IV 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 50 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the reduction 

of section 302(b) suballocations to reflect floor amendments to general 

appropriation bills. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 10, 2007 

Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. COOPER, Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, 

and Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin) submitted the following resolution; which 

was referred to the Committee on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 

require the reduction of section 302(b) suballocations 

to reflect floor amendments to general appropriation 

bills. 

1 Resolved, That rule XXI of the Rules of the House 

2 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 

3 following new clause: 

4 ‘‘7. (a) Whenever any Member offers an amendment 

5 to any general appropriation bill (or resolution making 

6 continuing appropriations to the end of a fiscal year) to 

7 reduce new budget authority (and outlays flowing there8 from), that Member may designate the amount of the reVerDate Aug 31 2005 05:18 Jan 11, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR50.IH HR50

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1 duction in new budget authority that should be used to 

2 reduce the Federal budget deficit (or to increase the Fed3 eral budget surplus) if such amendment is agreed to. 

4 ‘‘(b)(1) Upon the engrossment in the House of Rep5 resentatives of any general appropriation bill (or resolu6 tion making continuing appropriations to the end of a fis7 cal year), the chairman of the Committee on Appropria8 tions shall— 

9 ‘‘(A) reduce the suballocation of new budget au10 thority to the appropriate subcommittee of that com11 mittee made under section 302(b) of the Congres12 sional Budget Act of 1974 by the net amount of re13 ductions in new budget authority resulting from the 

14 amendments agreed to by the House to that bill to 

15 the extent that they are designated pursuant to 

16 paragraph (a), and 

17 ‘‘(B) reduce the suballocation of outlays made 

18 under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget 

19 Act of 1974 to the appropriate subcommittee of that 

20 committee by the net amount of reductions in out21 lays resulting from amendments described in sub22 division (A) by the House to that bill, 

23 and promptly report those revisions to the House. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The reductions in suballocations made under 

2 subparagraph (1) may not be reallocated by the Com3 mittee on Appropriations to any other subcommittee. 

4 ‘‘(3) In the House of Representatives, the revised 

5 suballocations made under subparagraph (1) shall be 

6 deemed to be suballocations made under section 302(b) 

7 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

8 ‘‘(c) Upon the reporting of revised suballocations to 

9 the House by the Committee on Appropriations under 

10 paragraph (b), the chairman of the Committee on the 

11 Budget shall make appropriate revisions in the allocations 

12 to the Committee on Appropriations to reflect the revised 

13 suballocations and report those revisions to the House. In 

14 the House of Representatives, those revised allocations 

15 shall be deemed to be allocations made under section 

16 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.’’. 

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