I
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4594
To increase the statutory debt limit and to require a Presidential plan to
restore balanced budgets and protect Social Security.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 25, 2002
Mr. MOORE (for himself, Mr. HILL, Mr. TANNER, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr.
HOLDEN, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. ROSS, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr.
ISRAEL, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. PHELPS, Ms. HARMAN, and Mr. TURNER)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means, 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 committee concerned
A BILL
To increase the statutory debt limit and to require a Presi-
dential plan to restore balanced budgets and protect So-
cial Security.
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 ‘‘Climbing Out of the
Deficit Ditch Act of 2002’’.
TITLE I—INCREASE IN DEBT
LIMIT
SEC. 101. INCREASE IN DEBT LIMIT.
(a) INCREASE IN STATUTORY DEBT LIMIT.—Section
3101(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
striking 
‘‘$5,950,000,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$6,100,000,000,000’’.
(b) POINT OF ORDER.—(1) Except as provided by
paragraph (2), it shall not be in order in the House to
consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con-
ference report that includes any provision that increases
the limit on the public debt above $6,100,000,000,000 or
otherwise extends the borrowing authority of the Treasury
beyond September 30, 2002.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the House if—
(A) the chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the House has made the certification de-
scribed in section 201 that the budget (excluding the
receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Fed-
eral Disability Insurance Trust Fund) will be in bal-
ance by fiscal year 2007; or
(B) the President has submitted a plan meeting
the requirements of this title and the House has ap-
proved a resolution meeting the requirements of this
title.
TITLE II—BUDGET REVIEW AND
REVISION
SEC. 201. CERTIFICATION OF PROJECTED ON-BUDGET BAL-
ANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—If, in the report released pursuant
to section 202(e)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, entitled the Budget and Economic Outlook Update
(for fiscal years 2003 through 2012), the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office projects that the unified
budget of the United States for fiscal year 2003 will be
in balance and that the budget (excluding the receipts and
disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance
Trust Fund) will be in balance by fiscal year 2007, then
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
House is authorized to certify that the budget is projected
to meet the goals of a balanced budget and protecting so-
cial security.
(b) REQUEST IF DEFICIT PROJECTED FOR BUDGET
EXCLUDING OASDI.—If the report of the Congressional
Budget Office released pursuant to section 202(e)(2) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, entitled the Budg-
et and Economic Outlook Update (for fiscal years 2003
through 2012), projects the budget (excluding the receipts
and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur-
ance Trust Fund) will be in deficit in fiscal year 2007,
the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
House shall request that the President submit to the
House a proposal to bring the budget of the United States
(excluding the receipts and disbursements of the Federal
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund) into balance by
fiscal year 2007.
(c) ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL BASIS OF CERTIFI-
CATION.—In making the certification under subsection
(a), the chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
House shall rely on the most recent economic and tech-
nical assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office and
all legislation enacted before the date of such certification,
including legislation establishing discretionary spending
limits. If legislation enacting discretionary spending limits
has not been so enacted, the Congressional Budget Office
shall assume the discretionary spending levels set forth in
House Concurrent Resolution 353, as agreed to, or if not
agreed to, then as passed the House.
SEC. 202. PLAN AND ANNUAL REPORTS SUBMITTED BY THE
PRESIDENT.
(a) PRESIDENTIAL PLAN.—If the chairman of the
Committee on the Budget of the House submits a request
to the President under section 201, the President shall
submit a plan that includes—
(1) specific legislative changes to reduce out-
lays, increase revenues, or both;
(2) the text of a special resolution implementing
the President’s recommendations through reconcili-
ation directives instructing the appropriate commit-
tees of the House of Representatives and Senate to
determine and recommend changes in laws within
their jurisdictions to reduce outlays or increase reve-
nues by specified amounts; and
(3) recommendations for new discretionary
spending limits or other budget enforcement mecha-
nisms necessary to maintain compliance with the
plan;
to achieve savings sufficient to put the budget on a path
that is projected to meet the goals of balancing the budget
and protecting social security as set forth in section 201.
(b) ANNUAL PRESIDENTIAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS
ON HOMELAND SECURITY BUDGET.—Section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph: