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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3409

To amend the Social Security Act to exclude the Unemployment Trust Fund

from the budget of the United States Government.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 28, 1993

Ms. LONG (for herself, Mr. BARCA of Wisconsin, and Mr. JACOBS) introduced

the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Ways

and Means, Government Operations, and Rules

A BILL

To amend the Social Security Act to exclude the Unemployment Trust Fund from the budget of the United States

Government.

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

3 SECTION 1. EXCLUSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND

4 FROM UNIFIED BUDGET.

5 (a) GENERAL RULE.—Section 904 of the Social Se6 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1104) is amended by adding at the

7 end the following new subsection:
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1 ‘‘OFF-BUDGET STATUS

2 ‘‘(h)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

3 the receipts and disbursements of the Unemployment

4 Trust Fund (including any account thereof) shall not be

5 counted as new budget authority, outlays, or receipts, or

6 including in the calculation of the deficit or surplus, for

7 purposes of—

8 ‘‘(A) the budget of the United States Govern9 ment as submitted by the President,

10 ‘‘(B) the congressional budget, or

11 ‘‘(C) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def12 icit Control Act of 1985.

13 ‘‘(2) Any disbursement from the Unemployment

14 Trust Fund (including any account thereof) shall be ex15 empt from reduction under any order issued under part

16 C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

17 Act of 1985.’’.

18 (b) EXCLUSION FROM DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

19 LIMITS.—Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and

20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by

21 adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

22 ‘‘(G) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FUNDED

23 FROM UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND.—For the

24 budget of the United States Government for budget

25 years 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998, the expenses for
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1 State Unemployment Insurance and Employment

2 Service Operations and Federal administrative ex3 penses that are financed from the Unemployment

4 Trust Fund shall be excluded from the discretionary

5 spending limits.’’.

6 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of

7 section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is

8 amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:

9 ‘‘The concurrent resolution shall not include the receipts

10 and outlays of the Unemployment Trust Fund (including

11 any account thereof) in the surplus or deficit totals re12 quired by this subsection or in any other surplus or deficit

13 totals required by this title.’’.

14 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

15 this section shall apply to—

16 (1) all budgets of the United States Govern17 ment submitted by the President,

18 (2) all budget resolutions, and

19 (3) all reports pursuant to the Balanced Budget

20 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985;

21 which are submitted after September 30, 1993.

22 SEC. 2. TREATMENT UNDER PAY-AS-YOU-GO PROCEDURES.

23 Any amount of new budget authority, outlays, or re24 ceipts resulting from the provisions of this Act or any

25 amendment made by it shall not be considered for any
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1 purpose under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi2 cit Control Act of 1985.

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