I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3633
To reform the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 22, 1993
Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. HANSEN, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr.
SANTORUM, Mr. ARMEY, and Mr. QUINN) introduced the following bill;
which was referred jointly to the Committees on Rules and Government
Operations
A BILL
To reform the House of Representatives, 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 ‘‘Truth in Voting Act
of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES
SECTION 302 AND SECTION 602 ALLOCATIONS
AND SUBALLOCATIONS; ADJUSTMENT OF DIS-
CRETIONARY SPENDING CAPS.
(a) SECTION 302 ALLOCATIONS.—Section 302(e) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘At’’ and by adding at the end the
following new paragraphs:
‘‘(2) If—
‘‘(A) a general appropriation bill as reported by
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives is amended and that bill as passed
by the House reduces the amount appropriated for
any program, project, or activity from the amount
appropriated for that program, project, or activity in
that bill as so reported; and
‘‘(B) that bill as passed by the Senate reduces
the amount appropriated for the same program,
project, or activity from the amount appropriated for
that program, project, or activity in that bill as re-
ported initially in the House of Representatives;
then, upon the passage of that bill by both Houses of Con-
gress, the suballocations for that fiscal year made by each
Committee on Appropriations under subsection (b)(1) to
the subcommittee with jurisdiction over that measure shall
be reduced by the sum of the lesser amount of reductions
made for each such program, project, or activity by the
House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may
be, and that committee shall report to its House—
‘‘(i) an adjusted suballocation for that sub-
committee with the appropriate reductions in levels
of total new budget outlays and total new budget au-
thority; and
‘‘(ii) an adjusted allocation for the committee
that is reduced by the reductions in new budget out-
lays and new budget authority made under clause
(i).
‘‘(3) FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEES
ALLOCATIONS
AND
SUBALLOCATIONS.—
Upon the enactment of any rescission bill, the
suballocations for that fiscal year made by each Commit-
tee on Appropriations under subsection (b)(1) to any sub-
committee with jurisdiction over that bill shall be reduced
by the sum of the rescissions contained in that bill over
which it has jurisdiction, and that committee shall report
to its House—
‘‘(A) an adjusted suballocation for that sub-
committee with the appropriate reductions in levels
of total new budget outlays and total new budget au-
thority; and
‘‘(B) an adjusted allocation for the committee
that is reduced by the reductions in new budget out-
lays and new budget authority made under subpara-
graph (A).’’.
(b) SECTION 602 ALLOCATIONS.—Section 602 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(f) ADJUSTMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS COMMIT-
TEES ALLOCATIONS AND SUBALLOCATIONS.—If—
‘‘(1) a general appropriation bill as reported by
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives is amended and that bill as passed
by that House reduces the amount appropriated for
any program, project, or activity from the amount
appropriated for that program, project, or activity in
that bill as so reported; and
‘‘(2) that bill as passed by the Senate reduces
the amount appropriated for the same program,
project, or activity from the amount appropriated for
that program, project, or activity in that bill as re-
ported initially in the House of Representatives;
then, upon the passage of that bill by both Houses of Con-
gress, the suballocations for that fiscal year made by each
Committee on Appropriations under subsection (b)(1) to
the subcommittee with jurisdiction over that measure shall
be reduced by the sum of the lesser amount of reductions
made for each such program, project, or activity by the
House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may
be, and that committee shall report to its House—
‘‘(A) an adjusted suballocation for that sub-
committee with the appropriate reductions in levels
of total new budget outlays and total new budget au-
thority; and
‘‘(B) an adjusted allocation for the committee
that is reduced by the reductions in new budget out-
lays and new budget authority made under subpara-
graph (A).
‘‘(g) FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEES
ALLOCATIONS
AND
SUBALLOCATIONS.—
Upon the passage of any rescission bill by both Houses
of Congress, the suballocations for that fiscal year made
by each Committee on Appropriations under subsection
(b)(1) to any subcommittee with jurisdiction over that bill
shall be reduced by the sum of the rescissions contained
in that bill over which it has jurisdiction, and that commit-
tee shall report to its House—
‘‘(1) an adjusted suballocation for that sub-
committee with the appropriate reductions in levels
of total new budget outlays and total new budget au-
thority; and