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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1004

To limit amounts expended by certain government entities for overhead

expenses.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 20 (legislative day, APRIL 19), 1993

Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. D’AMATO, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr.

GREGG, Mr. NICKLES, Mr. LUGAR, and Mr. LOTT) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To limit amounts expended by certain government entities

for overhead expenses.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS EXPENDED BY CER4 TAIN GOVERNMENT ENTITIES FOR OVER5 HEAD EXPENSES.

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act—

7 ‘‘covered government entity’’ means an entity of

8 the executive or judicial branch of Government.
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1 ‘‘overhead expenses’’ means the items specified

2 in the following object classifications set forth in

3 Circular No. A–11, Office of Management and

4 Budget, July 1990:

5 (1) Contractual services and supplies (ob6 ject class 20):

7 (A) Travel and transportation of per8 sons (object class 21.0).

9 (B) Transportation of things (object

10 class 22.0).

11 (C) Rental payments to GSA (object

12 class 23.1).

13 (D) Rental payments to others (object

14 class 23.2).

15 (E) Communications, utilities, and

16 miscellaneous charges (object class 23.3).

17 (F) Printing and reproduction (object

18 class 24.0).

19 (G) Other services (object class 25.0).

20 (H) Supplies and materials (object

21 class 26.0).

22 (2) Acquisition of capital assets (object

23 class 30.0):

24 (A) Equipment (object class 31.0), ex25 cluding funds for foreign assistance.
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1 (B) Land and structures (object class

2 32.0).

3 (C) Investments and loans (object

4 class 33.0), excluding funds for foreign as5 sistance.

6 (b) RULE FOR FIRST 2 FISCAL YEARS.—Notwith7 standing any other law, for each of fiscal years 1994 and

8 1995, a covered government entity may not obligate or

9 expend for overhead expenses more than amounts obli10 gated and expended by that entity for such expenses for

11 fiscal year 1992 or the fiscal year in which the date of

12 enactment of this Act occurs, whichever is lower.

13 (c) RULE FOR 3 SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—Not14 withstanding any other law, for each of fiscal years 1996,

15 1997, and 1998, a covered government entity may not ob16 ligate or expend for overhead expenses more than amounts

17 obligated and expended by that entity for such expenses

18 for the previous fiscal year increased by the projected per19 centage rate of inflation for that fiscal year as determined

20 by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

21 (d) APPLICATION OF RULES.—The rules stated in

22 subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to the Department

23 of Defense or the United States Postal Service.

24 (e) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY CAPS.—The

25 discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 1994 through
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1 1998 shall be reduced for purposes of the Congressional

2 Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emer3 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as a result of the sav4 ings achieved in this Act) as follows:

5 (1) For fiscal year 1994: $3,000,000,000, in

6 budget authority and $2,300,000,000 in outlays.

7 (2) For fiscal year 1995: $6,100,000,000, in

8 budget authority and $5,300,000,000 in outlays.

9 (3) For fiscal year 1996: $6,200,000,000, in

10 budget authority and $6,200,000,000 in outlays.

11 (4) For fiscal year 1997: $6,400,000,000, in

12 budget authority and $6,300,000,000 in outlays.

13 (5) For fiscal year 1998: $6,500,000,000, in

14 budget authority and $6,500,000,000 in outlays.

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