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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4963

To clarify that the expenses of administering the Old Age, Survivors and

Disability Insurance programs are not included in the budget of the

United States Government, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 12, 1994

Ms. MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY introduced the following bill; which was referred

jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means, Government Operations,

and Rules

A BILL

To clarify that the expenses of administering the Old Age,

Survivors and Disability Insurance programs are not included in the budget of the United States Government,

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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Protec5 tion Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds that—
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1 (1) the intent of the Budget Enforcement Act

2 of 1990 was to exclude from the calculations of the

3 Federal budget the entire OASDI program, both the

4 trust funds and the appropriations for their adminis5 tration;

6 (2) the intent of the Budget Enforcement Act

7 of 1990 was to exempt from the limitations on do8 mestic discretionary spending established by the Bal9 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

10 1985 the entire OASDI program, including appro11 priations for its administration;

12 (3) the intent of the Budget Enforcement Act

13 of 1990 was to exempt from sequestration under the

14 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

15 Act of 1985 the entire OASDI program, including

16 appropriations for its administration; and

17 (4) this legislation is necessary to correct the

18 interpretation by the Office of Management and

19 Budget that administrative expenses of the OASDI

20 are not included in the Budget Enforcement Act of

21 1990.
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1 SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF OFF-BUDGET STATUS OF AD2 MINISTRATIVE EXPENSES PAID FROM OASDI

3 TRUST FUNDS.

4 Section 13301(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili5 ation Act of 1990 is amended—

6 (1) by inserting ‘‘(including the expenses of ad7 ministering the old-age, survivors, and disability in8 surance programs)’’ before ‘‘shall’’; and

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new

10 sentence:

11 ‘‘No expenses of administering the old-age, survivors, and

12 disability insurance programs shall be subject to seques13 tration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

14 Control Act of 1985.’’.

15 SEC. 4. EXCLUSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR

16 OASDI TRUST FUNDS FROM TREATMENT AS

17 DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS.

18 (a) DEFINITION OF CATEGORY.—Section

19 250(c)(4)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def20 icit Control Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after

21 ‘‘1990’’ the following: ‘‘, except that expenses for the ad22 ministration of the social security old-age and survivors

23 insurance trust fund and the disability insurance trust

24 fund (20–8006–0–7–651 and 20–8007–0–7–651) shall

25 not be considered to be within any category.’’.
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1 (b) EXCLUSION FROM REDUCTION UNDER SEQUES2 TRATION ORDER.—Section 256(h)(4) of the Balanced

3 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is

4 amended by inserting at the end the following:

5 ‘‘(J) The old-age, survivors and disability

6 insurance (OASDI) programs.’’.

7 SEC. 5. EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS MADE BY THIS ACT ON

8 DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

9 No amendment made by this Act shall cause any ad10 justment to be made under section 251(b) of the Balanced

11 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to any

12 discretionary spending limit (as defined in section

13 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974).

14 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

15 This Act and the amendments made by it shall apply

16 to any fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1990.

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