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[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1995]
[Wednesday, September 13, 1995 (114), Para 114.11 Recorded Vote]
[Page 1335]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

para.114.11  recorded vote

  A recorded vote by electronic device was ordered in the Committee of 
the Whole on the following amendment submitted by Mr. FROST to the 
amendment submitted by Mr. GOSS:
  Amendment submitted by Mr. FROST:

       Amend the instruction relating to page 7, line 14, to read 
     as follows:
       Page 7, beginning on line 14, strike ``after the date this 
     bill was engrossed by the House of Representatives and''.

  Amendment submitted by Mr. GOSS:

       Page 2, line 6, strike ``ACCOUNT'' and insert ``LEDGER''.
       Page 2, line 7, strike ``Establishment of account'' and 
     insert ``Ledger''.
       Page 2, line 10, strike ``ACCOUNT'' and insert ``LEDGER''.
       Page 2, line 11, strike ``Establishment of Account'' and 
     insert ``Ledger''.
       Page 2, lines 11 and 12, strike ``There'' and all that 
     follows through ``Account,'' on line 13, and insert the 
     following: ``The Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
     (hereinafter in this section referred to as the `Director') 
     shall maintain a ledger to be known as the `Deficit Reduction 
     Lock-box Ledger'.''.
       Page 2, line 14, strike ``Account'' and insert ``Ledger'' 
     and strike ``subaccounts'' and insert ``entries''.
       Page 2, line 16, strike ``subaccount'' and insert ``entry'' 
     and strike ``entries'' and insert ``parts''.
       Page 3, strike lines 1 through 3 and insert the following:
       ``(b) Components of Ledger.--Each component in an entry 
     shall consist only of amounts credited to it under subsection 
     (c). No entry of a negative amount shall be made.
       Page 3, line 4, strike ``Account'' and insert ``Ledger''.
       Page 3, lines 5 and 6, strike ``of the Congressional Budget 
     Office (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 
     `Director')''.
       Page 3, line 9, strike ``subaccount'' and insert ``entry''.
       Page 4, line 2, strike the comma and insert a period and 
     strike lines 3 and 4.
       Page 4, before line 5, add the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Calculation of Lock-Box Savings in Senate.--For 
     purposes of calculating under this section the net amounts of 
     reductions in new budget authority and in outlays resulting 
     from amendments agreed to by the Senate on an appropriation 
     bill, the amendments reported to the Senate by its Committee 
     on Appropriations shall be considered to be part of the 
     original text of the bill.
       Page 4, between lines 13 and 14, strike ``account'' and 
     insert ``ledger''.
       Page 5, lines 9 and 10, strike ``, as calculated by the 
     Director of the Congressional Budget Office, and'' and insert 
     a period, and on line 11 strike ``the'' and insert ``The''.
       Page 5, line 19, strike ``Director of the Congressional 
     Budget Office'' and insert ``chairman of the Committee on 
     Appropriations of each House''.
       Page 6, line 3, strike ``ACCOUNT'' and insert ``LEDGER''.
       Page 6, line 7, strike ``account'' and insert ``ledger'', 
     and on line 8, strike ``subaccount'' and insert ``entry''.
       Page 6, strike line 9 and all that follows through page 7, 
     line 7, and insert the following new section:

     SEC. 6. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

       The discretionary spending limits for new budget authority 
     and outlays for any fiscal year 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 the amounts set forth in the final 
     regular appropriation bill for that fiscal year or joint 
     resolution making continuing appropriations through the end 
     of that fiscal year. Those amounts shall be the sums of the 
     Joint House-Senate Lock-box Balances for that fiscal year, as 
     calculated under section 602(a)(5) of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974. That bill or joint resolution shall 
     contain the following statement of law: ``As required by 
     section 6 of the Deficit Reduction Lock-box Act of 1995, for 
     fiscal year [insert appropriate fiscal year], the adjusted 
     discretionary spending limit for new budget authority shall 
     be reduced by $ [insert appropriate amount of reduction] and 
     the adjusted discretionary limit for outlays shall be reduced 
     by $ [insert appropriate amount of reduction].'' 
     Notwithstanding section 904(c) of the Congressional Budget 
     Act of 1974, section 306 of that Act as it applies to this 
     statement shall be waived. This adjustment shall be reflected 
     in reports under sections 254(g) and 254(h) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Page 7, lines 14 and 15, strike ``the date this bill was 
     engrossed by the House of Representatives'' and insert 
     ``August 4, 1995''.
       Page 8, lines 5 and 6, strike ``the date this bill was 
     engrossed by the House of Representatives'' and insert 
     ``August 4, 1995''.

It was decided in the

Yeas

204

negative

Nays

221
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