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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1182

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

to limit consideration of nonemergency matters in emergency legislation

and permit matter that is extraneous to emergencies to be stricken

as provided in the Byrd rule.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 16, 1997

Ms. SNOWE (for herself, Mr. ABRAHAM, and Mr. GRAMM) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred jointly pursuant to the

order of August 4, 1977, as modified by the order of April 11, 1986, 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 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to limit consideration of nonemergency

matters in emergency legislation and permit matter that

is extraneous to emergencies to be stricken as provided

in the Byrd rule.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Spending

5 Control Act of 1997’’.
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1 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EMERGENCY SPENDING.

2 (a) EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

3 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

4 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the

5 end the following new sentence: ‘‘However, OMB shall not

6 adjust any discretionary spending limit under this clause

7 for any statute that designates appropriations as emer8 gency requirements if that statute contains an appropria9 tion for any other matter, event, or occurrence, but that

10 statute may contain rescissions of budget authority.’’.

11 (b) EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.—Section 252(e) of

12 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

13 of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the following

14 new sentence: ‘‘However, OMB shall not designate any

15 such amounts of new budget authority, outlays, or receipts

16 as emergency requirements in the report required under

17 subsection (d) if that statute contains any other provisions

18 that are not so designated, but that statute may contain

19 provisions that reduce direct spending.’’.

20 (c) NEW POINT OF ORDER.—Title IV of the Congres21 sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the

22 end the following new section:

23 ‘‘POINT OF ORDER REGARDING EMERGENCIES

24 ‘‘SEC. 407. (a) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order

25 in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider

26 any bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or con-
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1 ference report thereon, containing an appropriation or di2 rect spending designated as an emergency for purposes of

3 section 251(b)(2)(D) or 252(c) of the Balanced Budget

4 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 if it also pro5 vides an appropriation or direct spending for any non6 emergency item or contains any other matter not relevant

7 to the matter designated as an emergency, but that bill

8 or joint resolution, amendment, or conference report may

9 contain rescissions of budget authority or reductions of di10 rect spending, or that amendment may reduce amounts

11 for that emergency.

12 ‘‘(b) MATTER TO BE STRICKEN.—A point of order

13 may be raised under this section against a provision violat14 ing this section as provided for extraneous matter in sub15 sections (d) and (e) of section 313.’’.

16 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con17 tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget

18 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in19 serting after the item relating to section 407 the following

20 new item:

‘‘Sec. 407. Point of order regarding emergencies.’’.

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