House Calendar No. 207

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4906

[Report No. 103–687]

A BILL

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundtion. of nonemergency matters in emergency legisla- ment Control Act of 1974 to limit consideration

AUGUST 9, 1994

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the

State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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House Calendar No. 207

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4906

[Report No. 103–687]

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

to limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 5, 1994

Mr. SPRATT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Rules

AUGUST 9, 1994

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

and ordered to be printed

A BILL

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to limit consideration of nonemergency

matters in emergency legislation.

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 ‘‘Emergency Spending

5 Control Act of 1994’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

2 The purpose of this Act is to restrict the inclusion

3 of nonemergency spending proposals in emergency spend4 ing bills.

5 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY SPENDING.

6 (a) MOTION TO STRIKE.—Title VI of the Congres7 sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by redesignating

8 section 607 as section 608 and by adding after section

9 606 the following new section:

10 ‘‘SEC. 607. TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY SPENDING.

11 ‘‘Whenever the House of Representatives considers a

12 bill or joint resolution containing an emergency designa13 tion for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) or section

14 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

15 Control Act of 1985, any Member of the House may move

16 to strike any appropriation in that bill or joint resolution

17 or any provision providing direct spending in that bill or

18 joint resolution that is not so designated as an emergency,

19 and a recorded vote shall be considered as ordered if de20 manded by any Member and supported by 9 other Mem21 bers of the House.’’.

22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con23 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget

24 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by

25 striking the item relating to section 607 and by inserting
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1 after the item relating to section 606 the following new

2 items:

‘‘Sec. 607. Treatment of emergency spending.

‘‘Sec. 608. Effective date.’’.

3 (c) LIMITATION ON NON-EMERGENCY SPENDING IN

4 EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.—If any bill or joint resolution

5 contains an emergency designation for purposes of section

6 251(b)(2)(D)(i) or section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget

7 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and it also

8 contains an appropriation or any provision providing di9 rect spending for any matter, event, or occurrence that

10 is not so designated as an emergency, then that non-emer11 gency appropriation or other provision providing direct

12 spending must fall within the most recently applicable allo13 cations under sections 602 (a) and (b) of the Congres14 sional Budget Act of 1974.

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