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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 407

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3266) to provide for automatic downward adjustments in the discretionary spending limits for

fiscal year 1994 set forth in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

equal to the amount of rescissions contained in this Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 18, 1994

Mr. ZELIFF (for himself and Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey) submitted the

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

RESOLUTION

Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3266) to

provide for automatic downward adjustments in the discretionary spending limits for fiscal year 1994 set forth

in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 equal to the

amount of rescissions contained in this Act.

1 Resolved, That immediately following the approval of

2 the Journal on any of the next 5 legislative days of House

3 session, it shall be in order as a matter of highest privilege

4 for Representative Andrews of New Jersey, or Representa5 tive Zeliff of New Hampshire, or a designee, to move that

6 the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole

7 House on the State of the Union for the consideration of
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1 the bill (H.R. 3266) to provide for automatic downward

2 adjustments in the discretionary spending limits for fiscal

3 year 1994 set forth in the Congressional Budget Act of

4 1974 equal to the amount of rescissions contained in this

5 Act, and the first reading of the bill shall be dispensed

6 with. All points of order against the bill and against its

7 consideration are hereby waived. After general debate,

8 which shall be confined to the bill and the amendments

9 made in order by this resolution, and which shall not ex10 ceed 2 hours, with 1 hour to be equally divided and con11 trolled by Representative Andrews of New Jersey and

12 Representative Zeliff of New Hampshire, and 1 hour to

13 be controlled by an opponent of the bill, the bill shall be

14 considered as having been read for amendment under the

15 5-minute rule. The amendments printed in section 3 of

16 this resolution shall be considered as having been adopted

17 in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. No other

18 amendment to the bill shall be in order except amend19 ments which are both (1) printed in the Congressional

20 Record at least 1 day prior to their consideration; and (2)

21 would have the effect, either directly or indirectly, of re22 ducing budget authority or outlays, including amendments

23 to authorizing statutes that would eliminate or reduce the

24 mandatory spending or authorization levels for items con25 tained in such authorizing statutes, provided such reduc-
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1 tions are not merely incidental to the amendment. All

2 points of order against any such amendment meeting

3 these criteria are waived. No amendment to an amend4 ment shall be in order unless germane to the amendment

5 to which it is offered and would comply with clause (2)

6 of the sentence immediately preceding the preceding

7 sentence.

8 Debate on any amendment to the bill, and all amend9 ments thereto, shall not exceed 60 minutes. Debate time

10 on amendments to the bill shall not exceed 56 hours, and

11 it shall not be in order to consider any motion which has

12 the effect of limiting the total debate time on amendments

13 to less than 56 hours. The Chairman of the Committee

14 of the Whole shall give priority in recognition for amend15 ments to the bill to those Members who have not pre16 viously offered amendments. If on any day that Committee

17 on the Whole rises and reports that it has come to no

18 resolution on the bill, then on the next legislative day the

19 House shall, immediately after the approval of the Jour20 nal, resolve into the Committee of the Whole for further

21 consideration of the bill.

22 At the conclusion of the consideration of the bill for

23 amendment, the Committee shall rise and report the bill

24 to the House with such amendments as may have been

25 adopted. The previous question shall be considered as or-
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1 dered on the bill and any amendment thereto to final pas2 sage without intervening motion except one motion to re3 commit.

4 SEC. 2. For the purpose of amendments made in

5 order by this resolution, the levels of budget authority and

6 outlays for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis

7 of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget.

8 SEC. 3. The amendments considered as adopted in

9 the House and in the Committee of the Whole House are

10 as follows:

11 (1) After section 101, insert the following new

12 sections:

13 ‘‘SEC. 102. PAYGO SCORECARD.

14 ‘‘Reductions in outlays in a fiscal year resulting from

15 any provision in this Act shall not be taken into account

16 for any purpose under section 252 of the Balanced Budget

17 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

18 ‘‘SEC. 103. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS FOR FISCAL

19 YEARS 1995–1998.

20 ‘‘(a) REDUCTION IN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIM21 ITS.—The discretionary spending limits (new budget au22 thority and outlays) for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996,

23 1997, and 1998 set forth in section 601(a)(2) of the Con24 gressional Budget Act of 1974, as adjusted in strict con25 formance with section 251 of the Balanced Budget and
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1 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall be reduced,

2 as calculated by the Director of the Office of Management

3 and Budget, by the aggregate amounts of rescissions

4 under title II for fiscal year 1994, plus any additional sav5 ings for that fiscal year as a result of the enactment of

6 title III.

7 ‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of subsection (a),

8 the term ‘additional savings for that fiscal year as a result

9 of the enactment of title III’ means the net aggregate

10 amount (if any) by which fiscal year 1994 discretionary

11 appropriations (before any rescissions made under title II)

12 for all programs, projects, and activities for which new au13 thorization levels are established by title III exceeds those

14 new authorization levels for fiscal year 1995, 1996, 1997,

15 or 1998, as the case may be.’’.

16 (2) At the end of the bill, add the following:

17 ‘‘TITLE III—CHANGES IN AU18 THORIZATION STATUTES TO

19 EFFECT SPENDING REDUC20 TIONS’’.

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