Budget of the House of Representatives may report 
a resolution directing committees of their House to 
change the existing law to achieve the spending re-
ductions outlined in the August 20 report necessary 
to meet the outlay limits. 
‘‘(c) NO EXEMPT PROGRAMS.—Section 255 and sec-
tion 256 shall not apply to this section or any sequestra-
tion order issued under this section, except that payments 
for net interest (budget function 900) shall be exempt 
from the spending reductions under sequestration. 
‘‘(d) LOOK BACK.—If, after November 14, a bill re-
sulting in outlays for the fiscal year in progress is enacted 
that causes excess outlays, the excess outlay amount for 
the next fiscal year shall be increased by the amount or 
amounts of that breach.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO BBEDCA.— 
(1) SEQUESTRATION PREVIEW REPORTS.—Sec-
tion 254(c)(4) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
904(c)(4)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) OUTLAY CAP SEQUESTRATION REPORTS.— 
The preview reports shall set forth for the budget 
year estimates for the following: 
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‘‘(A)(i) For each of budget years 2019 
through 2023, total projected outlays (less net 
interest payments), less one percent. 
‘‘(ii) For budget year 2024 and each sub-
sequent budget year, the estimated gross do-
mestic product for that budget year. 
‘‘(B) The amount of reductions required 
under section 253A. 
‘‘(C) The sequestration percentage nec-
essary to achieve the required reduction under 
section 253A.’’. 
(2) FINAL SEQUESTRATION REPORTS.—Section 
254(f)(3) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 904(f)(3)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) 
OUTLAY
CAPS
SEQUESTRATION
RE-
PORTS.—The final reports shall contain all the infor-
mation required in the outlay cap sequestration pre-
view reports. In addition, these reports shall contain, 
for the budget year, for each account to be seques-
tered, estimates of the baseline level of sequestrable 
budgetary resources and resulting outlays and the 
amount of budgetary sources to be sequestered and 
result in outlay reductions. The reports shall also 
contain estimates of the effects on outlays on the se-
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questration of each outyear for direct spending pro-
grams.’’. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended 
by adding after section 315 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 316. ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES. 
‘‘(a) OUTLAY CAPS.—It shall not be in order in the 
House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any 
bill, joint resolution, amendment, amendment between the 
Houses, or conference report that includes any provision 
that would cause the most recently reported, current out-
lay cap set forth in section 253A of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to be 
breached or increased. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER OR SUSPENSION.— 
‘‘(1) IN THE SENATE.—The provisions of this 
section may be waived or suspended in the Senate 
only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the 
Members, duly chosen and sworn. 
‘‘(2) IN THE HOUSE.—The provisions of this 
section may be waived or suspended in the House of 
Representatives only by a rule or order proposing 
only to waive such provisions by an affirmative vote 
of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and 
sworn. 
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‘‘(c) POINT OF ORDER PROTECTION.—In the House, 
it shall not be in order to consider a rule or order that 
waives the application of paragraph (2) of subsection (b). 
‘‘(d) MOTION TO SUSPEND.—It shall not be in order 
for the Speaker to entertain a motion to suspend the appli-
cation of this section under clause 1 of rule XV.’’. 
SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The table of contents set forth in— 
(1) section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 315 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 316. Enforcement procedures.’’; 
and 
(2) section 250(a) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 253 
the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 253A. Establishing outlay caps.’’. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
apply to fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
including any reports and calculations required for imple-
mentation in fiscal year 2019. 
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