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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4662 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4662

To strengthen congressional oversight of the Administrative Pay-As-You-
                Go Act of 2023, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 10, 2024

Mr. Braun (for himself and Mr. Marshall) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL

 
To strengthen congressional oversight of the Administrative Pay-As-You-
                Go Act of 2023, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Administrative PAYGO 
Act of 2024'' or the ``SAP Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PAY-AS-YOU-GO ACT OF 
              2023.

    (a) Waiver.--Section 265 of the Administrative Pay-As-You-Go Act of 
2023 (5 U.S.C. 551 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Submission to Budget Committees.--The Director shall submit 
to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate and the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives--
            ``(1) any waiver determination under subsection (a);
            ``(2) a detailed explanation of why the waiver was 
        necessary; and
            ``(3) an estimate of the budgetary effects of the covered 
        discretionary administrative action with respect to which the 
        waiver was made.''.
    (b) Exemption.--Section 266 of such Act is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 266. APPLICATION.

    ``(a) In General.--This title shall apply to any administrative 
action that increases direct spending by not less than--
            ``(1) $1,000,000,000 over the 10-year period beginning with 
        the current year; or
            ``(2) $100,000,000 in any year during such 10-year period.
    ``(b) Review.--With respect to any covered discretionary 
administrative action to which this title does not apply under 
subsection (a), the Director shall submit to the Committee on the 
Budget of the Senate, the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States an 
estimate of the budgetary effects of the covered discretionary 
administrative action.''.
    (c) Statement of Purpose With Respect to Budget Neutrality.--
Section 261 of such Act is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 261. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE.

    ``(a) Short Title.--This title may be cited as the `Administrative 
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2023'.
    ``(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this title to establish a 
budget neutral requirement for discretionary administrative actions of 
the executive branch that affect direct spending.''.
    (d) Termination of Sunset.--Such Act is amended--
            (1) by striking section 268; and
            (2) by redesignating sections 269 and 270 as sections 268 
        and 269, respectively.
    (e) Budget Submission.--Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(40) the number of waiver determinations under section 
        265(a) of the Administrative Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2023 (5 
        U.S.C. 551 note)--
                    ``(A) submitted during the prior fiscal year;
                    ``(B) submitted during the first quarter of the 
                current fiscal year; and
                    ``(C) expected to be submitted--
                            ``(i) during the second, third, and fourth 
                        quarters of the current fiscal year; and
                            ``(ii) during the fiscal year for which the 
                        budget is submitted.''.
    (f) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in 
section 2 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Public Law 118-5; 
137 Stat. 10) is amended--
            (1) by striking the item relating to section 261 and 
        inserting the following:

``Sec. 261. Short title; purpose.'';
            (2) by striking the item relating to section 266 and 
        inserting the following:

``Sec. 266. Application.''; and
            (3) by striking the items relating to sections 268, 269, 
        and 270 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 268. GAO report.
``Sec. 269. Congressional Review Act compliance assessment.''.
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