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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4259

To extend caps on defense and nondefense discretionary spending through

fiscal year 1998.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 20, 1994

Mr. SKELTON (for himself, Mr. SPENCE, Mr. DICKS, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr.

HUTTO, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. BATEMAN, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr.

BROWDER, Mr. BUYER, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DARDEN,

Mr. DORNAN, Mr. EDWARDS of Texas, Mr. EVERETT, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr.

PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. GLICKMAN, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr.

HUNTER, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KYL, Mr. LANCASTER, Mr. LAUGHLIN, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. LEWIS of Florida,

Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mrs. LLOYD, Ms. LONG, Mr. MACHTLEY, Mr. MCCURDY, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. PENNY, Mr. PETERSON of Florida,

Mr. PICKETT, Mr. RAVENEL, Mr. ROWLAND, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SISISKY,

Mr. SLATTERY, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. STUMP, Mr. TALENT, Mr. TANNER, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. TEJEDA, Mr.

TORKILDSEN, and Mr. WELDON) introduced the following bill; which was

referred to the Committee on Government Operations

A BILL

To extend caps on defense and nondefense discretionary

spending through fiscal year 1998.

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 ‘‘National Security

3 Budgeting and Deficit Control Act of 1994’’.

4 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SPENDING LIMITS.

5 (a) CATEGORY.—Subparagraph (B) of section

6 250(c)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

7 Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(B) For fiscal years 1995 through 1998,

9 any of the following subsets of discretionary ap10 propriations: defense or nondefense. New ac11 counts or activities shall be categorized in con12 sultation with the Committees on Appropria13 tions and the Budget of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Senate.’’.

15 (b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.—Section 601(a)(2)

16 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by

17 striking subparagraphs (E) and (F) and inserting the fol18 lowing:

19 ‘‘(E) with respect to fiscal year 1995—

20 ‘‘(i) for the defense category:

21 $265,316,000,000 in new budget authority

22 and $269,278,000,000 in outlays; and

23 ‘‘(ii) for the nondefense category:

24 $249,862,000,000 in new budget authority

25 and $270,358,000,000 in outlays;

26 ‘‘(F) with respect to fiscal year 1996—
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1 ‘‘(i) for the defense category:

2 $257,760,000,000 in new budget authority

3 and $262,713,000,000 in outlays; and

4 ‘‘(ii) for the nondefense category:

5 $260,871,000,000 in new budget authority

6 and $284,605,000,000 in outlays;

7 ‘‘(G) with respect to fiscal year 1997—

8 ‘‘(i) for the defense category:

9 $257,974,000,000 in new budget authority

10 and $258,127,000,000 in outlays; and

11 ‘‘(ii) for the nondefense category:

12 $269,581,000,000 in new budget authority

13 and $288,752,000,000 in outlays; and

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

15 the discretionary category—

16 ‘‘(i) for the defense category:

17 $259,745,000,000 in new budget authority

18 and $256,569,000,000 in outlays; and

19 ‘‘(ii) for the nondefense category:

20 $270,347,000,000 in new budget authority

21 and $290,486,000,000 in outlays.’’.

22 SEC. 3. SPECIAL ALLOWANCES.

23 (a) SPECIAL ALLOWANCE FOR DISCRETIONARY NEW

24 BUDGET AUTHORITY.—Section 251(b)(2)(E) of the Bal-
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1 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

2 is amended—

3 (1) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘for a category’’

4 after ‘‘new budget authority’’ the second place it ap5 pears, and by inserting ‘‘for that category’’ before

6 ‘‘for that fiscal year’’; and

7 (2) by adding at the end the following new sen8 tence: ‘‘The special budget authority adjustment re9 quired in the final sequestration report for fiscal

10 year 1995 required under section 253(g)(1)(B) and

11 clause (ii) shall be equally divided between the de12 fense and nondefense categories for each applicable

13 fiscal year.’’.

14 (b) SPECIAL OUTLAY ALLOWANCE.—Section

15 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—

17 (1) by striking ‘‘or 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘, and

18 not to exceed $3,250,000,000 in the defense cat19 egory or $3,250,000,000 in the nondefense category

20 (as applicable) in fiscal year 1995’’; and

21 (2) by inserting ‘‘for that category’’ before ‘‘in

22 fiscal year 1996, 1997, or 1998’’.

23 SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

24 Section 250(c)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emer25 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—
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1 (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘fiscal

2 years 1994 and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year

3 1994’’; and

4 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub5 paragraph:

6 ‘‘(C) For fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997,

7 and 1998, any of the following subsets of dis8 cretionary appropriations: defense or

9 nondefense.’’.

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