I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4663
To amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 to establish discretionary spending limits and a pay-as-
you-go requirement for mandatory spending. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2004
Mr. NUSSLE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Budget 
A BILL 
To amend part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 to establish discretionary 
spending limits and a pay-as-you-go requirement for 
mandatory spending.
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 ‘‘Spending Control Act 
of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. 
(a) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.—(1) Section 
251(c)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (relating to fiscal year 2004) is 
amended—
(A) 
in 
subparagraph 
(A), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$31,834,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$28,052,000,000’’; and 
(B) 
in 
subparagraph 
(B), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,462,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,436,000,000’’ 
and by striking ‘‘$6,629,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$6,271,000,000’’. 
(2) Section 251(c)(2) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by in-
serting a dash after ‘‘2005’’, by redesignating the remain-
ing portion of such paragraph as subparagraph (D) and 
by moving it two ems to the right, and by inserting after 
the dash the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(A) for the general purpose discretionary 
category: $817,726,000,000 in new budget au-
thority and $866,056,000,000 in outlays; 
‘‘(B) 
for 
the 
highway 
category: 
$30,585,000,000 in outlays; and 
‘‘(C) for the mass transit category: 
$1,554,000,000 in new budget authority and 
$6,787,000,000 in outlays; and’’. 
(3) Section 251(c)(3) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by in-
serting a dash after ‘‘2006’’, by redesignating the remain-
ing portion of such paragraph as subparagraph (D) and 
by moving it two ems to the right, and by inserting after 
the dash the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(A) for the general purpose discretionary 
category: $839,167,000,000 in new budget au-
thority and $851,731,000,000 in outlays; 
‘‘(B) 
for 
the 
highway 
category: 
$33,271,000,000 in outlays; and 
‘‘(C) for the mass transit category: 
$1,671,000,000 in new budget authority and 
$7,585,000,000 in outlays; and’’. 
(4) Section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by re-
designating paragraphs (4) through (9) as paragraphs (7) 
through (12) and inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) with respect to fiscal year 2007—
‘‘(A) 
for 
the 
highway 
category: 
$35,248,000,000 in outlays; and 
‘‘(B) for the mass transit category: 
$1,785,000,000 in new budget authority and 
$8,110,000,000 in outlays;
‘‘(5) with respect to fiscal year 2008—
‘‘(A) 
for 
the 
highway 
category: 
$36,587,000,000 in outlays; and 
‘‘(B) for the mass transit category: 
$1,890,000,000 in new budget authority and 
$8,517,000,000 in outlays; and 
‘‘(6) with respect to fiscal year 2009—
‘‘(A) 
for 
the 
highway 
category: 
$37,682,000,000 in outlays; and 
‘‘(B) for the mass transit category: 
$2,017,000,000 in new budget authority and 
$8,968,000,000 in outlays;’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 250(c)(4) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by—
(A) striking ‘‘the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st Century and the Surface 
Transportation Extension Act of 2003’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Transportation Equity Act: A Leg-
acy for Users’’; and 
(B) inserting before the period at the end 
the following new clauses: 
‘‘(v) 69-8158-0-7-401 (Motor Carrier Safe-
ty Grants).
‘‘(vi) 
69-8159-0-7-401 
(Motor 
Carrier 
Safety Operations and Programs).’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by—
(A) inserting ‘‘(and successor accounts)’’ 
after ‘‘budget accounts’’; and 
(B) striking ‘‘the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st Century and the Surface 
Transportation Extension Act of 2003 or for 
which appropriations are provided pursuant to 
authorizations contained in those Acts (except 
that appropriations provided pursuant to sec-
tion 5338(h) of title 49, United States Code, as 
amended by the Transportation Equity Act for 
the 21st Century, shall not be included in this 
category)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users or for which 
appropriations are provided pursuant to author-
izations contained in that Act’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 8103 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 
21st Century’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8103 of the 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users’’.
SEC. 3. ADJUSTMENTS TO ALIGN HIGHWAY SPENDING 
WITH REVENUES. 
Subparagraphs (B) through (E) of section 251(b)(1) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 are amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT
TO
ALIGN
HIGHWAY 
SPENDING
WITH
REVENUES.—(i) When the 
President submits the budget under section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, OMB 
shall calculate and the budget shall make ad-
justments to the highway category for the budg-
et year and each outyear as provided in clause 
(ii)(I)(cc). 
‘‘(ii)(I)(aa) OMB shall take the actual level 
of highway receipts for the year before the cur-
rent year and subtract the sum of the estimated 
level of highway receipts in subclause (II) plus 
any amount previously calculated under item 
(bb) for that year. 
(bb) OMB shall take the current estimate 
of highway receipts for the current year and 
subtract the estimated level of receipts for that 
year. 
‘‘(cc) OMB shall add one-half of the sum 
of the amount calculated under items (aa) and 
(bb) to the obligation limitations set forth in