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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1514

Entitled the ‘‘Guaranteed Deficit Reduction Act of 1993’’.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 4 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 27), 1993

Mr. COVERDELL (for himself, Mr. KEMPTHORNE, and Mrs. HUTCHISON) 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

Entitled the ‘‘Guaranteed Deficit Reduction Act of 1993’’.

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

3 SECTION 1. ADJUSTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS COMMIT4 TEES SECTION 302 ALLOCATIONS AND

5 SUBALLOCATIONS.

6 Section 302(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of

7 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘At’’ and by

8 adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

9 ‘‘(2) If—
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1 ‘‘(A) a general appropriation bill as reported by

2 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of

3 Representatives is amended and that bill as passed

4 by the House reduces the amount appropriated for

5 any program, project, or activity from the amount

6 appropriated for that program, project, or activity in

7 that bill as so reported; and

8 ‘‘(B) that bill as passed by the Senate reduces

9 the amount appropriated for the same program,

10 project, or activity from the amount appropriated for

11 that program, project, or activity in that bill as re12 ported initially in the House of Representatives;

13 then, upon the passage of that bill by both Houses of Con14 gress, the suballocations for that fiscal year made by each

15 Committee on Appropriations under subsection (b)(1) to

16 the subcommittee with jurisdiction over that measure shall

17 be reduced by the sum of the lesser amount of reductions

18 made for each such program, project, or activity by the

19 House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may

20 be, and that committee shall report to its House—

21 ‘‘(i) an adjusted suballocation for that sub22 committee with the appropriate reductions in levels

23 of total new budget outlays and total new budget au24 thority; and
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1 ‘‘(ii) an adjusted allocation for the committee

2 that is reduced by the reductions in new budget out3 lays and new budget authority made under clause

4 (i).

5 ‘‘(3) FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

6 COMMITTEES ALLOCATIONS AND SUBALLOCATIONS.—

7 Upon the enactment of any rescission bill, the

8 suballocations for that fiscal year made by each Commit9 tee on Appropriations under subsection (b)(1) to any sub10 committee with jurisdiction over that bill shall be reduced

11 by the sum of the rescissions contained in that bill over

12 which it has jurisdiction, and that committee shall report

13 to its House—

14 ‘‘(A) an adjusted suballocation for that sub15 committee with the appropriate reductions in levels

16 of total new budget outlays and total new budget au17 thority; and

18 ‘‘(B) an adjusted allocation for the committee

19 that is reduced by the reductions in new budget out20 lays and new budget authority made under subpara21 graph (A).’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES

2 SECTION 602 ALLOCATIONS AND

3 SUBALLOCATIONS.

4 Section 602 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

5 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub6 sections:

7 ‘‘(f) ADJUSTMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS COMMIT8 TEES ALLOCATIONS AND SUBALLOCATIONS.—If—

9 ‘‘(1) a general appropriation bill as reported by

10 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of

11 Representatives is amended and that bill as passed

12 by that House reduces the amount appropriated for

13 any program, project, or activity from the amount

14 appropriated for that program, project, or activity in

15 that bill as so reported; and

16 ‘‘(2) that bill as passed by the Senate reduces

17 the amount appropriated for the same program,

18 project, or activity from the amount appropriated for

19 that program, project, or activity in that bill as re20 ported initially in the House of Representatives;

21 then, upon the passage of that bill by both Houses of Con22 gress, the suballocations for that fiscal year made by each

23 Committee on Appropriations under subsection (b)(1) to

24 the subcommittee with jurisdiction over that measure shall

25 be reduced by the sum of the lesser amount of reductions

26 made for each such program, project, or activity by the
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1 House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may

2 be, and that committee shall report to its House—

3 ‘‘(A) an adjusted suballocation for that sub4 committee with the appropriate reductions in levels

5 of total new budget outlays and total new budget au6 thority; and

7 ‘‘(B) an adjusted allocation for the committee

8 that is reduced by the reductions in new budget out9 lays and new budget authority made under subpara10 graph (A).

11 ‘‘(g) FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

12 COMMITTEES ALLOCATIONS AND SUBALLOCATIONS.—

13 Upon the passage of any rescission bill by both Houses

14 of Congress, the suballocations for that fiscal year made

15 by each Committee on Appropriations under subsection

16 (b)(1) to any subcommittee with jurisdiction over that bill

17 shall be reduced by the sum of the rescissions contained

18 in that bill over which it has jurisdiction, and that commit19 tee shall report to its House—

20 ‘‘(1) an adjusted suballocation for that sub21 committee with the appropriate reductions in levels

22 of total new budget outlays and total new budget au23 thority; and

24 ‘‘(2) an adjusted allocation for the committee

25 that is reduced by the reductions in new budget out-
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1 lays and new budget authority made under para2 graph (1).’’.

3 SEC. 3. CBO TRACKING.

4 Section 202 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

5 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub6 section:

7 ‘‘(i) SCOREKEEPING ASSISTANCE.—To facilitate

8 compliance by the Committees on Appropriations with sec9 tions 302(e)(2) and 602(f), the Office shall score all gen10 eral appropriation measures as passed the House of Rep11 resentatives and as passed the Senate and have such

12 scorecard published in the Congressional Record.’’.

13 SEC. 4. ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

14 LIMITS.

15 Section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act

16 of 1974 is amended by inserting before the period at the

17 end the following: ‘‘and by the amounts of any adjust18 ments pursuant to section 602(f)(2)(B) and section

19 602(g)(2)’’.

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