I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3350 
To amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
to require roll call votes acknowledging the effect of the costs of legisla-
tion on the national debt. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2009 
Ms. JENKINS (for herself, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mrs. MILLER of 
Michigan, Mr. BOREN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. 
BOUSTANY, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. GOHMERT, Ms. 
GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. 
RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. PAUL, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. 
COLE, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. 
SHIMKUS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. GOODLATTE, and Mr. 
SOUDER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Con-
trol Act of 1974 to require roll call votes acknowledging 
the effect of the costs of legislation on the national 
debt. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Debt Accountability 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EFFECT OF COSTS OF LEGISLATION. 
Title IV of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART C—EFFECT OF COSTS OF LEGISLATION 
‘‘SEC. 431. LEGISLATION SUBJECT TO POINT OF ORDER. 
‘‘(a) ENFORCEMENT.—It shall not be in order in the 
Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any 
bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference re-
port that would increase the deficit or decrease the surplus 
for any fiscal year unless the Senate or the House of Rep-
resentatives, as the case may be, by roll call vote, acknowl-
edges the costs that would be incurred in carrying out 
such measure, as estimated by the Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office, and any effect those costs might 
have on the national debt. 
‘‘(b) DISPOSITION OF POINTS OF ORDER.—As dis-
position of points of order under subsection (a), the Chair 
shall put the question to the chamber, ‘Notwithstanding 
the acknowledgment that the [insert bill, joint resolution, 
amendment, motion, or conference report, as applicable] 
would increase the deficit or decrease the surplus, shall 
the [insert House or Senate, as applicable] now consider 
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the [insert bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
conference report, as applicable]?’.’’. 
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
The table of contents set forth in section 1(b) of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 428 the following: 
‘‘PART C—EFFECT OF COSTS OF LEGISLATION 
‘‘Sec. 431. Legislation subject to point of order.’’. 
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