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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2686 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that the President’s 

annual budget submission to Congress list the current fiscal year spending level for each proposed program and a separate amount for any 

proposed spending increases, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2013 

Mr. SCHRADER (for himself, Mr. REED, Mr. BERA of California, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. DENT, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, 

Ms. KUSTER, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. 

PETERS of California, Mr. PETRI, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. RUIZ, and Mr. 

YOUNG of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that 

the President’s annual budget submission to Congress 

list the current fiscal year spending level for each proposed program and a separate amount for any proposed 

spending increases, 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. CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL BUDGETING AMEND2 MENTS. 

3 (a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION.—Section 

4 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended as fol5 lows: 

6 (1) In subsection (a)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘(37) the list’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘(39) the list’’; and 

9 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(40) a list of each program, and the proposed 

11 funding level for such program, that will be a one12 time expense for the fiscal year for which the budget 

13 is submitted. 

14 ‘‘(41) in addition to the performance standards 

15 requirements of paragraph (28), a proposal, by 

16 budget function and agency, for spending reductions 

17 in spending for each of the 4 fiscal years after the 

18 fiscal year for which the budget is submitted.’’. 

19 (2) By adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

21 chapter, with respect to each item in the budget submitted 

22 under this section that is being conducted in the current 

23 fiscal year, the President shall provide the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) The amount appropriated or otherwise 

25 made available for such item in such year. 


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1 ‘‘(B) The amount (if any) of a proposed adjust2 ment in the funding level for such item and the jus3 tification for such change. 

4 ‘‘(2) If the President proposes an adjustment under 

5 paragraph (1)(B) that will result in an increase in funding 

6 with respect to an item in the budget, the President shall 

7 include with such proposal the following: 

8 ‘‘(A) The amount of such adjustment which is 

9 a result of inflation. 

10 ‘‘(B) The amount of such adjustment that is a 

11 result of an increase in salaries or benefits for em12 ployees.’’. 

13 (b) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI14 MATES.—Section 1109 of title 31, United States Code, is 

15 amended as follows: 

16 (1) In subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘were 

18 carried’’ and all that follows through ‘‘change 

19 in policy’’ and inserting ‘‘received the same 

20 amount of budget authority as provided in the 

21 current fiscal year’’; and 

22 (B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

23 President’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent with the 

24 requirements of subsection (c), the President’’. 

25 (2) By adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(c) With respect to each program listed under sub2 section (a), the President shall provide— 

3 ‘‘(1) the amount appropriated or otherwise 

4 made available for such program in the current fis5 cal year; and 

6 ‘‘(2) a separate amount (if any) of the expected 

7 increase in the following fiscal year for such pro8 gram due to inflation, pay increases, or benefit in9 creases.’’. 

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