IV 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 343 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the reduction 

of section 302(b) suballocations to reflect floor amendments to general 

appropriation bills. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 21, 2009 

Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. MACK, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, 

Mr. OLSON, Mr. HERGER, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. 

BARTLETT, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. KING of 

Iowa, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. MCHENRY, 

Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. COOPER, 

Mr. SOUDER, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, 

Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. HALL of Texas, and Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Rules 

RESOLUTION 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 

require the reduction of section 302(b) suballocations 

to reflect floor amendments to general appropriation 

bills. 

1 Resolved, That rule XXI of the Rules of the House 

2 of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 

3 following new clause: 

4 ‘‘11. (a) Whenever any Member offers an amendment 

5 to any general appropriation bill (or resolution making 


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1 continuing appropriations to the end of a fiscal year) to 

2 reduce new budget authority (and outlays flowing there3 from), that Member may designate the amount of the re4 duction in new budget authority that should be used to 

5 reduce the Federal budget deficit (or to increase the Fed6 eral budget surplus) if such amendment is agreed to. 

7 ‘‘(b)(1) Upon the engrossment in the House of Rep8 resentatives of any general appropriation bill (or resolu9 tion making continuing appropriations to the end of a fis10 cal year), the chairman of the Committee on Appropria11 tions shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) reduce the suballocation of new budget au13 thority to the appropriate subcommittee of that com14 mittee made under section 302(b) of the Congres15 sional Budget Act of 1974 by the net amount of re16 ductions in new budget authority resulting from the 

17 amendments agreed to by the House to that bill to 

18 the extent that they are designated pursuant to 

19 paragraph (a), and 

20 ‘‘(B) reduce the suballocation of outlays made 

21 under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget 

22 Act of 1974 to the appropriate subcommittee of that 

23 committee by the net amount of reductions in out24 lays resulting from amendments described in sub25 division (A) by the House to that bill, 


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1 and promptly report those revisions to the House. 

2 ‘‘(2) The reductions in suballocations made under 

3 subparagraph (1) may not be reallocated by the Com4 mittee on Appropriations to any other subcommittee. 

5 ‘‘(3) In the House of Representatives, the revised 

6 suballocations made under subparagraph (1) shall be 

7 deemed to be suballocations made under section 302(b) 

8 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

9 ‘‘(c) Upon the reporting of revised suballocations to 

10 the House by the Committee on Appropriations under 

11 paragraph (b), the chairman of the Committee on the 

12 Budget shall make appropriate revisions in the allocations 

13 to the Committee on Appropriations to reflect the revised 

14 suballocations and report those revisions to the House. In 

15 the House of Representatives, those revised allocations 

16 shall be deemed to be allocations made under section 

17 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.’’. 

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