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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3716

To limit amounts expended by certain government entities for overhead

expenses.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 22, 1993

Mr. ZIMMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Government Operations

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.

9 ‘‘overhead expenses’’ means the items specified

10 in the following object classifications set forth in
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1 Circular No. A–11, Office of Management and

2 Budget, July 1990:

3 (1) Contractual services and supplies (ob4 ject class 20):

5 (A) Travel and transportation of per6 sons (object class 21.0).

7 (B) Transportation of things (object

8 class 22.0).

9 (C) Rental payments to GSA (object

10 class 23.1).

11 (D) Rental payments to others (object

12 class 23.2).

13 (E) Communications, utilities, and

14 miscellaneous charges (object class 23.3).

15 (F) Printing and reproduction (object

16 class 24.0).

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

18 (H) Supplies and materials (object

19 class 26.0).

20 (2) Acquisition of capital assets (object

21 class 30.0):

22 (A) Equipment (object class 31.0), ex23 cluding funds for foreign assistance.

24 (B) Land and structures (object class

25 32.0).
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1 (C) Investments and loans (object

2 class 33.0), excluding funds for foreign as3 sistance.

4 (b) RULE FOR FIRST 2 FISCAL YEARS.—Notwith5 standing any other law, for each of fiscal years 1994 and

6 1995, a covered government entity may not obligate or

7 expend for overhead expenses more than amounts obli8 gated and expended by that entity for such expenses for

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

10 enactment of this Act occurs, whichever is lower.

11 (c) RULE FOR 3 SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—Not12 withstanding any other law, for each of fiscal years 1996,

13 1997, and 1998, a covered government entity may not ob14 ligate or expend for overhead expenses more than amounts

15 obligated and expended by that entity for such expenses

16 for the previous fiscal year increased by the projected per17 centage rate of inflation for that fiscal year as determined

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

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

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

21 of Defense or the United States Postal Service.

22 (e) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY CAPS.—The

23 discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 1994 through

24 1998 shall be reduced for purposes of the Congressional

25 Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emer-
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1 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as a result of the sav2 ings achieved in this Act) as follows:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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