justed annually for inflation by the Consumer
Price Index) in the fiscal year in which it (as
well as any necessary implementing regulation)
is to be effective or in any of the 4 fiscal years
following such fiscal year, the Director shall so
state and shall briefly explain the basis of the
estimate, and—
(i) shall include estimates (and shall
briefly explain the basis of the estimates)
of—
(I) the total amount of direct
costs of complying with the Federal
mandates in the bill or joint resolu-
tion; and
(II) the amount, if any, of in-
crease in authorization of appropria-
tions under existing Federal financial
assistance programs, or of authoriza-
tion of appropriations for new Federal
financial assistance, provided by the
bill or joint resolution and usable by
States, local governments, or tribal
governments for activities subject to
the Federal mandates;
(ii) shall also include estimates, if and
to the extent that the Director determines
that such estimates are reasonably feasible,
of—
(I) future costs of Federal man-
dates to the extent that they signifi-
cantly differ from or extend beyond
the time period of the estimate re-
ferred to in the first clause of this
subparagraph (B); and
(II) any disproportionate budg-
etary effects of Federal mandates and
of any Federal financial assistance in
the bill or joint resolution upon any
particular regions of the country or
particular States, local governments,
tribal governments, or urban or rural
or other types of communities; and
(iii) shall also state any amounts ap-
propriated in the prior fiscal year to fund
the activities subject to the Federal man-
date.
(2) AMENDED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS;
CONFERENCE REPORTS.—If the Director has pre-
pared a statement that includes the determination
described in paragraph (1)(B) for a bill or joint res-
olution, and if that bill or joint resolution is passed
in an amended form (including if passed by one
House as an amendment in the nature of a sub-
stitute for the language of a bill or joint resolution
from the other House) or is reported by a committee
of conference in an amended form, the committee of
conference shall ensure, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, that the Director shall prepare a supple-
mental statement for the bill or joint resolution. The
requirements of section 103 shall not apply to the
publication of any supplemental statement prepared
under this subsection.
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Congressional
Budget Office to carry out the provisions of this Act, and
for no other purpose, $2,300,000 for each of the fiscal
years 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.
(e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The State and Local
Cost Estimate Act of 1981, Public Law 97–108, is hereby
repealed.
SEC. 103. POINT OF ORDER.
(a) IN GENERAL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES OR SENATE.—It shall not be in order in the House
of Representatives or Senate to consider any bill or joint
resolution that is reported by any committee of authoriza-
tion unless (based upon a ruling of the presiding Officer
in the case of the Senate)—
(1) a committee has published a statement of
the Director in accordance with section 101(c) prior
to such consideration; and
(2) either—
(A) the direct costs of all Federal man-
dates in the bill or joint resolution are esti-
mated not to equal or exceed $50,000,000 (ad-
justed annually for inflation by the Consumer
Price Index) in the fiscal year in which it (as
well as any necessary implementing regulation)
is to be effective or in any of the 4 fiscal years
following such fiscal year, or
(B)(i) the increase in authorization of ap-
propriations under existing Federal financial
assistance programs, or of authorization of ap-
propriations for new Federal financial assist-
ance, provided by the bill or joint resolution and
usable by States, local governments, or tribal
governments for activities subject to the Fed-
eral mandates is at least equal to the estimated
amount of direct costs of the Federal mandates;
and
(ii) the committee of jurisdiction has iden-
tified in the bill or joint resolution one or more
of the following: a reduction in authorization of
existing appropriations, a reduction in direct
spending, or an increase in receipts (consistent
with the amount identified in clause (i).
(b) WAIVER.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) may be
waived or suspended in the House of Representatives
or Senate only by the affirmative vote of a majority
of its Members voting.
(2) SPECIAL
RULE
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REP-
RESENTATIVES.—It shall not be in order in the
House of Representatives to consider a rule or order
that waives the application of subsection (a) to a bill
or joint resolution reported by a committee of au-
thorization.
(c) 
AMENDMENT
TO
RAISE
AUTHORIZATION
LEVEL.—Notwithstanding the terms of subsection (a), it
shall not be out of order pursuant to this section to con-
sider a bill or joint to which an amendment is proposed
and agreed to that would raise the amount of authoriza-
tion of appropriations to a level sufficient to satisfy the
requirements of subsections (a)(2)(B) and (a)(2)(C), nor
shall it be out of order to consider such an amendment.
SEC. 104. ENFORCEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.
(a) MOTIONS TO STRIKE IN THE COMMITTEE OF
THE WHOLE.—Clause 5 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the
House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(c) In the consideration of any measure for amend-
ment in the Committee of the Whole containing any Fed-
eral mandate (as defined in section 3(1) of the Federal
Mandate Accountability and Reform Act of 1994) that
does not meet the requirements of sections 103(a)(1) and
(2) of that Act, it shall always be in order, unless specifi-
cally waived by terms of a rule governing consideration
of that measure, to move to strike such Federal man-
date.’’.
(b) COMMITTEE REPORTS REGARDING ROLL CALL
VOTES ON FEDERAL MANDATES.—Clause 2(l)(2) of rule
XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) With respect to each rollcall vote on an amend-
ment regarding any Federal mandate (as defined in sec-
tion 3(1) of the Federal Mandate and Accountability Act
of 1994), the total number of votes cast for, and the total
number of votes cast against, that amendment and the
name of each Member voting for and each Member voting
against such amendment, and whether by proxy or in per-