’. 

18 SEC. 6. CBO SCORING OF CONFERENCE REPORTS. 

19 (a) The first sentence of section 402 of the Congres20 sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended as follows: 

21 (1) Insert ‘‘or conference report thereon,’’ be22 fore ‘‘and submit’’. 

23 (2) In paragraph (1), strike ‘‘bill or resolution’’ 

24 and insert ‘‘bill, joint resolution, or conference re25 port’’. 
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1 (3) At the end of paragraph (2) strike ‘‘and’’, 

2 at the end of paragraph (3) strike the period and in3 sert ‘‘; and’’, and after such paragraph (3) add the 

4 following new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(4) A determination of whether such bill, joint 

6 resolution, or conference report provides direct 

7 spending.’’. 

8 (4) At the end, add the following new sentence: 

9 ‘‘The Director shall also prepare such estimates for 

10 any bill or resolution of a public character that has 

11 not been reported by a committee before it may be 

12 considered in the House or Representatives or Sen13 ate.’’ 

14 (b) The second sentence of section 402 of the Con15 gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting 

16 before the period the following: ‘‘, or in the case of a con17 ference report, shall be included in the joint explanatory 

18 statement of managers accompanying such conference re19 port if timely submitted before such report is filed’’. 

20 SEC. 7. BUDGET COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS. 

21 Clause 3(d) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

22 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 

23 following new subparagraph: 

24 ‘‘(4) A budget compliance statement prepared 

25 by the chairman of the Committee on the Budget, 
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1 if timely submitted prior to the filing of the report, 

2 which shall include assessment by such chairman as 

3 to whether the bill or joint resolution complies with 

4 the requirements of sections 302, 303, 306, 311, 

5 and 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

6 or any other requirements set forth in a concurrent 

7 resolution on the budget and may include the budg8 etary implications of that bill or joint resolution 

9 under section 251 or 252 of the Balanced Budget 

10 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as ap11 plicable.’’. 

12 SEC. 8. AUTOMATIC BUDGET ENFORCEMENT FOR MEAS13 URES CONSIDERED ON THE FLOOR. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 

15 Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 5(f)) is fur16 ther amended by adding at the end the following new sec17 tion: 

18 ‘‘BUDGET EVASION POINTS OF ORDER

19 ‘‘SEC. 317. (a) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING CAPS.— 

20 It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives 

21 or the Senate to consider any bill or resolution (or amend22 ment, motion, or conference report on that bill or resolu23 tion) that waives or suspends the enforcement of section 

24 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con25 trol Act of 1985 or otherwise would alter the spending 

26 limits set forth in that section. 
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1 ‘‘(b) PAY-AS-YOU-GO.—It shall not be in order in the 

2 House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 

3 bill or resolution (or amendment, motion, or conference 

4 report on that bill or resolution) that waives or suspends 

5 the enforcement of section 252 of the Balanced Budget 

6 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or otherwise 

7 would alter the balances of the pay-as-you-go scorecard 

8 pursuant to that section. 

9 ‘‘(c) DIRECTED SCORING.—It shall not be in order 

10 in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider 

11 any bill or resolution (or amendment, motion, or con12 ference report on that bill or resolution) that directs the 

13 scorekeeping of any bill or resolution. 

14 ‘‘(d) FAR-OUTYEARS.—It shall not be in order in the 

15 House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 

16 bill or resolution (or amendment, motion, or conference 

17 report on that bill or resolution) that contains a provision 

18 providing new budget authority or which reduces revenues 

19 which first takes effect after the first five fiscal years cov20 ered in the most recently adopted concurrent resolution 

21 on the budget and would have the effect of reducing the 

22 surplus or increasing the deficit in any fiscal year. 

23 ‘‘(e) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT24 ATIVES.—(1) It shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
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1 resentatives to consider a rule or order that waives the 

2 application of this section. 

3 ‘‘(2)(A) This subsection shall apply only to the House 

4 of Representatives. 

5 ‘‘(B) In order to be cognizable by the Chair, a point 

6 of order under this section must specify the precise lan7 guage on which it is premised. 

8 ‘‘(C) As disposition of points of order under this sec9 tion, the Chair shall put the question of consideration with 

10 respect to the proposition that is the subject of the points 

11 of order. 

12 ‘‘(D) A question of consideration under this section 

13 shall be debatable for 10 minutes by each Member initi14 ating a point of order and for 10 minutes by an opponent 

15 on each point of order, but shall otherwise be decided with16 out intervening motion except one that the House adjourn 

17 or that the Committee of the Whole rise, as the case may 

18 be. 

19 ‘‘(E) The disposition of the question of consideration 

20 under this subsection with respect to a bill or joint resolu21 tion shall be considered also to determine the question of 

22 consideration under this subsection with respect to an 

23 amendment made in order as original text.’’. 
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1 (b) WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE SENATE.—Section 

2 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘317,’’ 

5 after ‘‘316,’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ‘‘317,’’ 

7 after ‘‘316,’’. 

8 (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

9 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by in10 serting after the item for section 316 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 317. Budget evasion points of order.’’. 

11 SEC. 9. APPLICATION OF BUDGET ACT POINTS OF ORDER 

12 TO UNREPORTED LEGISLATION. 

13 (a) Section 315 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

14 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘reported’’ the first place it 

15 appears. 

16 (b) Section 303(b) of the Congressional Budget Act 

17 of 1974 is amended— 

18 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and by 

19 redesignating subparagraph (B) as paragraph (2) 

20 and by striking the semicolon at the end of such new 

21 paragraph (2) and inserting a period; and 

22 (2) by striking paragraph (3). 
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1 SEC. 10. REQUIREMENTS FOR BUDGET ACT WAIVERS IN 

2 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 

3 (a) JUSTIFICATION FOR BUDGET ACT WAIVERS.— 

4 Clause 6 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Rep5 resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 

6 new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(h) It shall not be in order to consider any resolution 

8 from the Committee on Rules for the consideration of any 

9 reported bill or joint resolution which waives section 302, 

10 303, 311, or 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

11 1974, unless the report accompanying such resolution in12 cludes a description of the provision proposed to be 

13 waived, an identification of the section being waived, the 

14 reasons why such waiver should be granted, and an esti15 mated cost of the provisions to which the waiver applies.’’. 

16 (b) SEPARATE VOTE TO WAIVE MAJOR BUDGET ACT

17 POINT OF ORDER.—Section 312 of the Congressional 

18 Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the 

19 following new subsection 

20 ‘‘(g)(1) It shall not be in order in the House of Rep21 resentatives to consider a rule or order that waives the 

22 application of a major budget act point of order as defined 

23 in paragraph (2). 

24 ‘‘(2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term 

25 ‘major budget point of order’ means any point of order 

26 arising under any section listed in section 904. 
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1 ‘‘(3)(A) In order to be cognizable by the Chair, a 

2 point of order under the sections referenced in paragraph 

3 (2) must specify the precise language on which it is pre4 mised. 

5 ‘‘(B) As disposition of points of order under the sec6 tions referenced in paragraph (2), the Chair shall put the 

7 question of consideration with respect to the proposition 

8 that is the subject of the points of order 

9 ‘‘(C) A question of consideration under the sections 

10 referenced in paragraph (2) shall be debatable for 10 min11 utes by each Member initiating a point of order and for 

12 10 minutes by an opponent on each point of order, but 

13 shall otherwise be decided without intervening motion ex14 cept one that the House adjourn or that the Committee 

15 of the Whole rise, as the case may be. 

16 ‘‘(D) The disposition of the question of consideration 

17 under this subsection with respect to a bill or joint resolu18 tion shall be considered also to determine the question of 

19 consideration under this subsection with respect to an 

20 amendment made in order as original text.’’. 

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