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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3350 

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 

to require roll call votes acknowledging the effect of the costs of legislation on the national debt. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 27, 2009 

Ms. JENKINS (for herself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mrs. MILLER of 

Michigan, Mr. BOREN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. 

BOUSTANY, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. GOHMERT, Ms. 

GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. 

RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. PAUL, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. 

COLE, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. 

SHIMKUS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. GOODLATTE, and Mr. 

SOUDER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require roll call votes acknowledging 

the effect of the costs of legislation on the national 

debt. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Debt Accountability 

3 Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EFFECT OF COSTS OF LEGISLATION. 

5 Title IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘PART C—EFFECT OF COSTS OF LEGISLATION 

8 ‘‘SEC. 431. LEGISLATION SUBJECT TO POINT OF ORDER. 

9 ‘‘(a) ENFORCEMENT.—It shall not be in order in the 

10 Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any 

11 bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference re12 port that would increase the deficit or decrease the surplus 

13 for any fiscal year unless the Senate or the House of Rep14 resentatives, as the case may be, by roll call vote, acknowl15 edges the costs that would be incurred in carrying out 

16 such measure, as estimated by the Director of the Con17 gressional Budget Office, and any effect those costs might 

18 have on the national debt. 

19 ‘‘(b) DISPOSITION OF POINTS OF ORDER.—As dis20 position of points of order under subsection (a), the Chair 

21 shall put the question to the chamber, ‘Notwithstanding 

22 the acknowledgment that the [insert bill, joint resolution, 

23 amendment, motion, or conference report, as applicable] 

24 would increase the deficit or decrease the surplus, shall 

25 the [insert House or Senate, as applicable] now consider 


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1 the [insert bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 

2 conference report, as applicable]?’.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 

4 The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the 

5 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

6 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

7 section 428 the following: 

‘‘PART C—EFFECT OF COSTS OF LEGISLATION

‘‘Sec. 431. Legislation subject to point of order.’’. 

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