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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2172

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974

and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

to establish categorical spending targets and sequestration against those

targets to balance the Federal budget by fiscal year 2000, and for

other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 19, 1993

Mr. MCMILLAN (for himself, Mr. KASICH, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. KOLBE, Mr.

SHAYS, and Mr. SMITH of Michigan) introduced the following bill; which

was referred jointly to the Committees on Government Operations and

Rules

A BILL

To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish categorical

spending targets and sequestration against those targets

to balance the Federal budget by fiscal year 2000, 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 ‘‘Health Care Reform

5 Budget Enforcement Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATES.

2 This Act and the amendments made by it shall take

3 effect on its date of enactment and shall apply to fiscal

4 year 1994 and subsequent fiscal years.

5 TITLE I—REQUIREMENT THAT

6 PRESIDENT SUBMIT AND

7 BUDGET COMMITTEES RE8 PORT BUDGETS THAT

9 ACHIEVE A BALANCED BUDG10 ET BY FISCAL YEAR 2000

11 SEC. 101. SUBMISSION OF BALANCED BUDGET BY THE

12 PRESIDENT.

13 Section 1105 of title 31, United States code, is

14 amended by inserting at the end the following new sub15 section:

16 ‘‘(g) Any budget submitted to Congress pursuant to

17 subsection (a) for fiscal year 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,

18 1998, 1999, or 2000 shall be a budget for that fiscal year

19 and the 4 ensuing fiscal years that provides for a balanced

20 budget for fiscal year 2000 and subsequent fiscal years

21 and for each such year is within the categorical targets

22 set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 601. Any

23 budget submitted to Congress pursuant to subsection (a)

24 for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2000 shall be a budget

25 that provides for a balanced budget for that fiscal year

26 and the 4 ensuing fiscal years and sets forth appropriate
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1 categorical targets for discretionary appropriations and di2 rect spending.’’.

3 SEC. 102. REPORTING OF BALANCED BUDGETS.

4 Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

5 is amended by inserting at the end the following new sub6 section:

7 ‘‘(j) REPORTING OF BALANCED BUDGETS.—Any

8 joint resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1994, 1995,

9 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000 as reported by the Com10 mittee on the Budget of each House, shall set forth appro11 priate levels for the fiscal year beginning on October 1

12 of the calendar year in which it is reported and for each

13 of the 4 ensuing fiscal years for the matters described in

14 section 301(a) and for each categorical target set forth

15 in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 601 that provides

16 for a balanced budget by fiscal year 2000 and for each

17 fiscal year thereafter. Any joint resolution on the budget

18 for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2000, as reported by the

19 Committee on the Budget of each House, shall set forth

20 appropriate levels for the fiscal year beginning on October

21 1 of the calendar year in which it is reported and for each

22 of the 4 ensuing fiscal years for the matters described in

23 section 301(a) and set forth appropriate categorical tar24 gets for discretionary appropriations and direct spending
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1 that provides for a balanced budget for that fiscal year

2 and each of the ensuing 4 fiscal years.’’.

3 SEC. 103. PROCEDURE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA4 TIVES.

5 Section 305(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of

6 1974 is amended by inserting at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(8)(A) If the Committee on Rules of the

8 House of Representatives reports any rule or order

9 providing for the consideration of any joint resolu10 tion on the budget for a fiscal year, then it shall

11 also, within the same rule or order, provide for—

12 ‘‘(i) the consideration of the text of any

13 joint resolution on the budget for that fiscal

14 year reported by the Committee on the Budget

15 of the House of Representatives pursuant to

16 section 301(j); and

17 ‘‘(ii) the consideration of the text of each

18 joint resolution on the budget as introduced by

19 the majority leader pursuant to subparagraph

20 (B);

21 and such rule or order shall assure that a separate

22 vote occurs on each such budget.

23 ‘‘(B) The majority leader of the House of Rep24 resentatives shall introduce a joint resolution on the

25 budget reflecting, without substantive revision, the
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1 budget submitted by the President pursuant to sec2 tion 1105(g) of title 31, United States Code, as soon

3 as practicable after its submission.’’.

4 SEC. 104. PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.

5 Section 305(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of

6 1974 is amended by inserting at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(7) Notwithstanding any other rule, it shall al8 ways be in order in the Senate to consider an

9 amendment to a joint resolution on the budget for

10 a fiscal year comprising the text of any budget sub11 mitted by the President for that fiscal year as de12 scribed in section 1105(g) of title 31, United States

13 Code.’’.

14 TITLE II—JOINT BUDGET

15 RESOLUTIONS.

16 SEC. 201. AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET ACT TO CHANGE

17 CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTIONS INTO

18 JOINT BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.

19 (a) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents set

20 forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget and Im21 poundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by striking

22 ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it occurs therein and by inserting

23 ‘‘joint’’ and by striking ‘‘Concurrent’’ and by inserting

24 ‘‘Joint’’ in the item relating to section 303.

25 (b) DEFINITIONS.—
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1 (1) Paragraph (4) of section 3 of the Congres2 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

3 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each

4 place it occurs and inserting ‘‘joint’’.

5 (2) Paragraph (8) of section 3 of the Congres6 sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of

7 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘by the Congress’’.

8 (c) TITLE III OF THE BUDGET ACT.—Title III of

9 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by

10 striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it occurs therein and by

11 inserting ‘‘joint’’ and by striking ‘‘Concurrent’’ and by in12 serting ‘‘Joint’’ in the heading of section 303.

13 (d) TITLE IV OF THE BUDGET ACT.—Section

14 401(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is

15 amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and by inserting

16 ‘‘joint’’.

17 (e) TITLE IX OF THE BUDGET ACT.—Section 904(d)

18 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by

19 striking ‘‘concurrent’’ and by inserting ‘‘joint’’.

20 SEC. 202. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO

21 THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA22 TIVES.

23 (a) RULE X.—Clauses 1(e)(2), 4(a)(2), 4(b)(2), 4(g),

24 4(h), and 4(i) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Rep-
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1 resentatives are amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each

2 place it appears therein and by inserting ‘‘joint’’.

3 (b) RULE XXIII.—Clause 8 of rule XXIII of the

4 Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by

5 striking ‘‘concurrent’’ each place it appears therein and

6 by inserting ‘‘joint’’.

7 (c) RULE XLIX.—Rule XLIX of the Rules of the

8 House of Representatives is repealed.

9 SEC. 203. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO

10 THE DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985.

11 (a) SECTION 254.—Section 254(b)(2)(A) of the Defi12 cit Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking ‘‘concur13 rent’’ and by inserting ‘‘joint’’.

14 (b) SECTION 257.—Section 257(3) of the Deficit

15 Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking ‘‘concurrent’’

16 and by inserting ‘‘joint’’.

17 SEC. 204. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW POINT OF ORDER.

18 Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

19 (as amended by section 102) is amended by adding at the

20 end the following new subsection:

21 ‘‘(k)(1) It shall not be in order in the House of Rep22 resentatives or the Senate to consider any appropriation

23 or authorizing legislation for a fiscal year covered by a

24 joint resolution on the budget before that joint resolution

25 is enacted.
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1 ‘‘(2) The point or order set forth in paragraph (1)

2 may only be waived by an affirmative vote of not less than

3 two-thirds of those voting, a quorum being present.’’.

4 TITLE III—CATEGORICAL SE5 QUESTRATION AND PAY-AS6 YOU-GO.

7 SEC. 301. REVISED MAXIMUM DEFICIT AMOUNTS AND DIS8 CRETIONARY SPENDING TARGETS.

9 (a) DIRECT SPENDING TARGET.—Section 601(a)(1)

10 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to

11 read as follows:

12 ‘‘(1) DIRECT SPENDING TARGET.—The term

13 ‘direct spending target’ means—

‘‘ENTITLEMENT TARGETS

(in billions of dollars)

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

[NON-MEANSTESTED]

Medicare .................................. 154 164 170 176 182 187 193

Federal civilian retirement ...... 37 39 42 44 46 48 50

Military retirement .................. 27 28 29 31 32 33 35

Other retirement/disability ...... 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Unemployment compensation .. 26 25 25 25 25 25 25

Veterans’ benefits .................... 18 17 16 18 18 18 18

Farm price supports ................ 10 9 8 9 9 9 9

Social services .......................... 6 5 5 5 5 5 5

Credit reform liquidating account .................................... 2 –2 –8 –6 –7 –1 –1

Other ....................................... 17 16 14 16 17 17 17

[MEANS-TESTED]

Medicaid .................................. 85 90 95 100 105 110 115

Food stamps ............................ 24 24 24 25 26 26 27

SSI .......................................... 24 24 24 28 30 30 30

Family support ........................ 18 18 19 19 20 20 20

Veterans’ pensions ................... 3 3 2 2 3 3 3

Child nutrition ......................... 7 7 8 8 9 9 9

EITC ....................................... 10 13 13 14 14 14 14

Stafford loans .......................... 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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‘‘ENTITLEMENT TARGETS—Continued

(in billions of dollars)

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Other ....................................... 3 3 4 4 4 4 4

Total mandatory (excluding social security) ....... 479 491 498 526 546 565 581’’.

1 (b) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING TARGET.—Section

2 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is

3 amended to read as follows:

4 ‘‘(2) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING TARGET.—The

5 term ‘discretionary spending target’ means—

‘‘Fiscal Year Domestic targets (in billions of dollars)

National security targets

(in billions of dollars)

1994 ..................................... 228 293

1995 ..................................... 234 287

1996 ..................................... 234 287

1997 ..................................... 234 287

1998 ..................................... 234 287

1999 ..................................... 234 287

2000 ..................................... 234 287’’.

6 (c) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

7 TARGETS.—Section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and

8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to

9 read as follows:

10 ‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

11 TARGETS.—Whenever appropriate, adjustments to the

12 discretionary spending targets (and to those targets as cu13 mulatively adjusted) for one or more fiscal years shall be

14 made to reflect the following:

15 ‘‘(1) CHANGES IN CONCEPTS.—For any fiscal

16 year, the adjustments produced by any change in
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1 budget accounting concepts (including scorekeeping

2 conventions, budget classifications, and definitions)

3 shall equal the current-year levels of new budget au4 thority using up-to-date concepts minus those levels

5 using the concepts in effect before the change. Such

6 changes in concepts may only be made in consulta7 tion with the Committees on Appropriations and the

8 Budget of the House of Representatives and Senate,

9 CBO, and OMB. A change in budget classifications

10 includes any change from the assumption that all

11 amounts provided in appropriation Acts are classi12 fied as discretionary except those included under the

13 heading ‘Mandatory Appropriations’ in the joint ex14 planatory statement of managers accompanying the

15 conference report on the Budget Reform Act of

16 1993.

17 ‘‘(2) CHANGES IN INFLATION.—(A) For the

18 budget year and each outyear through 2000, the ad19 justments produced by changes in inflation shall

20 equal the discretionary spending target for each

21 such year multiplied by the inflation adjustment fac22 tor (for the fiscal year immediately preceding the

23 current year) computed under subparagraph (B).

24 ‘‘(B) The inflation adjustment factor shall be

25 calculated by subtracting 1 from the ratio of (i) the
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1 level of year-over-year inflation measured for the fis2 cal year immediately preceding the current year, and

3 (ii) the applicable estimated level for that year set

4 forth below:

5 For 1992, 1.030.

6 For 1993, 1.031.

7 For 1994, 1.027.

8 For 1995, 1.027.

9 For 1996, 1.027.

10 Inflation shall be measured by the average of the es11 timated consumer price index for all urban consum12 ers for a fiscal year divided by the average index for

13 the prior fiscal year.

14 ‘‘(3) EXPIRING HOUSING CONTRACTS.—For

15 each budget year through 2000, the adjustment

16 shall be the amount of new budget authority needed

17 to renew expiring multiyear subsidized housing con18 tracts or provide contracts to replace units lost due

19 to prepayments, with the per-contract renewal/re20 placement cost equal to the average current-year

21 cost of renewal or replacement contracts.

22 ‘‘(4) EMERGENCIES.—If for any fiscal year ap23 propriations for discretionary accounts are enacted

24 that are designated as emergency requirements by

25 statute, the adjustment shall be the amount of those
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1 appropriations that the President also designates, in

2 writing, as emergency requirements within 5 days of

3 the enactment of those appropriations. If any

4 amount previously designated as an emergency re5 quirement is rescinded, the adjustment shall be the

6 amount of that rescission.’’.

7 (d) REVENUE RAISING RECOMMENDATIONS TO

8 COVER SHORTFALL.—Section 251 of the Balanced Budg9 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended

10 by adding at the end the following new subsection:

11 ‘‘(c) RECONCILIATION PROCESS TO AVOID SEQUES12 TRATION.—Whenever the Committee on Appropriations of

13 the House or Senate believes that a sequestration would

14 be necessary under this section to eliminate a budget-year

15 breach in any discretionary appropriation category as a

16 result of the enactment of any appropriation Act, that

17 committee may forward a report to the Committee on

18 Ways and Means or the Committee on Finance, as the

19 case may be, recommending a revenue increase to cover

20 the shortfall. If such a revenue increase measure of suffi21 cient size to cover the shortfall is enacted into law during

22 that session of Congress, then no categorical sequestration

23 may occur under this section as a result of that appropria24 tion Act.’’.
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1 (e) REVENUE SHORTFALL POINT OF ORDER.—Sec2 tion 253 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

3 Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:

4 ‘‘SEC. 253. REVENUE SHORTFALL POINT OF ORDER.

5 ‘‘(a) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in

6 the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider

7 any bill or joint resolution, or any conference report there8 on or amendment thereto, reducing revenues for any fiscal

9 year through fiscal year 2000 unless it also contains an

10 amendment to section 601(a)(1) or 601(a)(2) of the Con11 gressional Budget Act of 1974 to reduce any combination

12 of entitlement targets or discretionary spending targets in

13 order to make that bill, joint resolution, conference report,

14 or amendment deficit-neutral for each such fiscal year.

15 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The point of order set forth in para16 graph (1) may only be waived by an affirmative vote of

17 not less than two-thirds of those voting, a quorum being

18 present.’’.

19 SEC. 302. LIMITATION ON DIRECT SPENDING.

20 (a) LIMITATION ON DIRECT SPENDING.—Section

21 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con22 trol Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:

23 ‘‘SEC. 252. LIMITATION ON DIRECT SPENDING.

24 ‘‘(a) PERMANENT SEQUESTRATION OF DIRECT

25 SPENDING.—
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1 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—Obligations in sequestered

2 direct spending accounts shall be reduced in the fis3 cal year in which a sequestration occurs and in all

4 succeeding fiscal years. Notwithstanding any other

5 provision of this section, after the first direct spend6 ing sequestration, any later sequestration shall re7 duce direct spending by an amount in addition to,

8 rather than in lieu of, the reduction in direct spend9 ing in place under the existing sequestration or se10 questrations.

11 ‘‘(2) SEQUESTRATION.—Within 15 calendar

12 days after Congress adjourns to end a session and

13 on the same day as a sequestration (if any) under

14 section 251, there shall be a sequestration to elimi15 nate a budget-year breach (if any) in any direct

16 spending category within the direct spending target.

17 ‘‘(b) ELIMINATING EXCESS DIRECT SPENDING.—

18 The amount required to be sequestered in a fiscal year

19 under subsection (a) shall be obtained from direct spend20 ing accounts. Each non-exempt direct spending account

21 in a category within the direct spending target shall be

22 reduced by a uniform percentage necessary to make the

23 reduction in direct spending required in that category to

24 stay within the direct spending target.
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1 ‘‘(c) RECONCILIATION PROCESS TO AVOID SEQUES2 TRATION.—Whenever a committee of the House or Senate

3 believes that a sequestration would be necessary under this

4 section to eliminate a budget-year breach in any direct

5 spending category as a result of the enactment of any Act

6 under its jurisdiction, that committee may forward a re7 port to the Committee on Ways and Means or the Commit8 tee on Finance, as the case may be, recommending a reve9 nue increase to cover the shortfall. If such a revenue in10 crease measure of sufficient size to cover the shortfall is

11 enacted into law during that session of Congress, then no

12 categorical sequestration may occur under this section as

13 a result of that Act.’’.

14 SEC. 303. EXEMPT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.

15 (a) EXEMPTIONS.—Section 255 of the Balanced

16 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is

17 amended to read as follows:

18 ‘‘SEC. 255. EXEMPT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.

19 ‘‘(a) SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.—Benefits payable

20 under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance pro21 gram established under title II of the Social Security Act

22 shall be exempt from reduction from any order issued

23 under this part.
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1 ‘‘(b) NET INTEREST.—No reduction of payments for

2 net interest (all of major functional category 900) shall

3 be made under any order issued under this part.’’.

4 (b) REPEALER.—(1) Section 256 of the Balanced

5 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (relat6 ing to exceptions, limitations, and special rules) is re7 pealed.

8 (2) The item relating to section 255 in the table of

9 contents set forth in section 250(a) of the Balanced Budg10 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed.

11 SEC. 304. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO

12 THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY

13 DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985.

14 (a) DEFINITION OF CATEGORY.—Section 250(c)(4)

15 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control

16 Act of 1985 is amended to read as follows:

17 ‘‘(4) The term ‘category’ means for fiscal years

18 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000—

19 ‘‘(A) when referring to discretionary ap20 propriations, either of the following subsets: na21 tional security (defense and international) or

22 domestic; and

23 ‘‘(B) when referring to direct spending,

24 any of the 19 categories set forth in section
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1 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of

2 1974.

3 Discretionary appropriations in the domestic cat4 egory and in the national security (defense and

5 international) category and accounts in the 19 direct

6 spending categories referred to in the preceding sen7 tence shall be those so designated in the joint state8 ment of managers accompanying this Act. New ac9 counts or activities shall be categorized in consulta10 tion with the Committees on Appropriations and the

11 Budget of the House of Representatives and the

12 Senate.’’.

13 (b) DEFINITION OF BUDGETARY RESOURCES.—Sec14 tion 250(c)(6)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking ‘‘or

16 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, or

17 2000’’.

18 (c) ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING TAR19 GETS.—Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emer20 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—

21 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and section

22 253’’ and by striking ‘‘1995’’ in its side heading and

23 inserting ‘‘2000’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘or 1995’’

2 both places it appears and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996,

3 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000’’;

4 (3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘or 1995’’

5 the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996,

6 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000’’ and by striking

7 ‘‘through 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2000’’; and

8 (4) in subsection (b)(2)(D), by striking ‘‘or

9 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,

10 1999, or 2000’’.

11 (d) REPORTS AND ORDERS.—Section 254 of the Bal12 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

13 is amended—

14 (1) by striking subsection (c);

15 (2)(A) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘, pay16 as-you-go, and deficit’’ and inserting ‘‘and direct

17 spending’’ and by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting

18 ‘‘2000’’;

19 (B) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph

20 (3) to read as follows:

21 ‘‘(3) DIRECT SPENDING SEQUESTRATION RE22 PORTS.—The preview reports shall set forth esti23 mates, for the current year and each subsequent

24 year through 2000, of the applicable direct spending

25 targets for each category.’’; and
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1 (C) by striking paragraph (4) of subsection (d);

2 and

3 (3)(A) in subsection (g)(2)(A), by striking

4 ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’; and

5 (B) by amending paragraph (3) of subsection

6 (g) to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(3) DIRECT SPENDING SEQUESTRATION RE8 PORTS.—The final reports shall set forth estimates

9 for each of the following:

10 ‘‘(A) For the current year and each subse11 quent year through 2000 the applicable direct

12 spending targets for each category.

13 ‘‘(B) For the current year and the budget

14 year the estimated new budget authority and

15 outlays for each category and the breach, if

16 any, in each category.

17 ‘‘(C) For each category for which a seques18 tration is required, the sequestration percent19 ages necessary to achieve the required reduc20 tion.

21 ‘‘(D) For the budget year, for each ac22 count to be sequestered, estimates of the base23 line level of sequesterable budgetary resources

24 and resulting outlays and the amount of budg-
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1 etary resources to be sequestered and resulting

2 outlay reductions.’’.

3 (e) EXTENSION OF EXPIRATION DATE.—Section

4 274(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

5 Control Act of 1985 is amended by striking ‘‘1995’’ and

6 inserting ‘‘2000’’.

7 (f) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections set

8 forth in section 250(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emer9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—

10 (1) in the item relating to section 252, by strik11 ing ‘‘Enforcing pay-as-you-go’’ and inserting ‘‘Limi12 tation on direct spending’’; and

13 (2) by striking the item relating to section 253.

14 SEC. 305. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO

15 TITLE VI OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET

16 ACT OF 1974.

17 (a) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.—Section

18 601(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is

19 amended by striking ‘‘or 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995,

20 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000’’.

21 (b) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS AND ENFORCE22 MENT.—Section 602 of the Congressional Budget Act of

23 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘1995’’ each place it appears

24 and inserting ‘‘2000’’.
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1 (c) 5-YEAR BUDGET RESOLUTIONS.—Section 606 of

2 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended—

3 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or 1995’’ and

4 inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000’’;

5 and

6 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘and 1995’’

7 and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and

8 2000’’.

9 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 607 of the Congres10 sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘1995’’

11 and inserting ‘‘2000’’.

12 TITLE IV—THE BUDGET

13 BASELINE

14 SEC. 401. THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET.

15 Paragraph (5) of section 1105(a) of title 31, United

16 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

17 ‘‘(5) except as provided in subsection (b) of this

18 section—

19 ‘‘(A) estimated expenditures and proposed

20 appropriations for each function and

21 subfunction in the current fiscal year;

22 ‘‘(B) estimated expenditures and proposed

23 appropriations the President decides are nec24 essary to support the Government for each
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1 function and subfunction in the fiscal year for

2 which the budget is submitted; and

3 ‘‘(C) a comparison of levels of estimated

4 expenditures and proposed appropriations for

5 each function and subfunction in the current

6 fiscal year and the fiscal year for which the

7 budget is submitted, along with the proposed

8 increase or decrease of spending in percentage

9 terms for each function and subfunction;’’.

10 SEC. 402. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET.

11 Section 301(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of

12 1974 is amended by—

13 (1) inserting after the second sentence the fol14 lowing: ‘‘The starting point for any deliberations in

15 the Committee on the Budget of each House on the

16 joint resolution on the budget for the next fiscal year

17 shall be the estimated level of outlays for the current

18 year in each function and subfunction. Any increases

19 or decreases in the congressional budget for the next

20 fiscal year shall be from such estimated levels.’’;

21 (2) striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and insert22 ing the following:

23 ‘‘(2) a comparison of levels for the current fis24 cal year with proposed spending for the subsequent

25 fiscal years along with the proposed increase or de-
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1 crease of spending in percentage terms for each

2 function and subfunction;

3 ‘‘(3) information, data, and comparisons indi4 cating the manner in which and the basis on which,

5 the committee determined each of the matters set

6 forth in the joint resolution, including information

7 on outlays for the current fiscal year and the deci8 sions reached to set funding for the subsequent fis9 cal years;’’;

10 (3) inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in para11 graph (7);

12 (4) striking paragraph (8); and

13 (5) redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph

14 (8).

15 SEC. 403. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORT TO

16 COMMITTEES.

17 The first sentence of section 202(f)(1) of the Con18 gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as fol19 lows: ‘‘On or before February 15 of each year, the Direc20 tor shall submit to the Committees on the Budget of the

21 House of Representatives and the Senate a report, for the

22 fiscal year commencing on October 1 of that year, with

23 respect to fiscal policy, including (A) estimated budget

24 outlays in all functions and subfunctions for appropriated

25 accounts for the current fiscal year and estimated budget
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1 outlays under current law for all entitlement programs for

2 the next fiscal year, (B) alternative levels of total reve3 nues, total new budget authority, and total outlays (in4 cluding related surpluses and deficits), and (C) the levels

5 of tax expenditures under existing law, taking into account

6 projected economic factors and any changes in such levels

7 based on proposals in the budget submitted by the Presi8 dent for such fiscal year.’’.

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