Transparency in Federal Spending Resolution

Subjects: Congress

Summary:  <p><b>Transparency in Federal Spending Resolution</b></p> <p>This resolution permits Members to object to the consideration of legislation that authorizes or appropriates funding for programs unless the legislation includes a table (in a machine-readable format) that details the funding. The table must account for (1) the total amount, and the amount per fiscal year, of the funding; and (2) estimates of the affect (if any) of the funding on the cost of servicing the public debt.</p> <p>An objection raised on these grounds may not be waived.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 96 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 96

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the 
     consideration of certain legislation that authorizes or makes 
 appropriations unless such legislation includes a table that details 
   the amount of appropriations authorized or appropriated for each 
 program and an estimate of the costs (if any) of servicing the public 
debt which would be incurred in carrying out the measure, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2023

 Mr. Mooney (for himself, Mr. Perry, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Norman, and Mr. 
  Buck) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the 
     consideration of certain legislation that authorizes or makes 
 appropriations unless such legislation includes a table that details 
   the amount of appropriations authorized or appropriated for each 
 program and an estimate of the costs (if any) of servicing the public 
debt which would be incurred in carrying out the measure, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Transparency in Federal 
Spending Resolution''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN LEGISLATION WITH RESPECT 
              TO APPROPRIATIONS.

    Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
adding at the end the following new clause:
    ``13.(a) It shall not be in order to consider a bill, resolution, 
or conference report, or an amendment thereto, that authorizes the 
appropriation of funds or makes appropriations for one or more programs 
unless the measure includes a table in machine readable format at the 
end of the measure that details--
            ``(1) the amount of funds authorized or appropriated for 
        each such program;
            ``(2) the amount of funds authorized or appropriated with 
        respect to each fiscal year for each such program; and
            ``(3) an estimate of the costs (if any) of servicing the 
        public debt which would be incurred in carrying out each such 
        program.
    ``(b) It shall not be in order to consider a rule or order that 
waives the application of this clause.
    ``(c) For the purposes of this clause, the term `program' has the 
meaning given such term in section 1122(a) of title 31, United States 
Code.''.
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