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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2686 

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

extend the pay-as-you-go provisions through fiscal year 2012. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 12, 2007 

Mr. HILL (for himself, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. SHULER, Mr. MELANCON, 

Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BARROW, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. TANNER, Mr. BOYD of Florida, and Mr. ROSS) 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 Control Act 

of 1985 to extend the pay-as-you-go provisions through 

fiscal year 2012. 

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 ‘‘Budget Enforcement 

5 and Accountability Act of 2007’’. 


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

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

3 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 

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

5 (b) SEQUESTRATION.—Section 252(b)(1) of the Bal6 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 

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

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

9 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is 

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

11 (d) BROADENING OF SEQUESTRATION BASE.—The 

12 Directors of the Congressional Budget Office and of the 

13 Office of Management and Budget shall each submit, not 

14 later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this 

15 Act, a report to the Committee on the Budget of the 

16 House of Representatives that addresses the issue of how 

17 to broaden the pay-as-you-go sequestration base and make 

18 it more fair and equitable. 

19 SEC. 3. BUDGET EVASION POINTS OF ORDER. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

21 (1) PAY-AS-YOU-GO.—It shall not be in order in 

22 the House of Representatives or the Senate to con23 sider any bill or joint resolution, or conference re24 port thereon or amendment thereto, or motion that 

25 waives or suspends the enforcement of section 252 

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1 trol Act of 1985 or otherwise would alter the bal2 ances of the pay-as-you-go scorecard under that sec3 tion. 

4 (2) DIRECTED SCORING.—It shall not be in 

5 order in the House of Representatives or the Senate 

6 to consider any direct spending or receipts legisla7 tion, or conference report thereon or amendment 

8 thereto, or motion that would affect its treatment 

9 under such section 252. 

10 (b) WAIVER AND APPEAL IN THE SENATE.—This 

11 section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only 

12 by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 

13 chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

14 the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall 

15 be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the rul16 ing of the Chair on a point of order raised under this sec17 tion. 

18 (c) ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA19 TIVES.—It shall not be in order in the House of Rep20 resentatives to consider a rule or order that waives the 

21 application of subsection (a). 

22 (d) DISPOSITION OF POINTS OF ORDER IN THE

23 HOUSE.—In the House of Representatives, as disposition 

24 of a point of order under subsection (a), the Chair shall 

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1 osition that is the subject of the point of order. A question 

2 of consideration under this section shall be debatable for 

3 10 minutes by the Member initiating the point of order 

4 and for 10 minutes by an opponent of the point of order, 

5 but shall otherwise be decided without intervening motion 

6 except one that the House adjourn or that the Committee 

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

8 (e) EFFECT ON AMENDMENT IN ORDER AS ORIGINAL

9 TEXT IN THE HOUSE.—The disposition of the question 

10 of consideration under this section with respect to a bill 

11 or joint resolution shall be considered also to determine 

12 the question of consideration under this subsection with 

13 respect to an amendment made in order as original text. 

14 SEC. 4. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 

15 The provisions of section 3 are enacted by Con16 gress— 

17 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking powers of 

18 the House of Representatives and the Senate, and as 

19 such they shall be considered as part of the rules of 

20 the House of Representatives and the Senate, re21 spectively, and such rules shall supersede other rules 

22 only to the extent that they are inconsistent there23 with; and 

24 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

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1 ate to change such rules at anytime, in the same 

2 manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 

3 any other rule of the House of Representatives or 

4 the Senate, respectively. 

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