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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 19 

To reduce budget deficits by restoring budget enforcement and strengthening 

fiscal responsibility. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24, 2005 

Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. REID, Mr. FEINGOLD, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. 

STABENOW, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, 

Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. DAYTON, Mr. DODD, and Mrs. 

CLINTON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Budget 

A BILL

To reduce budget deficits by restoring budget enforcement 

and strengthening fiscal responsibility.

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 ‘‘Fiscal Responsibility 

5 for a Sound Future Act’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 

2 CAPS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 251(c) of the Balanced 

4 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 

5 U.S.C. 901(c)) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(c) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMIT.—As used in 

7 this part, the term ‘discretionary spending limit’ means, 

8 with respect to fiscal year 2005— 

9 ‘‘(1) for the discretionary category: 

10 $836,268,000,000 in new budget authority and 

11 $895,966,000,000 in outlays; 

12 ‘‘(2) for the highway category: $31,761,000,000 

13 in outlays; and 

14 ‘‘(3) for the mass transit category: 

15 $956,000,000 in new budget authority and 

16 $6,748,000,000 in outlays; 

17 as adjusted in strict conformance with subsection (b).’’. 

18 (b) COMMITMENT OF THE SENATE.—Congress 

19 should enact a limit on total discretionary spending for 

20 fiscal year 2006. 

21 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF PAY-AS-YOU-GO REQUIREMENT. 

22 Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

23 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘enacted be25 fore October 1, 2002’’; and 
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1 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘enacted be2 fore October 1, 2002,’’. 

3 SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF BUDGET ENFORCEMENT THROUGH 

4 2015. 

5 Section 275 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 note) is amend7 ed by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(d) REENACTMENT.—Part C of this title is reen9 acted into law effective for fiscal year 2005. Part C shall 

10 expire at the end of fiscal year 2015.’’. 

11 SEC. 5. RECONCILIATION FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION IN THE 

12 SENATE. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in the Sen14 ate to consider under the expedited procedures applicable 

15 to reconciliation in sections 305 and 310 of the Congres16 sional Budget Act of 1974 any bill, resolution, amend17 ment, amendment between Houses, motion, or conference 

18 report that increases the deficit in the first fiscal year cov19 ered by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution 

20 on the budget, the period of the first 5 fiscal years covered 

21 by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution on the 

22 budget, or the period of the 5 fiscal years following the 

23 first 5 fiscal years covered by the most recently adopted 

24 concurrent resolution on the budget. 
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1 (b) BUDGET RESOLUTION.—It shall not be in order 

2 in the Senate to consider pursuant to sections 301, 305, 

3 or 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 per4 taining to concurrent resolutions on the budget any resolu5 tion, concurrent resolution, amendment, amendment be6 tween the Houses, motion, or conference report that con7 tains any reconciliation directive that would increase the 

8 deficit in the first fiscal year covered by the most recently 

9 adopted concurrent resolution on the budget, the period 

10 of the first 5 fiscal years covered by the most recently 

11 adopted concurrent resolution on the budget, or the period 

12 of the 5 fiscal years following the first 5 fiscal years cov13 ered by the most recently adopted concurrent resolution 

14 on the budget. 

15 (c) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—This 

16 section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only 

by an affirmative vote of 3 17 ⁄5 of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of 3 18 ⁄5 of the Members 

19 of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required 

20 in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the 

21 Chair on a point of order raised under this section. 

22 SEC. 6. SENATE PAYGO RULE. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 505(a)(5)(A) of H. Con. 

24 Res. 95 (108th Congress) is amended by striking ‘‘as ad-
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1 justed for any changes in revenues or direct spending as2 sumed by such resolution’’. 

3 (b) EXPIRATION DATE.—Section 505(e) of H. Con. 

4 Res. 95 (108th Congress) is amended by striking ‘‘2008’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘2015’’.

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