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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1676

To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 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

MAY 18, 1995

Mr. JACOBS (for himself and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the

Committees on Rules and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990

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,
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1 SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF STATUS OF ADMINISTRA2 TIVE EXPENSES PAID FROM THE OASDI

3 TRUST FUNDS.

4 (a) Section 13301(a) of the Omnibus Budget Rec5 onciliation Act of 1990 is amended by inserting ‘‘(includ6 ing the expenses of administering the old-age, survivors,

7 and disability insurance programs)’’ before ‘‘shall’’ and by

8 adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘No ex9 penses of administering the old-age, survivors, and disabil10 ity insurance programs shall be subject to sequestration

11 under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con12 trol Act of 1985.’’.

13 (b)(1) Section 250(c)(4)(B) of the Balanced Budget

14 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended

15 by inserting after ‘‘appropriations’’ the following: ‘‘, except

16 that expenses for the administration of the social security

17 old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disabil18 ity insurance trust fund (20–8006–0–7–651 and 20–

19 8007–0–7–651) shall not be considered to be within any

20 category’’.

21 (2) Section 253(b) of such Act is amended by striking

22 ‘‘and’’ after paragraph (2), by striking the period and in23 serting ‘‘; and’’ after paragraph (3), and by adding at the

24 end the following new paragraph:

25 ‘‘(4) any spending excluded under section

26 250(c)(4)(B).’’.
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1 (3) Section 256(h)(4) of such Act is amended by in2 serting at the end the following:

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

4 insurance (OASDI) programs.’’.

5 SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF THE OASDI TRUST FUNDS IN THE

6 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

7 (a) CONTENT OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE

8 BUDGET.—The last sentence of section 301(a) of the Con9 gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting

10 before the period the following: ‘‘, but shall separately set

11 forth an estimate of benefit payments under the old-age,

12 survivors, and disability insurance programs under title II

13 of the Social Security Act for the fiscal year and each of

14 the two ensuing fiscal years’’.

15 (b) PROTECTION OF OASDI TRUST FUNDS.—Sec16 tion 13302 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 is

17 amended by inserting at the end the following:

18 ‘‘(d) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in

19 the House of Representatives to consider any bill or joint

20 resolution, as reported, amendment, or conference report

21 the enactment of which would provide an appropriation

22 for a fiscal year for the expenses of administering the old23 age, survivors, and disability insurance programs under

24 title II of the Social Security Act in excess of 1.5 percent

25 of the estimate of benefit payments under those programs
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1 for that fiscal year set forth in the most recently agreed

2 to concurrent resolution on the budget.’’.

3 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

4 The amendments made by this Act shall apply to fis5 cal year 1996 and subsequent fiscal years.

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