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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 163

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that the allocations of budget authority and budget outlays made by the Committee

on Appropriations of each House be agreed to by joint resolution and

to permit amendments that reduce appropriations to also reduce the

relevant allocation and the discretionary spending limits.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 5, 1995

Mr. BRADLEY 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 require

that the allocations of budget authority and budget outlays made by the Committee on Appropriations of each

House be agreed to by joint resolution and to permit

amendments that reduce appropriations to also reduce

the relevant allocation and the discretionary spending

limits.

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. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Spending Reduction

3 and Budget Control Act of 1995’’.

4 SEC. 2. JOINT RESOLUTION ALLOCATING APPROPRIATED

5 SPENDING.

6 (a) COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS RESOLU7 TION.—Section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act

8 of 1974 is amended to read as follows:

9 ‘‘(b) COMMITTEE SUBALLOCATIONS.—

10 ‘‘(1) COMMITTEES ON APPROPRIATIONS.—(A)

11 As soon as practical after a concurrent resolution on

12 the budget is agreed to, the Committee on Appro13 priations of each House shall, after consulting with

14 Committee on Appropriations of the other House,

15 report to its House an original joint resolution on

16 appropriations allocations (referred to in the para17 graph as the ‘joint resolution’) that contains the

18 following:

19 ‘‘(i) A subdivision among its subcommit20 tees of the allocation of budget outlays and new

21 budget authority allocated to it in the joint

22 explanatory statement accompanying the con23 ference report on such concurrent resolution.

24 ‘‘(ii) A subdivision of the amount with

25 respect to each such subcommittee between con26 trollable amounts and all other amounts.
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1 The joint resolution shall be placed on the calendar

2 pending disposition of such joint resolution in

3 accordance with this subsection.

4 ‘‘(B)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), the

5 provisions of section 305 for the consideration in the

6 Senate of concurrent resolutions on the budget and

7 conference reports thereon shall also apply to the

8 consideration in the Senate of joint resolutions

9 reported under this paragraph and conference re10 ports thereon.

11 ‘‘(ii)(I) Debate in the Senate on any joint reso12 lution reported under this paragraph, and all amend13 ments thereto and debatable motions and appeals in

14 connection therewith, shall be limited to not more

15 than 20 hours.

16 ‘‘(II) The Committee on Appropriations shall

17 manage the joint resolution.

18 ‘‘(C) The allocations of the Committees on Ap19 propriations shall not take effect until the joint reso20 lution is enacted into law.

21 ‘‘(2) OTHER COMMITTEES.—As soon as prac22 ticable after a concurrent resolution on the budget

23 is agreed to every committee of the House and Sen24 ate (other than the Committees on Appropriations)

25 to which an allocation was made in such joint
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1 explanatory statement shall, after consulting with

2 the committee or committees of the other House to

3 which all or part of its allocation was made—

4 ‘‘(A) subdivide such allocation among its

5 subcommittees or among programs over which

6 it has jurisdiction; and

7 ‘‘(B) further subdivide the amount with re8 spect to each subcommittee or program between

9 controllable amounts and all other amounts.

10 Each such committee shall promptly report to its

11 House the subdivisions made by it pursuant to this

12 paragraph.’’.

13 (b) POINT OF ORDER.—Section 302(c) of the Con14 gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking

15 ‘‘such committee makes the allocation or subdivisions re16 quired by’’ and inserting ‘‘such committee makes the allo17 cation or subdivisions in accordance with’’.

18 (c) ALTERATION OF ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302(e)

19 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to

20 read as follows:

21 ‘‘(e) ALTERATION OF ALLOCATIONS.—

22 ‘‘(1) Any alteration of allocations made under

23 paragraph (1) of subsection (b) proposed by the

24 Committee on Appropriations of either House shall
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1 be subject to approval as required by such para2 graph.

3 ‘‘(2) At any time after a committee reports the

4 allocations required to be made under subsection

5 (b)(2), such committee may report to its House an

6 alteration of such allocations. Any alteration of such

7 allocations must be consistent with any actions

8 already taken by its House on legislation within the

9 committee’s jurisdiction.’’.

10 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATIONS BILL.

11 Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

12 is amended by—

13 (1) redesignating subsection (g) as subsection

14 (h); and

15 (2) inserting after subsection (f) the following:

16 ‘‘(g) AMENDMENTS TO APPROPRIATIONS ACT RE17 DUCING ALLOCATIONS.—

18 ‘‘(1) FLOOR AMENDMENTS.—Notwithstanding

19 any other provision of this Act, an amendment to an

20 appropriations bill shall be in order if—

21 ‘‘(A) such amendment reduces an amount

22 of budget authority provided in the bill and re23 duces the relevant subcommittee allocation

24 made pursuant to subsection (b)(1) and the dis25 cretionary spending limits under section
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1 601(a)(2) for the fiscal year covered by the bill;

2 or

3 ‘‘(B) such amendment reduces an amount

4 of budget authority provided in the bill and re5 duces the relevant subcommittee allocation

6 made pursuant to subsection (b)(1) and the dis7 cretionary spending limits under section

8 601(a)(2) for the fiscal year covered by the bill

9 and the 4 succeeding fiscal years.

10 ‘‘(2) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—(A) It shall not

11 be in order to consider a conference report on an ap12 propriations bill that contains a provision reducing

13 subcommittee allocations and discretionary spending

14 included in both the bill as passed by the Senate and

15 the House of Representatives if such provision pro16 vides reductions in such allocations and spending

17 that are less than those provided in the bill as

18 passed by the Senate or the House of Representa19 tives.

20 ‘‘(B) It shall not be in order in the Senate or

21 the House of Representatives to consider a con22 ference report on an appropriations bill that does

23 not include a reduction in subcommittee allocations

24 and discretionary spending in compliance with sub-
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1 paragraph (A) contained in the bill as passed by the

2 Senate and the House of Representatives.’’.

3 SEC. 4. SECTION 602(b) ALLOCATIONS.

4 Section 602(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act

5 of 1974 is amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘(1) SUBALLOCATIONS BY APPROPRIATIONS

7 COMMITTEES.—The Committee on Appropriations of

8 each House shall make allocations under subsection

9 (a)(1)(A) or (a)(2) in accordance with section

10 302(b)(1).’’.

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