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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4913

To ensure that no extraneous items are included in any bill containing

an emergency designation.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 5, 1994

Mr. STENHOLM (for himself, Mr. PENNY, and Mr. KASICH) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Government

Operations and Rules

A BILL

To ensure that no extraneous items are included in any

bill containing an emergency designation.

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’’.

6 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY SPENDING.

7 (a) EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

8 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

9 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the

10 end the following new sentence: ‘‘However, OMB shall not
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1 adjust any discretionary spending limit under this clause

2 for any statute that designates appropriations as emer3 gency requirements if that statute contains an appropria4 tion for any other matter, event, or occurrence, including

5 another emergency, but that statute may contain other

6 offsetting provisions that reduce spending or non7 emergency appropriations for the designated emergency.’’.

8 (b) EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.—Section 252(e) of

9 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

10 of 1985 is amended—

11 (1) in its first sentence by inserting ‘‘(which

12 statute contains no other appropriation for any other

13 matter, including another emergency)’’ after ‘‘stat14 ute’’; and

15 (2) by adding at the end the following new sen16 tence: ‘‘However, OMB shall not designate any such

17 amounts of new budget authority, outlays, or re18 ceipts as emergency requirements in the report re19 quired under subsection (d) if that statute contains

20 any other matter, event, or occurrence, including an21 other emergency, but that statute may contain other

22 offsetting provisions that reduce spending or non23 emergency appropriations for the designated emer24 gency.’’.
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1 (c) NEW POINT OF ORDER.—Title IV of the Congres2 sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the

3 end the following new section:

4 ‘‘POINT OF ORDER REGARDING EMERGENCIES

5 ‘‘SEC. 408. It shall not be in order in the House of

6 Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint

7 resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report

8 thereon, containing an emergency designation for purposes

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

10 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 if it also pro11 vides an appropriation for any other item (including an12 other emergency) or contains any other matter (including

13 another emergency), but that bill or joint resolution,

14 amendment, or conference report may contain other off15 setting provisions that reduce spending or nonemergency

16 appropriations for the designated emergency.’’.

17 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con18 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget

19 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in20 serting after the item relating to section 313 the following

21 new item:

‘‘Sec. 408. Point of order regarding emergencies.’’.

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