I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1219
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to extend and reduce the
discretionary spending limits, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 13, 1995
Mr. KASICH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 to extend and reduce the discretionary spending
limits, 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 ‘‘Discretionary Spend-
ing Reduction and Control Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
(a) LIMITS.—Section 601(a)(2) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking subparagraphs
(A), (B), (C), (D), and (F), by redesignating subpara-
graph (E) as subparagraph (A) and by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end of that subparagraph, and by inserting after sub-
paragraph (A) the following new subparagraphs:
‘‘(B) with respect to fiscal year 1996, for
the discretionary category: $llll in new
budget authority and $llll in outlays;
‘‘(C) with respect to fiscal year 1997, for
the discretionary category: $llll in new
budget authority and $llll in outlays;
‘‘(D) with respect to fiscal year 1998, for
the discretionary category: $llll in new
budget authority and $llll in outlays;
‘‘(E) with respect to fiscal year 1999, for
the discretionary category: $llll in new
budget authority and $llll in outlays;
and
‘‘(F) with respect to fiscal year 2000, for
the discretionary category: $llll in new
budget authority and $llll in outlays;’’.
(b) COMMITTEE
ALLOCATIONS
AND
ENFORCE-
MENT.—Section 602 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 is amended—
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘1995’’ and
inserting ‘‘2000’’ and by striking its last sentence;
and
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘1992 to
1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995 to 2000’’ and by striking
‘‘1992 through 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995 through
2000’’.
(c) FIVE-YEAR
BUDGET
RESOLUTIONS.—Section
606 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘1992, 1993,
1994, or 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997,
1998, 1999, or 2000’’; and
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘1992, 1993,
1994, and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997,
1998, 1999, and 2000’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 607 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘1991
to 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1995 to 2000’’.
(e) SEQUESTRATION
REGARDING
CRIME
TRUST
FUND.—(1) Section 251A(b)(1) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended
by striking subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) and its last
sentence and inserting the following:
‘‘(B) For fiscal year 1996, $lll.
‘‘(C) For fiscal year 1997, $lll.
‘‘(D) For fiscal year 1998, $lll.
‘‘(E) For fiscal year 1999, $lll.
‘‘(F) For fiscal year 2000, $lll.
‘‘The appropriate levels of new budget authority are
as follows: for fiscal year 1996, $llll; for fis-
cal year 1997, $lll; for fiscal year 1998,
$lll; for fiscal year 1999, $lll; and for fis-
cal year 2000, $lll.’’.
(2) The last two sentences of section 310002 of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
(42 U.S.C. 14212) are repealed.
SEC. 3. GENERAL STATEMENT AND DEFINITIONS.
(a) GENERAL STATEMENT.—Section 250(b) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 is amended by striking the first sentence and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘This part provides for the enforcement
of deficit reduction through discretionary spending limits
and pay-as-you-go requirements for fiscal years 1995
through 2000.’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 250(c) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is
amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(4) The term ‘category’ means all discre-
tionary appropriations.’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(6) The term ‘budgetary resources’ means new
budget authority, unobligated balances, direct spend-
ing authority, and obligation limitations.’’;
(3) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘1992’’ and
inserting ‘‘1995’’;
(4) in paragraph (14), by striking ‘‘1995’’ and
inserting ‘‘2000’’; and
(5) by striking paragraph (17) and by redesig-
nating paragraphs (18) through (21) as paragraphs
(17) through (20), respectively.
SEC. 4. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.
Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—
(1) in the side heading of subsection (a), by
striking ‘‘1991–1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1995–2000’’;
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (b)(1), by
striking ‘‘1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 or
1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
1999, or 2000’’ and by striking ‘‘through 1998’’ and
inserting ‘‘through 2000’’;
(3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking subpara-
graphs (B) and (C) and by striking ‘‘the following:’’
and all that follows through ‘‘The adjustments’’ and
inserting ‘‘the following: the adjustments’’;
(4) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘1991,
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, or 1998’’ and
inserting ‘‘1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, or 2000’’
and by striking ‘‘through 1998’’ and inserting
‘‘through 2000’’;
(5) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C)
of subsection (b)(2);
(6) in subsection (b)(2)(E), by striking clauses
(i), (ii), and (iii) and by striking ‘‘(iv) if, for fiscal
years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998’’ and in-
serting ‘‘If, for fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
1999, and 2000’’; and
(7) in subsection (b)(2)(F), strike everything
after ‘‘the adjustment in outlays is’’ and insert ‘‘for
a category for a fiscal year not to exceed 0.5 percent
of the adjusted discretionary spending limit on out-
lays for that fiscal year in fiscal year 1996, 1997,
1998, 1999, or 2000’’.
SEC. 5. ENFORCING PAY-AS-YOU-GO.
Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—
(1) in the side heading of subsection (a), by
striking ‘‘1992–1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1995–2000’’;
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘1998’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘2000’’; and
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘1991 through
1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1995 through 2000’’ and by
striking ‘‘through 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘through
2000’’.
SEC. 6. REPORTS AND ORDERS.
Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘1998’’
and inserting ‘‘2000’’; and
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘1998’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘2000’’.
SEC. 7. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
Section 258 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, entitled ‘‘Modification of
Presidential Order’’, is repealed.
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) EXPIRATION.—Section 275(b) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is
amended by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’.
(b) EXPIRATION.—Section 14002(c)(3)(A) of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (2 U.S.C.
900 note) is repealed.
SEC. 9. SPECIAL RULE ON INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
CHANGES IN DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIM-
ITS AND PAY-AS-YOU-GO REQUIREMENTS.
(a)(1) Section 252 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULE
ON INTERRELATIONSHIP
BE-
TWEEN SECTIONS 251 AND 252.—(1) Whenever a rec-
onciliation Act decreases the discretionary spending limits
for outlays and provides that that decrease shall be used
to offset all or part of an increase in direct spending or
decrease in receipts, as the case may be, in that Act and
reduces (by an amount equal to or greater than) budget
authority as computed using the composite spendout rate,
then the reduction in receipts or increase in outlays for
direct spending (that is so offset) shall not be reflected
in estimates under subsection (d).
‘‘(2) As used in this subsection:
‘‘(A) The term ‘composite spendout rate’ means
a computational relationship between outlays and
new budget authority as follows: 60 percent for the
first year, 22 percent for the second year, 12 percent
for the third year, 4 percent for the fourth year, and
1 percent for the fifth year.
‘‘(B) The term ‘reconciliation Act’ refers to a
reconciliation bill (as used in section 310 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974) after it is enacted
into law.’’.
(2) Section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (3), by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph
(5) and by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ in such redesignated para-
graph (5) and inserting ‘‘(3), and (4)’’, and by inserting
after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) carry out section 252(f)(2) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985; or’’.
(b) None of the changes in direct spending and re-
ceipts resulting from this Act shall be reflected in esti-
mates under section 252(d) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(c) In the OMB final sequestration report for fiscal
year 1996—
(1) 
all 
adjustments 
required 
by 
section
251(b)(2) made after the preview report for fiscal
year 1996 shall be made to the discretionary spend-