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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8195 

To strengthen congressional oversight of the Administrative Pay-As-You-Go 

Act of 2023, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2024 

Mr. BERGMAN (for himself, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. 

GROTHMAN, Mr. YAKYM, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. CLINE, Mr. FERGUSON, 

Mr. ESTES, Mr. MOORE of Utah, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. 

NORMAN, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. BRECHEEN, 

Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mr. ROY, and Mr. MCCLINTOCK) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 

in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 strengthen congressional oversight of the Administrative 

Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2023, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Admin5 istrative PAYGO Act of 2024’’ or the ‘‘SAP Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF ADMINISTRATIVE 

2 PAY-AS-YOU-GO ACT OF 2023. 

3 (a) WAIVER.—Section 265 of the Administrative 

4 Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2023 (title III of division B of the 

5 Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Public Law 118–5)) is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(c) SUBMISSION TO BUDGET COMMITTEES.—The 

8 Director shall submit, to the Committees on the Budget 

9 of the House of Representatives and the Senate— 

10 ‘‘(1) any waiver determination under subsection 

11 (a) and a detailed explanation of why such waiver 

12 was necessary; and 

13 ‘‘(2) an estimate of the budgetary effects of the 

14 covered discretionary administrative action so 

15 waived.’’. 

16 (b) EXEMPTION.—Section 266 of such Act is amend17 ed to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 266. APPLICATION. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—This title shall apply to any ad20 ministrative action that increases direct spending by at 

21 least— 

22 ‘‘(1) $1,000,000,000 over the 10-year period 

23 beginning with the current year; or 

24 ‘‘(2) $100,000,000 in any year during such 10- 

25 year period. 


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1 ‘‘(b) REVIEW.—With respect to any covered discre2 tionary administrative action exempted under subsection 

3 (a), the Director shall submit, to the Committees on the 

4 Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

5 and the Comptroller General, an estimate of the budgetary 

6 effects of the covered discretionary administrative action 

7 so exempted.’’. 

8 (c) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO

9 BUDGET NEUTRALITY.—Section 261 of such Act is 

10 amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 261. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE. 

12 ‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 

13 ‘Administrative Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2023’. 

14 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to es15 tablish a budget neutral requirement for discretionary ad16 ministrative actions of the executive branch that affect di17 rect spending.’’. 

18 (d) TERMINATION OF SUNSET.—Section 268 of such 

19 Act is hereby repealed (and redesignate sections 269 and 

20 270 as sections 268 and 269, respectively). 

21 (e) BUDGET SUBMISSION.—Section 1105(a) of title 

22 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(40) the number of waiver determinations 

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1 You-Go Act of 2023 (title III of division B of the 

2 Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Public Law 118– 

3 5))— 

4 ‘‘(A) submitted during the prior fiscal year 

5 and the first quarter of the current fiscal year; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(B) expected to be submitted during the 

8 second, third and fourth quarters of the current 

9 fiscal year and expected to be submitted in the 

10 fiscal year for which the budget is submitted.’’. 

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