IV

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. RES. 445

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 the Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 26, 1994

Mr. DEAL (for himself, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. FINGERHUT, Mrs. THURMAN,

Mr. MINGE, Mr. BAESLER, Mr. BARCA of Wisconsin, Mr. BROWN of

Ohio, Mr. BROWDER, Mr. COPPERSMITH, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. PETE

GEREN of Texas, Mr. HALL of Texas, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HAYES, Mr.

HOLDEN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. MANN, Ms. MARGOLIESMEZVINSKY, Mr. MCHALE, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota,

Ms. SCHENK, Mr. TANNER, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr.

ANDREWS of Texas, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. PENNY, and Mr.

COOPER) 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 the Act.

1 Resolved, That on the third legislative day after the

2 adoption of this resolution, immediately after the adoption

3 of the Journal, the House shall resolve into the Committee
2

HRES 445 IH

1 of the Whole House on the State of the Union for consid2 eration of the bill (H.R. 3266) to provide for automatic

3 downward adjustments in the discretionary spending lim4 its set forth in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

5 equal to the amount of rescissions contained in the Act.

6 The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All

7 points of order against the bill and against its consider8 ation are waived. General debate shall be confined to the

9 bill and the amendments made in order by this resolution

10 and shall not exceed two hours, with one hour equally di11 vided and controlled by Representative Andrews of New

12 Jersey and Representative Zeliff of New Hampshire or

13 their respective designees and with one hour controlled by

14 an opponent of the bill. After general debate the bill shall

15 be considered for amendment under the five minute rule.

16 The amendments printed in section 6 of this resolution

17 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the

18 Committee of the Whole. The bill, as so amended, shall

19 be considered as the original bill for the purpose of further

20 amendment under the five minute rule. The bill, as so

21 amended, shall be considered as read. No further amend22 ment shall be in order in the House or in the Committee

23 of the Whole except those specified in section 2 of this

24 resolution.
3

HRES 445 IH

1 SEC. 2. (a) It shall be in order to consider amend2 ments printed in a resolution introduced by Representative

3 Andrews of New Jersey (for himself, Representative Zeliff

4 of New Hampshire, Representative Deal of Georgia and

5 Representative Hoekstra of Michigan) not later than the

6 sixth day after this resolution is referred to the House cal7 endar or not later than the sixth day after a motion to

8 discharge this resolution from the Committee on Rules is

9 referred to the Calendar of Motions to Discharge Commit10 tees, whichever is later. That resolution may include only

11 amendments which are printed in the Congressional

12 Record under a five minute special order at least five days

13 prior to the adoption of this resolution. That resolution

14 may not include a further amendment to title I of the bill

15 or an amendment adding a new title to the bill. That reso16 lution shall—

17 (1) publish the form of each amendment;

18 (2) specificy the order in which each amend19 ment may be considered;

20 (3) specify which amendments are to be offered

21 by members as the designee of each of the original

22 sponsors of the resolution;

23 (4) designate the member that submitted the

24 amendment to be printed in the Congressional
4

HRES 445 IH

1 Record under a five minute special order to offer

2 their amendment; and

3 (5) include estimates of reductions in spending

4 prepared by the Congressional Budget Office.

5 That resolution shall allocate up to one hour of debate

6 for each amendment to be offered by a designee of the

7 four original sponsors of the resolution which shall in each

8 case be equally divided between the proponent and an op9 ponent. Each amendment shall be considered as read and

10 shall not be subject to an amendment or a division of the

11 question. All points of order against the amendments are

12 waived.

13 (b) In allocating time for debate of amendments, the

14 resolution shall provide that there shall be 56 hours of

15 debate on amendments designated by the four original

16 sponsors of the resolution in the resolution, divided equally

17 between amendments offered by members designated by

18 each of the four original sponsors of the resolution and

19 apportioned as follows:

20 (1) 29 hours of debate on amendments which

21 would reduce mandatory spending;

22 (2) 19 hours of debate on amendments which

23 would reduce discretionary spending;

24 (3) 8 hours of debate on amendments which

25 would amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,
5

HRES 445 IH

1 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

2 Act of 1985 or the Budget Enforcement Act.

3 SEC. 3. (a) The resolution introduced pursuant to

4 section 2 should specify amendments to title III which

5 meet the following criteria:

6 (1) the amendment would reduce mandatory

7 spending or would make program changes that

8 would directly or indirectly reduce discretionary out9 lays (but not amendments that simply reduce au10 thorized levels);

11 (2) the amendment has been submitted to the

12 Congressional Budget Office for the purpose of scor13 ing any reductions in outlays at least five days prior

14 to the adoption of this rule; and

15 (3) the amendment does not include any provi16 sion which would have the effect of increasing man17 datory or discretionary budget authority or outlays.

18 (b) The resolution introduced pursuant to section 2

19 should specify amendments to title II which meet the fol20 lowing criteria:

21 (1) the amendment would eliminate or reduce

22 budget authority provided in an appropriations act

23 or would eliminate or reduce budget authority pro24 vided in an appropriations act and reduce the cor-
6

HRES 445 IH

1 responding authorization levels for the same pro2 gram, project, or activity;

3 (2) the amendment would not eliminate or re4 duce budget authority for a program, project, or ac5 tivity for which budget authority would have been

6 eliminated or reduced by a substantially similar

7 amendment which the House previously rejected in

8 the 2d session of the 103d Congress; and

9 (3) the amendment does not include any provi10 sion which would have the effect of increasing man11 datory or discretionary outlays.

12 (c) The resolution introduced pursuant to section 2

13 should specify amendments to title IV which meet the fol14 lowing criteria:

15 (1) the amendment would amend provisions of

16 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced

17 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

18 or the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990; and

19 (2) the amendment is not substantially the

20 same as an amendment considered by the House of

21 Representatives in the second session of the 103d

22 Congress.

23 (d) In specifying the order in which amendments will

24 be offered, the resolution should—
7

HRES 445 IH

1 (1) specify all amendments meeting the require2 ments of section 3 within each budget function;

3 (2) provide that amendments which would re4 duce mandatory spending shall be considered first

5 and in order of budget function; provided however,

6 that amendments which would reduce mandatory

7 spending in more than one budget functions shall be

8 considered first. Following the disposition of amend9 ments specified by the principals for each function,

10 any amendment not so designated shall be consid11 ered;

12 (3) provide that amendments which would re13 duce discretionary spending shall be considered fol14 lowing disposition of all amendments which would

15 reduce mandatory spending and in order of budget

16 function; provided however, that amendments which

17 would reduce discretionary spending in more than

18 one budget functions shall be considered first. Fol19 lowing the disposition of amendments specified by

20 the principals for each function, any amendment not

21 so designated shall be considered;

22 (4) shall provide that amendments to title IV

23 would be considered following disposition of amend24 ments which would reduce discretionary spending.

25 Following the disposition of amendments to title IV
8

HRES 445 IH

1 specified by the principals, any amendment not so

2 designated shall be considered;

3 (5) shall provide that the Chairman of the

4 Committee of the Whole House will recognize any

5 member to offer any amendment meeting the re6 quirements of this section which were not designated

7 by the principals in the resolution, to be debated for

8 up to ten minutes, equally divided by the proponent

9 and an opponent.

10 (e) The resolution should set forth that amendments

11 offered by members designated by Representative Andrews

12 of New Jersey, Representative Zeliff of New Hampshire,

13 Representative Deal of Georgia and Representative

14 Hoekstra of Michigan shall be considered in sequential ro15 tation.

16 (f) As used in this section, the term ‘‘principals’’

17 means the four original sponsors of the resolution intro18 duced pursuant to section 2.

19 SEC. 4. If on any day the Committee rises and re20 ports that it has come to no resolution on the bill, the

21 House shall, on the next legislative day immediately fol22 lowing House approval of the Journal, resolve itself into

23 the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union

24 for the further consideration of the bill.
9

HRES 445 IH

1 Sec. 5. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill

2 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the

3 bill to the House with such amendment as may have been

4 finally adopted. The previous question shall be considered

5 as ordered on the bill and any amendments thereto to final

6 passage without intervening motion except one motion to

7 recommit with or without instructions.

8 SEC. 6. The amendments considered as adopted in

9 the House and 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 of this Act shall not be taken into account

16 for any purpose under section 252(d) of the Balanced

17 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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

19 YEARS 1995–1998.

20 ‘‘The discretionary spending limits (new budget au21 thority and outlays) for each of the fiscal years 1995,

22 1996, 1997 and 1998 set forth in section 601(a)(2) of

23 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as adjusted in

24 strict conformance with section 251 of the Balanced

25 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall
10

HRES 445 IH

1 be reduced, as calculated by the Director of the Office of

2 Management and Budget, by the aggregate amounts of

3 rescissions and any additional savings as a result of pro4 gram changes under title II for fiscal year 1994, 1995,

5 1996, 1997 and 1998 plus any additional reductions in

6 discretionary outlays in fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996,

7 1997 and 1998, for that fiscal year as a result of the en8 actment of title III, as calculated by the Director of the

9 Office of Management and Budget.

10 ‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of subsection

11 (a), the term ‘additional savings as a result of program

12 changes under title II’ means the net aggregate amount,

13 (if any) by which fiscal year 1994 discretionary appropria14 tions (before any rescissions made under title II) for all

15 programs, projects or activities for which new authoriza16 tion levels are established by title II exceeds those new

17 authorization levels for fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997 or

18 1998, as the case may be.’’.

19 (2) At the end of the bill, add the following:
11

HRES 445 IH

1 ‘‘TITLE III—CHANGES IN AUTHORIZATION

2 STATUTES TO EFFECT SPENDING RE3 DUCTIONS

4 ‘‘TITLE IV—BUDGET PROCESS

5 PROVISIONS’’.

6 (b) CHANGES IN HOUSE RULES.—The Rules of the

7 House of Representatives are amended as follows:

8 (1) AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL APPROPRIA9 TIONS BILLS.—

10 (A) Rule XXI, clause 2(d), is amended by

11 striking ‘‘(a) or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a), (c), (e)

12 or (g)’’.

13 (B) Rule XXI, clause 2 is amended by

14 adding the following new paragraph at the end:

15 ‘‘(e) No amendment eliminating or reducing budget

16 authority for any program, project or activity shall be in

17 order to any general appropriations bill during the 2d ses18 sion of the 103d Congress if the House previously rejected

19 an amendment eliminating or reducing budget authority

20 for that program, project or activity during consideration

21 of H.R. 3266.’’.

22 (2) AMENDMENTS TO REDUCE DISCRETIONARY

23 CAPS.—
12

HRES 445 IH

1 (A) The first sentence of clause 2(c) of

2 rule XXI is amended by inserting ‘‘, except as

3 provided in paragraph (f)’’ following ‘‘law’’.

4 (B) Clause 2 of rule XXI is amended by

5 adding at the end the following new paragraph:

6 ‘‘(f) An amendment to any general appropriations bill

7 reducing the discretionary spending limit for new budget

8 authority and outlays for any fiscal year set forth in sec9 tion 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,

10 as adjusted in strict conformance with section 251 of the

11 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

12 1985, by an amount that does not exceed the reduction

13 in budget authority contained in the amendment shall be

14 in order even if amending portions of the bill not yet read

15 for amendment and shall not be subject to a division of

16 the question.’’.

17 (c) Clause 7 of rule XVI is amended by inserting ‘‘,

18 except for an amendment reducing the discretionary

19 spending limit for new budget authority and outlays for

20 any fiscal year set forth in section 601(a)(2) of the Con21 gressional Budget Act of 1974, as adjusted in strict con22 formance with section 251 of the Balanced Budget and

23 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, by an amount

24 that does not exceed the reduction in budget authority

25 contained in the amendment’’ following ‘‘amendment’’.
13

HRES 445 IH

Æ