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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 189

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any concurrent resolution on the budget that contains reconciliation directives shall

include a directive with respect to the statutory limit on the public

debt, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 10, 1995

Mr. EXON introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

jointly pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, to the Committees on

the Budget and Governmental Affairs, with instructions that if one committee reports, the other committee have thirty days to report or be discharged

A BILL

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide

that any concurrent resolution on the budget that contains reconciliation directives shall include a directive

with respect to the statutory limit on the public debt,

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,
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1 SECTION 1. RECONCILIATION DIRECTIVES TO INCLUDE DI2 RECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO INCREASE IN

3 STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 310 of the Congressional

5 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641) is amended by adding

6 at the end thereof the following new subsection:

7 ‘‘(h) RECONCILIATION DIRECTIVES WITH RESPECT

8 TO PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.—

9 ‘‘(1) Any concurrent resolution on the budget

10 for a fiscal year that contains directives of the type

11 described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a)

12 for such fiscal year shall also include a directive of

13 the type described in paragraph (3) of such sub14 section for such fiscal year.

15 ‘‘(2) Any change in the statutory limit on the

16 public debt that is recommended pursuant to a di17 rective of the type described in paragraph (3) of

18 subsection (a) shall be included in the reconciliation

19 legislation reported pursuant to subsection (b) for

20 such fiscal year.’’.

21 (b) CONFORMING CHANGE.—Section 310(d)(2) of

22 such Act is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than a provision

23 reported pursuant to a directive of the type described in

24 subsection (a)(3))’’ after ‘‘motion to strike a provision’’.
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1 SEC. 2. POINT OF ORDER.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the Standing

3 Rules of the Senate, except as provided in subsection (b),

4 it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill

5 or joint resolution (or any amendment thereto or con6 ference report thereon) that increases the statutory limit

7 on the public debt during a fiscal year above the level set

8 forth as appropriate for such fiscal year in the concurrent

9 resolution on the budget for such fiscal year agreed to

10 under section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of

11 1974.

12 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to

13 any reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution reported

14 pursuant to section 310(b) of the Congressional Budget

15 Act of 1974 during any fiscal year (or any conference re16 port thereon) that contains a provision that—

17 (1) increases the statutory limit on the public

18 debt pursuant to a directive of the type described in

19 section 310(a)(3) of such Act, and

20 (2) becomes effective on or after the first day

21 of the following fiscal year.

22 (c) WAIVERS.—Subsection (a) may be waived or sus23 pended in the Senate by a roll call vote of a majority of

24 the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
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1 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall

3 become effective on the date of the enactment of this Act.

4 SEC. 4. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

5 This Act and the amendments made by this Act are

6 enacted by the Congress—

7 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of

8 the House of Representatives and the Senate, re9 spectively, and as such they shall be considered as

10 part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of

11 that House to which they specifically apply, and

12 such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex13 tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and

14 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional

15 right of either House to change such rules (so far

16 as relating to such House) at any time, in the same

17 manner, and to the same extent as in the case of

18 any other rule of such House.

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