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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9506 
To prohibit the consideration in the House of Representatives and Senate 
of legislation which includes a provision authorizing the appropriation 
of an amount of funds for a program which does not include a provision 
reducing by at least the same amount the amount otherwise authorized 
to be appropriated for the same program or for any other program, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2022 
Mr. DONALDS (for himself and Mr. GROTHMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in 
addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the consideration in the House of Representatives 
and Senate of legislation which includes a provision au-
thorizing the appropriation of an amount of funds for 
a program which does not include a provision reducing 
by at least the same amount the amount otherwise au-
thorized to be appropriated for the same program or 
for any other program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Budgetary Quid Pro 
Quo Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF LEGIS-
LATION AUTHORIZING FUNDING FOR PRO-
GRAMS NOT OFFSET BY REDUCTIONS IN 
OTHER FUNDING. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—It shall not be in order in the 
House of Representatives or Senate to consider any bill, 
joint resolution, conference report, or an amendment 
thereto, that authorizes the appropriation of an amount 
of funds for a program unless the measure includes a pro-
vision reducing by at least the same amount the amount 
otherwise authorized to be appropriated for the program 
or for any other program. 
(b) SPECIAL RULES.—In carrying out subsection (a), 
the following rules shall apply: 
(1) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 
the National Defense Authorization Act for a fiscal 
year only to the extent that the aggregate amount 
authorized to be appropriated under the Act for pro-
grams described within the same defense function 
under the budget resolution for that fiscal year ex-
ceeds the aggregate amount of budget authority for 
such function under the budget resolution. 
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(2) A provision of a measure that directs, re-
quires, or permits an agency to undertake a par-
ticular activity that can reasonably be carried out 
with funds available from the agency’s regular ad-
ministrative budget, and for which the measure does 
not provide a specific authorization of appropriations 
for such activity, may be included in the measure 
without violating subsection (a). 
(3) A provision of a measure that expands the 
permissible use of an existing authorization of ap-
propriation of funds, but does not itself require or 
authorize an increase in the amount authorized to be 
appropriated, may be included in the measure with-
out violating subsection (a). 
(4) A provision of a measure that extends the 
period during which funds may be provided under an 
existing authorization of appropriations, but does 
not increase the amount authorized to be appro-
priated, may be included in the measure without vio-
lating subsection (a). 
(5) A provision of a measure that provides an 
authorization of appropriations for a program for a 
fiscal year in the same amount as the amount appro-
priated for the most recent fiscal year for which 
funds were appropriated for the program may be in-
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cluded in the measure without violating subsection 
(a). 
(c) PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘program’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
1122(a) of title 31, United States Code. 
(d) RULES OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE.—This sec-
tion is enacted by Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives, re-
spectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules 
of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 
respect to the procedure to be followed in the House 
in the case of joint resolutions described in this sec-
tion, and supersedes other rules only to the extent 
that it is inconsistent with such other rules; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 
the case of any other rule of that House. 
SEC. 3. ONLINE PORTAL FOR LAWS ENACTED TO AUTHOR-
IZE APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF ONLINE 
PORTAL.—The Director of the Government Publishing Of-
fice (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Direc-
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(c) CONSULTATION.—The Director shall carry out 
this section in consultation with the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, and the 
Librarian of Congress. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PORTAL.—The Direc-
tor shall establish and operate the online portal 
under this section not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) CONGRESSES COVERED.—The online portal 
shall include information on laws enacted during the 
most recent Congress which ends before the date of 
the enactment of this Act and each subsequent Con-
gress. 
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