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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1110
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to limit the rate of growth
of Federal outlays to 2 percent per year.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 2, 1995
Mr. ALLARD (for himself, Mr. HERGER, Mr. CRANE, and Mr. DUNCAN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the
Budget and, in addition, to the Committee on 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 amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985 to limit the rate of growth of Federal outlays
to 2 percent per year.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MAXIMUM SPENDING AMOUNTS.
Section 601(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) MAXIMUM SPENDING AMOUNT.—The term
‘maximum spending amount’ means—
‘‘(A) with respect to fiscal year 1996,
$1,562,000,000,000 in outlays;
‘‘(B) with respect to fiscal year 1997,
$1,593,000,000,000 in outlays;
‘‘(C) with respect to fiscal year 1998,
$1,625,000,000,000 in outlays;
‘‘(D) with respect to fiscal year 1999,
$1,658,000,000,000 in outlays;
‘‘(E) with respect to fiscal year 2000,
$1,691,000,000,000 in outlays;
‘‘(F) with respect to fiscal year 2001,
$1,725,000,000,000 in outlays; and
‘‘(G) with respect to fiscal year 2002,
$1,760,000,000,000 in outlays.’’.
SEC. 2. ENFORCING MAXIMUM SPENDING SEQUESTRATION.
(a) SEQUESTRATION.—Section 253(a) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) SEQUESTRATION.—Within 15 days after Con-
gress adjourns to end a session (other than the One Hun-
dred Fourth Congress), and on the same day as sequestra-
tion (if any) under sections 251 and 252, but after any
sequestration required by those sections, there shall be a
sequestration (if necessary) to reduce total Federal spend-
ing to the maximum permissible level as set forth in sec-
tion 601(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO HEADING.—The
section heading of section 253 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 253. ENFORCING MAXIMUM SPENDING LIMITS.’’.
(c) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Sec-
tion 253 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 is amended—
(1) by repealing subsections (b), (g), and (h),
and by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and
(f), as subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively;
(2) in subsection (b) (as redesignated), by
amending the first sentence to read as follows: ‘‘To
reduce total Federal spending to the maximum per-
missible level for a budget year, 20 percent of the
required outlay reductions shall be obtained from
non-exempt defense accounts (accounts designated
as function 050 in the President’s fiscal year 1995
budget submission) and 80 percent from non-ex-
empt, non-defense accounts (all other non-exempt
accounts).’’;
(3) in subsection (c) (as redesignated), by strik-
ing ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’;
and
(4) in subsection (e) (as redesignated), by strik-
ing ‘‘(b), (c), (d), and (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b), (c),
and (d)’’ and by striking ‘‘(d) or (e)’’ and inserting
‘‘(c) or (d)’’.
(d) LOOK-BACK SEQUESTER.—Section 253 of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(f) LOOK-BACK SEQUESTER.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On July 1 of each fiscal
year, the Director of OMB shall determine if laws
effective during the current fiscal year will cause the
spending to exceed the maximum spending amount
for such fiscal year. If the limit is exceeded, there
shall be a preliminary sequester on July 1 to elimi-
nate the excess.
‘‘(2) PERMANENT
SEQUESTER.—Budget au-
thority sequestered on July 1 pursuant to paragraph
(1) shall be permanently canceled on July 15.
‘‘(3) NO MARGIN.—The margin for determining
a sequester under this subsection shall be zero.
(4) in subsection (g)(3), by striking ‘‘DEFICIT’’
and inserting ‘‘TOTAL SPENDING’’ in the side head-
ing and in the first sentence by striking ‘‘deficit’’
and inserting ‘‘total spending’’.
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CON-
TENTS.—The item relating to section 253 is amended by
striking ‘‘Enforcing deficit targets’’ and inserting ‘‘En-
forcing maximum spending limits’’.
SEC. 3. TOTAL SPENDING POINT OF ORDER.
(a) TOTAL SPENDING POINT OF ORDER.—Section
605(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘(b) TOTAL SPENDING POINT OF ORDER.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in
the House of Representatives or the Senate to con-
sider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or con-
ference report that includes any provision that would
result in total spending for a fiscal year that exceeds
the maximum permissible total spending amount for
such fiscal year as set forth in section 601(a)(1).
‘‘(2) WAIVER OR SUSPENSION.—This subsection
may be waived or suspended in the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate only by the affirmative
vote of three-fifths of its Members, duly chosen and
sworn.’’.
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