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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4918 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4918

 To reduce the discretionary spending limits to reflect spending cuts 
               approved by the House of Representatives.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 8, 1994

   Mr. Deal (for himself, Mr. Fingerhut, Mr. Minge, and Mr. Meehan) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                         Government Operations

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                                 A BILL

 
 To reduce the discretionary spending limits to reflect spending cuts 
               approved by the House of Representatives.

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

SECTION 1. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS FOR 
              NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.

    (a) New Budget Authority for Fiscal Year 1995.--The discretionary 
spending limit for new budget authority for fiscal year 1995 set forth 
in section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
adjusted in strict conformance with section 251 of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall be reduced by 
$682,182,000.
    (b) Outlays.--(1) The adjusted discretionary spending limit for 
outlays for fiscal year 1995 as set forth in section 601(a)(2) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall be reduced by $500,000,000.
    (2) The adjusted discretionary spending limits for outlays for 
fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 as set forth in such section 
601(a)(2) shall be reduced as a result of the reductions in budget 
authority set forth in section 2, as calculated by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget.

SEC. 2. PROGRAMMATIC AND OTHER ASSUMPTIONS.

    In calculating reductions described in section 1(b)(2) in the 
adjusted discretionary spending limit for outlays for fiscal years 
1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 as set forth in section 601(a)(2) of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall use the following programmatic assumptions 
for reductions in new budget authority:
            (1) $25,000,000 for unforeseen expenses due to 
        reorganization and streamlining of the United States Department 
        of Agriculture.
            (2) $6,600,000 for Judicial Services salaries and expenses.
            (3) $3,000,000 for salaries and expenses for the Travel and 
        Tourism Administration.
            (4) $2,800,000 for State Department general appropriations.
            (5) $15,000,000 for acquisition and maintenance of 
        buildings abroad by the State Department.
            (6) $10,000,000   for   Global   Environmental   Facility.
            (7) $10,000,000 for Russian aid.
            (8) $1,000,000 for land or water acquisitions of the Forest 
        Service.
            (9) $3,400,000 for the National Endowment for the Arts.
            (10) $4,000,000 for official mail costs of the legislative 
        branch.
            (11) $2,942,000   for   House   officers   and   employees.
            (12) $8,900,000 for printing at the Government Printing 
        Office.
            (13) $7,000,000 for the Botanic Garden.
            (14) $15,000,000 for Government Printing Office salaries.
            (15) $43,000,000 for salaries and expenses of Interstate 
        Commerce Commission.
            (16) $6,600,000 for the payment to the Postal Service Fund.
            (17) $1,800,000 for salaries and expenses of the 
        Administrative Conference of the United States.
            (18) $1,000,000 for salaries and expenses of the Advisory 
        Committee on Intergovernmental Relations.
            (19) $3,540,000 for salaries and expenses of the Federal 
        Election Commission.
            (20) $5,600,000 for construction of Federal courthouses.
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