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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2459

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to extend and reduce

the discretionary spending limits and to extend the pay-as-you-go requirements set forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

Act of 1985.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 11, 1995

Mr. KASICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to extend

and reduce the discretionary spending limits and to extend the pay-as-you-go requirements set forth in the

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

of 1985.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘Seven-Year Balanced Budget Enforcement Act of 1995’’.
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1 (b) PURPOSE.—This Act extends and reduces the dis2 cretionary spending limits and extends the pay-as-you-go

3 requirements.

4 SEC. 2. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

5 (a) LIMITS.—Section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional

6 Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking subparagraphs

7 (A), (B), (C), (D), and (F), by redesignating subpara8 graph (E) as subparagraph (A) and by striking ‘‘and’’ at

9 the end of that subparagraph, and by inserting after sub10 paragraph (A) the following new subparagraphs:

11 ‘‘(B) with respect to fiscal year 1996, for

12 the discretionary category: $llll in new

13 budget authority and $llll in outlays;

14 ‘‘(C) with respect to fiscal year 1997, for

15 the discretionary category: $llll in new

16 budget authority and $llll in outlays;

17 ‘‘(D) with respect to fiscal year 1998, for

18 the discretionary category: $llll in new

19 budget authority and $llll in outlays;

20 ‘‘(E) with respect to fiscal year 1999, for

21 the discretionary category: $llll in new

22 budget authority and $llll in outlays;

23 ‘‘(F) with respect to fiscal year 2000, for

24 the discretionary category: $llll in new

25 budget authority and $llll in outlays;
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1 ‘‘(G) with respect to fiscal year 2001, for

2 the discretionary category: $llll in new

3 budget authority and $llll in outlays;

4 and

5 ‘‘(H) with respect to fiscal year 2002, for

6 the discretionary category: $llll in new

7 budget authority and $llll in outlays;’’.

8 (b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS AND ENFORCE9 MENT.—Section 602 of the Congressional Budget Act of

10 1974 is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘1995’’ and

12 inserting ‘‘2002’’ and by striking its last sentence;

13 and

14 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘1992 TO

15 1995’’ in the side heading and inserting ‘‘1996 TO

16 2002’’ and by striking ‘‘1992 through 1995’’ and in17 serting ‘‘1996 through 2002’’.

18 (c) TERM OF BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.—Section 606

19 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended—

20 (1) in the sideheading of subsection (a), by

21 striking ‘‘5-YEAR’’ and inserting ‘‘TERM OF’’;

22 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘1992, 1993,

23 1994, or 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1996 or any fiscal

24 year thereafter through 2002’’ and by inserting ‘‘at

25 least’’ before ‘‘each’’; and
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1 (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘1992,

2 1993, 1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1996 or any

3 fiscal year thereafter through 2002’’, and by striking

4 ‘‘(i) and (ii)’’.

5 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 607 of the Congres6 sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘1991

7 to 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1996 to 2002’’.

8 (e) SEQUESTRATION REGARDING VIOLENT CRIME

9 REDUCTION TRUST FUND.—(1) Section 251A(b)(1) of

10 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

11 of 1985 is amended by striking subparagraphs (B), (C),

12 and (D) and its last sentence and inserting the following:

13 ‘‘(B) For fiscal year 1996, $lll.

14 ‘‘(C) For fiscal year 1997, $lll.

15 ‘‘(D) For fiscal year 1998, $lll.

16 ‘‘(E) For fiscal year 1999, $lll.

17 ‘‘(F) For fiscal year 2000, $lll.’’.

18 (2) Section 310002 of the Violent Crime Control and

19 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14212) is re20 pealed.

21 SEC. 3. GENERAL STATEMENT AND DEFINITIONS.

22 (a) GENERAL STATEMENT.—Section 250(b) of the

23 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

24 1985 is amended by striking the first sentence and insert25 ing the following: ‘‘This part provides for the enforcement
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1 of deficit reduction by reducing and extending the discre2 tionary spending limits though fiscal year 2002 and per3 manently extending pay-as-you-go requirements.’’.

4 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 250(c) of the Balanced

5 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is

6 amended—

7 (1) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the

8 following:

9 ‘‘(4) The term ‘category’ means—

10 ‘‘(A) For fiscal years 1996 through 2000,

11 all discretionary appropriations except those

12 subject to section 251A; and

13 ‘‘(B) For fiscal year 2001 and any subse14 quent fiscal year, all discretionary appropria15 tions.’’;

16 (2) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the

17 following:

18 ‘‘(6) The term ‘budgetary resources’ means new

19 budget authority, unobligated balances, direct spend20 ing authority, and obligation limitations.’’;

21 (3) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘1992’’ and

22 inserting ‘‘1996’’; and

23 (4) in paragraph (14), by striking ‘‘through fis24 cal year 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 4. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

2 Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—

4 (1) in the side heading of subsection (a), by

5 striking ‘‘1991–1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1996–2002’’;

6 (2) in the first sentence of subsection (b)(1), by

7 striking ‘‘1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 or

8 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1997 or any fiscal year there9 after through 2002’’ and by striking ‘‘through

10 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2002’’;

11 (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘the follow12 ing:’’ and all that follows through ‘‘The adjust13 ments’’ and inserting ‘‘the following: the adjust14 ments’’ and by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C);

15 (4) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘1991,

16 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998’’ and

17 inserting ‘‘1996 or any fiscal year thereafter through

18 2002’’ and by striking ‘‘through 1998’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘through 2002’’;

20 (5) in subsection (b)(2)(E), by striking clauses

21 (i), (ii), and (iii) and by striking ‘‘(iv) if, for fiscal

22 years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998’’ and in23 serting ‘‘If, for fiscal years 1996 through 2002’’;

24 and

25 (6) in subsection (b)(2)(F), by striking every26 thing after ‘‘the adjustment in outlays’’ and insert-
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1 ing ‘‘for a category for a fiscal year is the amount

2 of the excess but not to exceed 0.5 percent of the

3 adjusted discretionary spending limit on outlays for

4 that fiscal year in fiscal year 1996 or any fiscal year

5 thereafter through 2002.’’.

6 SEC. 5. ENFORCING PAY-AS-YOU-GO.

7 (a) EXTENSION.—Section 252 of the Balanced Budg8 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is

9 amended—

10 (A) in the side heading of subsection (a), by

11 striking ‘‘FISCAL YEARS 1992–1998’’; and

12 (B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘, for fiscal

13 year 1991 through 1998,’’ and by striking ‘‘through

14 1995’’.

15 (b) ROLLING PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD.—Section

16 252(d) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

17 Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking ‘‘each fiscal

18 year through fiscal year 1998’’ each place it appears and

19 inserting ‘‘the current year (if applicable), the budget

20 year, and each of the first 4 outyears’’.

21 SEC. 6. REPORTS AND ORDERS.

22 Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

23 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—

24 (1) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘1998’’

25 and inserting ‘‘2002’’; and
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1 (2)(A) in subsection (g)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘1998’’

2 and inserting ‘‘2002’’; and

3 (B) in subsection (g)(3), by striking ‘‘in each

4 outyear through 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘in each of the

5 4 ensuing outyears’’.

6 SEC. 7. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

7 Section 258 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985, entitled ‘‘Modification of

9 Presidential Order’’, is repealed.

10 SEC. 8. SPECIAL RULE ON INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

11 CHANGES IN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIM12 ITS AND PAY-AS-YOU-GO REQUIREMENTS.

13 (a)(1) Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by

15 adding at the end the following new subsection:

16 ‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULE ON INTERRELATIONSHIP BE17 TWEEN SECTIONS 251, 251A, and 252.—Whenever the

18 Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives

19 or the Senate reports legislation that decreases the discre20 tionary spending limits for budget authority and outlays

21 for a fiscal year under section 601(a)(2) of the Congres22 sional Budget Act of 1974 or in section 251A(b) of the

23 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

24 1985, or both, then, for purposes of subsection (b), an

25 amount equal to that decrease in the discretionary spend-
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1 ing limit for outlays shall be treated as direct spending

2 legislation decreasing the deficit for that fiscal year.’’.

3 (2) Section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act

4 of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para5 graph (3), by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph

6 (5) and by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ in such redesignated para7 graph (5) and inserting ‘‘(3), and (4)’’, and by inserting

8 after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:

9 ‘‘(4) carry out section 252(f) of the Balanced

10 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985;

11 or’’.

12 (b) For purposes of section 252(f) of the Balanced

13 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as

14 amended by subsection (a)(1))—

15 (1)(A) reductions in the discretionary spending

16 limit for outlays under 601(a)(2) of the Congres17 sional Budget Act of 1974 for each of fiscal years

18 1999 through 2002 under section 2 shall be meas19 ured as reductions from the discretionary spending

20 limit for outlays for fiscal year 1998 as in effect im21 mediately before the enactment of this Act; and

22 (B) reductions in the discretionary spending

23 limit for outlays under section 251A(b) of the Bal24 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

25 1985 for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2000
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1 under section 2 shall be measured as reductions in

2 outlays for that fiscal year under section 251A(b) as

3 in effect immediately before the enactment of this

4 Act; and

5 (2)(A) except as provided by subparagraph (B),

6 reductions for any fiscal year in the discretionary

7 spending limit for outlays under section 601(a)(2) of

8 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or section

9 251A(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

10 Deficit Control Act of 1985 made by any Act en11 acted after the date of enactment of this Act shall

12 be measured as reductions from the discretionary

13 spending limit for outlays for that fiscal year under

14 section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act

15 of 1974 or section 251A(b) (as applicable) imme16 diately before the enactment of that Act; and

17 (B) if, in the case of any reduction referred to

18 in subparagraph (A), no discretionary spending limit

19 is in effect for that fiscal year immediately before

20 the applicable date of enactment, then the reduction

21 shall be measured against the spending limit under

22 that section for the last fiscal year for which a

23 spending limit is in effect.
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1 SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 (a) EXPIRATION.—Section 275(b) of the Balanced

3 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is

4 amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘Part C of this title, section’’

6 and inserting ‘‘Sections 251, 253, 258B, and’’; and

7 (2) by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’.

8 (b) EXPIRATION.—Section 14002(c)(3) of the Omni9 bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (2 U.S.C. 900

10 note; 2 U.S.C. 665 note) is repealed.

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