I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3930 
To cap noninterest Federal spending as a percentage of potential GDP to 
right-size the Government, grow the economy, and balance the budget. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2019 
Mr. BRADY (for himself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. DAVIDSON of Ohio, Mr. WEBER of 
Texas, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. WILLIAMS, and Mr. 
WRIGHT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To cap noninterest Federal spending as a percentage of 
potential GDP to right-size the Government, grow the 
economy, and balance the budget. 
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 title may be cited as the ‘‘Maximizing America’s 
Prosperity Act of 2019’’. 
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‘‘(6) Fiscal year 2027: 18.2 percent of potential 
GDP. 
‘‘(7) Fiscal year 2028: 18.6 percent of potential 
GDP. 
‘‘(8) Fiscal year 2029: 17.9 percent of potential 
GDP. 
‘‘(9) Fiscal year 2030: 17.7 percent of potential 
GDP. 
‘‘(10) Fiscal year 2031 and subsequent fiscal 
years: 17.5 percent of potential GDP. 
‘‘(d) REDUCTION FOR UNFUNDED FEDERAL MAN-
DATES.—The amount determined under subsection (c) 
with respect to each fiscal year shall be reduced by an 
amount equal to the amount of the unfunded direct costs 
with respect to such fiscal year of Federal mandates (as 
such terms are defined in section 421 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658)) enacted after the date 
of the enactment of the Maximizing America’s Prosperity 
Act of 2019. Such amount shall not be treated as being 
less than zero with respect to any fiscal year.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 250(c) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
U.S.C. 900(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(22)(A) The term ‘total spending’ means all 
budget authority and outlays of the Government ex-
cluding net interest. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘total spending limit’ means the 
maximum permissible total spending of the Govern-
ment set forth as a percentage of estimated potential 
GDP specified in section 251(c). 
‘‘(23) The term ‘potential GDP’ means the 
gross domestic product that would occur if the econ-
omy were at full employment, not exceeding the em-
ployment level at which inflation would accelerate.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Part C of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
(2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 254 (2 U.S.C. 904)— 
(A) in subsection (a), in the table, by in-
serting ‘‘and spending reduction’’ after ‘‘seques-
tration’’ each place it appears; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by in-
serting ‘‘AND
SPENDING
REDUCTION’’ 
after ‘‘SEQUESTRATION’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘dis-
cretionary, pay-as-you-go, and deficit se-
questration’’ and inserting ‘‘pay-as-you-go 
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and deficit sequestration and regarding 
spending reduction’’; 
(iii) by striking paragraph (2) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(2) SPENDING REDUCTION REPORT.—The pre-
view reports shall set forth for the budget year esti-
mates for each of the following: 
‘‘(A) Estimated total spending. 
‘‘(B) Estimate of potential GDP. 
‘‘(C) The spending reduction necessary to 
comply with the total spending limit under sec-
tion 251(c).’’; 
(C) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by in-
serting ‘‘AND
SPENDING
REDUCTION’’ 
after ‘‘SEQUESTRATION’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and spending reduc-
tion’’ after ‘‘sequestration’’ each place it 
appears; and 
(D) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by in-
serting ‘‘AND
SPENDING
REDUCTION’’ 
after ‘‘SEQUESTRATION’’; 
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(ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘and spending reduction’’ after ‘‘sequestra-
tion’’; 
(iii) by striking paragraph (2); 
(iv) by redesignating paragraphs (3), 
(4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(4), respectively; and 
(v) in paragraph (2), as so redesig-
nated— 
(I) in the heading, by inserting 
‘‘AND SPENDING REDUCTION ’’ before 
‘‘ REPORTS’’; 
(II) in the first sentence, by in-
serting ‘‘spending reduction report’’ 
after ‘‘preview reports’’; and 
(III) by striking the second sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘In 
addition, these reports shall contain, 
for the budget year, for each account 
to be sequestered or subject to a 
spending reduction, as the case may 
be, estimates of the baseline level of 
sequestrable or reducible budgetary 
resources and resulting outlays and 
the amount of budgetary resources to 
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be sequestered or reduced and result-
ing outlay reductions.’’; 
(vi) in paragraph (3), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘sequesterable’’ and in-
serting ‘‘sequestrable or reducible’’; and 
(vii) in paragraph (4), as so redesig-
nated— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘or spending re-
duction’’ after ‘‘final sequestration’’; 
(II) by inserting ‘‘or spending re-
duction’’ before ‘‘is required’’; and 
(III) by inserting ‘‘or spending 
reductions, as the case may be,’’ after 
‘‘sequestrations’’; 
(2) in section 257(a) (2 U.S.C. 907(a)), by in-
serting ‘‘total spending,’’ after ‘‘outlays,’’; and 
(3) 
in 
section 
258C(a)(1) 
(2 
U.S.C. 
907d(a)(1))— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or spending reduction’’ 
after ‘‘sequestration’’ each place the term ap-
pears; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘252 or 253’’ and inserting 
‘‘251, 252, or 253’’. 
(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 250(a) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
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Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(a)) is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 251 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘Sec. 251. Total spending limits.’’. 
SEC. 3. ALLOCATION FOR EMERGENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(a) of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) ALLOCATION TO THE COMMITTEES ON AP-
PROPRIATIONS FOR EMERGENCIES.—Of the amounts 
of new budget authority and outlays allocated to the 
Committees on Appropriations for the first fiscal 
year of the concurrent resolution on the budget, 1 
percent shall be designated as for emergencies and 
may be used for no other purpose.’’. 
(b) 
BUDGET
OF
THE
PRESIDENT.—Section 
1105(a)(14) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘, including an amount for emergency spend-
ing not less than 1 percent of all discretionary spending 
for that year’’ before the period. 
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