In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

December 30 (legislative day, December 22), 1995.

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1508) entitled ‘‘An Act to assure that all Federal employees work and

are paid’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENT:

At the end of the bill, add the following:

1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 583(a) of the Foreign Rela3 tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Pub4 lic Law 103–236), as amended by Public Law 104–47, is

5 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 1995’’ and inserting

6 ‘‘March 31, 1996’’.

7 (b) CONSULTATION.—For purposes of any exercise of

8 the authority provided in section 583(a) of the Foreign Re9 lations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995

10 (Public Law 103–236) prior to January 10, 1996, the writ11 ten policy justification dated December 1, 1995, and sub12 mitted to the Congress in accordance with section 583(b)(1)

13 of such Act, shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of

14 section 583(b)(1) of such Act.
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1 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF THE BAL2 ANCED BUDGET BILL.

3 (a) INTRODUCTION OF THE BALANCED BUDGET

4 BILL.—The balanced budget bill, which is described in sub5 section (e), shall be introduced in both the House of Rep6 resentatives and the Senate on the same day. In the House,

7 the bill shall be introduced by the chairman of the Budget

8 Committee of the House. In the Senate, the bill shall be in9 troduced by the majority leader, after consultation with the

10 minority leader.

11 (b) CONSIDERATION OF THE BALANCED BUDGET BILL

12 IN THE HOUSE.—Consideration of the balanced budget bill

13 shall be made in order pursuant to a special order reported

14 by the Committee on Rules.

15 (c) CONSIDERATION OF THE BALANCED BUDGET BILL

16 IN THE SENATE.—

17 (1) PLACED ON THE CALENDAR.—The balanced

18 budget bill introduced in the Senate shall not be re19 ferred to committee but shall be placed directly on the

20 calendar.

21 (2) MOTION TO PROCEED.—The motion to pro22 ceed to the balanced budget bill shall not be debatable

23 and the bill may be proceeded to at any time after

24 it is placed on the calendar.

25 (3) RECONCILIATION PROCEDURES.—The Senate

26 shall consider the balanced budget bill as if it were
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1 a reconciliation bill pursuant to section 310 of the

2 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, with the following

3 exceptions:

4 (A) A motion to recommit shall not be in

5 order.

6 (B) All amendments proposed to the bal7 anced budget bill shall be considered as having

8 been read in full, once the amendment is identi9 fied by sponsor and number.

10 (C) Debate in the Senate on the balanced

11 budget bill, and all amendments, thereto and de12 batable motions and appeals in connection there13 with, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours.

14 Upon expiration of the 10 hours of debate, with15 out intervening action, the Senate shall proceed

16 to vote on the final disposition of the balanced

17 budget bill.

18 (D) If the Senate has received from the

19 House the balanced budget bill introduced under

20 subsection (a) prior to the vote on final disposi21 tion of the Senate bill, the following procedures

22 shall apply:

23 (i) The balanced budget bill received

24 from the House shall not be referred to com25 mittee and shall be placed on the calendar.
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1 (ii) The Senate shall proceed to and

2 consider the balanced budget bill introduced

3 in the Senate, however—

4 (I) the vote on final passage shall

5 be on the balanced budget bill received

6 from the House, if it is identical to the

7 balanced budget bill then pending for

8 the vote on final disposition in the

9 Senate; or

10 (II) if the balanced budget bill re11 ceived from the House is not identical

12 to the balanced budget bill then pend13 ing for the vote on final disposition in

14 the Senate, following third reading of

15 the Senate bill, the Senate shall, with16 out intervening action or debate, pro17 ceed to the House balanced budget bill,

18 strike all after the enacting clause, sub19 stitute the text of the Senate bill as

20 taken to third reading, adopt the Sen21 ate amendment, and vote on the final

22 disposition of the House balanced

23 budget bill, as amended.

24 (E) Consideration of House message shall be

25 limited to 5 hours. Debate on any motion nec-
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1 essary to dispose of a House message on the bal2 anced budget bill shall be limited to 1 hour and

3 debate on any amendment to such motion shall

4 be limited to 30 minutes.

5 (F) Upon proceeding to any conference re6 port on the balanced budget bill, the bill shall be

7 considered as read. Debate on any conference re8 port on the balanced budget bill shall be limited

9 to 5 hours.

10 (4) WAIVER OF SECTION 306.—Section 306 of the

11 Congressional Budget Act shall not apply to the con12 sideration of the balanced budget bill.

13 (d) REVISIONS TO AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS, AND

14 DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—

15 (1) AUTHORITY TO ADJUST AGGREGATES AND

16 DISCRETIONARY LIMITS.—For purposes of enforcement

17 under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and

18 House Concurrent Resolution 67 (One Hundred

19 Fourth Congress), upon the introduction of the bal20 anced budget bill in the House and Senate, and again

21 upon submission of a conference report thereon—

22 (A) the discretionary spending limits; and

23 (B) the appropriate budgetary aggregates,

24 as set forth in House Concurrent Resolution 67, shall

25 be adjusted in accordance with paragraph (3).
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1 (2) AUTHORITY TO ADJUST COMMITTEE ALLOCA2 TIONS.—For purposes of enforcement under the Con3 gressional Budget Act of 1974 and under House Con4 current Resolution 67 (One Hundred Fourth Con5 gress), at any time after the introduction of the bal6 anced budget bill, but prior to consideration of that

7 bill in the House or Senate, as the case may be, and

8 again upon submission of a conference report thereon,

9 the allocations to the Committees of the Senate and

10 the House pursuant to sections 302 and 602 shall be

11 adjusted in accordance with paragraph (3).

12 (3) ADJUSTMENTS.—The adjustments required

13 by paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be made by the

14 chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Sen15 ate or the House of Representatives (as the case may

16 be) and shall be consistent with the budgetary impact

17 of the balanced budget bill. The adjusted discretionary

18 spending limits, allocations, and aggregates shall be

19 considered the appropriate limits, allocations, and ag20 gregates for purposes of enforcement of the Congres21 sional Budget Act and for enforcement of provisions

22 of House Concurrent Resolution 67 (One Hundred

23 Fourth Congress).

24 (4) REPORTING REVISED SUBALLOCATIONS.—

25 Following the adjustments made under paragraph
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1 (3), the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate

2 and the House of Representatives may report appro3 priately revised suballocations pursuant to sections

4 302(b) and 602(b) of this Act to carry out this sub5 section.

6 (5) TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS TO HOUSE ALLO7 CATIONS.—Upon the enactment of a balanced budget

8 bill introduced under subsection (a), the chairman of

9 the Committee on the Budget of the House may make

10 necessary technical revisions to the revised allocations

11 made under paragraph (2).

12 (e) BALANCED BUDGET BILL.—As used in this section,

13 the term ‘‘balanced budget bill’’ means any bill that

14 achieves a balanced budget not later than fiscal year 2002,

15 which is introduced pursuant to subsection (a).

Attest:

Clerk.
104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1508

AMENDMENT