I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 143 
To establish a budgetary level reduction schedule, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2025 
Mrs. CAMMACK (for herself and Mr. SCHMIDT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a budgetary level reduction schedule, 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 ‘‘Unauthorized Spend-
ing Accountability Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUDGETARY LEVEL REDUC-
TION SCHEDULE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby established a re-
occurring three-year budgetary level reduction cycle with 
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respect to any unauthorized program, to begin in fiscal 
year 2026, consistent with the requirements of this Act. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) BUDGETARY LEVEL.—The term ‘‘budgetary 
level’’ means the allocation made under section 
302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 633(a)) to the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives or the Senate in a 
concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal year, 
and includes any such allocation made pursuant to 
a deeming resolution. 
(2) EXPIRING FISCAL YEAR.—The term ‘‘expir-
ing fiscal year’’ means, with respect to an unauthor-
ized program, the fiscal year during which author-
izations of appropriations will expire for such pro-
gram. 
(3) UNAUTHORIZED PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘un-
authorized program’’ means any program or activity 
listed in the annual report published by the Congres-
sional Budget Office, entitled ‘‘Expired and Expiring 
Authorizations of Appropriations’’, or any successor 
report, with respect to which authorizations of ap-
propriations will expire during the fiscal year in 
which such report is published. 
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(c) APPLICATION TO PROGRAMS THAT EXPIRED BE-
FORE FISCAL YEAR 2026.—For purposes of applying this 
Act to any unauthorized program funded during fiscal 
year 2026 and for which authorizations of appropriations 
expired before such fiscal year, such program shall be 
deemed to be a program or activity listed in the report 
referred to in subsection (b)(3) with respect to which au-
thorizations of appropriations will expire during fiscal year 
2026. 
SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN BUDGETARY LEVEL FOR UNAU-
THORIZED PROGRAMS. 
(a) BUDGETARY LEVEL
FOR FISCAL YEAR FOL-
LOWING EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATION.—With respect 
to any unauthorized program, on the date that a budg-
etary level is established for the fiscal year immediately 
following the expiring fiscal year, such level shall imme-
diately be reduced by an amount equal to 10 percent of 
the funds appropriated for such program in the expiring 
fiscal year. 
(b) BUDGETARY LEVEL FOR SECOND AND THIRD 
FISCAL YEARS FOLLOWING EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZA-
TION.—With respect to any unauthorized program that re-
sults in a budgetary level reduction under subsection (a) 
that remains an unauthorized program in the second or 
third fiscal year following the expiring fiscal year, on the 
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