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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4066 

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 25, 2019 

Mr. SCHRADER (for himself and Mr. FLORES) 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Adding, No Pad5 ding Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. 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) by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

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

9 funding level for such program, that will be a one10 time expense for the fiscal year for which the budget 

11 is submitted. 

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

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

14 budget function and agency, for spending reductions 

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

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

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

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

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

20 under this section that is being conducted in the current 

21 fiscal year, the President shall provide the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) The amount appropriated or otherwise 

23 made available for such item in such year. 

24 ‘‘(B) The amount (if any) of a proposed adjust25 ment in the funding level for such item and the jus26 tification for such change. 


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

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

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

4 include with such proposal the following: 

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

6 a result of inflation. 

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

8 result of an increase in salaries or benefits for em9 ployees.’’. 

10 (b) CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ESTI11 MATES.—Section 1109 of title 31, United States Code, is 

12 amended as follows: 

13 (1) In subsection (a)— 

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

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

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

17 amount of budget authority as provided in the 

18 current fiscal year’’; and 

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

20 President’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent with the 

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

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

23 ‘‘(c) With respect to each program listed under sub24 section (a), the President shall provide— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the amount appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available for such program in the current fis3 cal year; and 

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

5 increase in the following fiscal year for such pro6 gram due to inflation, pay increases, or benefit in7 creases.’’. 

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