I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9032 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to extend the discretionary spending limits through fiscal year 2032, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022 
Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. MANN, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) intro-
duced 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 consideration 
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
cerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 to extend the discretionary spending 
limits through fiscal year 2032, 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 ‘‘Controlling America’s 
Perilous Spending Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) 
the 
current 
fiscal 
trajectory 
is 
unsustainable, with the Federal debt now exceeding 
$30 trillion; 
(2) the Congressional Budget Office projects 
that spending, as a share of Gross Domestic Prod-
uct, will rise from 19.6 percent in fiscal year 2022, 
to 24.3 percent by the end of the decade, and the 
Federal debt is projected to increase by approxi-
mately $16 trillion over the next 10 years; 
(3) the absence of fiscal guardrails, such as 
statutory discretionary spending caps, means that 
there is no meaningful restraint on Congress’ ability 
to appropriate excessive spending; 
(4) spending caps are a necessary tool to help 
bring spending under control and were in place from 
1991 through 2002 and again from 2012 through 
2021; 
(5) this legislation is a framework, based on 
May 2022 Congressional Budget Office projections, 
that would help rein in discretionary spending; and 
(6) the discretionary caps set forth below are 
designed to slow discretionary spending growth rates 
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and may need to be amended to incorporate subse-
quent baseline changes prior to becoming law. 
(b) EXTENSION.—Section 251(c) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
U.S.C. 901(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(9) for fiscal year 2023, $1,587,164,000,000 
in new budget authority; 
‘‘(10) for fiscal year 2024, $1,618,907,280,000 
in new budget authority; 
‘‘(11) for fiscal year 2025, $1,651,285,425,600 
in new budget authority; 
‘‘(12) for fiscal year 2026, $1,684,311,134,112 
in new budget authority; 
‘‘(13) for fiscal year 2027, $1,717,997,356,794 
in new budget authority; 
‘‘(14) for fiscal year 2028, $1,752,357,303,930 
in new budget authority; 
‘‘(15) for fiscal year 2029, $1,787,404,450,009 
in new budget authority; 
‘‘(16) for fiscal year 2030, $1,823,152,539,009 
in new budget authority; 
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