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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4066 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that the President’s 
annual budget submission to Congress list the current fiscal year spend-
ing level for each proposed program and a separate amount for any 
proposed spending increases, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2019 
Mr. SCHRADER (for himself and Mr. FLORES) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Budget 
A BILL 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide that 
the President’s annual budget submission to Congress 
list the current fiscal year spending level for each pro-
posed program and a separate amount for any proposed 
spending increases, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Adding, No Pad-
ding Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CURRENT SERVICE LEVEL BUDGETING AMEND-
MENTS. 
(a) PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION.—Section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended as fol-
lows: 
(1) In subsection (a) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(40) a list of each program, and the proposed 
funding level for such program, that will be a one- 
time expense for the fiscal year for which the budget 
is submitted. 
‘‘(41) in addition to the performance standards 
requirements of paragraph (28), a proposal, by 
budget function and agency, for spending reductions 
in spending for each of the 4 fiscal years after the 
fiscal year for which the budget is submitted.’’. 
(2) By adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
chapter, with respect to each item in the budget submitted 
under this section that is being conducted in the current 
fiscal year, the President shall provide the following: 
‘‘(A) The amount appropriated or otherwise 
made available for such item in such year. 
‘‘(B) The amount (if any) of a proposed adjust-
ment in the funding level for such item and the jus-
tification for such change. 
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‘‘(2) If the President proposes an adjustment under 
paragraph (1)(B) that will result in an increase in funding 
with respect to an item in the budget, the President shall 
include with such proposal the following: 
‘‘(A) The amount of such adjustment which is 
a result of inflation. 
‘‘(B) The amount of such adjustment that is a 
result of an increase in salaries or benefits for em-
ployees.’’. 
(b) CURRENT PROGRAMS
AND ACTIVITIES ESTI-
MATES.—Section 1109 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (a)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘were 
carried’’ and all that follows through ‘‘change 
in policy’’ and inserting ‘‘received the same 
amount of budget authority as provided in the 
current fiscal year’’; and 
(B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
President’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent with the 
requirements of subsection (c), the President’’. 
(2) By adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) With respect to each program listed under sub-
section (a), the President shall provide— 
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