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of Representatives. After the Committee rises and fi-
nally reports the resolution back to the House, the
previous question shall be considered as ordered on
the resolution and any amendments thereto to final
passage without intervening motion; except that it
shall be in order at any time prior to final passage
(notwithstanding any other rule or provision of law)
to consider an amendment (or a series of amend-
ments) changing any figure or figures in the resolu-
tion as so reported to the extent necessary solely to
achieve mathematical consistency. The concurrent
resolution is not divisible in the House or in the
Committee of the Whole. A motion to recommit the
concurrent resolution is not in order, and it is not
in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the
concurrent resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.
‘‘(6) Debate in the House of Representatives on
a conference report on a concurrent resolution on
the budget shall be limited to not more than 5
hours, which shall be divided equally between the
majority and minority parties. A motion further to
limit debate is not debatable. A motion to recommit
the conference report is not in order, and it is not
in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the
conference report is agreed to or disagreed to.
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‘‘(7) Appeals from decisions of the Chair relat-
ing to the application of the Rules of the House of
Representatives to the procedure relating to any con-
current resolution on the budget shall be decided
without debate.
‘‘(b) PROCEDURE IN SENATE AFTER REPORT OF
COMMITTEE; DEBATE; AMENDMENTS.—
‘‘(1) Debate in the Senate on any concurrent
resolution on the budget, and all amendments there-
to and debatable motions and appeals in connection
therewith, shall be limited to not more than 50
hours, except that with respect to any concurrent
resolution referred to in section 304(a) all such de-
bate shall be limited to not more than 15 hours. The
time shall be equally divided between, and controlled
by, the majority leader and the minority leader or
their designees.
‘‘(2) Debate in the Senate on any amendment
to a concurrent resolution on the budget shall be
limited to 2 hours, to be equally divided between,
and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the
concurrent resolution, and debate on any amend-
ment to an amendment, debatable motion, or appeal
shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided be-
tween, and controlled by, the mover and the man-
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ager of the concurrent resolution, except that in the
event the manager of the concurrent resolution is in
favor of any such amendment, motion, or appeal, the
time in opposition thereto shall be controlled by the
minority leader or his designee. No amendment that
is not germane to the provisions of such concurrent
resolution shall be received. Such leaders, or either
of them, may, from the time under their control on
the passage of the concurrent resolution, allot addi-
tional time to any Senator during the consideration
of any amendment, debatable motion, or appeal.
‘‘(3) Following the presentation of opening
statements on the concurrent resolution on the
budget for a fiscal year by the chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on the Budg-
et of the Senate, there shall be a period of up to
four hours for debate on economic goals and policies.
‘‘(4) Subject to the other limitations of this Act,
only if a concurrent resolution on the budget re-
ported by the Committee on the Budget of the Sen-
ate sets forth the economic goals (as described in
sections 3(a)(2) and 4(b) of the Employment Act of
1946) which the estimates, amounts, and levels (as
described in section 301(a)) set forth in such resolu-
tion are designed to achieve, shall it be in order to
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offer to such resolution an amendment relating to
such goals, and such amendment shall be in order
only if it also proposes to alter such estimates,
amounts, and levels in germane fashion in order to
be consistent with the goals proposed in such
amendment.
‘‘(5) A motion to further limit debate is not de-
batable. A motion to recommit (except a motion to
recommit with instructions to report back within a
specified number of days, not to exceed 3, not count-
ing any day on which the Senate is not in session)
is not in order. Debate on any such motion to re-
commit shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally di-
vided between, and controlled by, the mover and the
manager of the concurrent resolution.
‘‘(6) Notwithstanding any other rule, an
amendment or series of amendments to a concurrent
resolution on the budget proposed in the Senate
shall always be in order if such amendment or series
of amendments proposes to change any figure or fig-
ures then contained in such concurrent resolution so
as to make such concurrent resolution mathemati-
cally
consistent
or
so
as
to
maintain
such
consistency.
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‘‘(c) ACTION ON CONFERENCE REPORTS IN THE
SENATE.—
‘‘(1) A motion to proceed to the consideration
of the conference report on any concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget (or a reconciliation bill or resolu-
tion) may be made even though a previous motion
to the same effect has been disagreed to.
‘‘(2) During the consideration in the Senate of
the conference report (or a message between
Houses) on any concurrent resolution on the budget,
and all amendments in disagreement, and all amend-
ments thereto, and debatable motions and appeals in
connection therewith, debate shall be limited to 10
hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled
by, the majority leader and minority leader or their
designees. Debate on any debatable motion or appeal
related to the conference report (or a message be-
tween Houses) shall be limited to 1 hour, to be
equally divided between, and controlled by, the
mover and the manager of the conference report (or
a message between Houses).
‘‘(3) Should the conference report be defeated,
debate on any request for a new conference and the
appointment of conferees shall be limited to 1 hour,
to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
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manager of the conference report and the minority
leader or his designee, and should any motion be
made to instruct the conferees before the conferees
are named, debate on such motion shall be limited
to one-half hour, to be equally divided between, and
controlled by, the mover and the manager of the
conference report. Debate on any amendment to any
such instructions shall be limited to 20 minutes, to
be equally divided between and controlled by the
mover and the manager of the conference report. In
all cases when the manager of the conference report
is in favor of any motion, appeal, or amendment, the
time in opposition shall be under the control of the
minority leader or his designee.
‘‘(4) In any case in which there are amend-
ments in disagreement, time on each amendment
shall be limited to 30 minutes, to be equally divided
between, and controlled by, the manager of the con-
ference report and the minority leader or his des-
ignee. No amendment that is not germane to the
provisions of such amendments shall be received.
‘‘(d) CONCURRENT RESOLUTION MUST BE CONSIST-
ENT IN THE SENATE.—It shall not be in order in the Sen-
ate to vote on the question of agreeing to—
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‘‘(1) a concurrent resolution on the budget un-
less the figures then contained in such resolution are
mathematically consistent; or
‘‘(2) a conference report on a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget unless the figures contained in
such resolution, as recommended in such conference
report, are mathematically consistent.
‘‘SEC. 306. LEGISLATION DEALING WITH CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET MUST BE HANDLED BY BUDGET
COMMITTEES.
‘‘No bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or con-
ference report dealing with any matter which is within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget of either
House shall be considered in that House unless it is a bill
or resolution which has been reported by the Committee
on the Budget of that House (or from the consideration
of which such committee has been discharged) or unless
it is an amendment to such a bill or resolution.
‘‘SEC. 307. HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTION ON ALL APPROPRIA-
TION BILLS TO BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 10.
‘‘On or before June 10 of each year, the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall
report annual appropriation bills providing new budget au-
thority under the jurisdiction of all of its subcommittees
for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that year.
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‘‘SEC. 308. REPORTS, SUMMARIES, AND PROJECTIONS OF
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACTIONS.
‘‘(a) REPORTS ON LEGISLATION PROVIDING NEW
BUDGET AUTHORITY OR PROVIDING AN INCREASE OR
DECREASE IN REVENUES OR TAX EXPENDITURES.—
‘‘(1) Whenever a committee of either House re-
ports to its House a bill or joint resolution providing
new budget authority (other than continuing appro-
priations) or providing an increase or decrease in
revenues or tax expenditures for a fiscal year (or fis-
cal years), the report accompanying that bill or joint
resolution shall contain—
‘‘(A) a cost statement comparing the levels
in such measure as recommended by that com-
mittee to the appropriate allocations and sub-
divisions submitted under subsections (a) and
(b) of section 302 or the appropriate allocation
pursuant to section 311(a) for the most re-
cently agreed to concurrent resolution on the
budget; or
‘‘(B) the Congressional Budget Office cost
estimate required in section 202(f)(5), if timely
submitted before such report is filed.
‘‘(2) Whenever a conference report is filed in ei-
ther House and such conference report or any
amendment reported in disagreement or any motion
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printed in the joint statement of managers to dis-
pose of such amendment on such bill or resolution
provides new budget authority (other than continu-
ing appropriations) or provides an increase or de-
crease in revenues for a fiscal year (or fiscal years),
the statement of managers accompanying such con-
ference report shall contain the information required
by paragraph (1), if available on a timely basis. If
such information is not available when the con-
ference report is filed, the committee shall make
such information available to Members as soon as
practicable.
‘‘(b) UP-TO-DATE
TABULATIONS
OF
CONGRES-
SIONAL BUDGET ACTION.—
‘‘(1) The Director of the Congressional Budget
Office shall issue to the committees of the House of
Representatives and the Senate reports on at least
a monthly basis detailing and tabulating the
progress of congressional action on bills and resolu-
tions providing new budget authority or providing an
increase or decrease in revenues or tax expenditures
for each fiscal year covered by a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget. Such reports shall include but
are not limited to an up-to-date tabulation compar-
ing the appropriate aggregate and functional levels
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(including outlays) included in the most recently
adopted concurrent resolution on the budget with
the levels provided in bills and resolutions reported
by committees or adopted by either House or by the
Congress, and with the levels provided by law for the
fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year covered by
the appropriate concurrent resolution.
‘‘(2) The Committee on the Budget of each
House shall make available to Members of its House
summary budget scorekeeping reports. Such re-
ports—
‘‘(A) shall be made available on at least a
monthly basis, but in any case frequently
enough to provide Members of each House an
accurate representation of the current status of
congressional consideration of revenue and
spending measures;
‘‘(B) shall include, but are not limited to
summaries of tabulations provided under sub-
section (b)(1); and
‘‘(C) shall be based on information pro-
vided under subsection (b)(1) without sub-
stantive revision.
The chairman of the Committee on the Budget of
the House of Representatives shall submit such re-
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ports to the Speaker and such reports shall be print-
ed in the Congressional Record.
‘‘SEC. 309. HOUSE APPROVAL OF REGULAR APPROPRIA-
TION BILLS.
‘‘In order that all annual appropriation bills may be
considered and approved by the House of Representatives
by June 30, bills authorizing budget authority contained
in those appropriation bills should be reported to the
House of Representatives by May 15.
‘‘SEC. 310. RECONCILIATION.
‘‘(a) INCLUSION OF RECONCILIATION DIRECTIVES IN
CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.—A con-
current resolution on the budget for any fiscal year, to
the extent necessary to effectuate the provisions and re-
quirements of such resolution, shall—
‘‘(1) specify the total amount by which direct
spending contained in laws within the jurisdiction of
a committee is to be increased or decreased and di-
rect that committee to determine and recommend
changes to accomplish a change of such total
amount;
‘‘(2) specify the total amount by which revenues
are to be increased or decreased and direct that the
committees having jurisdiction to determine and rec-
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ommend changes in the revenue laws to accomplish
a change of such total amount;
‘‘(3) specify the amounts by which the statutory
limit on the public debt is to be increased or de-
creased and direct the committee having jurisdiction
to recommend such change; or
‘‘(4) specify and direct any combination of the
matters described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)
(including a direction to achieve deficit reduction).
‘‘(b) LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE.—If a concurrent
resolution containing directives to one or more committees
to determine and recommend changes in laws is agreed
to in accordance with subsection (a) and—
‘‘(1) only one committee of the House or the
Senate is directed to determine and recommend
changes, that committee shall promptly make such
determination and recommendations and report to
its House reconciliation measure containing such
recommendations; or
‘‘(2) more than one committee of the House or
the Senate is directed to determine and recommend
changes, each such committee so directed shall
promptly 
make 
such 
determination 
and 
rec-
ommendations and submit such recommendations to
the Committee on the Budget of its House, which
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upon receiving all such recommendations, shall re-
port to its House a reconciliation measure carrying
out all such recommendations without any sub-
stantive revision.
‘‘(c) AMENDMENTS TO RECONCILIATION BILLS.—
‘‘(1) It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives to consider any amendment to a rec-
onciliation bill if such amendment would have the ef-
fect of increasing direct spending above the level of
such direct spending provided in the bill (for the fis-
cal years covered by the reconciliation instructions
set forth in the most recently agreed to concurrent
resolution on the budget), or would have the effect
of reducing any specific Federal revenues below the
level of such revenues provided in the bill (for such
fiscal years), unless such amendment makes at least
an equivalent reduction in other direct spending, an
equivalent increase in other specific Federal reve-
nues, or an equivalent combination thereof (for such
fiscal years). A motion to strike a provision provid-
ing new budget authority may be in order.
‘‘(2) It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider any amendment to a reconciliation bill if
such amendment would have the effect of decreasing
any direct spending reductions below the level of
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such direct spending reductions provided (for the fis-
cal years covered) in the reconciliation instructions
which relate to such bill set forth in a resolution
providing for reconciliation, or would have the effect
of reducing Federal revenue increases below the level
of such revenue increases provided (for such fiscal
years) in such instructions relating to such bill, un-
less such amendment makes a reduction in other di-
rect spending, an increase in other specific Federal
revenues, or a combination thereof (for such fiscal
years) at least equivalent to any increase in direct
spending or decrease in revenues provided by such
amendment, except that a motion to strike a provi-
sion shall always be in order.
‘‘(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply if
a declaration of war by the Congress is in effect.
‘‘(4) For purposes of this section, the levels of
direct spending and Federal revenues for a fiscal
year shall be determined on the basis of estimates
made by the Committee on the Budget of either
House, as the case may be.
‘‘(5) If a committee or committees of the House
fail to meet its directive in recommended changes it
has submitted to its Committee on the Budget pur-
suant to its instruction, the Committee on Rules of
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the House of Representatives may recommend that
the House make in order amendments to achieve
changes specified by reconciliation directives con-
tained in a concurrent resolution on the budget.
‘‘(d) PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.—
‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
provisions of section 305 for the consideration in the
Senate of concurrent resolutions on the budget and
conference reports thereon shall also apply to the
consideration in the Senate of reconciliation bills re-
ported under subsection (b) and conference reports
thereon.
‘‘(2) Debate in the Senate on any reconciliation
bill reported under subsection (b), and all amend-
ments thereto and debatable motions and appeals in
connection therewith, shall be limited to not more
than 20 hours.
‘‘(e) L IMITATION ON CHANGES TO THE SOCIAL SE-
CURITY ACT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, it shall not be in order in the Senate or the House
of Representatives to consider any reconciliation bill re-
ported pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget
agreed to under section 301 or 304, or any amendment
thereto or conference report thereon, that contains rec-
ommendations to reduce benefits under the old-age, survi-
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vors, and disability insurance program established under
title II of the Social Security Act.
‘‘SEC. 311. DIRECT SPENDING AND REVENUE LEGISLATION
MUST BE WITHIN APPROPRIATE LEVELS.
‘‘(a) COMMITTEE ALLOCATIONS.—The joint explana-
tory statement accompanying a conference report on a
budget resolution shall include an allocation, consistent
with the resolution recommended in the conference report,
of the appropriate deficit impact number (or surplus im-
pact number) for the budget year and a total for all fiscal
years covered by that resolution for each committee of
each House of Congress, except for the Committees on Ap-
propriations. Any item assumed in an allocation to one
committee may not be assumed in an allocation to another
committee of the same House.
‘‘(b) DISPLAY ALLOCATIONS.—The joint explanatory
statement accompanying a conference report on a budget
resolution may include an allocation for display purposes
only, consistent with the resolution recommended in the
conference report, of the total amount of direct spending
and revenue under existing law within the jurisdiction of
each committee.
‘‘(c) LEGISLATION SUBJECT TO POINT OF ORDER.—
‘‘(1) It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or
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joint resolution or amendment increasing the deficit
(or lowering the surplus) in any fiscal year covered
by the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution
on the budget, or any motion or conference report
on any such bill or joint resolution, if it would
produce a higher deficit (or lower surplus) than an
appropriate impact number allocated pursuant to
subsection (a).
‘‘(2) A bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con-
ference report shall be considered to exceed an ap-
propriate impact number only if—
‘‘(A) the enactment of such bill or resolu-
tion in the form it will be considered as original
text for purposes of amendment;
‘‘(B) the amendment is not an amendment
considered as original text for purposes of
amendment and the adoption of such amend-
ment and enactment of the bill or joint resolu-
tion as so amended; or
‘‘(C) the enactment of such bill or resolu-
tion in the form recommended in such con-
ference report,
would cause an appropriate impact number allocated pur-
suant to subsection (a) to be exceeded.
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‘‘(d) DETERMINATIONS BY BUDGET COMMITTEES.—
For purposes of this section, impact numbers shall be de-
termined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee
on the Budget of either House, as the case may be.
‘‘SEC. 312. EFFECTS OF POINTS OF ORDER.
‘‘(a) P OINTS OF ORDER IN THE SENATE AGAINST
AMENDMENTS BETWEEN THE HOUSES.—Each provision
of this Act that establishes a point of order against an
amendment also establishes a point of order in the Senate
against an amendment between the Houses. If a point of
order under this Act is raised in the Senate against an
amendment between the Houses, and the Presiding Officer
sustains the point of order, the effect shall be the same
as if the Senate had disagreed to the amendment.
‘‘(b) E FFECT OF A POINT OF ORDER ON A BILL IN
THE SENATE.—In the Senate, if the Chair sustains a
point of order under this Act against a bill, the Chair shall
then send the bill to the committee of appropriate jurisdic-
tion for further consideration.
‘‘SEC. 313. EXTRANEOUS MATTER IN RECONCILIATION LEG-
ISLATION.
‘‘(a) I N GENERAL.—When the Senate is considering
a reconciliation bill or a reconciliation resolution pursuant
to section 310 (whether that bill or resolution originated
in the Senate or the House) or section 258C of the Bal-
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anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
upon a point of order being made by any Senator against
material extraneous to the instructions to a committee
which is contained in any title or provision of the bill or
resolution or offered as an amendment to the bill or reso-
lution, and the point of order is sustained by the Chair,
any part of said title or provision that contains material
extraneous to the instructions to said Committee as de-
fined in subsection (b) shall be deemed stricken from the
bill and may not be offered as an amendment from the
floor.
‘‘(b) EXTRANEOUS PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(1)(A) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a
provision of a reconciliation bill or reconciliation res-
olution considered pursuant to section 310 shall be
considered extraneous if such provision does not
produce a change in outlays or revenue, including
changes in outlays and revenues brought about by
changes in the terms and conditions under which
outlays are made or revenues are required to be col-
lected (but a provision in which outlay decreases or
revenue increases exactly offset outlay increases or
revenue decreases shall not be considered extraneous
by virtue of this subparagraph); (B) any provision
producing an increase in outlays or decrease in reve-
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nues shall be considered extraneous if the net effect
of provisions reported by the Committee reporting
the title containing the provision is that the Commit-
tee fails to achieve its reconciliation instructions; (C)
a provision that is not in the jurisdiction of the
Committee with jurisdiction over said title or provi-
sion shall be considered extraneous; (D) a provision
shall be considered extraneous if it produces changes
in outlays or revenues which are merely incidental to
the non-budgetary components of the provision; (E)
a provision shall be considered to be extraneous if it
increases, or would increase, net outlays, or if it de-
creases, or would decrease, revenues during a fiscal
year after the fiscal years covered by such reconcili-
ation bill or reconciliation resolution, and such in-
creases or decreases are greater than outlay reduc-
tions or revenue increases resulting from other pro-
visions in such title in such year; and (F) a provi-
sion shall be considered extraneous if it violates sec-
tion 310(e).
‘‘(2) A Senate-originated provision shall not be
considered extraneous under paragraph (1)(A) if the
Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the
Committee on the Budget and the Chairman and
Ranking Minority Member of the Committee which
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reported the provision certify that: (A) the provision
mitigates direct effects clearly attributable to a pro-
vision changing outlays or revenue and both provi-
sions together produce a net reduction in the deficit;
(B) the provision will result in a substantial reduc-
tion in outlays or a substantial increase in revenues
during fiscal years after the fiscal years covered by
the reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution; (C)
a reduction of outlays or an increase in revenues is
likely to occur as a result of the provision, in the
event of new regulations authorized by the provision
or likely to be proposed, court rulings on pending
litigation, or relationships between economic indices
and stipulated statutory triggers pertaining to the
provision, other than the regulations, court rulings
or relationships currently projected by the Congres-
sional Budget Office for scorekeeping purposes; or
(D) such provision will be likely to produce a signifi-
cant reduction in outlays or increase in revenues
but, due to insufficient data, such reduction or in-
crease cannot be reliably estimated.
‘‘(3) A provision reported by a committee shall
not be considered extraneous under paragraph
(1)(C) if (A) the provision is an integral part of a
provision or title, which if introduced as a bill or res-
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olution would be referred to such committee, and the
provision sets forth the procedure to carry out or
implement the substantive provisions that were re-
ported and which fall within the jurisdiction of such
committee; or (B) the provision states an exception
to, or a special application of, the general provision
or title of which it is a part and such general provi-
sion or title if introduced as a bill or resolution
would be referred to such committee.
‘‘(c) EXTRANEOUS MATERIALS.—Upon the reporting
or discharge of a reconciliation bill or resolution pursuant
to section 310 in the Senate, and again upon the submis-
sion of a conference report on such a reconciliation bill
or resolution, the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
shall submit for the record a list of material considered
to be extraneous under subsections (b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B),
and (b)(1)(E) of this section to the instructions of a com-
mittee as provided in this section. The inclusion or exclu-
sion of a provision shall not constitute a determination of
extraneousness by the Presiding Officer of the Senate.
‘‘(d) C ONSIDERATION OF CONFERENCE REPORTS.—
When the Senate is considering a conference report on,
or an amendment between the Houses in relation to, a
reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution pursuant to
section 310, upon—
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‘‘(1) a point of order being made by any Sen-
ator against extraneous material meeting the defini-
tion of subsections (b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), (b)(1)(D),
(b)(1)(E), or (b)(1)(F), and
‘‘(2) such point of order being sustained,
such material contained in such conference report or
amendment shall be deemed stricken, and the Senate shall
proceed, without intervening action or motion, to consider
the question of whether the Senate shall recede from its
amendment and concur with a further amendment, or con-
cur in the House amendment with a further amendment,
as the case may be, which further amendment shall consist
of only that portion of the conference report or House
amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such
motion in the Senate shall be debatable for two hours. In
any case in which such point of order is sustained against
a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from
such conference report by operation of this subsection),
no further amendment shall be in order.
‘‘(e) G ENERAL POINT OF ORDER.—Notwithstanding
any other law or rule of the Senate, it shall be in order
for a Senator to raise a single point of order that several
provisions of a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or con-
ference report violate this section. The Presiding Officer
may sustain the point of order as to some or all of the
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provisions against which the Senator raised the point of
order. If the Presiding Officer so sustains the point of
order as to some of the provisions (including provisions
of an amendment, motion, or conference report) against
which the Senator raised the point of order, then only
those provisions (including provisions of an amendment,
motion, or conference report) against which the Presiding
Officer sustains the point of order shall be deemed strick-
en pursuant to this section. Before the Presiding Officer
rules on such a point of order, any Senator may move to
waive such a point of order as it applies to some or all
of the provisions against which the point of order was
raised. Such a motion to waive is amendable in accordance
with the rules and precedents of the Senate. After the Pre-
siding Officer rules on such a point of order, any Senator
may appeal the ruling of the Presiding Officer on such
a point of order as it applies to some or all of the provi-
sions on which the Presiding Officer ruled.
‘‘(f) DETERMINATION OF LEVELS.—For purposes of
this section, the levels of new budget authority, budget
outlays, new entitlement authority, and revenues for a fis-
cal year shall be determined on the basis of estimates
made by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.’’.
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SEC. 15204. CONTROL OF BACKDOOR SPENDING.
Title IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE IV—CONTROL OF
BACKDOOR SPENDING
‘‘SEC. 401. BILLS PROVIDING NEW SPENDING AUTHORITY.
‘‘(a) 
CONTROLS
ON
LEGISLATION
PROVIDING
SPENDING AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) It shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill,
joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference
report which provides contract or borrowing author-
ity, unless that bill, resolution, conference report, or
amendment also provides that such contract or bor-
rowing authority is to be effective for any fiscal year
only to such extent or in such amounts as are pro-
vided in advance in appropriation Acts.
‘‘(2) A bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con-
ference report shall be considered to violate para-
graph (1) only if—
‘‘(A) the enactment of such bill or resolu-
tion in the form it will be considered as original
text for purposes of amendment;
‘‘(B) the amendment is not an amendment
considered as original text for purposes of
amendment and the adoption of such amend-
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ment and enactment of the bill or joint resolu-
tion as so amended; or
‘‘(C) the enactment of such bill or resolu-
tion in the form recommended in such con-
ference report;
would cause such a violation.
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—
‘‘(1) Subsection (a) shall not apply to contract
or borrowing authority if that authority is derived—
‘‘(A) from a trust fund established by the
Social Security Act (as in effect on the date of
the enactment of this Act); or
‘‘(B) from any other trust fund, 90 percent
or more of the noninterest receipts of which
consist or will consist of amounts (transferred
from the general fund of the Treasury) equiva-
lent to amounts of taxes (related to the pur-
poses for which such outlays are or will be
made) received in the Treasury under specified
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954.
‘‘(2) Subsection (a) shall not apply to contract
or borrowing authority to the extent that—
‘‘(A) the outlays resulting therefrom are
made by an organization which is (i) a mixed-
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ownership Government corporation (as defined
in section 201 of the Government Corporation
Control Act), or (ii) a wholly owned Govern-
ment corporation (as defined in section 101 of
such Act) which is specifically exempted by law
from compliance with any or all of the provi-
sions of that Act, as of the date of enactment
of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1993; or
‘‘(B) the outlays resulting therefrom con-
sist exclusively of the proceeds of gifts or be-
quests made to the United States for a specific
purpose.
‘‘SEC. 402. LEGISLATION PROVIDING NEW CREDIT AUTHOR-
ITY.
‘‘(a) P OINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in
the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider
any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or con-
ference report which provides new credit authority, unless
that bill, resolution, conference report, or amendment also
provides that such new credit authority is to be effective
for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts
as are provided in appropriation Acts in accordance with
section 504.
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‘‘(b) 
APPLICABILITY.—A 
bill, 
joint 
resolution,
amendment, or conference report shall be considered to
violate subsection (a) only if—
‘‘(1) the enactment of such bill or resolution in
the form it will be considered as original text for
purposes of amendment;
‘‘(2) the amendment is not an amendment con-
sidered as original text for purposes of amendment
and the adoption of such amendment and enactment
of the bill or joint resolution as so amended; or
‘‘(3) the enactment of such bill or resolution in
the form recommended in such conference report;
would cause such a violation.
‘‘SEC. 403. OFF-BUDGET AGENCIES, PROGRAMS, AND AC-
TIVITIES.
‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
budget authority, credit authority, and estimates of out-
lays and receipts for activities of the Federal budget which
are off-budget immediately prior to the date of enactment
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985, not including activities of the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability In-
surance Trust Funds and the United States Postal Serv-
ice, shall be included in a budget submitted pursuant to
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, and in a con-
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current resolution on the budget reported pursuant to sec-
tion 301 or section 304 of this Act and shall be considered,
for purposes of this Act, budget authority, outlays, and
spending authority in accordance with definitions set forth
in this Act.
‘‘(b) All receipts and disbursements of the Federal
Financing Bank with respect to any obligations which are
issued, sold, or guaranteed by a Federal agency shall be
treated as a means of financing such agency for purposes
of section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, and for
purposes of this Act.
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, re-
ceipts and disbursements of the Hospital Insurance Trust
Fund shall be included in all calculations required by this
Act.’’.
SEC. 15205. TITLE V OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT
OF 1974.
(a) SECTION 502.—Section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting ‘‘or a
modification thereof’’ after ‘‘loan guarantee’’;
(2) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘recover-
ies.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘recoveries, and
routine work-outs of troubled loans or loans in immi-
nent danger of default when those work-outs are to
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maximize repayments to the Government; and shall
include anticipated changes in loan terms resulting
from the exercise by the borrower of an option in-
cluded in the loan contract.’’;
(3) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking ‘‘, and ’’ at
the end of clause (i), by striking the period at the
end of clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’ and by in-
serting at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) routine work-outs of troubled loans
or loans in imminent danger of default when
those work-outs are to minimize claims against
the Government; and shall include anticipated
changes in loan terms resulting from the exer-
cise by the borrower of an option included in
the loan contract.’’;
(4) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting
the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) The cost of modification of a direct loan,
a direct loan obligation, a loan guarantee, or a loan
guarantee commitment shall be the net present
value, at the time of the modification, of the change
in cash flows estimated to occur as a result of that
modification.’’;
(5) in paragraph (8), is amended by inserting
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Transactions
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between any financing account and any liquidating
account shall be considered non-budgetary.’’; and
(6) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para-
graph (10) and by inserting after paragraph (8) the
following:
‘‘(9) The term ‘modification’ means any Gov-
ernment action resulting from new legislation or
from the exercise of administrative options under ex-
isting law that directly or indirectly alters the ex-
pected cash flows associated with an outstanding di-
rect loan, direct loan obligation, loan guarantee, or
loan guarantee commitment. Modifications include
the sale (with or without recourse) of loan assets
held by the Government and the purchase by the
Government of guaranteed loans. Modifications do
not include amounts for routine work-outs of trou-
bled loans or loans in imminent danger of default,
or changes in loan terms from the exercise by the
borrower of an option included in the loan contract.’’
(b) SECTION 504.—Section 504 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘appropria-
tions of’’ and inserting ‘‘new’’, by striking ‘‘are
made’’ and inserting ‘‘is provided’’, and by inserting
‘‘in appropriation Acts’’ before the semicolon;
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(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘enacted’’
and inserting ‘‘provided in an appropriation Act’’;
(3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘costs of
outstanding direct loans and loan guarantees’’ and
inserting ‘‘costs of outstanding direct loans (or di-
rect loan obligations) or loan guarantees (or loan
guarantee commitments)’’; and
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘A direct loan
obligation or loan guarantee commitment’’ and in-
serting ‘‘An outstanding direct loan (or direct loan
obligation) or loan guarantee (or loan guarantee
commitment)’’, by inserting ‘‘new’’ before ‘‘budget
authority’’, by striking the comma after ‘‘appro-
priated’’, and by striking ‘‘or from other budgetary
resources’’.
(c) SECTION 505.—Section 505 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended—
(1) in the side heading of subsection (b), by in-
serting ‘‘AND LIQUIDATING’’ before ‘‘A CCOUNTS’’;
(2) in subsection (c), by inserting at the end of
the second sentence, before the period, the following:
‘‘, except that the rate of interest charged by the
secretary on lending to financing accounts (including
amounts treated as lending to financing accounts by
the Federal Financing Bank (the Bank) pursuant to
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section 403(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974) and the rate of interest paid to financing ac-
counts on uninvested balances in financing accounts
shall be the same as the rate determined pursuant
to section 502(5)(E). For guaranteed loans financed
by the Bank and treated as direct loans by a Fed-
eral agency pursuant to section 403(b) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, any fee or interest
surcharge (the amount by which the interest rate
charged exceeds the rate determined pursuant to
section 502(5)(E)) that the Bank charges to a pri-
vate borrower pursuant to section 6(c) of the Fed-
eral Financing Bank Act of 1973 shall be considered
a cash flow to the Government for the purposes of
determining the cost of the direct loan pursuant to
section 502(5) of this Act. All such amounts shall be
credited to the appropriate financing account. The
Bank is authorized to require reimbursement from a
Federal agency to cover the administrative expenses
of the Bank that are attributable to the direct loans
financed for that agency. All such payments by an
agency shall be considered administrative expenses
subject to section 504(g).’’;
(3) at the end of subsection (c), by inserting
the following: ‘‘This subsection shall apply to trans-
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actions related to direct loan obligations or loan
guarantee commitments made on or after October 1,
1991.’’; and
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘If funds in
liquidating accounts are insufficient to satisfy the
obligations and commitments of said accounts,
there’’ and inserting ‘‘There’’ and by striking ‘‘such
obligations and commitments’’ and inserting ‘‘the
obligations and commitments of liquidating ac-
counts’’.
(d) SECTION 506.—Section 506 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is repealed.
(e) SECTION 507.—Section 507 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is redesignated as section 506 and
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 506. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.
‘‘(a) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—This title shall su-
persede, modify, or repeal any provision of law enacted
prior to the date of enactment of this title to the extent
such provision is inconsistent with this title, except that
nothing in this title shall be construed (1) to alter the
terms or conditions authorized to be included in loan or
guarantee contracts or the rights and responsibilities of
the Government and the recipients of loans or guarantees
under those contracts or the laws that authorize them, or
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(2) to establish a credit limitation on any Federal loan
or loan guarantee program.
‘‘(b) C REDITING OF COLLECTIONS.—Collections re-
sulting from direct loans obligated or loan guarantees
committed prior to October 1, 1991, shall be credited to
the liquidating accounts of Federal agencies. Periodically
and as appropriate, amounts so credited shall be trans-
ferred to the Federal Financing Bank to repay those debt
obligations held by the Bank that were created to finance
the loan being repaid, and all amounts not transferred to
the Bank shall be transferred to the general fund of the
Treasury. All intragovernmental debt owed to the Treas-
ury by Federal agencies (but not by the public) as a result
of loans or guarantees made before October 1, 1991, is
hereby canceled and all prepayment penalties are waived.
The provisions of this subsection shall not diminish any
rights or responsibilities guaranteed by subsection (a).’’.
SEC. 15206. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
Title VI of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE VI—DISCRETIONARY
SPENDING LIMITS
‘‘SEC. 601. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
‘‘As used in this title and for purposes of the Budget
Enforcement Act of 1993, discretionary spending limits,
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measured in terms of new budget authority and outlays,
are as follows:
Fiscal Year
Limits (in millions of dollars)
New budget
authority
Outlays
1994 .......................................................
500,964
538,688
1995 .......................................................
506,287
541,137
1996 .......................................................
519,142
547,263
1997 .......................................................
528,079
547,346
1998 .......................................................
530,639
547,870
‘‘SEC. 602. EFFECT OF ADJUSTMENTS ON CONSIDERATION
OF CERTAIN LEGISLATION IN EITHER HOUSE
OF CONGRESS.
‘‘For purposes of congressional consideration of legis-
lation containing any provision subject to any of para-
graphs (3) through (7) of section 251(b) or to section
252(a)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, determinations under titles III and
IV shall not take into account any new budget authority,
outlays, receipts, or deficit effects in any fiscal year of that
provision.’’.
SEC. 15207. CONTINUING STUDY OF BUDGET REFORM PRO-
POSALS.
Title VII of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
is amended by repealing sections 701 and 702 and by re-
designating section 703 as section 701.
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SEC. 15208. SOCIAL SECURITY PROTECTION.
(a) 
REDESIGNATIONS.—Sections 
13301(a) 
and
13302 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 are redes-
ignated as sections 801 and 802 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974.
(b) CHANGE OF TITLE VIII’S HEADING.—The head-
ing of title VIII of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE VIII—SOCIAL SECURITY
PROTECTION’’.
SEC. 15209. RULEMAKING POWER.
(a) S ECTION 904.—Section 904(a) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘V, and
VI (except section 601(a))’’ and inserting ‘‘V, and VIII’’
and by striking ‘‘701, 703,’’ and inserting ‘‘602, 703,’’.
SEC. 15210. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONGRES-
SIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT CON-
TROL ACT OF 1974.
(a) T ITLE III.—Section 1(b) of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amend-
ed by striking the items relating to title III and inserting
the following new items:
‘‘TITLE III—CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS
‘‘Sec. 300. Timetable.
‘‘Sec. 301. Annual adoption of concurrent resolution on the budget.
‘‘Sec. 302. Appropriation committee allocations and enforcement.
‘‘Sec. 303. Legislation providing new budget authority or changes in revenues
or the public debt limit may only do so for years covered by
most recent budget resolution.
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‘‘Sec. 304. Permissible revisions of concurrent resolutions on the budget.
‘‘Sec. 305. Provisions relating to the consideration of concurrent resolutions on
the budget.
‘‘Sec. 306. Legislation dealing with congressional budget must be handled by
budget committees.
‘‘Sec. 307. House committee action on all appropriation bills to be completed
by June 10.
‘‘Sec. 308. Reports, summaries, and projections of congressional budget actions.
‘‘Sec. 309. House approval of regular appropriation bills.
‘‘Sec. 310. Reconciliation.
‘‘Sec. 311. Direct spending and revenue legislation must be within appropriate
levels.
‘‘Sec. 312. Effects of points of order.
‘‘Sec. 313. Extraneous matter in reconciliation legislation.
(b) T ITLE IV.—Section 1(b) of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amend-
ed by striking the items relating to title IV and inserting
the following new items:
‘‘TITLE IV—CONTROL OF BACKDOOR SPENDING
‘‘Sec. 401. Bills providing new spending authority.
‘‘Sec. 402. Legislation providing new credit authority.
‘‘Sec. 403. Off-budget agencies, programs, and activities.
(c) T ITLE VI.—Section 1(b) of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amend-
ed by striking the items relating to title VI and inserting
the following new items:
‘‘TITLE VI—DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS
‘‘Sec. 601. Discretionary spending limits.
‘‘Sec. 602. Effect of adjustments on consideration of certain legislation in either
House of Congress.
(d) T ITLE VIII.—Section 1(b) of the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amend-
ed by striking the items relating to title VIII and inserting
the following new items:
‘‘TITLE VIII—SOCIAL SECURITY PROTECTION
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‘‘Sec. 801. Off-budget status of OASDI trust funds.
‘‘Sec. 802. Protection of OASDI trust funds in the House of Representatives.
SEC. 15211. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Rules of the House of Representatives are
amended as follows:
(1) The first sentence of clause 4(g) of rule X
is amended by striking ‘‘February 25 of each year’’
and inserting ‘‘six weeks after the President’s budg-
et submission’’.
(2) Clause 2(l)(3)(B) of rule XI is amended by
striking ‘‘section 308(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
308(a)(1)(A)’’.
(3) The first sentence of clause 2(l)(6) of rule
XI is amended by striking ‘‘, or as provided by sec-
tion 305(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 in the case of a concurrent resolution on the
budget’’.
(4) Rule XI is amended by adding at the end
the following new clause:
‘‘Amendments may not increase deficit
‘‘7. Before any amendments are offered to a measure
under consideration by a standing committee or when a
standing committee is adopting written rules governing its
procedures, the chairman may entertain a motion requir-
ing that any amendment to a measure or matter before
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the committee not have the effect of increasing any direct
spending above the level of such direct spending provided
in such measure or matter or have the effect of reducing
any revenues below the level of such revenues provided in
the measure or matter, unless such amendment makes at
least an equivalent reduction in other direct spending, an
equivalent increase in other revenues, or an equivalent
combination thereof. A majority of the members of the
committee shall be present to adopt such a motion.’’.
(5) Clause 8 of rule XXIII is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘8. At the conclusion of general debate in a Commit-
tee of the Whole on a concurrent resolution on the budget
within the meaning of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, the concurrent resolution shall be considered as
read for amendment. It shall not be in order in the House
or in a Committee of the Whole to consider an amendment
to a concurrent resolution on the budget, or an amend-
ment to an amendment, unless the concurrent resolution
as amended by such amendment or amendments (1) would
be mathematically consistent (subject to the third sentence
of this clause); and (2) would contain all the matter set
forth in paragraphs (1) through (5) of section 301(a) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. It shall not be in
order in the House or in a Committee of the Whole to
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consider an amendment to such a concurrent resolution
on the budget, or an amendment to an amendment, that
would change the amount set forth as the appropriate level
of the public debt, except that an amendment to achieve
mathematical consistency as permitted under section
305(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, if of-
fered at the direction of the Committee on the Budget,
may include an appropriate adjustment of that amount to
reflect any changes made in other amounts in the
resolution.’’.
(6) Rule XLIX is amended—
(A) in clause 2, by striking ‘‘a limitation’’
and 
inserting 
‘‘an 
amount’’; 
by 
striking
‘‘301(a)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘301(b)(3)’’; and by
striking ‘‘; and, if’’ and all that follows through
the period and inserting a period;
(B) in clause 3, by striking ‘‘clause 1’’ and
inserting ‘‘clause 1)’’; and
(C) in clause 4, by striking ‘‘clause 1’’ and
inserting ‘‘clause 1)’’.
SEC. 15212. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this subtitle shall be effec-
tive upon enactment for fiscal year 1994 and subsequent
fiscal years.
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Subtitle C—Deficit Reduction
Trust Fund
SEC. 15301. DEFICIT REDUCTION TRUST FUND.
(a) A trust fund known as the ‘‘Deficit Reduction
Trust Fund’’ (the ‘‘Fund’’) shall be established for the
purposes of guaranteeing that the net deficit reduction re-
quired by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
is fully achieved.
(b) The Fund shall consist only of amounts equal to
the net deficit reduction, calculated pursuant to the proce-
dures set forth in subsection (c), that is estimated to re-
sult from the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.
Such amounts shall be transferred to the Fund as speci-
fied in subsection (c).
(c) Within 10 days of enactment of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993—
(1) the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall determine the sum of the net defi-
cit reduction that results from the enactment of the
Omnibus Budget Deficit Reduction Act of 1993; and
(2) there shall be transferred from the general
fund to the Fund an amount equal to the sum deter-
mined in paragraph (1).
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
amounts in the Fund shall not be available, in any fiscal
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year, for appropriation, obligation, expenditure, or trans-
fer, but may be used exclusively to redeem securities pre-
viously issued by the Treasury of the United States when
they mature.
(e) Amounts in the Fund, as determined by the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget, that re-
sult from the net total of direct spending and receipts pro-
visions calculated according to the provisions of section
252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended (the ‘‘Act’’), shall be ex-
cluded from, and shall not be counted for purposes of, the
totals under section 252 and sections 254(d)(3) and
254(g)(3) of the Act.
(f) Establishment of and transfers to the Fund as
authorized by this section shall not affect trust fund trans-
fers that may be authorized or required by provisions of
the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1993 other than this
section.
(g) Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end thereof:
‘‘(27) information about, and a separate state-
ment of amounts in, and Federal debt redeemed by,
the Deficit Reduction Trust Fund.’’.
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TITLE XVI—BUDGET CONTROL
SEC. 16001. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSE.
(a) S HORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the
‘‘Budget Control Act of 1993’’.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to create
a mechanism to monitor total costs of direct spending pro-
grams, and, in the event that actual or projected costs ex-
ceed targeted levels, to require the President and Congress
to address adjustments in direct spending.
SEC. 16002. ESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECT SPENDING TAR-
GETS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The initial direct spending targets
for each of fiscal years 1994 through 1997 shall equal
total outlays for all direct spending except net interest and
deposit insurance as determined by the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget (hereinafter referred to
in this title as the ‘‘Director‘‘) under subsection (b).
(b) INITIAL REPORT BY DIRECTOR.—
(1) Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Director shall submit a re-
port to Congress setting forth projected direct
spending targets for each of fiscal years 1994
through 1997.
(2) The Director’s projections shall be based on
legislation enacted as of 5 days before the report is
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submitted under paragraph (1). To the extent fea-
sible, the Director shall use the same economic and
technical assumptions used in preparing the concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1994
(H.Con.Res. 64).
(c) ADJUSTMENTS.—Direct spending targets shall be
subsequently adjusted by the Director under section
16006.
SEC. 16003. ANNUAL REVIEW OF DIRECT SPENDING AND
RECEIPTS BY PRESIDENT.
As part of each budget submitted under section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the President
shall provide an annual review of direct spending and re-
ceipts, which shall include (1) information supporting the
adjustment of direct spending targets pursuant to section
16006, (2) information on total outlays for programs cov-
ered by the direct spending targets, including actual out-
lays for the prior fiscal year and projected outlays for the
current fiscal year and the 5 succeeding fiscal years, and
(3) information on the major categories of Federal re-
ceipts, including a comparison between the levels of those
receipts and the levels projected as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
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SEC. 16004. SPECIAL DIRECT SPENDING MESSAGE BY
PRESIDENT.
(a) TRIGGER.—In the event that the information sub-
mitted by the President under section 16003 indicates—
(1) that actual outlays for direct spending in
the prior fiscal year exceeded the applicable direct
spending target, or
(2) that outlays for direct spending for the cur-
rent or budget year are projected to exceed the ap-
plicable direct spending targets,
the President shall include in his budget a special direct
spending message meeting the requirements of subsection
(b).
(b) CONTENTS.—
(1) The special direct spending message shall
include:
(A) An explanation of any adjustments to
the direct spending targets pursuant to section
16006.
(B) An analysis of the variance in direct
spending over the adjusted direct spending tar-
gets.
(C) The President’s recommendations for
addressing the direct spending overages, if any,
in the prior, current, or budget year.
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(2) The President’s recommendations may con-
sist of any of the following:
(A) Proposed legislative changes to reduce
outlays, increase revenues, or both, in order to
recoup or eliminate the overage for the prior,
current, and budget years in the current year,
the budget year, and the 4 outyears.
(B) Proposed legislative changes to reduce
outlays, increase revenues, or both, in order to
recoup or eliminate part of the overage for the
prior, current, and budget year in the current
year, the budget year, and the 4 outyears, ac-
companied by a finding by the President that,
because of economic conditions or for other
specified reasons, only some of the overage
should be recouped or eliminated by outlay re-
ductions or revenue increases, or both.
(C) A proposal to make no legislative
changes to recoup or eliminate any overage, ac-
companied by a finding by the President that,
because of economic conditions or for other
specified reasons, no legislative changes are
warranted.
(3) Any proposed legislative change under para-
graph (2) to reduce outlays may include reductions
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in direct spending or in the discretionary spending
limits under section 601 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974.
(c) PROPOSED SPECIAL DIRECT SPENDING RESOLU-
TION.—
(1) PRESIDENT’S
RECOMMENDATIONS
TO
BE
SUBMITTED AS DRAFT RESOLUTION.—If the Presi-
dent recommends reductions consistent with sub-
section (b)(2)(A) or (B), the special direct spending
message shall include the text of a special direct
spending resolution implementing the President’s
recommendations through reconciliation directives
instructing the appropriate committees of the House
of Representatives and Senate to determine and rec-
ommend changes in laws within their jurisdictions to
reduce outlays or increase revenues by specified
amounts. If the President recommends no reductions
pursuant to (b)(2)(C), the special direct spending
message shall include the text of a special resolution
concurring in the President’s recommendation of no
legislative action.
(2) RESOLUTION
TO
BE
INTRODUCED
IN
HOUSE.—Within 10 days after the President’s spe-
cial direct spending message is submitted, the text
required by paragraph (1) shall be introduced as a
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concurrent resolution in the House of Representa-
tives by the chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives without sub-
stantive revision. If the chairman fails to do so, after
the tenth day the resolution may be introduced by
any Member of the House of Representatives. A con-
current resolution introduced under this paragraph
shall be referred to the Committee on the Budget.
SEC. 16005. REQUIRED RESPONSE BY CONGRESS.
(a) R EQUIREMENT FOR SPECIAL DIRECT SPENDING
RESOLUTION.—Whenever the President submits a special
direct spending message under section 16004, the Com-
mittee on the Budget of the House of Representatives
shall report, not later than April 15, the concurrent reso-
lution on the budget and include in it a separate title that
meets the requirements of subsections (b) and (c).
(b) C ONTENTS OF SEPARATE TITLE.—The separate
title of the concurrent resolution on the budget shall con-
tain reconciliation directives to the appropriate committees
of the House of Representatives and Senate to determine
and recommend changes in laws within their jurisdictions
to reduce outlays or increase revenues by specified
amounts (which in total equal or exceed the reductions
recommended by the President, up to the amount of the
overage). If this separate title recommends that no legisla-
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tive changes be made to recoup or eliminate an overage,
then a statement to that effect shall be set forth in that
title.
(c) REQUIREMENT FOR SEPARATE VOTE TO IN-
CREASE TARGETS.—If the separate title of a concurrent
resolution on the budget proposes to recoup or eliminate
less than the entire overage for the prior, current, and
budget years, then the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives shall report a resolution direct-
ing the Committee on Government Operations to report
legislation increasing the direct spending targets for each
applicable year by the full amount of the overage not re-
couped or eliminated. It shall not be in order in the House
of Representatives to consider that concurrent resolution
on the budget until the House of Representatives has
agreed to the resolution directing the increase in direct
spending targets.
(d) C ONFERENCE REPORTS MUST FULLY ADDRESS
OVERAGE.—It shall not be in order in the House of Rep-
resentatives to consider a conference report on a concur-
rent resolution on the budget unless that conference report
fully addresses the entirety of any overage contained in
the applicable report of the President under section 16004
through reconciliation directives requiring spending reduc-
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tions, revenue increases, or changes in the direct spending
targets.
(e) PROCEDURE
IF HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE
FAILS TO REPORT REQUIRED RESOLUTION.—
(1) AUTOMATIC DISCHARGE OF HOUSE BUDGET
COMMITTEE.—If a special direct spending resolution
is required and the Committee on the Budget of the
House of Representatives fails to report a resolution
meeting the requirements of subsections (b) and (c)
by April 15, then the committee shall be automati-
cally discharged from further consideration of the
concurrent resolution reflecting the President’s rec-
ommendations 
introduced 
pursuant 
to 
section
16004(c)(2) and the concurrent resolution shall be
placed on the appropriate calendar.
(2) CONSIDERATION
BY
HOUSE.—Ten days
after the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives has been discharged under para-
graph (1), any Member may move that the House
proceed to consider the resolution. Such motion shall
be highly privileged and not debatable.
(f) APPLICATION
OF
CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET
ACT.—To the extent that they are relevant and not incon-
sistent with this title, the provisions of title III of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 shall apply in the House
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of Representatives and the Senate to special direct spend-
ing resolutions, resolutions increasing targets under sub-
section (c), and reconciliation legislation reported pursu-
ant to directives contained in those resolutions.
SEC. 16006. ADJUSTMENTS TO DIRECT SPENDING TARGETS.
(a) REQUIRED ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS.—Prior to
the submission of the President’s budget for each of fiscal
years 1995 through 1997, the Director shall adjust the
direct spending targets in accordance with this section.
Any such adjustments shall be reflected in the targets
used in the President’s report under section 16003 and
message (if any) under section 16004.
(b) ADJUSTMENT
FOR
INCREASES
IN
BENE-
FICIARIES.—
(1) The Director shall adjust the direct spend-
ing targets for increases (if any) in actual or pro-
jected numbers of beneficiaries under direct spend-
ing programs for which the number of beneficiaries
is a variable in determining costs.
(2) The adjustment shall be made by —
(A) computing, for each program under
paragraph (1), the percentage change between
(i) the annual average number of beneficiaries
under that program (including actual numbers
of beneficiaries for the prior fiscal year and pro-
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jections for the budget and subsequent fiscal
years) to be used in the President’s budget with
which the adjustments will be submitted, and
(ii) the annual average number of beneficiaries
used in the adjustments made by the Director
in the previous year (or, in the case of adjust-
ments made in 1994, the annual average num-
ber of beneficiaries used in the Director’s initial
report under section 16002(b));
(B) applying the percentages computed
under subparagraph (A) to the projected levels
of outlays for each program consistent with the
direct spending targets in effect immediately
prior to the adjustment; and
(C) adding the results of the calculations
required by subparagraph (B) to the direct
spending targets in effect immediately prior to
the adjustment.
(3) No adjustment shall be made for any pro-
gram for a fiscal year in which the percentage in-
crease computed under paragraph (2)(A) is less than
or equal to zero.
(c) ADJUSTMENTS FOR REVENUE LEGISLATION.—
(1) The Director shall adjust the targets as fol-
lows—
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(A) they shall be increased by the amount
of any increase in receipts; or
(B) they shall be decreased by the amount
of any decrease in receipts,
resulting from receipts legislation enacted after the date
of enactment of this title, except legislation enacted under
section 16005.
(d) ADJUSTMENTS
TO REFLECT CONGRESSIONAL
DECISIONS.—Upon enactment of a reconciliation bill pur-
suant to instructions under section 16005, the Director
shall adjust direct spending targets for the current year,
the budget year, and each outyear through 1997 by—
(1) increasing the target for the current year
and the budget year by the amount stated for that
year in that reconciliation bill (but if a separate vote
was required by section 16005(c), only if that vote
has occurred); and
(2) decreasing the target for the current, budg-
et, and outyears through 1997 by the amount of re-
ductions in direct spending enacted in that reconcili-
ation bill.
(e) DESIGNATED EMERGENCIES.—The Director shall
adjust the targets to reflect the costs of legislation that
is designated as an emergency by Congress and the Presi-
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dent under section 252(b) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 16007. RELATIONSHIP TO BALANCED BUDGET AND
EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT.
Reductions in outlays or increases in receipts result-
ing from legislation reported pursuant to section 16005
shall not be taken into account for purposes of any budget
enforcement procedures under the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
SEC. 16008. ESTIMATING MARGIN.
For any fiscal year for which the overage is less than
one-half of 1 percent of the direct spending target for that
year, the procedures set forth in sections 16004 and
16005 shall not apply.
SEC. 16009. CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATION BILLS.
(a) P OINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in
the House of Representatives to consider any general ap-
propriation bill if the President has submitted a direct
spending message under section 16004 until Congress has
adopted a concurrent resolution on the budget for the
budget year that meets the requirements of section 16005.
(b) WAIVER.—The point of order established by sub-
section (a) may only be waived for all general appropria-
tion bills for that budget year through the adoption of one
resolution waiving that point of order.
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SEC. 16010. MEANS-TESTED PROGRAMS.
In making recommendations under sections 16004
and 16005, the President and the Congress should seri-
ously consider all other alternatives before proposing re-
ductions in means-tested programs.
SEC. 16011. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This title shall apply to direct spending targets for
fiscal years 1994 through 1997 and shall expire at the
end of fiscal year 1997.
Passed the House of Representatives May 27, 1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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