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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 700

To provide for the automatic downward adjustment in the discretionary spending limits for fiscal year 1995 set forth in the Congressional Budget

Act of 1974, and to reduce obligation limits equal to the amount of

rescissions and changes contained in this Act.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 26, 1995

Mr. ZELIFF (for himself and Mr. ANDREWS) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on the Budget and, in addition, to

the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To provide for the automatic downward adjustment in the

discretionary spending limits for fiscal year 1995 set

forth in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and

to reduce obligation limits equal to the amount of rescissions and changes contained in this Act.

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 ‘‘A to Z Spending Cuts

5 Plan’’.
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1 TITLE I—DISCRETIONARY CAP

2 ADJUSTMENTS

3 SECTION 101. DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRE4 TIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.

5 The discretionary spending limits (new budget au6 thority and outlays) for fiscal year 1995 set forth in sec7 tion 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974,

8 as adjusted in strict conformance with section 251 of the

9 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of

10 1985, shall be reduced, as calculated by the Director of

11 the Office of Management and Budget, in amounts equal

12 to the aggregate amounts of rescissions under title II for

13 that fiscal year.

14 SEC. 102. PAYGO SCORECARD.

15 Reductions in outlays in a fiscal year resulting from

16 any provision in this Act shall not be taken into account

17 for any purpose under section 252 of the Balanced Budget

18 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

19 SEC. 103. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS FOR FISCAL

20 YEARS 1995–1998.

21 (a) REDUCTION IN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIM22 ITS.—The discretionary spending limits (budget authority

23 and outlays) for each of fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997,

24 and 1998 set forth in section 601(a)(2) of the Congres25 sional Budget Act of 1974, as adjusted in strict conform-
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1 ance with section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emer2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall be reduced as cal3 culated by the Director of the Office of Management and

4 Budget, by the aggregate amounts of rescissions under

5 title II for any fiscal year, plus any additional savings for

6 that fiscal year as a result of the enactment of title III.

7 (b) DEFINITION.—For the purposes of subsection

8 (a), the term ‘‘additional savings for that fiscal year as

9 a result of the enactment of title III’’ means the net aggre10 gate amount (if any) by which the OMB current services

11 baseline for discretionary appropriations (before any re12 scissions made under title II) for all programs, projects,

13 and activities for which new authorization levels or obliga14 tion limits are established by title II exceeds those new

15 authorization levels for fiscal years 1996, 1997, or 1998,

16 as the case may be, or the amount by which the program

17 changes (changes in authorizing statutes which reduce the

18 need for future discretionary appropriations) result in a

19 reduction in outlays.
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1 TITLE II—REDUCTIONS IN

2 SPENDING

3 SEC. 201. RESCISSIONS.

4 TITLE III—CHANGES IN AUTHOR5 IZATION STATUTES TO EF6 FECT SPENDING REDUC7 TIONS

8 SEC. 301. CHANGES.

9 TITLE IV—SENSE OF THE CON10 GRESS ON THE REDUCTION

11 OF THE DISCRETIONARY

12 SPENDING CAPS

13 SEC. 401. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

14 It is the Sense of Congress that each reduction in

15 the discretionary spending caps caused by the spending

16 cuts in title II and title III of this Act shall result in reduc17 tions in future spending for that particular program only.

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