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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1676
To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to clarify that
the expenses of administering the Old Age, Survivors and Disability
Insurance programs are not included in the budget of the United States
Government, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 18, 1995
Mr. JACOBS (for himself and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the
Committees on Rules and Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
to clarify that the expenses of administering the Old
Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance programs are
not included in the budget of the United States Govern-
ment, 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. CLARIFICATION OF STATUS OF ADMINISTRA-
TIVE EXPENSES PAID FROM THE OASDI
TRUST FUNDS.
(a) Section 13301(a) of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1990 is amended by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing the expenses of administering the old-age, survivors,
and disability insurance programs)’’ before ‘‘shall’’ and by
adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘No ex-
penses of administering the old-age, survivors, and disabil-
ity insurance programs shall be subject to sequestration
under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985.’’.
(b)(1) Section 250(c)(4)(B) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended
by inserting after ‘‘appropriations’’ the following: ‘‘, except
that expenses for the administration of the social security
old-age and survivors insurance trust fund and the disabil-
ity insurance trust fund (20–8006–0–7–651 and 20–
8007–0–7–651) shall not be considered to be within any
category’’.
(2) Section 253(b) of such Act is amended by striking
‘‘and’’ after paragraph (2), by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’ after paragraph (3), and by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) any spending excluded under section
250(c)(4)(B).’’.
(3) Section 256(h)(4) of such Act is amended by in-
serting at the end the following:
‘‘(J) The old-age, survivors and disability
insurance (OASDI) programs.’’.
SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF THE OASDI TRUST FUNDS IN THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) CONTENT OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE
BUDGET.—The last sentence of section 301(a) of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting
before the period the following: ‘‘, but shall separately set
forth an estimate of benefit payments under the old-age,
survivors, and disability insurance programs under title II
of the Social Security Act for the fiscal year and each of
the two ensuing fiscal years’’.
(b) PROTECTION OF OASDI TRUST FUNDS.—Sec-
tion 13302 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 is
amended by inserting at the end the following:
‘‘(d) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in order in
the House of Representatives to consider any bill or joint
resolution, as reported, amendment, or conference report
the enactment of which would provide an appropriation
for a fiscal year for the expenses of administering the old-
age, survivors, and disability insurance programs under
title II of the Social Security Act in excess of 1.5 percent
of the estimate of benefit payments under those programs
for that fiscal year set forth in the most recently agreed
to concurrent resolution on the budget.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply to fis-
cal year 1996 and subsequent fiscal years.
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