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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 301

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish, for fiscal years

1994 through 1998, discretionary spending limits for the defense, international, and domestic categories and maximum deficit amounts.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 5, 1993

Mr. PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the

Committees on Government Operations and Rules

A BILL

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

of 1985 to establish, for fiscal years 1994 through 1998,

discretionary spending limits for the defense, international, and domestic categories and maximum deficit

amounts.

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 ‘‘Budget Enforcement

5 and Deficit Reduction Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNTS AND DISCRETIONARY

2 SPENDING LIMITS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994–

3 1998.

4 (a) MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNTS.—Section

5 601(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is

6 amended by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) and in7 serting the following:

8 ‘‘(D) with respect to fiscal year 1994,

9 $260,800,000,000;

10 ‘‘(E) with respect to fiscal year 1995,

11 $240,000,000,000;

12 ‘‘(F) with respect to fiscal year 1996,

13 $210,000,000,000;

14 ‘‘(G) with respect to fiscal year 1997,

15 $170,000,000,000; and

16 ‘‘(H) with respect to fiscal year 1998,

17 $130,000,000,000;’’.

18 (b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—(1) Section

19 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is

20 amended by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) and by

21 inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B).

22 (2) Section 601(a) of the Congressional Budget Act

23 of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following

24 new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(3) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS FOR

2 FISCAL YEARS 1994–1998.—The term ‘discretionary

3 spending limit’ means—

4 ‘‘(A) for the defense category—

5 ‘‘(i) with respect to fiscal year 1994,

6 $264,800,000,000 in new budget authority

7 and $275,800,000,000 in outlays;

8 ‘‘(ii) with respect to fiscal year 1995,

9 $254,200,000,000 in new budget authority

10 and $264,800,000,000 in outlays;

11 ‘‘(iii) with respect to fiscal year 1996,

12 $244,000,000,000 in new budget authority

13 and $254,200,000,000 in outlays;

14 ‘‘(iv) with respect to fiscal year 1997,

15 $234,200,000,000 in new budget authority

16 and $244,000,000,000 in outlays; and

17 ‘‘(v) with respect to fiscal year 1998,

18 $224,900,000,000 in new budget authority

19 and $234,300,000,000 in outlays; and

20 ‘‘(B) for the international category, as ad21 justed in strict conformance with section 251 of

22 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

23 Control Act of 1985—
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1 ‘‘(i) with respect to fiscal year 1994,

2 $21,900,000,000 in new budget authority

3 and $21,000,000,000 in outlays; and

4 ‘‘(ii) with respect to fiscal year 1995,

5 1996, 1997, or 1998, the level of new

6 budget authority and outlays of the preced7 ing fiscal year, including adjustments for

8 inflation under such section 251; and

9 ‘‘(C) for the domestic category, as adjusted

10 in strict conformance with section 251 of the

11 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con12 trol Act of 1985—

13 ‘‘(i) with respect to fiscal year 1994,

14 $211,000,000,000 in new budget authority

15 and $232,000,000,000 in outlays; and

16 ‘‘(ii) with respect to fiscal year 1995,

17 1996, 1997, or 1998, the level of new

18 budget authority and outlays of the preced19 ing fiscal year, including adjustments for

20 inflation under such section 251.’’.

21 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section

22 601(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is

23 amended by striking ‘‘or 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995,

24 1996, 1997, or 1998’’.
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1 (2) Section 602(c) of the Congressional Budget Act

2 of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘1998’’.

4 (3) Section 602(d) of the Congressional Budget Act

5 of 1974 is amended in its side heading by striking ‘‘1995’’

6 and inserting ‘‘1998’’ and by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘1998’’.

8 (4) Section 606(c) of the Congressional Budget Act

9 of 1974 is amended—

10 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or 1995’’

11 and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998’’; and

12 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘and 1995’’

13 and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998’’.

14 (5) Section 607 of the Congressional Budget Act of

15 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘1998’’.

17 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE BALANCED

18 BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL

19 ACT OF 1985.

20 Part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended as follows:

22 (1) Section 250(a) is amended by striking

23 ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’.

24 (2) Section 250(c) is amended—
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1 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘(A)’’, by

2 striking ‘‘1991, 1992, and 1993’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘1991 through 1998’’, and by repealing sub4 paragraph (B);

5 (B) in paragraph (6)(B), by striking ‘‘or

6 1995,’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, or

7 1998,’’; and

8 (C) in paragraph (14), by striking ‘‘1995’’

9 and inserting ‘‘1998’’.

10 (3)(A) The side heading of section 251(a) is

11 amended by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’.

12 (B) Section 251(b) is amended—

13 (i) by striking ‘‘or 1995’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998’’ in the first sen15 tence of paragraph (1), in paragraph (1)(B)(i),

16 in the first sentence of paragraph (2), and in

17 paragraph (2)(D);

18 (ii) in paragraph (1)(B), effective for fiscal

19 year 1994, by striking clause (ii) and inserting

20 the following new clause:

21 ‘‘(ii) For a budget year the inflation adjustment

22 factor shall be measured by the average of the esti23 mated gross national product implicit price deflator

24 index for a fiscal year divided by the average of the

25 prior fiscal year.’’;
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1 (iii) in the first sentence of paragraph (2)

2 by striking ‘‘through 1995’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘through 1998’’; and

4 (iv) in paragraph (2)(F) by striking the comma

5 after ‘‘or 1993’’ and all that follows and inserting a

6 period.

7 (4)(A) The side heading of section 252(a) is

8 amended by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’.

9 (B) Section 252(d) is amended by striking

10 ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’ each place it appears.

11 (C) Section 252(e) is amended by striking ‘‘or

12 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998’’

13 and by striking ‘‘through 1995’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘through 1998’’.

15 (5) Section 253 is amended—

16 (A) in subsection (g)(1)(B), by inserting

17 ‘‘or any subsequent fiscal year through 1998’’

18 after ‘‘fiscal year 1994’’, by striking ‘‘fiscal

19 years 1994 and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘that fis20 cal year and the subsequent fiscal year (through

21 fiscal year 1998)’’, by striking the second sen22 tence, and, in the last sentence, by striking

23 ‘‘through fiscal year’’ and all that follows and

24 inserting: ‘‘shall be deemed to apply for that

25 fiscal year.’’;
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1 (B) in subsection (g)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘or

2 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, or

3 1998’’; and

4 (C) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘fiscal

5 year 1994 and fiscal year 1995’’ both places it

6 appears and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 1994, 1995,

7 1996, 1997, and 1998’’.

8 (6) Section 254 is amended—

9 (A) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘or

10 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, or

11 1998’’;

12 (B) in subsection (d)(2), by striking

13 ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’; and

14 (C) in paragraphs (2)(A) and (3) of sub15 section (g), by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘1998’’.

17 (7) Section 275(b) is amended by striking

18 ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’.

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