IV
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. RES. 191
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the reduction
of section 602(b)(1) suballocations to reflect floor amendments to general
appropriation bills, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 17, 1995
Mr. BREWSTER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on Rules
RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to
require the reduction of section 602(b)(1) suballocations
to reflect floor amendments to general appropriation
bills, and for other purposes.
Resolved, That (a) clause 4(a) of rule XI of the Rules
of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(4)(A) Upon the engrossment in the House of any
general appropriation bill (or resolution making continu-
ing appropriations (if applicable)), the chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations shall—
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‘‘(i) reduce the suballocation of new budget au-
thority to the appropriate subcommittee of that com-
mittee made under section 602(b)(1) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 by the net amount of re-
ductions in new budget authority resulting from
amendments agreed to by the House to that bill, and
‘‘(ii) reduce the suballocation of outlays made
under section 602(b)(1) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 to the appropriate subcommittee of that
committee by the net amount of reductions in out-
lays resulting from amendments agreed to by the
House to that bill,
and promptly report those revisions to the House.
‘‘(B) The reductions in suballocations made under
subdivision (A) may not be reallocated by the Committee
on Appropriations to any other subcommittee.
‘‘(C) In the House of Representatives, the revised
suballocations made under subdivision (A) shall be deemed
to be suballocations made under section 602(b)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.’’.
(b) Clause 4(b) of rule XI of the Rules of the House
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ‘‘Upon the reporting of revised
suballocations to the House by the Committee on Appro-
priations under paragraph (a), the chairman of the Com-
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mittee on the Budget shall make appropriate revisions in
the allocations to the Committee on Appropriations to re-
flect the revised suballocations and report those revisions
to the House. In the House of Representatives, those re-
vised allocations shall be deemed to be allocations made
under section 602(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974.’’.
(c) Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Represent-
atives is amended by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘9. (a) Any appropriation bill that is being marked
up by the Committee on Appropriations (or a subcommit-
tee thereof) of either House shall contain a line item enti-
tled ‘Deficit Reduction Lock-box’. The dollar amount set
forth under that heading shall be an amount not to exceed
the amount by which the appropriate 602(b) allocation of
new budget authority exceeds the amount of new budget
authority provided by that bill as reported by that commit-
tee.
‘‘(b) Whenever the Committee on Appropriations of
either House reports an appropriation bill, that bill shall
contain a line item entitled ‘Deficit Reduction Account’
comprised of the following:
‘‘(1) Only in the case of the first appropriation
bill considered following enactment of this resolu-
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plus that supplemental appropriation bill (as re-
ported by that committee).
‘‘(c) Whenever a Member of either House of Congress
offers an amendment (whether in subcommittee, commit-
tee, or on the floor) to an appropriation bill to reduce
spending, that reduction shall be placed in the deficit re-
duction lock-box unless that Member indicates that it is
to be utilized for another program, project, or activity cov-
ered by that bill. If the amendment is agreed to and the
reduction was placed in the deficit reduction lock-box, then
the line item entitled ‘Deficit Reduction Lock-box’ shall
be increased by the amount of that reduction.’’.
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