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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1321 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that the President’s 

annual budget submission to Congress list the current fiscal year spending level for each proposed program and a separate amount for any 

proposed spending increases, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 18, 2013 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Ms. AYOTTE) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that 

the President’s annual budget submission to Congress 

list the current fiscal year spending level for each proposed program and a separate amount for any proposed 

spending increases, 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. CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL BUDGETING AMEND4 MENTS. 

5 (a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION.—Section 

6 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended as fol7 lows: 


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1 (1) In subsection (a)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘(37) the list’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘(39) the list’’; and 

4 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(40) a list of each program, and the proposed 

6 funding level for such program, that will be a one7 time expense for the fiscal year for which the budget 

8 is submitted. 

9 ‘‘(41) in addition to the performance standards 

10 requirements of paragraph (28), a proposal, by 

11 budget function and agency, for spending reductions 

12 in spending for each of the 4 fiscal years after the 

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

14 (2) By adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

16 chapter, with respect to each item in the budget submitted 

17 under this section that is being conducted in the current 

18 fiscal year, the President shall provide the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) The amount appropriated or otherwise 

20 made available for such item in such year. 

21 ‘‘(B) The amount (if any) of a proposed adjust22 ment in the funding level for such item and the jus23 tification for such change. 

24 ‘‘(2) If the President proposes an adjustment under 

25 paragraph (1)(B) that will result in an increase in funding 


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1 with respect to an item in the budget, the President shall 

2 include with such proposal the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) The amount of such adjustment which is 

4 a result of inflation. 

5 ‘‘(B) The amount of such adjustment that is a 

6 result of an increase in salaries or benefits for em7 ployees.’’. 

8 (b) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI9 MATES.—Section 1109 of title 31, United States Code, is 

10 amended as follows: 

11 (1) In subsection (a)— 

12 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘were 

13 carried’’ and all that follows through ‘‘change 

14 in policy’’ and inserting ‘‘received the same 

15 amount of budget authority as provided in the 

16 current fiscal year’’; and 

17 (B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

18 President’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent with the 

19 requirements of subsection (c), the President’’. 

20 (2) By adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(c) With respect to each program listed under sub22 section (a), the President shall provide— 

23 ‘‘(1) the amount appropriated or otherwise 

24 made available for such program in the current fis25 cal year; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) a separate amount (if any) of the expected 

2 increase in the following fiscal year for such pro3 gram due to inflation, pay increases, or benefit in4 creases.’’. 

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